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How to play When You Fall on piano
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- D minor
- 4/4
- 75 BPM
- Medium
Learn When You Fall in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: F – Bb – A7 – Dm
When You Fall sits in D minor: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; Bb is Bb, D and F; A7 is A, C#, E and G; Dm is D, F and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIIIBbVIA7V7Dmi- FF · A · C
- BbBb · D · F
- A7A · C# · E · G
- DmD · F · A
- 2
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.
- 3
Right hand: Rising light
Three notes climb again and again, starting just after the beat. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 75 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: Bb – C – Dm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCDm- CC · E · G
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Questions about When You Fall
What chords are in When You Fall?
The loop is F – Bb – A7 – Dm (bIII – bVI – V7 – i) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is When You Fall in?
D minor, at about 75 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in When You Fall?
Lazy footsteps: root bass · 1 · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is When You Fall 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.