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How to play You Can Do Anything on piano

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Learn You Can Do Anything in 5 steps

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

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Chords: A – G – A – G
You Can Do Anything sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: A is A, C# and E; G is G, B and D. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AIGbVIIAIGbVII
- AA · C# · E
- GG · B · D
90 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Sneaky heartbeat
One strong note, then two sneaky ones hiding between the beats. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2& · 4& (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 436 songs of the library.
Sneaky heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Running-late chords
Misses beat 1, then hurries in with busy chords around the beats. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Running-late chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
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Both hands at 110 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: F#m – D – A
The last chords are vi – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
F#mDA
- F#mF# · A · C#
- DD · F# · A

What chords are in You Can Do Anything?

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

What key is You Can Do Anything in?

A major, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in You Can Do Anything?

Sneaky heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2& · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is You Can Do Anything 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.