Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play Never Felt This Way on piano
- C# minor
- 4/4
- 90 BPM
- i–bVI–i–bVI loop
- Medium
Learn Never Felt This Way in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: C#m – A – C#m – A
Never Felt This Way sits in C# minor: C# is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: C#m is C#, E and G#; A is A, C# and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
C#miAVIC#miAVI- C#mC# · E · G#
- AA · C# · E
- 2
Left hand: Pop heartbeat
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: Circling light
Three notes circle round and round in a soft, glowing loop. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 90 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: A – B – C#m
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
ABC#m- BB · D# · F#
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Questions about Never Felt This Way
What chords are in Never Felt This Way?
The loop is C#m – A – C#m – A (i – bVI – i – bVI) in C# minor, and the song ends on A – B – C#m.
What key is Never Felt This Way in?
C# minor, at about 90 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Never Felt This Way?
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 Never Felt This Way 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.