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How to play Wish I Could on piano

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Learn Wish I Could in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: D – Dsus4 – D – Dsus4
How it goes
Wish I Could sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; Dsus4 is D, G and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIDsus4Isus4DIDsus4Isus4
- DD · F# · A
- Dsus4D · G · A
83 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Lullaby seesaw
How it goes
A low note, then gentle higher notes between the beats of a waltz. Musicians call it root–fifth 1-5-5-5 (3/4) (root–fifth bass), a medium pattern heard in 48 songs of the library.
Lullaby seesawRoot–fifth bass · WaltzLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Waltz bells
How it goes
A single high note, then two chords: ding, dong, dong in three. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Waltz bellsBlock chords · WaltzRight handEasy
4
Both hands at 147 BPM
How it goes
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: D – Dsus4 – D
How it goes
The last chords are I – Isus – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DDsus4D

What chords are in Wish I Could?

The loop is D – Dsus4 – D – Dsus4 (I – Isus – I – Isus) in D major, and the song ends on D – Dsus4 – D.

What key is Wish I Could in?

D major, at about 147 beats a minute in 3/4.

What does the left hand play in Wish I Could?

Lullaby seesaw: root–fifth 1-5-5-5 (3/4), a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Wish I Could 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.