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Piano chords · Dreamy ballad

How to play We Will Dance on piano

By Steven Curtis Chapman

  • Eb major
  • 2/2
  • 90 BPM
  • 2002
  • Medium
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Left hand Dreamy waveThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

Learn We Will Dance in 5 steps

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

  1. 1

    Chords: Ebsus4 – Eb – Cb – Ebsus4

    We Will Dance sits in Eb major: Eb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Ebsus4 is Eb, Ab and Bb; Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Cb is Cb, Eb and Gb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.

    Ebsus4Isus4EbICbbVIEbsus4Isus4
    • Ebsus4Eb · Ab · Bb
    • EbEb · G · Bb
    • CbCb · Eb · Gb
  2. 2

    Left hand: Dreamy wave

    Rolls up through a soft extra note: a dreamy, open, modern sound. Musicians call it open arpeggio 1-5-9-10 (open arpeggio), a medium pattern heard in 129 songs of the library.

  3. 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.

  4. 4

    Both hands at 90 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. 5

    Ending: Ab – Bb – Eb

    The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.

    AbBbEb
    • AbAb · C · Eb
    • BbBb · D · F

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Questions about We Will Dance

What chords are in We Will Dance?

The loop is Ebsus4 – Eb – Cb – Ebsus4 (Isus – I – bVI – Isus) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.

What key is We Will Dance in?

Eb major, at about 90 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in We Will Dance?

Dreamy wave: open arpeggio 1-5-9-10, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is We Will Dance 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.