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How to play Remember I Told You (feat. Anne-Marie) on piano

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Learn Remember I Told You (feat. Anne-Marie) in 5 steps

The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.

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Chords: Fm – Cm – Db – Fm
How it goes
Remember I Told You (feat. Anne-Marie) sits in F minor: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Fm is F, Ab and C; Cm is C, Eb and G; Db is Db, F and Ab. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
FmiCmvDbVIFmi
- FmF · Ab · C
- CmC · Eb · G
- DbDb · F · Ab
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Left hand: Pop heartbeat
How it goes
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.
Pop heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Funky-chicken chords
How it goes
Chords dodge almost every beat in tricky quick spots: pure funk. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Funky-chicken chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handEasy
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Both hands at 110 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.
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Ending: Db – Eb – Fm
How it goes
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DbEbFm
- EbEb · G · Bb

What chords are in Remember I Told You (feat. Anne-Marie)?

The loop is Fm – Cm – Db – Fm (i – v – bVI – i) in F minor, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Fm.

What key is Remember I Told You (feat. Anne-Marie) in?

F minor, at about 110 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Remember I Told You (feat. Anne-Marie)?

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 Remember I Told You (feat. Anne-Marie) easy to play on piano?

Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.

Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.