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How to play You Mean The Whole Wide World To Me on piano

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Learn You Mean The Whole Wide World To Me in 5 steps

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

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Chords: C – Am – Dm – G
How it goes
You Mean The Whole Wide World To Me sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; Am is A, C and E; Dm 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.
CIAmviDmiiGV
- CC · E · G
- AmA · C · E
- DmD · F · A
- GG · B · D
35 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Pop heartbeat
How it goes
Long, short, long: the heartbeat under a thousand pop songs. Musicians call it root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3) (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Pop heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Hopscotch chords
How it goes
Chord, chord, skip beat 3, chord: hopping over a square. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Hopscotch chordsBlock chords · StrideRight handEasy
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Both hands at 134 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: Dm – G – C
How it goes
The last chords are ii – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DmGC

What chords are in You Mean The Whole Wide World To Me?

The loop is C – Am – Dm – G (I – vi – ii – V) in C major, and the song ends on Dm – G – C.

What key is You Mean The Whole Wide World To Me in?

C major, at about 134 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in You Mean The Whole Wide World To Me?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is You Mean The Whole Wide World To Me 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 one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.