Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play True Love on piano
Written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
- Bb major
- 4/4
- 98 BPM
- 2018
- Medium
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Learn True Love in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Eb – Bbsus4 – Ab – F
How it goes
True Love sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Bbsus4 is Bb, Eb and F; Ab is Ab, C and Eb; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
EbIVBbsus4Isus4AbbVIIFV- EbEb · G · Bb
- Bbsus4Bb · Eb · F
- AbAb · C · Eb
- FF · A · C
- 2
Left hand: Gentle rocking
How it goes
Root, fifth, octave, fifth: the gentle rocking under countless pop ballads. Musicians call it broken chord 1-5-8-5 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 696 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Ticking clock
How it goes
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 98 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 – Eb – Bb
How it goes
The last chords are I – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbEbBb- BbBb · D · F
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Questions about True Love
What chords are in True Love?
The loop is Eb – Bbsus4 – Ab – F (IV – Isus – bVII – V) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – Eb – Bb.
What key is True Love in?
Bb major, at about 98 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in True Love?
Gentle rocking: broken chord 1-5-8-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is True Love 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.