Piano chords · Rock drive

How to play We Are on piano

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Learn We Are 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 – Dm – Bb – F
We Are sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; Dm is D, F and A; Bb is Bb, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIDmviBbIVFI
- FF · A · C
- DmD · F · A
- BbBb · D · F
121 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Rock hop
Low, high, a quick double, then high again: a hopping rock bass. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 809 songs of the library.
Rock hopRoot bass rhythm · RockLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Jazzy flicker
Two notes with a big gap between them flicker in a smooth, jazzy colour. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Jazzy flickerTwo-note ostinato · BalladRight handMedium
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Both hands at 156 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: Dm – Bb – F
The last chords are vi – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DmBbF

What chords are in We Are?

The loop is F – Dm – Bb – F (I – vi – IV – I) in F major, and the song ends on Dm – Bb – F.

What key is We Are in?

F major, at about 156 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in We Are?

Rock hop: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is We Are 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.