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How to play When Will My Life Begin on piano

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Learn When Will My Life Begin in 5 steps

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

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Chords: B7 – E – B7 – E
When Will My Life Begin sits in E major: E is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: B7 is B, D#, F# and A; E is E, G# and B. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
B7V7EIB7V7EI
- B7B · D# · F# · A
- EE · G# · B
414 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Heartbeat octaves
Low, high, low, high: a bouncing heartbeat. Musicians call it rocking octaves (rocking octaves), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Heartbeat octavesRocking octaves · RockLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Somersault chords
Evenly spaced chords roll across the beats, then flip into the next bar. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Somersault chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
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Both hands at 104 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: A – B – E
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
ABE
- AA · C# · E
- BB · D# · F#

What chords are in When Will My Life Begin?

The loop is B7 – E – B7 – E (V7 – I – V7 – I) in E major, and the song ends on A – B – E.

What key is When Will My Life Begin in?

E major, at about 104 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in When Will My Life Begin?

Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is When Will My Life Begin 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.