Piano Cheats

The 2 different chord progressions in this song are quite obvious. So, without having to say where these 2 are used (you should be able to tell by listening to the song), I will show my video here to illustrate the 2 progressions:

Progression 1 goes like this:

I –> I/7b –> IV –> IVm/M

See “The M Bass” post for the “M” notation above

Since the song is in D, the above is translated into:

D –> D/C –> G –> Gm/Bb

To simplify the playing, I only use 2 fingers on the right hand. So, for the first two chords, all I have to play on the right hand are A note and D note. For the last two chords, I just play G note and D note since these 2 notes are common for both G and Gm chords.

Progression 2 goes like this:

IIm –> I/M –> IV –> V

In the key of D, the above is translated into:

Em –> D/F# –> G –> A

Again to simplify the playing, and to sound like the original track, I actually played Em6 and D2 for the first two chords, and their common notes are A note and E note.

The G chord is played as G and G2 alternately, i.e., G –> G2 –> G –> G2 for the four counts. The same goes for A, i.e., it is played as A –> A2 –> A –> A2 for the four counts. For all these chords, I omitted their last notes, i.e., the D note from the G & G2 chords, and the E note from the A and A2 chords are dropped. There is no particular reason. I just wanted to show how this song could be played using 2 fingers on the right hand.

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