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How to play Vocal on piano
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- F minor
- 4/4
- 130 BPM
- 2013
- Medium
Learn Vocal in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Db – Eb – Cm – Db
Vocal sits in F minor: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Db is Db, F and Ab; Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Cm is C, Eb and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DbVIEbVIICmvDbVI- DbDb · F · Ab
- EbEb · G · Bb
- CmC · Eb · G
- 2
Left hand: Hiccup heartbeat
A tiny hiccup just before beat 3, then a push on the “and”. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3& · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 121 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Tap-and-hop
One note taps five times, then hops up to the next chord note. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 130 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 – Fm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DbEbFm- FmF · Ab · C
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Questions about Vocal
What chords are in Vocal?
The loop is Db – Eb – Cm – Db (bVI – bVII – v – bVI) in F minor, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Fm.
What key is Vocal in?
F minor, at about 130 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Vocal?
Hiccup heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Vocal 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.