What To Do Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn What To Do in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Bb – Eb – F7 – Bb
What To Do sits in Bb major: Bb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bb is Bb, D and F; Eb is Eb, G and Bb; F7 is F, A, C and Eb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BbIEbIVF7V7BbI
- BbBb · D · F
- EbEb · G · Bb
- F7F · A · C · Eb
100 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Lazy footsteps
One long low note, then two calm steps to finish the bar. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 3 · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Lazy footstepsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Hurrying chords
Calm chords in the first half, then twice as fast to the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Hurrying chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
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Both hands at 140 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: Bb – Eb – Bb
The last chords are I – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbEbBb

What chords are in What To Do?

The loop is Bb – Eb – F7 – Bb (I – IV – V7 – I) in Bb major, and the song ends on Bb – Eb – Bb.

What key is What To Do in?

Bb major, at about 140 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in What To Do?

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

Is What To Do 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.