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How to play Wonderful World, Beautiful People on piano

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Learn Wonderful World, Beautiful People in 5 steps

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

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Chords: D – G – D – G
How it goes
Wonderful World, Beautiful People sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; G is G, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIGIVDIGIV
- DD · F# · A
- GG · B · D
782 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Giant steps
How it goes
A full chord on every beat, low and heavy, like a giant walking. Musicians call it lh chords (left-hand chords), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Giant stepsLeft-hand chords · RockLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Offbeat skank
How it goes
Chords only on the “and”: reggae and swing. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Offbeat skankOffbeat chords · Blues and boogie-woogieRight handEasy
4
Both hands at 106 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 – G – D
How it goes
The last chords are I – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DGD

What chords are in Wonderful World, Beautiful People?

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

What key is Wonderful World, Beautiful People in?

D major, at about 106 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Wonderful World, Beautiful People?

Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Wonderful World, Beautiful People 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.