{"id":243,"date":"2020-01-03T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-01-12T12:13:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T20:13:35","slug":"someone-you-loved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/someone-you-loved\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Play &#8220;Someone You Loved&#8221; by Lewis Capaldi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">I\u2019ve had a LOT of requests to teach this song, and it\u2019s not hard to see why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSomeone You Loved\u201d is a huge hit by Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi. It reached the #1 spot in the US, UK, Canada, and Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lewis Capaldi says this song took him 6 months to write and complete, and that he was \u201cbashing his head\u201d against a wall to come up with the melodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately for you, it won\u2019t take 6 months to learn, because it\u2019s a really simple song to play on the piano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pianote.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/pdf\/Someone-You-Loved-Lead-Sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&lt;&lt; Download the FREE lead sheet here &gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/weekly-email\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\"><strong>The Most Popular Chord Progression in Music<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The return of the 1-5-6-4 chord progression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These 4 chords make up SO many popular songs. It&#8217;s actually the reason you can <a href=\"\/500-songs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">learn LITERALLY hundreds of songs in just 5 days<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If these numbers don&#8217;t mean anything to you, then I&#8217;d really suggest <a href=\"\/blog\/pop-piano-chord-progressions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">checking out our previous lesson on these chords<\/a> before you continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you know that progression, &#8220;Someone You Loved&#8221; will be super simple to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\"><strong>The Main Riff<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This riff is what makes the song. It&#8217;s the first thing you hear and sets the tone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a beautiful riff and is really easy to play because it&#8217;s just the shell of the chords you&#8217;re already playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here it is for the intro:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pianote.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/someone-you-loved\/someone-you-loved-intro.png\" alt=\"Someon You Loved piano intro\" width=\"839\" height=\"152\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At first glance, this might look complicated. But once you break it down it&#8217;s very easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first chord is a D. And the notes in the riff are F# on top and A at the bottom. This is just the shell of a 2nd inversion D major chord! (F#-D-A)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, that same pattern is used for every chord. The only difference is that sneaky little A note at the very end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s the main riff, and if you can play that, you can play 90% of the song already!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\"><strong>You Have Options<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So once the intro is done you can really decide how you want to play it. The original recording just repeats that riff an octave lower for pretty much the whole song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can do that, or you can do simple chords with your right hand and experiment with some rhythms as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The great thing about &#8220;Someone You Loved&#8221; is that it can be as hard or as easy as you want it to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is only ONE section of this song where things get a little different. That&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\"><strong>The Bridge<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s this? A NEW chord?! When we get to the bridge we see a chord we haven&#8217;t seen yet. It&#8217;s an E minor.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pianote.s3.amazonaws.com\/blog\/someone-you-loved\/somoene-you-loved-bridge.png\" alt=\"Someone You Loved Bridge\" width=\"840\" height=\"322\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Again, you can either choose to play the shell of an inversion (like the original recording) or just play simple chords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That bridge pattern only repeats twice, before we&#8217;re back in familiar territory with our 1-5-6-4 chords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that&#8217;s the song! Like it said it&#8217;s really easy to play, but it&#8217;s so beautiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So as always, have fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/weekly-email\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to play Someone You Loved on the piano. 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