Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play Geboren Um Zu Leben on piano
By Unheilig
- E minor
- 4/4
- 92 BPM
- 2010
- Medium
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Learn Geboren Um Zu Leben in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Em – G – Bm – D
How it goes
Geboren Um Zu Leben sits in E minor: E is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Em is E, G and B; G is G, B and D; Bm is B, D and F#; D is D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
EmiGIIIBmvDVII- EmE · G · B
- GG · B · D
- BmB · D · F#
- DD · F# · A
- 2
Left hand: Pop heartbeat
How it goes
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: Candle flicker
How it goes
Two low chord notes flicker back and forth, warm like candlelight. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 92 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
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Questions about Geboren Um Zu Leben
What chords are in Geboren Um Zu Leben?
The loop is Em – G – Bm – D (i – bIII – v – bVII) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.
What key is Geboren Um Zu Leben in?
E minor, at about 92 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Geboren Um Zu Leben?
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 Geboren Um Zu Leben 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.