Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play Kiss On My List on piano
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- Eb major
- 4/4
- 120 BPM
- Medium
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Learn Kiss On My List in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Cm – Fm – Ab – C
How it goes
Kiss On My List sits in Eb major: Eb is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Cm is C, Eb and G; Fm is F, Ab and C; Ab is Ab, C and Eb; C is C, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
CmviFmiiAbIVCVI- CmC · Eb · G
- FmF · Ab · C
- AbAb · C · Eb
- CC · E · G
- 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: Pumping chords
How it goes
A chord on every eighth note, driving the song forward. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 120 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: Ab – Bb – Eb
How it goes
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AbBbEb- BbBb · D · F
- EbEb · G · Bb
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Questions about Kiss On My List
What chords are in Kiss On My List?
The loop is Cm – Fm – Ab – C (vi – ii – IV – VI) in Eb major, and the song ends on Ab – Bb – Eb.
What key is Kiss On My List in?
Eb major, at about 120 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Kiss On My List?
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 Kiss On My List 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.