Piano chords · Dreamy ballad

How to play Too Beautiful For Words on piano

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Learn Too Beautiful For Words in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Bm – E7 – A7 – D
How it goes
Too Beautiful For Words sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bm is B, D and F#; E7 is E, G#, B and D; A7 is A, C#, E and G; D is D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BmviE7II7A7V7DI
- BmB · D · F#
- E7E · G# · B · D
- A7A · C# · E · G
- DD · F# · A
13 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Rolling waves
How it goes
Rolls up to the high third and back down, like a wave on the shore. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-10-5 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 545 songs of the library.
Rolling wavesOpen arpeggio · BalladLeft handMedium
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Right hand: the chords, held
How it goes
In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.
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Both hands at 60 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: E7 – A7 – D
How it goes
The last chords are II7 – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
E7A7D

What chords are in Too Beautiful For Words?

The loop is Bm – E7 – A7 – D (vi – II7 – V7 – I) in D major, and the song ends on E7 – A7 – D.

What key is Too Beautiful For Words in?

D major, at about 60 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Too Beautiful For Words?

Rolling waves: open arpeggio 1-5-10-5, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Too Beautiful For Words 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.