Piano chords · Pop heartbeat

How to play Heart Like Mine on piano

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Learn Heart Like Mine in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: Db – Ab – Db – Ab
How it goes
Heart Like Mine sits in Ab major: Ab is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Db is Db, F and Ab; Ab is Ab, C and Eb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DbIVAbIDbIVAbI
- DbDb · F · Ab
- AbAb · C · Eb
384 songs go round the same chords
2
Left hand: Pausing footsteps
How it goes
Three even steps, then a quiet beat to breathe. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 3 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
Pausing footstepsRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
3
Right hand: Dripping tap
How it goes
A soft chord, then the same note dripping steadily, drop by drop. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Dripping tapTwo-note ostinato · BalladRight handMedium
4
Both hands at 160 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.
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Ending: Ab – Db – Ab
How it goes
The last chords are I – IV – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AbDbAb

What chords are in Heart Like Mine?

The loop is Db – Ab – Db – Ab (IV – I – IV – I) in Ab major, and the song ends on Ab – Db – Ab.

What key is Heart Like Mine in?

Ab major, at about 160 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Heart Like Mine?

Pausing footsteps: root bass · 1 · 2 · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Heart Like Mine 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.