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How to play Your Song on piano
By Rita Ora
- Db major
- 4/4
- 116 BPM
- Medium
Learn Your Song in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Bbm – Gb – Db – Gb
Your Song sits in Db major: Db is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bbm is Bb, Db and F; Gb is Gb, Bb and Db; Db is Db, F and Ab. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BbmviGbIVDbIGbIV- BbmBb · Db · F
- GbGb · Bb · Db
- DbDb · F · Ab
- 2
Left hand: Hurry-and-wait pulse
Three quick notes rush out early, then the bass waits for the next bar. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1a · 2& (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 336 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Running-late chords
Misses beat 1, then hurries in with busy chords around the beats. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 116 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
Ending: Gb – Ab – Db
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GbAbDb- AbAb · C · Eb
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Questions about Your Song
What chords are in Your Song?
The loop is Bbm – Gb – Db – Gb (vi – IV – I – IV) in Db major, and the song ends on Gb – Ab – Db.
What key is Your Song in?
Db major, at about 116 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Your Song?
Hurry-and-wait pulse: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Your Song 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.