Piano Tutorials

This page is dedicated to anyone who has got in contact with me to upload tutorials for songs they want to learn on their specific instrument. Scroll through to find yours!

When playing through any video tutorial I'd thoroughly suggest going down to the settings button and changing the speed to either 0.5 or 0.75 percent of play speed. Start slow, get it all rhythmically sound then move on to playing at the right speed.

Someone You Loved - Lewis Capaldi

First Video is an easier version with the left hand focusing on the tonic of the chord, gradually moving onto octaves in the left hand. The right hand mainly plays a quaver rhythm (Ap-ple Ap-ple Ap-ple Ap-ple) using notes of the chord.

Chord progression in the Intro, Verse & Chorus are:

Db Major

Ab Major

Bb Minor

Gb Major 

just repeating over and over again

Intro starts an octave higher with both hands then moves an octave lower in the verse. Chorus has LH playing an octave of the tonic - there's a crescendo leading into the chorus and the dynamics in the chorus are louder.

The Bridge Starts at 1:59 seconds and the chord progression changes to the following:

Eb Minor

Bb Minor

Ab Major for 6 beats

Bb Minor 2 beats

Then moves into a Chorus with much thinner texture. Just chords being held on for semibreves followed by a crescendo building back into another Chorus.

The the CODA (outro) back to long sustained chords and it finishes off with a chord but using these 2 symbols:

This is a fermata and it means just hold the note for a tad longer than you usually would. You'll be able to feel the right time when to release the note as it's the end of the song.

This squiggly line means that you arpeggiate the chord. So just break it apart and play the lowest note up to the highest note of the chord. Doesn't have to be ridiculously slow, but just not all at the same time.

Once you master the above version - take a look at the below version which introduces a melody in the right hand. Mastering the version above will help you understand the chord progressions and structure of the piece, the tempo & dynamics - this will help as a starting place before moving onto the arrangement below.

The Good the Bad and the Ugly - Ennio - Morricone

Piano Sheet Music Below:

Here's some tips for learning how to play Minuet in G by Bach:

Firstly Lets have a listen to the song so you become familiar with the melody (the tune) and the rhythm. This song is in 3/4 time so you'll feel emphasis on beat 1 as you count 1 2 3, 1 2 3, 1 2 3, 1 2 3

1. This song is in the Key of G. So practicing the G Major Scale again and again in both hands will get that f# really familiar in your head so when your playing it occurs naturally.
2. Open the PDF and have a look through the music for any symbols you might not understand. 

Here's some symbols explained for you in the picture below:

We also have this symbol in bar 8:

Appoggiaturas are little grace notes that occur just before the main note or principle note. So all this means is to play the grace note just before you play the prinicple note. Here's a video for additional information:

Here's some more musical symbols found in bar 15 and 21: