Piano chords · Rock drive

How to play Try Me on piano

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Learn Try Me in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Bb – Cm – Ab – Eb
Try Me sits in Eb major: Eb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bb is Bb, D and F; Cm is C, Eb and G; Ab is Ab, C and Eb; Eb is Eb, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BbVCmviAbIVEbI
- BbBb · D · F
- CmC · Eb · G
- AbAb · C · Eb
- EbEb · G · Bb
48 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Power fifths
Root and fifth together: big and bold. Musicians call it lh power fifths (left-hand chords), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Power fifthsLeft-hand chords · RockLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Cartwheel chords
Five evenly spaced chords roll across the beats, then land on 4. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Cartwheel chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handEasy
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Both hands at 100 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.
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Ending: Ab – Bb – Eb
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AbBbEb

What chords are in Try Me?

The loop is Bb – Cm – Ab – Eb (V – vi – IV – I) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is Try Me in?

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

What does the left hand play in Try Me?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Try Me 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.