Piano chords · Pop heartbeat
How to play Vogue on piano
By Madonna
- Ab major
- 4/4
- 100 BPM
- Medium
Learn Vogue in 5 steps
The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.
- 1
Chords: Abm – Gb – Fb – Ebm
Vogue sits in Ab major: Ab is home, where the song ends. It goes round 4 chords: Abm is Ab, Cb and Eb; Gb is Gb, Bb and Db; Fb is Fb, Ab and Cb; Ebm is Eb, Gb and Bb. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
AbmiGbbVIIFbbVIEbmv- AbmAb · Cb · Eb
- GbGb · Bb · Db
- FbFb · Ab · Cb
- EbmEb · Gb · Bb
- 2
Left hand: Pop heartbeat
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.
- 3
Right hand: Moonbeam glimmer
The top note dips to a sweet lower note and back, glimmering softly. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
- 4
Both hands at 100 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: Db – Eb – Ab
The last chords are IV – V – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DbEbAb- DbDb · F · Ab
- EbEb · G · Bb
- AbAb · C · Eb
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Questions about Vogue
What chords are in Vogue?
The loop is Abm – Gb – Fb – Ebm (i – bVII – bVI – v) in Ab major, and the song ends on Db – Eb – Ab.
What key is Vogue in?
Ab major, at about 100 beats a minute in 4/4.
What does the left hand play in Vogue?
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 Vogue 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.