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How to play Theme From Buffy The Vampire Slayer on piano

By Nerf Herder

  • E minor
  • 4/4
  • 140 BPM
  • 1997
  • Medium
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Left hand Giant stepsRight hand Ticking clockChords the loop the song repeats most

Learn Theme From Buffy The Vampire Slayer in 5 steps

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

  1. 1

    Chords: D – E – Gsus4 – Bm

    Theme From Buffy The Vampire Slayer sits in E minor: E is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: D is D, F# and A; E is E, G# and B; Gsus4 is G, C and D; Bm is B, D and F#. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.

    DVIIEIGsus4IIIsus4Bmv
    • DD · F# · A
    • EE · G# · B
    • Gsus4G · C · D
    • BmB · D · F#
  2. 2

    Left hand: Giant steps

    A full chord on every beat, low and heavy, like a giant walking. Musicians call it lh chords (left-hand chords), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.

    Giant stepsLeft-hand chords · RockLeft handEasy
  3. 3

    Right hand: Ticking clock

    One high note repeated on every quick beat: tick, tick, tick. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.

    Ticking clockRepeated-note pulse · RockRight handMedium
  4. 4

    Both hands at 140 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. 5

    Ending: C – D – Em

    The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.

    CDEm
    • CC · E · G
    • EmE · G · B

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The same left hand: Giant steps

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Questions about Theme From Buffy The Vampire Slayer

What chords are in Theme From Buffy The Vampire Slayer?

The loop is D – E – Gsus4 – Bm (bVII5 – I5 – bIIIsus – v) in E minor, and the song ends on C – D – Em.

What key is Theme From Buffy The Vampire Slayer in?

E minor, at about 140 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Theme From Buffy The Vampire Slayer?

Giant steps: lh chords, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Theme From Buffy The Vampire Slayer 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.