Piano chords · Rock drive
How to play You Didn't Tell Me on piano
By Lawson
- B major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- vi–V–IV–I loop
- 2010
- Medium
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Learn You Didn't Tell Me in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: G#m – F# – E – B
How it goes
You Didn't Tell Me sits in B major: B is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: G#m is G#, B and D#; F# is F#, A# and C#; E is E, G# and B; B is B, D# and F#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
G#mviF#VEIVBI- G#mG# · B · D#
- F#F# · A# · C#
- EE · G# · B
- BB · D# · F#
- 2
Left hand: Engine 8ths
How it goes
The lowest note on every eighth: the engine of rock. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Rising bubbles
How it goes
Three notes float up again and again, each time starting just off the beat. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 100 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: G#m – F# – B
How it goes
The last chords are vi – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
G#mF#B
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Questions about You Didn't Tell Me
What chords are in You Didn't Tell Me?
The loop is G#m – F# – E – B (vi – V – IV – I) in B major, and the song ends on G#m – F# – B.
What key is You Didn't Tell Me in?
B major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in You Didn't Tell Me?
Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is You Didn't Tell Me 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.