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How to play Zoom on piano
- G major
- 4/4
- 90 BPM
- Medium
Learn Zoom in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Am – Em – D – C
Zoom sits in G major: G is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Am is A, C and E; Em is E, G and B; D is D, F# and A; C is C, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AmiiEmviDVCIV- AmA · C · E
- EmE · G · B
- DD · F# · A
- CC · E · G
- 2
Left hand: Hurrying footsteps
Calm steps in the first half, then twice as fast to the end. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4& (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 642 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Double-clap chords
Quick double claps on beats 2 and 4, leaving beats 1 and 3 empty. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 90 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: C – D – G
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CDG- GG · B · D
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Questions about Zoom
What chords are in Zoom?
The loop is Am – Em – D – C (ii – vi – V – IV) in G major, and the song ends on C – D – G.
What key is Zoom in?
G major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Zoom?
Hurrying footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Zoom 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.