Piano chords · Rock drive

How to play Immortality on piano

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Learn Immortality in 5 steps

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

1
Chords: Em – D – Em – D
Immortality sits in E minor: E is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Em is E, G and B; D is D, F# and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
EmiDVIIEmiDVII
- EmE · G · B
- DD · F# · A
50 songs go round the same chords
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.
Power fifthsLeft-hand chords · RockLeft handMedium
3
Right hand: Bouncy bells
A high bell note, then chords bouncing on every “and”. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Bouncy bellsSyncopated chords · PopRight handEasy
4
Both hands at 129 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: C – D – Em
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
CDEm
- CC · E · G

What chords are in Immortality?

The loop is Em – D – Em – D (i – bVII – i – bVII) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.

What key is Immortality in?

E minor, at about 129 beats a minute in 2/2.

What does the left hand play in Immortality?

Power fifths: lh power fifths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Immortality 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.