Valentine’s Heartbreak Ballads for Piano – Easy Piano Ballads

In this guide, we explore some of the best heartbreak ballads for piano. Sad songs for piano are a great way to ease the difficulty of losing someone you love, which is especially hard at this time of the year.

Arm yourself with a piano and get playing. It’s time to tinkle away at the ivories and play away those blues.

Sad songs to ease an aching heart.

Look at them. Giggling at some inside joke, rubbing their faces all over each other, gobbling chocolates like their lives depended on it. It’s that day again, when every twitterpated twosome is out to celebrate the miracle of shacking up. But for those of us suffering from a stinging Valentine’s heartbreak, where is there to turn?

This year, whether your last duet is done, or you’re a veteran soloist, you can find solace in these 5 anthems for the lovelorn. Learn to play a new song and prove you don’t need any accompaniment to bring down the house!

Heartbreak Songs on Piano

Let’s dive into some of the saddest heartbreak songs to play on piano. This isn’t an exhaustive list. Such a thing doesn’t really exist, there are hundreds of sad songs released every week, so these are just some of the iconic options with a simple way to play.

1. Apologize – One Republic

Lonely hearts the world over reach for the tissue box when this mega-hit comes on. Everyone knows the refrain “it’s too late to apologize” and the piano is relatively simple to play. You can at least get to grips with the melody pretty easily.

Achey-Breakiest Lyric: “I’m holding on your rope, got me ten feet off the ground.”

2. Someone Like You – Adele

Adele’s modern classic is an ode to the slow burn. Just because the fire is out, doesn’t mean the embers aren’t still white hot.

You can’t write a list of heartbreak ballads for piano and not have an Adele song on there. In fact, you could probably list about 10-15 different songs by the British sensation. You might not have the same vocal range that Adele can boast, but you can at least learn the chords on piano for a brilliant accompaniment. You can at least try to sing like Adele, right?

Achey-Breakiest Lyric: “I had hoped you’d see my face and that you’d be reminded that for me it isn’t over.”

3. i hate u, i love u – Gnash ft. Olivia O’Brien

A perfect example of the complicated, conflicted feelings that every breakup brings to the surface.

Achey-Breakiest Lyric: “Everyone I do right does me wrong, so every lonely night, I sing this song.”

4. Wuthering Heights – Kate Bush

Kate Bush’s Victorian source material proves that heartbreak is nothing new.

Kate Bush is known for her extravagant and eccentric style, and the chorus of this song is one that everyone knows. A lot of songs on the list have a lot of modern techniques and instrumentation, however, you can find that the older songs are the best. Wuthering Heights sounds great on piano.

Achey-Breakiest Lyric: “How could you leave me when I needed to possess you? I hated you, I loved you, too.”

5. Elastic Heart – Sia

It’s still definitely a Valentine’s heartbreak ballad, but we thought we’d end with a song that shows how resilient the human heart can be.

This is one of the more modern songs on the list.

Achey-Breakiest Lyric: “Now another one bites the dust and, let’s be clear, I trust no one.”

More Heartbreak Songs for Piano

If the above songs aren’t really your thing, don’t worry. There are thousands and songs and playlists that fit the bill.

Here are some more heartbreak songs that you can learn on piano if you so wish:

• “Best Thing I Never Had” by Beyoncé
• “It Must Have Been Love” by Roxette – Known from the Pretty Woman soundtrack
• “Fix You” by Coldplay – You can just imagine the tears flowing to this song
• “How to Save a Life” by The Fray – One hit wonders, but that hit was a heartbreak anthem
• “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” by Zayn Malik and Taylor Swift
• “When We Were Young” by Adele – We could list about a dozen Adele songs…
• “Do What You Gotta Do” Nina Simone – One for those who love an old school ballad
• “The Tracks of My Tears” by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
• “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” – Known for the bass line, this track also sounds great when played on the piano.

Check out how good some of the songs that aren’t traditionally arranged for piano can sound on piano. This piano doesn’t even sound very well tuned.

FAQs

What makes a song sad?

When you are learning to play the piano you’ll learn some of the basics of theory. In this, you will learn that minor key songs tend to be a lot sadder. The vast majority of songs we’d consider “sad are in minor keys”.

It doesn’t matter too much which key it is in, as long as you write in a minor key then you should be able to make a song ‘sad’.

What is the saddest song ever?

“Tears in Heaven” has been named the saddest song of all time, but famously it isn’t a heartbreak ballad in the traditional way, as it is about a bereavement.

If you want to wallow, Spotify has a number of playlists that can help you drown your sorrows in a sea of tears.

Conclusion

Songs can enhance our mood, and make us feel less alone at difficult times. This amazing list of songs or piano means that you can express yourself by learning how to play the piano. When you work your way through the Pianu academy, you’ll arm yourself with the skills to play lots of amazing songs, including those to help you through the lonely Valentine’s day.

If you’re feeling alone this coming Valentine’s Day, we hope these songs will bring you some comfort. Plus, you could even put your playing on Instagram to make your ex jealous of your incredible talent, right? Well, it’s worth a go.

Don’t see your favorite Valentine’s heartbreak ballad? Let us know in the comments, or tweet us at @playpianu. There are always heartbreak ballads for piano being released, and hundreds of other songs that

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