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How to play When I Get You Alone on piano

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Learn When I Get You Alone in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Cm – F7 – Cm – F7
When I Get You Alone sits in C minor: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Cm is C, Eb and G; F7 is F, A, C and Eb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CmiF7IV7CmiF7IV7
- CmC · Eb · G
- F7F · A · C · Eb
21 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Leapfrog pulse
One long note, then a quick hop that leaps right into beat 3. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2a · 3 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 153 songs of the library.
Leapfrog pulseRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Marching chords
Two chords per bar, left-right, like a happy little march. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Marching chordsBlock chords · StrideRight handEasy
4
Both hands at 80 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: Ab – Bb – Cm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AbBbCm
- AbAb · C · Eb
- BbBb · D · F

What chords are in When I Get You Alone?

The loop is Cm – F7 – Cm – F7 (i – IV7 – i – IV7) in C minor, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Cm.

What key is When I Get You Alone in?

C minor, at about 80 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in When I Get You Alone?

Leapfrog pulse: root bass · 1 · 2a · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is When I Get You Alone easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.