Up Around The Bend Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Up Around The Bend in 5 steps

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

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Chords: C – G – C – G
Up Around The Bend sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; G is G, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIGVCIGV
- CC · E · G
- GG · B · D
144 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Engine 8ths
The lowest note on every eighth: the engine of rock. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Engine 8thsRoot bass rhythm · RockLeft handMedium
3
Right hand: the chords, held
In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.
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Both hands at 126 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: C – G – C
The last chords are I – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CGC

What chords are in Up Around The Bend?

The loop is C – G – C – G (I – V – I – V) in C major, and the song ends on C – G – C.

What key is Up Around The Bend in?

C major, at about 126 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Up Around The Bend?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Up Around The Bend 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.