Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play Feel It Still on piano
By Portugal. The Man
- C# minor
- 4/4
- 160 BPM
- 2017
- Medium
Learn Feel It Still in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: F#m – C#m – A – F#m
Feel It Still sits in C# minor: C# is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F#m is F#, A and C#; C#m is C#, E and G#; A is A, C# and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
F#mivC#miAVIF#miv- F#mF# · A · C#
- C#mC# · E · G#
- AA · C# · E
- 2
Left hand: Island pulse
Three, three, two: the island rhythm in so many pop hits. Musicians call it root bass · tresillo 3-3-2 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Telegraph taps
One note tapping like a telegraph, then slipping a step down. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 160 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.
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Ending: A – B – C#m
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
ABC#m- BB · D# · F#
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Questions about Feel It Still
What chords are in Feel It Still?
The loop is F#m – C#m – A – F#m (iv – i – bVI – iv) in C# minor, and the song ends on A – B – C#m.
What key is Feel It Still in?
C# minor, at about 160 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Feel It Still?
Island pulse: root bass · tresillo 3-3-2, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Feel It Still 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.