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How to play We Cry Out on piano

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Learn We Cry Out 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 – Em – D
We Cry Out sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; G is G, B and D; Em is E, G and B; D is D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
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- CC · E · G
- GG · B · D
- EmE · G · B
- DD · F# · A
62 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Late-hop footsteps
Steady low-high steps with one quick extra hop after beat 3. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 659 songs of the library.
Late-hop footstepsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Wait-a-beat chords
Silence on beat 1, then chords on 2, 3 and 4, leaving room for the bass. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Wait-a-beat chordsBlock chords · PopRight handEasy
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Both hands at 121 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 – D – G
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
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What chords are in We Cry Out?

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

What key is We Cry Out in?

G major, at about 121 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in We Cry Out?

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

Is We Cry Out easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.