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How to play Invincible on piano

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Learn Invincible in 5 steps

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

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Chords: C#m – F#m – C#m – F#m
Invincible sits in C# minor: C# is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C#m is C#, E and G#; F#m is F#, A and C#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
C#miF#mivC#miF#miv
- C#mC# · E · G#
- F#mF# · A · C#
68 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Tick-tick-boom pulse
Two quick low notes and a high one, twice: ta-ta-DUM, ta-ta-DUM. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 479 songs of the library.
Tick-tick-boom pulseRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Lingering chords
Two chords, then a late one after beat 3 that hangs in the air. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Lingering chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handEasy
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Both hands at 110 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
- AA · C# · E
- BB · D# · F#

What chords are in Invincible?

The loop is C#m – F#m – C#m – F#m (i – iv – i – iv) in C# minor, and the song ends on A – B – C#m.

What key is Invincible in?

C# minor, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Invincible?

Tick-tick-boom pulse: root bass · 8ths 1-2, 3-4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Invincible 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.