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Piano chords · Rock drive

How to play You, My Everything on piano

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Left hand Engine 8thsRight hand Pop stabsChords the loop the song repeats most

Learn You, My Everything in 5 steps

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

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    Chords: F#m – E – A – D

    You, My Everything sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F#m is F#, A and C#; E is E, G# and B; A is A, C# and E; D is D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.

    F#mviEVAIDIV
    • F#mF# · A · C#
    • EE · G# · B
    • AA · C# · E
    • DD · F# · A
    54 songs go round the same chords
  2. 2

    Left hand: Engine 8ths

    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. 3

    Right hand: Pop stabs

    Chord stabs in the 3-3-2 pop rhythm. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.

  4. 4

    Both hands at 160 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: D – E – A

    The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.

    DEA

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Questions about You, My Everything

What chords are in You, My Everything?

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

What key is You, My Everything in?

A major, at about 160 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in You, My Everything?

Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is You, My Everything 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.