Una Noche Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Una Noche in 5 steps

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

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Chords: F#m – Bm – C#7 – F#m
Una Noche sits in F# minor: F# is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F#m is F#, A and C#; Bm is B, D and F#; C#7 is C#, E#, G# and B. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
F#miBmivC#7V7F#mi
- F#mF# · A · C#
- BmB · D · F#
- C#7C# · E# · G# · B
24 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Swelling 6/8
Rises to the top and falls back in one rocking six-note wave. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8) (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 73 songs of the library.
Swelling 6/8Open arpeggio · LullabyLeft handMedium
3
Right hand: Cradle chords
A chord, a rock to beat two, a soft pickup back: like a cradle. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Cradle chordsSyncopated chords · LullabyRight handEasy
4
Both hands at 84 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: D – E – F#m
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DEF#m
- DD · F# · A
- EE · G# · B

What chords are in Una Noche?

The loop is F#m – Bm – C#7 – F#m (i – iv – V7 – i) in F# minor, and the song ends on D – E – F#m.

What key is Una Noche in?

F# minor, at about 84 beats a minute in 6/8.

What does the left hand play in Una Noche?

Swelling 6/8: open arpeggio 1-5-8-10-8-5 (6/8), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Una Noche 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.