Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play Never Forget on piano
Written by Patrick Doyle
- A major
- 4/4
- 62 BPM
- 2017
- Medium
Learn Never Forget in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: E – A – F#m – Bm
Never Forget sits in A major: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: E is E, G# and B; A is A, C# and E; F#m is F#, A and C#; Bm is B, D and F#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
EVAIF#mviBmii- EE · G# · B
- AA · C# · E
- F#mF# · A · C#
- BmB · D · F#
- 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: Waterfall
Down from the top and splashing between two notes, over and over. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 62 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 – Asus4 – A
The last chords are I – Isus – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
AAsus4A- Asus4A · D · E
Questions about Never Forget
What chords are in Never Forget?
The loop is E – A – F#m – Bm (V – I – vi – ii) in A major, and the song ends on A – Asus4 – A.
What key is Never Forget in?
A major, at about 62 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Never Forget?
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 Forget 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.