Piano chords · Rock drive
How to play Unter Feuer on piano
By Unheilig
- A minor
- 4/4
- 138 BPM
- 2010
- Medium
Learn Unter Feuer in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Am – Em – D – C
Unter Feuer sits in A minor: A is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Am is A, C and E; Em is E, G and B; D is D, F# and A; C is C, E and G. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AmiEmvDIVCIII- AmA · C · E
- EmE · G · B
- DD · F# · A
- CC · E · G
- 2
Left hand: Heartbeat octaves
Low, high, low, high: a bouncing heartbeat. Musicians call it rocking octaves (rocking octaves), an easy pattern heard in thousands of songs of the library.
- 3
Right hand: Rooftop rain
A chord, then one high note pattering again and again like rain. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 138 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: F – G – Am
The last chords are bVI – bVII – i, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
FGAm- FF · A · C
- GG · B · D
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Questions about Unter Feuer
What chords are in Unter Feuer?
The loop is Am – Em – D – C (i – v – IV – bIII) in A minor, and the song ends on F – G – Am.
What key is Unter Feuer in?
A minor, at about 138 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Unter Feuer?
Heartbeat octaves: rocking octaves, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Unter Feuer 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.