"O Holy Night" (Mariah Carey) - how to play it - easy piano tutorial
A wonderful Christmas song: “O Holy Night” (performed by Mariah Carey) - easy piano tutorial for everyone :)
Musicsheet for "O Holy Night" available to purchase at:
https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0060571
Bella's Lullaby piano tutorial (Twilight)
Below you will find a piano tutorial for a piece "Bella's Lullaby" from a film "Twilight", composed by Carter Burwell. Please find also the music notation below.
A tutorial shows first how to play the entire piece, then shows separately right (2:05) and left hand (18:30), and then two hands together at a slow pace (24:30).
Music notation below:
right hand:
F#, D, F#, D, G, D, G, D
F#, D, F#, D, E, D, E, D
F#, D, F#, D, G, D, G, Bflat
A, D, A, D, G, D, G, D
F#, D, F#, D, G, D, F#, E
F#, D, F#, E, D, E, D, E
F#, C, F#, C, E, C, E, D
E, Bflat, E, Bflat, D, Bflat, D, C
B, A
B, A
Bflat , A, G, E, D, G, B
A, B, D&C
E, G, B&A
C Bflat , A, G, E, D, G, B
A, B, D&C
F#, E&G, D#, B&E
G, C&A, G, A, B
F#, B, G, F#,E
F#, B, F#, G, B
F#, E, D, C, B, A
G, F#, D, B
Bflat , A, G, E, D, G, B
A
F#, F#, C, C, F#, F#, A
B, G, A
B, D, D, C, C, B, B, A
E, E, G, G, B, B, D, D
D, D, C, C, B, B, A
E, E, G, G, B, B, E, E
B&F#, D, D, C, E&C, B, D&B, A
C&G, G, C, C, E, E, A, A
F#, D, D, C, E&C, B, B, A
A, A, C, C, E, E, A, A
E&B
left hand:
D, Bflat A, G
D, Bflat
C, Bflat
D, Bflat
D, G
C, C, B
Bflat, Bflat, A
A&E, A&E
A&E, A&E
A&E
A&E, A&E
C&G, C&G
A&E, A&E
A&E
A&E, A&E
C, C
A&E, A&E
G&D, G&D
C, C
G&D, G&D
C, C A&E
A&E, E, A
D&B, E&C, F#&D
G&E, F#, E
G&D
C&G, E&G
G&D, B&G
C&G, E&G
G&D
G&E, E&G
B&G, G&D
G&E, E&G
B&E
The chords for "Bella'sLullaby":
D, Gm, D, Gm,
D, Gm, D, Gm,
D, Gm, D, Gm,
D7, Bflat,
Am,
C, Am,
C, Am,
G, C,
G, C,
Am,
G, D, G,
G, C, Em,
G, C, Em,
G, C,
G, C,
Em
If you have any comments or questions, please let me know !
"Silent night" - easy piano tutorial - how to play it?
"Silent night" - easy piano tutorial for beginners. How to play the piano without the music notes?
A tutorial shows first how to play the entire piece, then shows separately right (1:38) and left hand (3:53), and then two hands together at a slow pace (9:52).
Music sheet for "Silent night" available here:
River flows in you by Yiruma
Easy piano tutorial for "River flows in you" - composed by Yiruma. The tutorial shows first how to play the entire piece, then shows separately right (1:36) and left hand (9:15), and then two hands together at a slow pace (12:44).
If you have any comments or questions, please let me know !
"Let it go" from the movie "Frozen" - piano tutorial
A beautiful composition "Let it go" on the piano, “Frozen” soundtrack - easy piano tutorial for everyone, with Synthesia:
Air on the G string" - J. S. Bach - how to play it on the piano
Johann Sebastian Bach - Air on the G string - an easy piano tutorial:
Johann Sebastian Bach - Air on the G string - music sheet:
Valse d'Amelie by Yann Tiersen - how to play it on the piano
An easy piano tutorial of a composition by Yann Tiersen from the movie “Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain”. The composition is called “Valse d'Amelie”.
"Someone like you" by Adele - how to play it on the piano
An easy piano tutorial of a song "Someone like you" by Adele:
Music sheet for “Someone like you” by Adele available to purchase here.
Fur Elise - L. Beethoven - how to play it on the piano.
“Fur Elise” by Ludwig van Beethoven - easy piano tutorial, part 1:
“Fur Elise” by Ludwig van Beethoven - piano tutorial part two:
How to start learning to play the piano?
The first months of learning to play the piano may seem tedious – simple scales, exercises, and simple music pieces are often played with one hand.
There are different approaches to how to start learning to play. In my opinion, if your intention is to commit to a serious several year study, you should start from practicing scales and simple pieces for beginners.
An another approach is represented by for example Suzuki method, when you do not practice scales and etudes, but intuitively mimic a teacher, looking for your “own” technique. You can learn more about the method here
How the first months of learning to play the piano look like in practice, assuming a “classical” method of learning?
The purpose of this stage is to make sure that the hands are relaxed (not tense), and that the fingers are well based on a keyboard. For this purpose simple melodies should be practiced, initially with right and left hand separately. Also the scales should be played (starting from simple ones like C-major or a-minor), each hand separately as well.
What music pieces to play in the first months of learning the piano?
The selection of music pieces that a beginner learns to play usually consists of 2-3 music pieces. In the same time, the scales should be practiced. each hand separately. After a few months of playing the piano, it is good to add the passages as well.
Music pieces are of various kinds, so that the student learns various aspects – technical and also related to harmony. The repertoire of the learner should consist for example of the following music pieces:
Etudes (authors of know etudes are for example C. Gurlitt, H. Gnesin)
Music pieces by J. S. Bach (in the initial stage these could be simple piano pieces from Anna Magdalena Notebook)
Any of the popular melodies (for example one of the popular children songs)
Each exercise begins from playing a scale. The first scales are in key C major or a minor or G major or e minor, since they are the easiest ones.
With a more serious approach to playing the piano it is worth purchasing a book, for example Adult All-In-One Course: Lesson-Theory-Technic: Level 1 by Willard A. Palmer, where all basic concepts or playing a piano are introduced.