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How to play Invincible on piano

By Pat Benatar

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Left hand Push and landRight hand SunriseChords the loop the song repeats most

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Learn Invincible in 5 steps

The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.

  1. 1

    Chords: F – Cm – Eb – Bb

    How it goes

    Invincible sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; Cm is C, Eb and G; Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Bb is Bb, D and F. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.

    FICmvEbbVIIBbIV
    • FF · A · C
    • CmC · Eb · G
    • EbEb · G · Bb
    • BbBb · D · F
    14 songs go round the same chords
  2. 2

    Left hand: Push and land

    How it goes

    A push just before beat 3, then two calm landings. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.

  3. 3

    Right hand: Sunrise

    How it goes

    Three notes keep climbing in quick loops, bright like the morning sun. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.

  4. 4

    Both hands at 140 BPM

    How it goes

    Put the two hands together over the loop. Start at half speed with the player's speed control, and bring it up once every change is easy.

  5. 5

    Ending: Bb – C – F

    How it goes

    The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.

    BbCF
    • CC · E · G

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Questions about Invincible

What chords are in Invincible?

The loop is F – Cm – Eb – Bb (I – v – bVII – IV) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Invincible in?

F major, at about 140 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Invincible?

Push and land: root bass · 1 · 2& · 3 · 4, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Invincible easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 4 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.