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How to play Bring Me To Life on piano
By Evanescence
- E minor
- 4/4
- 96 BPM
- 2002
- Medium
Play the full song with sheet music
Learn Bring Me To Life in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Em – Em – Am – Am
How it goes
Bring Me To Life sits in E minor: E is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Em is E, G and B; Am is A, C and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
EmiEmiAmivAmiv- EmE · G · B
- AmA · C · E
- 2
Left hand: Hop-skip heartbeat
How it goes
Three steps, then a quick hop that skips right over beat 4. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4& (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 250 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Ticking clock
How it goes
One high note repeated on every quick beat: tick, tick, tick. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 96 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
Ending: C – D – Em
How it goes
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CDEm- CC · E · G
- DD · F# · A
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Questions about Bring Me To Life
What chords are in Bring Me To Life?
The loop is Em – Em – Am – Am (i – iv – i – iv) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.
What key is Bring Me To Life in?
E minor, at about 96 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Bring Me To Life?
Hop-skip heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 · 3& · 4&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Bring Me To Life 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.
Can I hear the real melody of Bring Me To Life?
Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.
Made from 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.