My 10 year old son plays piano and I would love for him to play this. He's always on UA-cam listening to music and playing by ear. He's gonna learn this for his pops!! Great video tutorial!!!!
This is excellent news - given the video is as old as he is. Thank you for letting me know. If you make a video of his playing I'll be really happy to watch and give comments.
Thank you very much for your Tutorial its been a great help to get this number together,I'll be playing it at my next gig with my Band Salamander at Dover Street Wine Bar,
Beautiful song, beautifully played! Would give a million bucks to play so well (if I had it) lol. Can't seem to stay away from this tutorial. A priceless gift!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I subscribed to your page just because of this particular tutorial. It's awesome and YOU are awesome! I read music and play by ear, but haven't done much of either in quite some time. This was EXACTLY what I was looking for. Can't wait to see more videos!!! Thanks again!!!
aaaah i totally loooove your no nonsense bosh it out, not too many words approach. thank you so much! everyone don't panick - just slow the video down if it's too fast then go back to original speed - sorted! finally someone who can teach. THANK YOU! ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. I'm going to learn this and sing it at piano and send you the link from my other page. fab. thanks again. Dee Dee
Please do post a video reply - nothing would give me greater pleasure than to hear this great song and its empowering harmonies in the hands of other musicians as a result of this video.
@paulwwells I agree, I've been a fan of Anita and have listened to this song a thousand times and yet your version is even better with all the emphasis on the piano. I have put this and "Rapture" on cd and listen to it in my car, thanks. I can only dream of being such a great player.
by the way - can i just explain, yeah it's half twelve new year's , i've actually got the night off this year, was going to have a nice quiet one and now my pal is really reall ill with flu so i'm babysitting her! i do have friends honest! but you've brought anita baker back into my life so i'm the one who'll be smiling tomorrow hahaha! X
@paulwwells: It seems that what you play at the beginning sounds a bit different from what you teach us. But it's still good, though. I mean, I'm not completely lost. I pretty much know how to play the song thanks to you.
Thanks so much! This is the best tutorial I've seen on this tune and that's saying something b/c there are a bunch! Thanks for working all the way through the song; can't wait to try it!!
@FerrariCarr - thanks for letting me know; that gives me some idea. There are a few places where it deviates from my original video. If I was to play it again now I probably would come up with a different version. If you post a video reply I could easily tell you if any parts are different - you have most likely added your own interpretation as well.
hey thks for posting this. i will say good video, but a tad fast.but how i figured out to play it was by knowing which key this song was in. Its seem to be a mix of DFLAT/Bfalt. Im a novice who's learning the scales & also to other novices if we learn the scales of each key its makes playing a whole lot easier. thks
Nice tutorial gonna do that song new years eve on our gig and just decided to see if I am on the right track and I am playing most of what you are playing the only difference is I used a few different inversions and a bit wider spread but and so mine sounds different from the original as you are showing, but good stuff keep them coming.
This was the first tutorial I ever made and it is fairly rough I'll admit. The chords are natural keyboard chords - heavily extended and when you learn them you think "why aren't more songs structured this way?". I still think this song is like a jewel among songs.
@paulwwells: Yes, I've added some keys to my version to "make it my own", I guess you could say. I would post a video reply, only I do not have a video camera.
@olekike I haven't seen the sheet music version of this, so I cannot comment specifically, but generally I find sheet music is kept simple so as to be playable by the widest range of player abilities; however, sometimes it's too simple and lacks richness making the end result sound weak compared with the original.
@paulwwells NO SIR please don't think that. these are not good tutorials. i wouldnt change a thing actually. so if you continue to post vids please don't stop explaining like you do. i appreciate it. besides i dont read music. :) thanks for this one as well as others.
@odestry It's Bb all the way through. I'm working on getting scores published which will be better for everyone than these admittedly less than ideal tutorials.
Very good. I do, however, need some help. I'm a little more advanced in chord knowledge. My confusion start when you break things done to individual notes. For instance, A flat in base and F sharp major 7th on the right make an A flat 13th chord.
Would you happen to know "Violet" by Seal?..i love that song, but the chords are way too complicated for me, you are excellent at breaking down chords in an understandable way...its a beautiful arrangement by Seal.
@chrissyiceicebaby I'm working on getting sheet music published for songs like this one which will be a lot better than these tutorials; I'm the first to admit that these tutorials are less than ideal.
hi paul, does your style of playing differ a lot from a sheet music. like in this song, your style and what's on a sheet. i think your left hand has more variaty then what's on paper.......?
correct me if i'm wrong i'm a beginner at piano can you tell me what notes your playing in the introduction that are arpeggio i may have missed it i don't know if you can help me out
I think you basically got it right but you're off a half step on the whole thing. That first chord is really B Maj 7. Play the B octave bass in the left hand with E flat min 7 in the right. Next chord is G Maj 7. Then, the verse is in D Major.
I see what happened. The video of the song I was listening to wasn't actually recorded correctly. The pitch is set a half step higher than the original recording. I've been listening to it wrong this whole time. Your chords are correct sir.
Quick question, Since one day I want to play like Paul Wells. I'm a beginner looking to buy a digital piano up to maybe $500 or so, if you could recommend any that might be perfect for me. I was looking at the Casio Privia 130, Yamaha NP30 and a Korg SP250, school me please, Thanks in advance.
Hi purplple - there is sheet music at paulwwells.com - I am also planning to make a better tutorial than this one. This was the first tutorial I ever made I think.
Thank you so much for walking us through this amazingly masterful song. What are some tips for picking up on what chords you're hearing, if you don't mind my asking? Is it all by ear or is there some way to know?
Hi DJ. I used to have a five octave keyboard. By default five octave keyboards cut approximately one octave from the bottom and two octaves from the top. I cannot live without the bottom octave so I always transposed everything down one octave and cut out the higher parts of the song which tend to just be decoration anyway. For example, in the introduction I would play the repeats on the same octave without going up an octave, and it would probably sound fine.
@@paulwwells thank you. Ive decided to give this song a CRACK at it. ANd learn it. Trying to grasp this THEORY thing wish a FRESH MIND. Learning Piano for Production and help out my DJ skills. Give me like a month or two. And i'll get it....Thank you for Replying back.....
My 10 year old son plays piano and I would love for him to play this. He's always on UA-cam listening to music and playing by ear. He's gonna learn this for his pops!! Great video tutorial!!!!
This is excellent news - given the video is as old as he is. Thank you for letting me know. If you make a video of his playing I'll be really happy to watch and give comments.
that song is really rock....sweet love...i like your tutorial its really helpful...
Damn i needa grow my hands more
@paulwwells I appreciate what you do. You add the real and richness required in playing soulful ballads.
Thank you very much for your Tutorial its been a great help to get this number together,I'll be playing it at my next gig with my Band Salamander at Dover Street Wine Bar,
Beautiful song, beautifully played! Would give a million bucks to play so well (if I had it) lol. Can't seem to stay away from this tutorial. A priceless gift!
I really enjoyed this tutorial and I'm looking forward to getting started
thank you for making it easy. love the way you teach!!! please put up angel.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I subscribed to your page just because of this particular tutorial. It's awesome and YOU are awesome! I read music and play by ear, but haven't done much of either in quite some time. This was EXACTLY what I was looking for. Can't wait to see more videos!!! Thanks again!!!
+Adrienne Williams You are welcome. I'm glad you find this tutorial useful.
Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm going to go out on a limb and think of Paul as the coolest piano teacher I've ever had.
aaaah i totally loooove your no nonsense bosh it out, not too many words approach. thank you so much! everyone don't panick - just slow the video down if it's too fast then go back to original speed - sorted! finally someone who can teach. THANK YOU! ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. I'm going to learn this and sing it at piano and send you the link from my other page. fab. thanks again. Dee Dee
Please do post a video reply - nothing would give me greater pleasure than to hear this great song and its empowering harmonies in the hands of other musicians as a result of this video.
Wow! Thanks! I'll study this one (when time permits).
@paulwwells I agree, I've been a fan of Anita and have listened to this song a thousand times and yet your version is even better with all the emphasis on the piano. I have put this and "Rapture" on cd and listen to it in my car, thanks. I can only dream of being such a great player.
thanks a lot man.learned over the course of three days
by the way - can i just explain, yeah it's half twelve new year's , i've actually got the night off this year, was going to have a nice quiet one and now my pal is really reall ill with flu so i'm babysitting her! i do have friends honest! but you've brought anita baker back into my life so i'm the one who'll be smiling tomorrow hahaha! X
Thank you for posting this! I watched the video a few times to get the notes but I am starting to get it.
Thanks for the help on this one.
omg this tutorial is on point! thanks a million!
FLAWLESS!!!!! i was gonna try to decipher the notes from the side in ur other video lmao
@paulwwells: It seems that what you play at the beginning sounds a bit different from what you teach us.
But it's still good, though. I mean, I'm not completely lost. I pretty much know how to play the song thanks to you.
Thanks so much! This is the best tutorial I've seen on this tune and that's saying something b/c there are a bunch! Thanks for working all the way through the song; can't wait to try it!!
You are very welcome. I hope you get a lot of pleasure from learning this amazing song.
I just wanna say Thank you for this preciuos video..I've learned the song this afternoon :D
@FerrariCarr - thanks for letting me know; that gives me some idea. There are a few places where it deviates from my original video. If I was to play it again now I probably would come up with a different version. If you post a video reply I could easily tell you if any parts are different - you have most likely added your own interpretation as well.
hey thks for posting this. i will say good video, but a tad fast.but how i figured out to play it was by knowing which key this song was in. Its seem to be a mix of DFLAT/Bfalt. Im a novice who's learning the scales & also to other novices if we learn the scales of each key its makes playing a whole lot easier. thks
Very nice tutorial mate, about time someone covered this song properly!
Thanks for posting this! You are so talented.
Nice tutorial gonna do that song new years eve on our gig and just decided to see if I am on the right track and I am playing most of what you are playing the only difference is I used a few different inversions and a bit wider spread but and so mine sounds different from the original as you are showing, but good stuff keep them coming.
Thanks for sharing these chords, they are very hard to get it by ears!
You are welcome. There is sheet music at paulwwells.com
@leightonmusik Thanks. I hope it goes well for you on new year's eve.
@ThatzLyfe This was recorded with my phone, so the sound quality suffers from automatic level control - but I cannot hear the extra Bb
i really wish the tutorial was as good as how you did it in the cover you played it really advanced
@MyDaville This is the first tutorial I ever made and I know it is not very good
Thank you!!! This is very nice. I play by ear but I've never been able to hear the chords correctly.
This was the first tutorial I ever made and it is fairly rough I'll admit. The chords are natural keyboard chords - heavily extended and when you learn them you think "why aren't more songs structured this way?". I still think this song is like a jewel among songs.
great job
@paulwwells: Yes, I've added some keys to my version to "make it my own", I guess you could say.
I would post a video reply, only I do not have a video camera.
Excellent tutorial my friend, thanks!!!
Great work - Thanks Paul!
Well done pops!!! Keep em comin
Thanks for all!!! Marion
You're very welcome
@olekike I haven't seen the sheet music version of this, so I cannot comment specifically, but generally I find sheet music is kept simple so as to be playable by the widest range of player abilities; however, sometimes it's too simple and lacks richness making the end result sound weak compared with the original.
@paulwwells NO SIR please don't think that. these are not good tutorials. i wouldnt change a thing actually. so if you continue to post vids please don't stop explaining like you do. i appreciate it. besides i dont read music. :) thanks for this one as well as others.
Great job Paul.
@odestry It's Bb all the way through. I'm working on getting scores published which will be better for everyone than these admittedly less than ideal tutorials.
played excellently but its incredibly difficult to follow. I will learn this though
You're a great keyboard player.
You doing great Paul maybe someday I'll be blessed to teach you something that's gonna be the day Boy you bad
It probably needs another tutorial to prune the melody because the inversions have been altered from the original to accommodate the melody.
Wow please let me know when you've published the sheet music. You've got some really great arranging chops!!
I wish you could do a tutorial for Jennifer Hudson- No One Gonna Love You or Ledisi- Pieces of Me. This was great by the way!
Very good. I do, however, need some help. I'm a little more advanced in chord knowledge. My confusion start when you break things done to individual notes. For instance, A flat in base and F sharp major 7th on the right make an A flat 13th chord.
your an exellent pianist do you have a tutorial for blackstreets dont leave me girl
Would you happen to know "Violet" by Seal?..i love that song, but the chords are way too complicated for me, you are excellent at breaking down chords in an understandable way...its a beautiful arrangement by Seal.
@chrissyiceicebaby I'm working on getting sheet music published for songs like this one which will be a lot better than these tutorials; I'm the first to admit that these tutorials are less than ideal.
Nice work, love it!
I'm pretty sure in the Recording it goes Ebm9 Then Gbmaj11
well and truly subscribed
Many thanks Paul, incredibly helpful. Regards.
Can you do the groove line by heatwave
awesome!
@largescaled Hal Leonard imagine everyone wants a watered down version
hi paul, does your style of playing differ a lot from a sheet music. like in this song, your style and what's on a sheet. i think your left hand has more variaty then what's on paper.......?
thank you
ha i wish i had bigger handss lol . thanks for this brilliant vid
Which bit's confusing?
Love the video. I want to play so bad. Is there a book you could recommend me or a great method of learning?
Hey Paul, could you do a tutorial in Luther Vandross superstar? I'd really appreciate it.
Mr. Wells. Can you show us how to coordinate the bass in the left hand with the chords
correct me if i'm wrong i'm a beginner at piano can you tell me what notes your playing in the introduction that are arpeggio i may have missed it i don't know if you can help me out
is this the right notes for the bridge
Bb-Ab-Bb,c,d-B-Bb-F
I was listing the chords he played, not those played in the recording.
I think you basically got it right but you're off a half step on the whole thing. That first chord is really B Maj 7. Play the B octave bass in the left hand with E flat min 7 in the right. Next chord is G Maj 7. Then, the verse is in D Major.
I see what happened. The video of the song I was listening to wasn't actually recorded correctly. The pitch is set a half step higher than the original recording. I've been listening to it wrong this whole time. Your chords are correct sir.
Quick question, Since one day I want to play like Paul Wells. I'm a beginner looking to buy a digital piano up to maybe $500 or so, if you could recommend any that might be perfect for me. I was looking at the Casio Privia 130, Yamaha NP30 and a Korg SP250, school me please, Thanks in advance.
Hi I'm interested in learning this song. I'd like to make a few notes for theory before I ask questions. I'm hearing arpeggio and Major Minor...
Hi purplple - there is sheet music at paulwwells.com - I am also planning to make a better tutorial than this one. This was the first tutorial I ever made I think.
Thank you so much for walking us through this amazingly masterful song. What are some tips for picking up on what chords you're hearing, if you don't mind my asking? Is it all by ear or is there some way to know?
You are welcome. It mainly comes down to intervals and common chord progressions.
I suppose I have some required reading to do then. Lol
hello can you give me the bass notes for the chorus please
Are you going to slow it down the tutorial?
it was a bit confusing and just alittle fast.
but then again I'm not the best player out there
how would you play this for a keyboard thats limited to 61 keys?? just take out the Bottom octave i assume?!?!?!?
Hi DJ. I used to have a five octave keyboard. By default five octave keyboards cut approximately one octave from the bottom and two octaves from the top. I cannot live without the bottom octave so I always transposed everything down one octave and cut out the higher parts of the song which tend to just be decoration anyway. For example, in the introduction I would play the repeats on the same octave without going up an octave, and it would probably sound fine.
@@paulwwells thank you. Ive decided to give this song a CRACK at it. ANd learn it. Trying to grasp this THEORY thing wish a FRESH MIND. Learning Piano for Production and help out my DJ skills. Give me like a month or two. And i'll get it....Thank you for Replying back.....
Could you break it down by chords alone without dissecting the entire chord into notes. That would really help me.
Awesome!!! U lost me when you started calling out notes. Keep those fingers going, I'll get it!
Helpful, but kinda confusing.
does anyone else realize how he explians the opening differently than how he plays it..
This was the first tutorial I ever made. I plan to make a better one soon.
thanks! that'd be cool! regardless, this tutorial is helpful nonetheless glad to see you're still making videos almost a decade later! cheers!
happy holidays, when can you make an updated tutorial
Bbmaj9, Gbmaj11(no9th), Ebm9, Gbmaj7/Ab, F7sus2
this is over confusing put another 1 up
Bb Eb Gb Ab F