Waiting Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn Waiting in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: Fm – Bb – Fm – Bb
How it goes
Waiting sits in Ab major: Ab is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Fm is F, Ab and C; Bb is Bb, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FmviBbIIFmviBbII
- FmF · Ab · C
- BbBb · D · F
26 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Giant steps
How it goes
A full chord on every beat, low and heavy, like a giant walking. Musicians call it lh chords (left-hand chords), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Giant stepsLeft-hand chords · RockLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Double-skip chords
How it goes
Steady chords with two quick skips, one mid-bar and one at the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Double-skip chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 100 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: Db – Eb – Ab
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DbEbAb
- DbDb · F · Ab
- EbEb · G · Bb
- AbAb · C · Eb

What chords are in Waiting?

The loop is Fm – Bb – Fm – Bb (vi – II – vi – II) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.

What key is Waiting in?

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

What does the left hand play in Waiting?

Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Waiting 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.