Licks & Riffs : Evanescence - Bring Me To Life


We've covered this ground before here at 8notes, when we looked at the harmonies in pieces like Mark Snow's X Files Theme, but we've had so many requests to look at the piano opening to Evanescene's hit 'Bring Me To Life' we thought we'd take a look again.

The harmony in both pieces is remarkably similar.

Start by taking a minor chord, and adding a note a semi-tone higher:







Then in the right hand if you meander around on notes that mix Aminor and D minor (A C E - D F E) and you're left with a very Xfiles/Evanescence -like sound world.




Of course later in the Evanescene song the guitars kick in, but you still get a very good idea of the kind of chord progression used in the chorus here:




Thanks to our friends at SheetMusicPlus you can now view the entire first page of this piece:



Alternatively follow the links on this page to buy the original.

Sheet Music to buy by Evanescence



My Immortal "By Evanescence. For voice, piano and guitar chords. This edition: Piano/Vocal/Chords. Artist/Personality; Piano/Vocal/Chords; Sheet; Solo. Pop Rock and Hard Rock. Difficulty: medium. Single. Vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names and guit

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My Immortal - Easy Piano "By Evanescence. By Ben Moody, Amy Lee, and David Hodges. Arranged by Dan Coates. For voice and easy piano. Artist/Personality; Piano Solo - Popular Sheet; Solo. Pop Rock and Hard Rock. Difficulty: easy-medium. Single. Easy piano notation, lyrics and chor

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Fallen "(Piano/Vocal/Chords). By Evanescence. For voice, piano and guitar (chords only). This edition: Piano/Vocal/Chords. Artist/Personality; Personality Book; Piano/Vocal/Chords. Pop Rock and Hard Rock. Difficulty: medium to medium-difficult. Songbook. Vocal m

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Bring Me to Life "By Evanescence. For voice, piano and guitar chords. This edition: Piano/Vocal/Chords. Artist/Personality; Piano/Vocal/Chords; Sheet; Solo. Original Sheet Music Edition. Pop Rock and Hard Rock. Difficulty: medium. Single. Vocal melody, piano accompaniment

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The Open Door "(Piano/Vocal/Chords). By Evanescence. For voice, piano and guitar (chords only). This edition: Piano/Vocal/Chords. Artist/Personality; Personality Book; Piano/Vocal/Chords. P/V/C. Pop Rock and Hard Rock. Songbook. Vocal melody, lyrics, piano accompanimen

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Evanescence -- The Piano Style of Amy Lee (Piano/Vocal/Chords). By Evanescence. For Keyboard; Piano; Voice. This edition: Piano/Vocal/Chords. Artist/Personality; Personality Book; Piano/Vocal/Chords. Rock. Book. 72 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

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My Immortal By Evanescence. For Piano/Vocal/Chords. Pop/Rock. 5 pages. Published by Alfred Music. Digital Sheet Music

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My Immortal "By Evanescence. By Ben Moody, Amy Lee, and David Hodges. For Easy Piano. Pop/Rock. 5 pages. Published by Alfred Music. Digital Sheet Music"

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Hello "By Evanescence. For piano, voice, and guitar (chords only). Metal; Pop; Rock. 5 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music"

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Good Enough By Evanescence. For Piano/Vocal/Chords. Pop/Rock. 7 pages. Published by Alfred Music. Digital Sheet Music

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Evanescence -- Fallen (Easy Piano). Arranged by Carol Tornquist. For Piano. This edition: Easy Piano. Artist/Personality; Book; Piano - Personality Book; Piano Supplemental; Sing-Along. Rock. Easy Piano. 56 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

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Anywhere But Home "(Piano/Vocal/Chords). By Evanescence. For voice, piano and guitar (chords only). This edition: Piano/Vocal/Chords. Artist/Personality; Personality Book; Piano/Vocal/Chords. Pop Rock and Hard Rock. Difficulty: medium. Songbook. Vocal melody, piano accompa

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"Evanescence, Complete Scores" By Mary Schneider. Edited by Fred Sturm. For Orchestra. Standard notation. Published by Universal Edition

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Lacrymosa By Evanescence. For Piano/Vocal/Chords. Pop/Rock. 9 pages. Published by Alfred Music. Digital Sheet Music

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Sweet Sacrifice By Evanescence. For Piano/Vocal/Chords. Pop/Rock. 6 pages. Published by Alfred Music. Digital Sheet Music

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Fallen "(Authentic Guitar TAB). By Evanescence. For guitar and voice. This edition: Authentic Guitar TAB. Artist/Personality; Authentic Guitar TAB; Guitar Personality; Guitar TAB. Pop Rock and Hard Rock. Difficulty: medium. Guitar tablature songbook. Guitar tabl

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Lithium By Evanescence. For Piano/Vocal/Chords. Pop/Rock. 7 pages. Published by Alfred Music. Digital Sheet Music

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Bring Me to Life By Evanescence and Paul McCoy. For Piano/Vocal/Chords. Pop/Rock. 5 pages. Published by Alfred Music. Digital Sheet Music

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The Open Door "(Authentic Guitar TAB). By Evanescence. For guitar and voice. This edition: Authentic Guitar TAB. Artist/Personality; Authentic Guitar TAB; Guitar Personality; Guitar TAB. Pop Rock and Hard Rock. Guitar tablature songbook. Guitar tablature, standard nota

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Going Under "By Evanescence. By Ben Moody, Amy Lee, and David Hodges. For Piano/Vocal/Chords. Pop/Rock. 7 pages. Published by Alfred Music. Digital Sheet Music"

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