Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play Your Early Stuff on piano
- C major
- 4/4
- 125 BPM
- 2012
- Medium
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Learn Your Early Stuff in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Am – F – G7 – Am
How it goes
Your Early Stuff sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Am is A, C and E; F is F, A and C; G7 is G, B, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AmviFIVG7V7Amvi- AmA · C · E
- FF · A · C
- G7G · B · D · F
- 2
Left hand: Dip-and-back bounce
How it goes
The root twice, a dip down on beat 3, and right back up on beat 4. Musicians call it broken chord 8-8-5-8 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 188 songs of the library.
- 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.
- 4
Both hands at 125 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 – G7 – C
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V7 – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FG7C- CC · E · G
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Questions about Your Early Stuff
What chords are in Your Early Stuff?
The loop is Am – F – G7 – Am (vi – IV – V7 – vi) in C major, and the song ends on F – G7 – C.
What key is Your Early Stuff in?
C major, at about 125 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Your Early Stuff?
Dip-and-back bounce: broken chord 8-8-5-8, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Your Early Stuff 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.