Piano chords · Dreamy ballad
How to play No Pude Quitarte Las Espinas on piano
By Alberto "Tico" Mercado Suárez
- E major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- I–IV–V–I loop
- 1999
- Medium
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Learn No Pude Quitarte Las Espinas in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: E – A – B – E
How it goes
No Pude Quitarte Las Espinas sits in E major: E is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: E is E, G# and B; A is A, C# and E; B is B, D# and F#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
EIAIVBVEI- EE · G# · B
- AA · C# · E
- BB · D# · F#
- 2
Left hand: Take-off climb
How it goes
Two pushes on the root, then a climb up the chord to beat 4. Musicians call it broken chord 1-1-3-5 (broken chord), an easy pattern heard in 105 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Candle flicker
How it goes
Two low chord notes flicker back and forth, warm like candlelight. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 100 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: E – Am – E
How it goes
The last chords are I – iv – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
EAmE- AmA · C · E
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Questions about No Pude Quitarte Las Espinas
What chords are in No Pude Quitarte Las Espinas?
The loop is E – A – B – E (I – IV – V – I) in E major, and the song ends on E – Am – E.
What key is No Pude Quitarte Las Espinas in?
E major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in No Pude Quitarte Las Espinas?
Take-off climb: broken chord 1-1-3-5, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is No Pude Quitarte Las Espinas 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.