Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play Pulled on piano
Written by Andrew Lippa
- D minor
- 4/4
- 130 BPM
- 2009
- Medium
Learn Pulled in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: F – Bbsus4 – Bb – C
Pulled sits in D minor: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: F is F, A and C; Bbsus4 is Bb, Eb and F; Bb is Bb, D and F; C is C, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FIIIBbsus4VIsus4BbVICVII- FF · A · C
- Bbsus4Bb · Eb · F
- BbBb · D · F
- CC · E · G
- 2
Left hand: Hopping heartbeat
Quick hops into the middle of the bar, then a rest on beat 4. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 1& · 2& · 3 (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 143 songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Pumping chords
A chord on every eighth note, driving the song forward. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 130 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: Bb – C – Dm
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCDm- DmD · F · A
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Questions about Pulled
What chords are in Pulled?
The loop is F – Bbsus4 – Bb – C (bIII – bVIsus – bVI – bVII) in D minor, and the song ends on Bb – C – Dm.
What key is Pulled in?
D minor, at about 130 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Pulled?
Hopping heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 1& · 2& · 3, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Pulled 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.