 Hi guys let's learn Heart Attack by Demi Lovato and the song basically has five sections which pretty much repeat twice and then in addition to that you also have a bridge which I have written down below and you also have an intro section which is very similar to the build up section which I have marked here. So let's just understand how we've broken up each of the sections. So you have the verse that's your verse okay I'll break that down for you later of course and then during the pre-chorus this is what happens chorus that happens twice after that we go to the build up heart attack so when the heart attack words come into the song which he repeats I've marked out that part okay so actually I think what's nice is let's do it from the catchy part from heart attack going up and this part or the heart attack part is really simple it's 6 4 1 5 what that means is in the A flat major scale which is the 1 it will be 6 F sharp minus is 6 sorry F minus is 6 4 is D flat 1 is A flat and E flat is 5 I would suggest that you write down the A flat major scale along with all its chords right away right so anyway here's the heart attack part or the main hook you could say it's nothing but you can play two chords here and two chords here while you just do the root note of the chord so it's two one is to two you could say that's what I've written down a one is to two ratio so one two three four one two three four one two three four one two three and so on you could also play a groove where you follow the drummer where you could do something like it's also sort of like the strumming pattern of the guitarist right and so on so let's see how that can be adapted on the piano you could say so you need to know the drum groove and the guitar pattern and automatically you can try and use your two hands to adapt and play something like that if that fails you could always go back to something which is tried and tested play two in the right hand while you play one in the left hand very nice for a lot of the pop songs out there okay so let's now do the build up part or the intro part so you could use it at the intro it is used in the intro and it is used to take you to that heart attack part so there you can play let me first go through the chords so that's D flat major C minor which is the three minor okay so that's F minor and B flat that's a six going to two no no no no no no heart attack so you need to stop it there while the singer does that last build into the chorus on her own so let's look at the build up again D flat C minor F minor B flat A flat stop got that and on the piano you could perhaps do it with arpeggios so why don't you follow that pattern I'm playing D flat major in an inversion with the D flat on the top so that's a C minor but I'm adding the minor seventh which is B flat I think that sounds nice that's what's used in the song okay then we go to F minor which I am playing with the triad and the C B flat minor A flat stop let's look at that pattern again okay let's do that again and play the root note of each chord in your left hand and we go to that other section which I taught right and there's a very very similar section where she does pretty much the same tune right so that's a very nice melodic part so I've called that the chorus because it's a very epic sounding thing so the chords for that are written wherever it says chorus and you can play the same groove you did where you did heart attack so you have D flat A flat E flat E flat minor E flat F minor sorry E flat F minor so that's a quick change 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 so you'd be playing D flat twice A flat twice E flat twice E flat F minor this is a very quick change and then this is four times two three four so this is two one one this is four counts so that's how I write the chords generally if you take this it'll be for four counts sorry if you take this it's for two counts two two and this is half of that so it's one one two two and here you have extended two plus another one of this so let's look at the chorus again D flat A flat brilliant and now you have the pre-chorus of the song which you know comes after the verse so actually let's now do the verse and the pre-chorus as one package okay so verse I'm doing the verse and then the pre-chorus so the verse is basically block chords which you just play and then lift your hand whenever the snare drum is hit so whenever the drummer hits the snare drum you should not play okay so you should lift your piano at that particular point the chords for the verse are so the two chords where you have to be aware of the snare drum are the first and the third D flat and off at the snare and so on and also note that the second and fourth chords have a property where they started the and of the three so that's one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four so one and two so lift your right hand at the two lift both hands at the two and strike A flat at the three and play E flat at the one of the next bar lift it at two play F minor at the three and of the next bar let's look at it one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and with the left hand playing the roots of the chord as always and so on then we go to the pre-chorus which is serving as yet another build-up in the song so there we go D flat A flat E flat F minor D flat A flat E flat E flat and back to two D flat A flat E flat this part I showed you earlier right so D flat F minor D flat A flat E flat so the first time we do this pre-chorus you end it it with E flat, E flat. The second time we do the pre-chorus, you end it with C and you sort of stop here to build up that anticipation going to the chorus. So let's look at that D flat, A flat, E flat, F minor, D flat, A flat, E flat and then the second time, second line, A flat. Right? So the intro is the exact same thing as the build up, same chords. And then you have a bridge section which is pretty much the same chords as you've used earlier. Just that the chords last longer. So they last for four counts. So you go D, so four times, four beats each chord. And F minor, A flat and then C. Right? So that's about the song, a very interesting pop song with a lot of interesting chord progressions and a lot of dynamics throughout. So I've written down quite a few patterns you can try on the piano. So try to execute it as best as possible. And another final groove you can try out is to play fifth chords in the right hand. So if you take A flat major for instance, as the scale, you can just take the fifth chord and just play it either as an arpeggio or you can play it together. Right? So this will work really well with the pre-chorus and the build ups. You could play the chords then in your left hand if you can. If not, you could play the roots of the chord. If you're playing the whole chord, try to play it a little around middle C so it doesn't sound very muddy there. Right? And so on. So fifth chord arpeggios or just fifth chords in general will work really well for this song. So try to spice things up with different patterns throughout the song. And that's what exactly happens in the original. There are a lot of different patterns but very similar chords, very pop-ish chords. That means they all come from the major scale. And in this case it's A flat major. And if you feel that this scale is not for you, if your singer is not able to do it or if you find it tough to sing, perhaps you could transpose the same chords and do the needful. Right? So hope you found that lesson useful. As always, do subscribe to our YouTube channel for a lot more. Cheers.