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How to play Too Busy Thinking About My Baby on piano
Written by Janie Bradford, Norman Whitfield & others
- F major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- I–ii–I–ii loop
- 1966
- Medium
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Learn Too Busy Thinking About My Baby in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: F – Gm – F – Gm
How it goes
Too Busy Thinking About My Baby sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; Gm is G, Bb and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIGmiiFIGmii- FF · A · C
- GmG · Bb · D
- 2
Left hand: Groovy roots
How it goes
Notes jump around the “ands”, giving the bass a funky bounce. Musicians call it root bass · syncopated 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 363 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Wait-a-beat chords
How it goes
Silence on beat 1, then chords on 2, 3 and 4, leaving room for the bass. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 120 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: Bb – C – F
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCF- BbBb · D · F
- CC · E · G
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Questions about Too Busy Thinking About My Baby
What chords are in Too Busy Thinking About My Baby?
The loop is F – Gm – F – Gm (I – ii – I – ii) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.
What key is Too Busy Thinking About My Baby in?
F major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Too Busy Thinking About My Baby?
Groovy roots: root bass · syncopated 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Too Busy Thinking About My Baby 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.