Piano chords · Pop heartbeat

How to play Advertising Space on piano

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Learn Advertising Space in 5 steps

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

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Chords: C – Em – C – Em
Advertising Space sits in C major: C is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; Em is E, G and B. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CIEmiiiCIEmiii
- CC · E · G
- EmE · G · B
21 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Pop heartbeat
Long, short, long: the heartbeat under a thousand pop songs. Musicians call it root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3) (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Pop heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Candle flicker
Two low chord notes flicker back and forth, warm like candlelight. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Candle flickerTwo-note ostinato · BalladRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 112 BPM
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
Ending: F – G – C
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGC
- FF · A · C
- GG · B · D

What chords are in Advertising Space?

The loop is C – Em – C – Em (I – iii – I – iii) in C major, and the song ends on F – G – C.

What key is Advertising Space in?

C major, at about 112 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Advertising Space?

Pop heartbeat: root bass · charleston push (1 · 2& · 3), an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Advertising Space 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.