How to play You Are In Love on piano

Learn You Are In Love in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: A – D – F#m – D
How it goes
You Are In Love sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: A is A, C# and E; D is D, F# and A; F#m is F#, A and C#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AIDIVF#mviDIV
- AA · C# · E
- DD · F# · A
- F#mF# · A · C#
18 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Late-hop footsteps
How it goes
Steady low-high steps with one quick extra hop after beat 3. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 659 songs of the library.
Late-hop footstepsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Ticking clock
How it goes
One high note repeated on every quick beat: tick, tick, tick. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Ticking clockRepeated-note pulse · RockRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 84 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.
5
Ending: F#m – D – A
How it goes
The last chords are vi – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
F#mDA

What chords are in You Are In Love?

The loop is A – D – F#m – D (I – IV – vi – IV) in A major, and the song ends on F#m – D – A.

What key is You Are In Love in?

A major, at about 84 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in You Are In Love?

Late-hop footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is You Are In Love 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.