Piano chords · Pop heartbeat

How to play Where’d You Go on piano

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Learn Where’d You Go in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: E – Bsus4 – C#m – A
Where’d You Go sits in E major: E is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: E is E, G# and B; Bsus4 is B, E and F#; C#m is C#, E and G#; A is A, C# and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
EIBsus4Vsus4C#mviAIV
- EE · G# · B
- Bsus4B · E · F#
- C#mC# · E · G#
- AA · C# · E
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.
Pop heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Twinkle
Two notes twinkling back and forth. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
TwinkleTwo-note ostinato · BalladRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 90 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: C#m – A – E
The last chords are vi – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
C#mAE

What chords are in Where’d You Go?

The loop is E – Bsus4 – C#m – A (I – Vsus – vi – IV) in E major, and the song ends on C#m – A – E.

What key is Where’d You Go in?

E major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Where’d You Go?

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 Where’d You Go 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.