How to play "Get Lucky" on Gesture Synth
Get Lucky is the Nile Rodgers guitar riff turned into a songbook chart: Bm, D, F#m, E, looping for all sixteen bars. The tempo is the highest you have seen since the beginner songs, and the minor-key shapes keep your left hand busy.
Every chord is a triad, which keeps the right hand calm, but at 116 BPM the left hand has to move fast and land square. It is the song where the practice starts to feel like playing.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Fast, funky, and minor-key — 116 BPM with a four-chord loop that rewards clean transitions.
The whole song
Bm → D → F#m → E, four times through. A i–III–v–VII loop in B minor: the minor tonic, a bright major lift, and a dominant-flavoured return.
Practice tips
- Start at 80 BPM and work up — the loop is mechanical, so the only variable is your hands’ speed.
- The F#m (degree V, minor world) is the sneakiest shape; it is easy to flatten into the wrong degree when you are moving fast.
- Because the song is a loop, use the metronome and measure yourself: the goal is to stay locked for all sixteen bars without dropping the D.
Keep going
Once you can play "Get Lucky" from memory, try these next:
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