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How to play We Won’t Move on piano
Written by Jessica Karpov, Kevin White & others
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 72 BPM
- 2018
- Medium
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Learn We Won’t Move in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Cm – Absus4 – Eb – Gm
How it goes
We Won’t Move sits in Eb major: Eb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Cm is C, Eb and G; Absus4 is Ab, Db and Eb; Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Gm is G, Bb and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CmviAbsus4IVsus4EbIGmiii- CmC · Eb · G
- Absus4Ab · Db · Eb
- EbEb · G · Bb
- GmG · Bb · D
- 2
Left hand: Bubbly heartbeat
How it goes
Steady beats filled with quick little pickups around beat 3. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3 · 3& · 4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 173 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Freeze-tag chords
How it goes
Chord, chord-and, then freeze for the rest of the bar. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 72 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: Ab – Bb – Eb
How it goes
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 Won’t Move
What chords are in We Won’t Move?
The loop is Cm – Absus4 – Eb – Gm (vi – IVsus – I – iii) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is We Won’t Move in?
Eb major, at about 72 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in We Won’t Move?
Bubbly heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2a · 3 · 3& · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is We Won’t Move 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.