Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play Auf Kurs on piano
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- D minor
- 4/4
- 129 BPM
- 2010
- Medium
Learn Auf Kurs in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Gm – Eb – Cm – Eb
Auf Kurs sits in D minor: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Gm is G, Bb and D; Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Cm is C, Eb and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
GmivEbbIICmviiEbbII- GmG · Bb · D
- EbEb · G · Bb
- CmC · Eb · G
- 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.
- 3
Right hand: Twinkle
Two notes twinkling back and forth. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 129 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: Bb – C – Dm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCDm- BbBb · D · F
- CC · E · G
- DmD · F · A
Questions about Auf Kurs
What chords are in Auf Kurs?
The loop is Gm – Eb – Cm – Eb (iv – bII – bvii – bII) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is Auf Kurs in?
D minor, at about 129 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Auf Kurs?
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 Auf Kurs 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.