Let Adele’s piercing gaze guide your hands and eyes as you learn this song. The left hand is luckily quite simple, with tied whole-notes creating a slow moving bass part with each note lasting two bars. Each chord played consists of three separate notes, but this broken chord-arpeggio pattern is what gives the song is driving, consistent rhythm. You can apply this pattern to every chord in this song. That means you’ll play A – C# – E – C# – A, or bottom – middle – top – middle – bottom. Take that first A major chord and rather than play it solid, play it in a broken pattern starting from the bottom note up, then back down to the bottom. So here’s the pattern-mentality to lock into your right hand. So what is that piano pattern that’s played throughout the entirety of the song? If you’ve been practicing your broken triads, you’ll be right at home playing the right hand part of this tune (Need to brush up on those exercises? Check out the members- only Foundations series at Pianote! ) Once you’ve familiarized yourself with each chord, you can move onto the patterns and forms of each chord as they’re played in the song. To get acquainted with each chord in this progression, it’s a great idea to practice the chords in all of their inversions. This verse is a four chord loop consisting of the chords: A – C#m – F#m – DĪ fairly simple, common progression. The Verseįirst, let’s take a look at the verse. In this lesson we’ll take a look at the four sections that comprise the song, as well as the right hand piano pattern that runs through the whole thing. It’s time to learn another epic power-ballad of a song, Adele’s ‘Someone Like You.’ This song is about two things: sweeping heartfelt emotion and a flashy piano technique known as the arpeggio.
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