{"id":64,"date":"2017-11-10T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-01-12T10:15:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T18:15:00","slug":"how-to-play-clocks-coldplay-piano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/how-to-play-clocks-coldplay-piano\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Play “Clocks” by Coldplay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you been practicing your solid, broken and inverted triads for days\/weeks\/months on end? Are you starting to wonder \u2018<\/span>what are these things good for?\u2019  <\/span><\/em>Well, \u2018Clocks\u2019 by Coldplay is a perfect example of how piano theory and exercises can be translated into something very musical, provided you know how to combine just a few easy chords. So let\u2019s dive into what makes \u2018Clocks\u2019 tick\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Key Signature<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Clocks is written in the key of Eb major. Well, at least that\u2019s how I think of it, seeing as the main tonal center of the song is based around Eb major. The one consideration you\u2019ve got to keep in mind is that there is one <\/span>accidental <\/span><\/em>note that you\u2019ll find in this song. An \u2018accidental\u2019 is just a fancy music-theory way of saying a note that doesn\u2019t naturally appear within the key of the song. In the case of Clocks, that accidental is going to be Db. So keep in mind that the four black keys needed for this song are Bb, Eb, Ab, and Db.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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