Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play True Beauty on piano
By Mandisa
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 95 BPM
- 2007
- Medium
Learn True Beauty in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Fm – Ebm – Ab7 – Db
True Beauty sits in Ab major: Ab is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Fm is F, Ab and C; Ebm is Eb, Gb and Bb; Ab7 is Ab, C, Eb and Gb; Db is Db, F and Ab. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FmviEbmvAb7I7DbIV- FmF · Ab · C
- EbmEb · Gb · Bb
- Ab7Ab · C · Eb · Gb
- DbDb · F · Ab
- 2
Left hand: Galloping heartbeat
Ta-DUM, ta-DUM: quick pickups into beats 2 and 4, like hooves. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 3 · 3a · 4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 115 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Ticking clock
One high note repeated on every quick beat: tick, tick, tick. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 95 BPM
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: Db – Eb – Ab
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DbEbAb- EbEb · G · Bb
- AbAb · C · Eb
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Questions about True Beauty
What chords are in True Beauty?
The loop is Fm – Ebm – Ab7 – Db (vi – v – I7 – IV) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.
What key is True Beauty in?
Ab major, at about 95 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in True Beauty?
Galloping heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 3 · 3a · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is True Beauty 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.