Popular Piano Songs

Play Michael Buble's Everything on the Piano - Part 1

Per the request of one of our site visitors, we have put together a 4 part tutorial on how to play Everything by Michael Buble on the piano.

Michael Buble's Everything - The Intro

The video starts by explaining the introduction to the song which is very cool rhymically but pretty simple melodically. Let's start with the ... Go to Full Lesson

Play Michael Buble's Everything on the Piano - Part 2

The Verse Endings

You'll notice when listening to the verses that the ending of some of the verses is slightly different (just as the ending on the intro lick). In fact, in the verse, the ending follows the same harmony as in the intro so it makes it easier on you.

Just as in the intro, there is a part toward the middle ... Go to Full Lesson

Play Michael Buble's Everything on the Piano - Part 3

The La-La Part Over the Intro Lick

The hardest part of this part of the song in my opinion is getting all the parts to line up properly. Essentially you'll have three things going on at once:

1. The left hand bass pattern
2. The right hand melody line
3. The vocal la-la part

Let's start by spelli ... Go to Full Lesson

Play Michael Buble's Everything on the Piano - Part 4

The Slow Down Part After First Modulated Chorus

After he plays the first chorus modulated, he lands on a C# minor 7 chord instead of the regular D major chord. This is when he sings "You're everything..." This chord is:

LH: C#, RH: G#-B-C#-E

Then this chord moves to a B major type chord but all you really have to ... Go to Full Lesson

A Few Thoughts on Nardis by Miles Davis

The first thoughts that come to my mind when listening to this tune are slow, scary, and mysterious.  The version that I listened to was a trio recording with Bill Evans on piano playing the melody off of his album Explorations.  The form of the piece is AABA.  I find the A sections to have more of a mysterious quality wher ... Go to Full Lesson

Billy Joel's New York State of Mind Revealed

Per the request of one of our site visitors, we have put together a 4 part tutorial on how to play this wonderful song on the piano. We are presenting it in the key of Bb for ease of singing. We hope you enjoy this free piano lesson and please contact us if you are interested in a personalized piano lesson of your own from LessonRating.

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Billy Joel Piano Lesson - New York State Of Mind Part 1

The first part of this piano lesson reviews the intro to Billy Joel's great song New York State of Mind. Remember that in this lesson, the song is performed in the key of Bb (the original key of the song is C). The song is played down a whole step for ease of singing.

The first chord of the intro is a C minor 7chord with the ... Go to Full Lesson

Billy Joel Piano Lesson - New York State Of Mind Part 2

The second part of this piano lesson digs into what is behind the chords that make up the main versus of the song. When Billy Joel plays it, he starts by essentially playing the melody on the piano first before actually singing it. To help you to figure out how to play the melody, we must first understand what chords are serving as ... Go to Full Lesson

Billy Joel Piano Lesson - New York State Of Mind Part 3

The third part of this piano lesson video series slowly reviews the chord progression learned and discussed in part 2. The key to becoming comfortable with the part 2 progression is to learn all the chords and learn the chords in all of their inversions. If you are comfortable with the notes that make up each chord, you will have a ... Go to Full Lesson

Billy Joel Piano Lesson - New York State Of Mind Part 4

The final part of this piano lesson video reviews what Billy Joel plays to end the song. Luckily, this section will be easier to learn because it is derived from the intro that you already learned in part 1. Before going to the intro chord progression, you'll want to play the C7(9) chord and arpeggiate it. Next, play the second cho ... Go to Full Lesson

3 Part Piano Lesson - Billy Joel

We have put together a three part piano lesson video series on how to play this song. Use the link below to go to the first part of the lesson

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Video Transcription

In this lesson we're going to learn how to play Billy Joel's "She's Got a Way," so let's get right into it. At the beginning it just starts out on a G. On the left hand that G, and I usually put D, the fifth, and G, and then the right hand you're just playing inversions of a G triad. So, what's a G triad? You've got G, B ... Go to Full Lesson

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Okay. So the next part, the chorus, bridge, landing on this G. So you're playing off. What it usually does is kind of this run up this G pentatonic scale. So the notes to that-- actually guess I leave out the A, but we'll put the A in. So the notes to this scale are G, A, B, D, E, G. Pentatonic scale because it's fi ... Go to Full Lesson

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Okay. So this last section of the lesson, I just kind of want to talk about certain things that you can do to the song to make it your own. Obviously it's good to learn it as it's supposed to be played, but my philosophy is always once you've kind of learned that or attempted to learn that, try and make it your own. S ... Go to Full Lesson

Main Focus Points of the Piano Lesson:

This short lesson lays out the basics of Bruce Hornsby's famous song "The Way it Is".  The set of chords for the verses of the song are:

|Ami  Emi7 | G  D | G  D | Csus2

The set of chords for the chorus (not shown on this video, see The Way it Is w ... Go to Full Lesson

Main Focus Points of the Piano Lesson:

This short lesson lays out the basics of Bruce Hornsby's famous song "The Way it Is".  The set of chords for the verses of the song are:

|Ami  Emi7 | G  D | G  D | Csus2

When the Saints Go Marching In

This video was posted to contribute to the thread at pianoworld.com about Joe who is working on When the Saints Go Marching In. The thread is here:

http://www.pianoworld.com/ubb/ubb/ultimatebb.php?/topic/32/8075.html

Great job so far Joe (he's onl ... Go to Full Lesson