Piano chords · Rock drive
How to play Midnight on piano
By Coldplay
- B minor
- 4/4
- 125 BPM
- 2014
- Medium
Learn Midnight in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: A – G – Bm – A
Midnight sits in B minor: B is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: A is A, C# and E; G is G, B and D; Bm is B, D and F#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AVIIGVIBmiAVII- AA · C# · E
- GG · B · D
- BmB · D · F#
- 2
Left hand: Engine 8ths
The lowest note on every eighth: the engine of rock. Musicians call it root bass · 8ths (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Sleep-in chords
Quiet for half the bar, then three chords wake up near the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 125 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: G – A – Bm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
GABm
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Questions about Midnight
What chords are in Midnight?
The loop is A – G – Bm – A (bVII – bVI – i – bVII) in B minor, and the song ends on G – A – Bm.
What key is Midnight in?
B minor, at about 125 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Midnight?
Engine 8ths: root bass · 8ths, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Midnight 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 2 arrangements of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.