Piano chords · Rock drive
How to play To Know You Is To Love You on piano
By Syreeta Wright
- C minor
- 4/4
- 112 BPM
- 1972
- Medium
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Learn To Know You Is To Love You in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Cm – G7 – Fm – Cm
How it goes
To Know You Is To Love You sits in C minor: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Cm is C, Eb and G; G7 is G, B, D and F; Fm is F, Ab and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CmiG7V7FmivCmi- CmC · Eb · G
- G7G · B · D · F
- FmF · Ab · C
- 2
Left hand: Engine 8ths
How it goes
The lowest note on every eighth: the engine of rock. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Wake-and-run chords
How it goes
One long chord, then three quick ones running into the next bar. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 112 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.
- 5
Ending: Ab – Bb – Cm
How it goes
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AbBbCm- AbAb · C · Eb
- BbBb · D · F
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Questions about To Know You Is To Love You
What chords are in To Know You Is To Love You?
The loop is Cm – G7 – Fm – Cm (i – V7 – iv – i) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.
What key is To Know You Is To Love You in?
C minor, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in To Know You Is To Love You?
Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is To Know You Is To Love You 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.