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Piano chords · Rock drive

How to play Your Embrace on piano

By Shakira

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Left hand Engine 8thsThe right hand sings the tuneChords the loop the song repeats most

Learn Your Embrace in 5 steps

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

  1. 1

    Chords: C – Am – Em – F

    Your Embrace 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; Em is E, G and B; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.

    CIAmviEmiiiFIV
    • CC · E · G
    • AmA · C · E
    • EmE · G · B
    • FF · A · C
    13 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: the chords, held

    In this song the right hand mostly plays the tune itself. Hold the chords lightly, or play the melody over the left hand.

  4. 4

    Both hands at 84 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.

  5. 5

    Ending: F – G – C

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

    FGC
    • GG · B · D

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Questions about Your Embrace

What chords are in Your Embrace?

The loop is C – Am – Em – F (I – vi – iii – IV) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Your Embrace in?

C major, at about 84 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Your Embrace?

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

Is Your Embrace 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.