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How to play Your Love Is Like A River on piano
Written by Mac Powell, Tai Anderson & others
- A major
- 4/4
- 94 BPM
- 2012
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
Learn Your Love Is Like A River in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: F#m – A – Dsus4 – A
How it goes
Your Love Is Like A River sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F#m is F#, A and C#; A is A, C# and E; Dsus4 is D, G and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
F#mviAIDsus4IVsus4AI- F#mF# · A · C#
- AA · C# · E
- Dsus4D · G · A
- 2
Left hand: Fluttering heartbeat
How it goes
A quick flutter before beat 2, then a push before beat 3. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 152 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Soft chords
How it goes
Soft chords on beats 1, 3 and 4. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 94 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: D – E – A
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DEA- DD · F# · A
- EE · G# · B
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Questions about Your Love Is Like A River
What chords are in Your Love Is Like A River?
The loop is F#m – A – Dsus4 – A (vi – I – IVsus – I) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.
What key is Your Love Is Like A River in?
A major, at about 94 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Your Love Is Like A River?
Fluttering heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 2& · 3& · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Your Love Is Like A River 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.