Piano chords · Rock drive
How to play How You Remind Me on piano
Written by Nickelback
- Eb major
- 4/4
- 90 BPM
- 2001
- Medium
Learn How You Remind Me in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: C – Eb – Bb – F
How You Remind Me sits in Eb major: Eb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C is C, E and G; Eb is Eb, G and Bb; Bb is Bb, D and F; F is F, A and C. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CVIEbIBbVFII- CC · E · G
- EbEb · G · Bb
- BbBb · D · F
- FF · A · C
- 2
Left hand: Power fifths
Root and fifth together: big and bold. Musicians call it lh power fifths (left-hand chords), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Soft chords
Soft chords on beats 1, 3 and 4. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 90 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: Ab – Bb – Eb
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AbBbEb- AbAb · C · Eb
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Questions about How You Remind Me
What chords are in How You Remind Me?
The loop is C – Eb – Bb – F (VI5 – I5 – V5 – II5) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is How You Remind Me in?
Eb major, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in How You Remind Me?
Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is How You Remind Me 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.