Cry by Rihanna
Jun 29th, 2008 by admin
There are 3 parts in this song… the verse, chorus and the bridge.
The intro is just the first 2 lines of the verse. It goes like this:
Cm –> Ab/C –> Bb/C
These are the notes on the left and right hands:
|
Chord |
Left hand notes |
Right hand notes |
|
Cm |
C –> G |
C –> G –> Eb –> D |
|
Ab/C and Bb/C |
C –> Ab |
C –> D –> F –> Eb |
This is repeated twice.
The rest of the verse goes like this:
AbM7 –> Bb –> Gm7 –> Fm7
These are the notes on the left and right hands:
|
Chord |
Left hand notes |
Right hand notes |
|
AbM7 |
Ab –> Eb |
C –> G –> Eb –> D |
|
Bb |
Bb –> F |
C –> D –> Eb –> Bb |
|
Gm7 |
G –> D |
Bb –> F –> D –> C |
|
Fm7 |
F –> C |
Bb –> C –> D –> C |
This progression is played twice too.
Then the chorus goes like this:
Cm –> AbM7 –> Fm7 –> Bb
These are the notes on the left and right hands:
|
Chord |
Left hand notes |
Right hand notes |
|
Cm |
C –> G |
C –> G –> Eb –> C |
|
AbM7 |
Ab –> Eb |
C –> D –> Eb –> C |
|
Fm7 |
F –> C |
C –> G –> Eb –> D |
|
Bb |
Bb –> F |
Bb –> C –> D –> C |
It ends with a Cm.
There is also a bridge, which goes like this:
Cm –> Fm7 –> Gm7 –> AbM7 –> Bb –> Cm –> Bb/D –> Eb –> Ab –> Bb –> Cm
Now, that may look very complicated, but if you know that the key is Eb, then the bass notes’ pattern should be obvious, i.e.,
6 –> 2 –> 3 –> 4 –> 5 –> 6 –> 7 –> 1 –> 4 –> 5 –> 6
Note that the bass notes simply climb up the scale from “re” (2) all the way to “do” (1), before going to “fa” (4), “so” (5) and “la” (6).
The minor chords can be improvised using the 3 basic major chords. See “The 3 Minor Chords” post to find out about improvisation.
That’s all. And here’s the video illustration…
can you please send me a copy of the original Cry by Rihanna notes for the piano? and please, if you send them, can they not be only the letters but the whole sheet/s of paper?
Hi Sofie,
Thank you for dropping by! I don’t have the music sheet you want because I played the song by ear. However, by doing a search on Google I found the following 2 sites that have it. Do check them out:
http://pianomusicsheet.blogspot.com/
http://pianolicious.blogspot.com/
I have not tried downloading the sheet myself from these sites but I hope they actually contain what you are looking for.
Les Hmye
hey playpiano look I was wondering if u can put using solfege notes I kind of don’t know how to use those numbers plz replay faster as u could need it!1
Hi Sara,
Thank you for dropping by. I am sorry, I don’t have the notes or music sheet for the song.
Hey there… I love this song!! Thanks so much for the very, very easy steps and explanation for this piece!!! Hope that you’ll put up more songs, especially the pop ones!
Thank you for your comment!
Hey
I was wondering if you could put up a table for the Bridge like you did for the Intro, Verse and chorus I found them much more easier to understand thanks.
Here you go, Luana… (Chord: Right-hand notes)
Cm: C-Eb-G
Fm7: Ab-C-Eb
Gm7: Bb-D-F
AbM7: C-Eb-G
Bb: Bb-D-F
Eb: G-Bb-Eb
Ab: Ab-C-Eb
I hope this helps.
Hi. Thank you so much for posting this.
I’ve learned the song up until the bridge part. I’ve watched it over and over and I can’t really tell the “pattern” of how you hit the notes/chords. I always get something wrong. Could you post a chart, like you’ve done with the verses and chorus, showing what you did note for note for the bridge?
Thanks again.
Hi Sam, the chords go like these… (L for left-hand, R for right-hand):
Chord - L : R
Cm - C : C-Eb-G
Fm7 - F : Ab-C-Eb
Gm7 - G : Bb-D-F
AbM7 - Ab : C-Eb-G
Bb - Bb : Bb-D-F
Bb/D - D : Bb-D-F
Eb - Eb : G-Bb-Eb
Ab - Ab : Ab-C-Eb
Hope this helps.
Heyy thank you it will esy to learn this i can read sheet music but it takes me forever!! Thank you but what order Verse Bridge chorus then verse?and Chorus? or what Thank you for your help
Hi Angelica! Thank you for your comment. In terms of order, you can do as you wish. Or if you want to follow the original song, then just listen to the song and follow the order. I hope this helps. :b
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Not sure if I understand you, Schedule. ??
Iam srry but i cant under stand those a and m and so on in my country we use just do re mi fa so la not using those
Hi Han.ika, you can go to my “Cheat Theories” to read up what those mean. I hope that will help.
Les
hi there, can u write the chord for me? like chord I,etc.. thz!
also, I have a question, chord Cm, in this song , why right hand is C –> G –> Eb –> D? Cm chord consists of C –> G –> Eb –> D??
sorry, I also wanna ask which key is it?
I have a question: the tiny part after the chorus and before the second verse you say is a Cm, well could you please tell me the notes to play?
The notes for Cm are: C-Eb-G.
Very nice tutorial!
Thank you, Lisa!
very goog for tutorial, and now I can play this music by piano ,,..