Piano chords · Dreamy ballad

How to play Till The Rivers All Run Dry on piano

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Learn Till The Rivers All Run Dry in 5 steps

The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.

1
Chords: C – G – C – G
How it goes
Till The Rivers All Run Dry sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; G is G, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIVGICIVGI
- CC · E · G
- GG · B · D
384 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Drop-and-stay
How it goes
A long high root, then the lower note twice: calm and settled. Musicians call it broken chord 8-5-5 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 87 songs of the library.
Drop-and-stayBroken chord · BalladLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Rising bubbles
How it goes
Three notes float up again and again, each time starting just off the beat. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Rising bubblesRising arpeggio · BalladRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 100 BPM
How it goes
Put the two hands together over the loop. Start at half speed with the player's speed control, and bring it up once every change is easy.
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Ending: D – C – G
How it goes
The last chords are V – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DCG
- DD · F# · A

What chords are in Till The Rivers All Run Dry?

The loop is C – G – C – G (IV – I – IV – I) in G major, and the song ends on D – C – G.

What key is Till The Rivers All Run Dry in?

G major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Till The Rivers All Run Dry?

Drop-and-stay: broken chord 8-5-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Till The Rivers All Run Dry easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.