Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play Well All Right on piano
By Buddy Holly
- F major
- 2/2
- 125 BPM
- 1958
- Medium
Learn Well All Right in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: F – Eb – F – C7
Well All Right sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; Eb is Eb, G and Bb; C7 is C, E, G and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIEbbVIIFIC7V7- FF · A · C
- EbEb · G · Bb
- C7C · E · G · Bb
- 2
Left hand: Pop heartbeat
Long, short, long: the heartbeat under a thousand pop songs. Musicians call it root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3) (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Deep-breath chords
A breath on beat 1, then quick chords pumping to the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 125 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
Ending: F – C7 – F
The last chords are I – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FC7F
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Questions about Well All Right
What chords are in Well All Right?
The loop is F – Eb – F – C7 (I – bVII – I – V7) in F major, and the song ends on F – C7 – F.
What key is Well All Right in?
F major, at about 125 beats a minute in 2/2.
What does the left hand play in Well All Right?
Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Well All Right 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.