Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play What’s Your Name on piano
- A major
- 4/4
- 135 BPM
- Medium
Learn What’s Your Name in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: E – G – F# – E
What’s Your Name sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: E is E, G# and B; G is G, B and D; F# is F#, A# and C#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
EVGbVIIF#VIEV- EE · G# · B
- GG · B · D
- F#F# · A# · C#
- 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 135 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: D – E – A
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DEA- DD · F# · A
- AA · C# · E
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Questions about What’s Your Name
What chords are in What’s Your Name?
The loop is E – G – F# – E (V5 – bVII5 – VI5 – V5) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.
What key is What’s Your Name in?
A major, at about 135 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in What’s Your Name?
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 What’s Your Name 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.