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How to play Neon Lights on piano
By Demi Lovato
- A major
- 4/4
- 126 BPM
- 2013
- Medium
Learn Neon Lights in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: F#m – A – D – E
Neon Lights sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F#m is F#, A and C#; A is A, C# and E; D is D, F# and A; E is E, G# and B. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
F#mviAIDIVEV- F#mF# · A · C#
- AA · C# · E
- DD · F# · A
- EE · G# · B
- 2
Left hand: Tap-dance footsteps
Busy little taps around beat 2, then two calm steps to finish. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4 (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 100 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Cartwheel chords
Five evenly spaced chords roll across the beats, then land on 4. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 126 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: D – E – A
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
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Questions about Neon Lights
What chords are in Neon Lights?
The loop is F#m – A – D – E (vi – I – IV – V) in A major, and the song ends on D – E – A.
What key is Neon Lights in?
A major, at about 126 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Neon Lights?
Tap-dance footsteps: root bass · 1 · 1a · 2 · 2& · 3 · 4, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Neon Lights 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.