Piano chords · Pop heartbeat

How to play Tik Tok on piano

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Learn Tik Tok in 5 steps

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

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Chords: Bb – C – Dm – Bb
Tik Tok sits in F major: F is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Bb is Bb, D and F; C is C, E and G; Dm is D, F and A. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
BbIVCVDmviBbIV
- BbBb · D · F
- CC · E · G
- DmD · F · A
55 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Racing heartbeat
One calm beat, then non-stop quick notes racing to the end. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4& (root bass rhythm), a medium pattern heard in 431 songs of the library.
Racing heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handMedium
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Right hand: Double-skip chords
Steady chords with two quick skips, one mid-bar and one at the end. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Double-skip chordsSyncopated chords · PopRight handMedium
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Both hands at 124 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.
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Ending: Bb – C – F
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
BbCF
- FF · A · C

What chords are in Tik Tok?

The loop is Bb – C – Dm – Bb (IV – V – vi – IV) in F major, and the song ends on Bb – C – F.

What key is Tik Tok in?

F major, at about 124 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in Tik Tok?

Racing heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 2 · 2& · 3 · 3& · 4 · 4&, a medium pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is Tik Tok 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.