Piano chords · Dreamy ballad

How to play Toes on piano

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Learn Toes in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: G – C – F – C
How it goes
Toes sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G is G, B and D; C is C, E and G; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GVCIFIVCI
- GG · B · D
- CC · E · G
- FF · A · C
65 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Dip-and-back bounce
How it goes
The root twice, a dip down on beat 3, and right back up on beat 4. Musicians call it broken chord 8-8-5-8 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 188 songs of the library.
Dip-and-back bounceBroken chord · BalladLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Gear-shift chords
How it goes
Quick even chords that skip beat 3, like an engine changing gear. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Gear-shift chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight 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.
5
Ending: F – G – C
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC

What chords are in Toes?

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

What key is Toes in?

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

What does the left hand play in Toes?

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

Is Toes 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.