3 Best Elton John Songs For Piano Beginners
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- Опубліковано 31 жов 2022
- A fan of Elton John? Would like to know how to play Elton John songs on piano? Learn these 3 songs that are perfect for beginners!
Never thought you will be able to play your favourite Elton John songs because you are a beginner? These Elton John piano songs, easy beginner piano songs explained in this piano accompaniment tutorial will reveal effective beginner chord progressions and grooves for you to enjoy yourself at the piano.
Learn how to play Elton John Your Song, Sacrifice, and Rocket Man chords on piano and tap into the musical language of this iconic singer songwriter.
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Well, this is a little piece of heaven to me. Elton has been my inspiration since my very early teens, and this is how I've always wanted to play. Instead, I was given the classical musical straitjacket to wear, and I've been trying to get out of it ever since. This is a BEAUTIFUL lesson. Thank you so much!
Thankyou Carol. I'm so glad you found it useful!
Just started my piano journey at the age of 64..no!.. yes 64, and I’m finding the whole process absolutely fascinating. It’s a whole world that I’ve never delved into. Thanks so much for the video, I can’t believe how much I’ve learned from one video. Elton here I come.
There is a whole mini-course in this video alone!
Well done I’m 61 played 12 years now
I’m 67 and just starting! Woohoo to us
That's awesome I started at 56 2 years ago
LOL, here’s to the gen xer’s. I’m 55 and getting my first piano today. Love the sounds of the piano. Play on brothers.
One thing I appreciate about this lesson, especially in Your Song, is your setting aside emphasis on inversions. I know you should get used to inversions, but it makes things a bit muddled when you are just getting used to playing arpeggiated patterns like you are here.
What made such a genius? This is a prime example how he could write soo many punk, drunken ballads, songs that are a rich history lesson, songs as good or better than the Dylan’s… Yeats and he wrote arguably the best love ballads. Those of us who were lucky enough to have known him, a friend was…yes… it was impossible not to love him. His personality was that rich it was like having 4 people in one as a friend. He definitely would try your patience for how long it took him to get from A to B but we all gave him a pass because the ends were always worth way more than means. I miss him terribly and really tried to be in denial towards the end. He was in a lot of pain for a long time but he held on and taught us all and soo much. I still am trying to feel as though he’s still around. Thanks O’Hooligan. Thanks for it all. We all know how much beauty you gave us all. It really does suck without your five cents you had seemingly for everything.
Thank you for this wonderful lesson on the beautiful chord progressions. Many years ago I learned the piano for a while and was never taught a single chord, just mindless sheet music replication. Now I'm trying to make up for lost time. Also I think most pupils get a fear instilled in them to play the black keys which is an awful shame as those Ebmaj or Dbmaj chord progressions are just the most stunning!
Best online tutorial I've ever seen
Loved!! You’re a great teacher!! Added to my collection
Great job!
I'm 74 years old. I've played guitar since I was about 17, but I was always fascinated by piano. I now have one in my music room. I've been studying for about two years and taking lessons for a year or so. I love Sir Elton, but the books I've used are somewhat beyond my capabilities. In less than a week, this video has gotten me sounding more "Elton-ey" than I had dared hope. Thank you! I'd love to see breakdowns for songs like "Border Song" and "All the Young Girls Love Alice." My "Holy Grail" for Elton would be "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding." It's ambitious, I know, but who knows how much time I have left to learn? Thanks again.
This is what keeps you young ... never too old to learn music... hope you have lots of fun as I have and surprise yourself ... cheers
Excellent breakdown and very engaging and inspiring
What a fabulous video and what a great teacher !
Hello 😊
Thank you so much for your channel UA-cam❤
I truly loved your channel, thank you so much.
Oh my goodness! That was spellbinding! Such a wonderful pianist… I’m speechless!
Many thanks for your kind words!
I can appreciate this approach. Over many years of taking piano lessons, the ONE THING separating me from the music was the reading of the sheet music. I'm frankly still not convinced that any sheet music is helpful, given that one knows the keys and the chords, but I hugely appreciate this approach....I mean come on. Just play!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, I wish! :-)
@@carolmurphy4627 You can do it! Just think of a song you absolutely love, and will yourself to learn it, through videos like this (with a bit of theory interjected), or even just videos of people playing it with nothing else (that second thing is what I do since I know the chords). Even if it takes a week or more for that first song, by the time you know it, you will have learned so many other things. Do that with 5-6 songs, and at the end of it all you'll be a formidable piano player, and be able to sit down and figure out most songs! And you'll enjoy the crap out of it all 🙂
WOW! I'm a beginner 2 years in, and basically my playing is triads and octaves at this point. So I can play this stuff!!! Fantastic lesson and a real confidence-booster!
I remember when I first started playing the chords for Your Song when I was 8 years old, it made me feel like a real musician and it was just the boost I needed to continue "at this music stuff!"
The best version I’ve seen contained three lines: notes with finger numbers, electronic piano with coloured keys and keyboard with pianist’s fingers
Excellent lesson. Thanks. The distinction you made between accompaniment and playing the melody is rarely done.
You are an excellent teacher with brilliant concepts for thinking about piano
Nice one James and well here I am at 70 finally getting into piano have played Guitar and Bass for many years. I've incorporated piano into some of my songs but very cautiously and also always envyied pianists who can simply pick out a song and get people singing along. Thanks Tom for rekindling this spirit!
You and me both ... good on you and hope you have fun like I have till I lost all my work by a silly mistake ... cheers
Love Elton can you lesson some more of his songs as well as some Billy Joel and other piano 🎹 greats
Yes watch this space!
Love love your tutorials. Your right the traditional method waits too long to introduce sharps and flats.
Amazing tutorial. It was very well put what you said about not playing the melody. 90% of tutorials are like that but it doesn’t work for me, i wanna play the base so my partner sings hehe
I can’t stop coming back to this beautiful compilation of the genius EJ songs, mesmerising stuff.
I keep refreshing my recall of Tom’s passionate renditions which bring the music to life, so easy to follow Tom’s careful guide throughout. Inspiring stuff, thank you so much Tom
Thanks for The Sir Elton John lessons . Great ones. Compliments from São Paulo, Brazil.
Fantastically Done! Both breaking down the chords and theory of what sounds like an impossible to play song and your playing of it as well. I'm way old enough to have bought Elton's first records, and I do men "records" as it was released. He'd be proud of your teaching and playing!
Magnificent tutorial, thank you so much ❤️
That's what I like too chords to accompany the songs🕊️
Yes it's a great aspect of Piano music. Rich Chordal Accompliment! Will always be relevant to piano music.
Great tutorial. Thank you.
Oh wow... this is the most intuitive way I've exver experienced with Piano instruction. I truly am quite astonished, and appreciated hacing accidentally stumbled across your channel. I shall be back again and again - and shall also look deeper into what you offer. Thank you very much! [Roger]
Thankyou Roger. So glad you've stumbled on us too. Best wishes. Tom
This is really great stuff! Exceptionally well done!
Bravo! Very nice!
Wonderful tutorial ( once again Tom ) really enjoyed this one and look forward to putting it into practice , thank you 😊
Wow, great way to really learn chords... Thanks so much.
Super helpful breakdown of these songs! Thx
Excellent tutorial!! Thank you
Wow, what a nice video class! Love it ❤❤❤❤❤ !
Would like a more detailed breakdown of what you’re doing in the more advanced version of your song. Is this something you have through your site?
Yes, our latest videos on Pop Music address this!
Great stuff my man....scribed up...thanks...
Thank you very much for this wonderful teaching👏👏👏
Many thanks!
Soooooooooooooooo great! Thank's a lot!!!
Best tutorial I’ve seen in a long time! Thank you for sharing this!
Thank you.
Amazing tutorial on Elton John songs !
Congrats, teacher !
the origial version i had with Sacrifice was in the key of C. A friend noticed it was in the wrong key which he found to be in Db . He and i transported it to Db and it souded so nice. This was when it first came out that was C and that was all we had.
Awesome tutorial by an awesome piano player/teacher. Thank you!
Many thanks Richard.
Very clear explanation! A great and simple lesson to approach and learn any new piece of music. Thank you.
Hi thanks keep up the brilliant work iv just subscribed so all good 👍
Thank you for this fantastic tutorial! I love that you included Sacrifice. You have a lovely voice. ❤
That's far too kind, I'm a closet singer :)) Sacrifice is a wonderful song, surprisingly Elton's first number 1 hit in the UK. The album it comes from "Sleeping with the Past" I would rate it in his top 5 albums, it's got so much soul!!
Great channel and tutorial. Really happy to find these songs are within reach! Now is time to practice, many thanks for your hard work getting this video done!!!
Many thanks Miguel. All the best with your practice!
Thanks!
Thankyou very much appreciated. Reach out to me at tom@contemporaryschoolofpiano.com, we have a little treat to say thank you for your support.
Inspiring ❤😊
As usual, a terrific video Tom. I have played it several times now because it has helped me to understand how Elton John plays his songs. The chords you demonstrate are great and has given me a lot to practice. Thanks.
Thankyou Bazza, glad you enjoyed.
In fact, it may be necessary to learn each piece twice: In case you have a good singer next to you, without the melody. In case you have a bad singer, with the melody.
WONDERFUL
Thank you 🙏
A lot of times Elton just changes the Bass notes in left hand to change chord. Sometimes doesn't even change chords. Your song is arranged in many versions such as chord melody and just chord without melody.
Thanks for the lesson. When you talk about dropped 2nds and 4ths I think it's the same thing Floyd Cramer and Pig Robbins did. In that genre it's called country or "slip" piano.
Yes, it's also used in country.
Fantastic lesson again!
Many thanks!
Remember Sir Elton is phenomenon of music... we never interpret his music like 1:1
And the thing with Elton - he has so many songs, that people don't know - maybe even some of his best songs....are largely unknown.
Very informative if your in London as your title suggests maybe we could have a coffee it would be good to get out 👍
We are at 6 Baker Street. I'd recommend attending our next student jam session concert, we often run them at 1 Lombard Street in the City of London.
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I know Lombard st if you tell me a date n time I love to jam
I’ll come to baker st if I need an appointment let me know or I’ll just pop in to say hi 👍
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Hi just come across your videos and I am very new to piano really but after many years a musician on mainly guitar and double bass all of a sudden the piano is making sense as I understand what I'm trying to do now and playing along to quite a few songs... its all making sense 🤔😉.. tho I'm a 50s style musician I'm playing anything that's appealing as the piano is so full of expression and your video has just showed me Eltons music is great I know but not so scary now to play to.. thanks for the great lesson and I'll watch your others vids... looking forward to learning... cheers mate 👍 👌
Great tutorial that it's worth an subscription....thx a lot
Enjoy!
Really good job and instruction You play wonderfully Thanks
Many thanks. We've got a Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (with a Gospel twist) video coming out soon.
Brilliantly explained and performed! You've given me confidence for getting back to piano practice, thank you. Should email you shortly. Subed ;)
Many thanks Carlos, so glad to hear it's making an impact!
Fantastic video I wish this is how I’d been taught vehement I tried to learn as a teenager. And a huge fan of EJ, he was one of the very first CDs I bought when my family bought our first CD player so many moons ago. Rocket man was my first recital piece from an EZ play book. I look forward to learning these.your way.
I have a similar story. What was your first-ever Elton album?
...sehr gut!
I like it,,as a start to learn piano,,nice tutorial
First time follower … you have a GREAT voice!! I haven’t checked out your channel yet but if you aren’t performing full arrangements you should be!!! 👍👍
That's far too kind. I'm a closet singer!!
Amazing tutorials!! Could I request Tiny Dancer if possible?
Yes of course!
Excellent video, thank you. I subscribed and sent a note to the website asking for the practice sheet.
Great, did you manage to get the resources link?
Merci beaucoup for this, and greetings from Honky Shat Two, LOL.
Hardly “a genius” but a cheeky chord merchant!!
Cheeky chord merchant. I love it! That's what I want to be!
I haven't seen a lead sheet like that but I really like it. I'd love to learn how to convert typical pop sheet music into this. This is so much more user friendly
Feel free to pop over to our website, www.contemporaryschoolofpiano.com we'd be happy to share some of our chord chart exercises with you.
Un reel plaisir d apprendre avec vous merci beaucoup
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One of the greatest pop albums of all time in the background ... did you see it???
Good morning,
Very good video, good pedagogy, exellent.
I am French and I love Elton John.
What is the make and model of your keyboard, if you don't mind?
Cordially
The digital keyboard is a Roland Rd 2000, it has great sounds on it, but I'm actually not using the inbuilt sounds, I'm. instead using advanced VST software as it sounds very realistic to a real piano, and I'm a sound nerd. The RD 2000 though has very good action and wonderful features,, though nothing beats playing the real thing.
I used to play Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.
Wonderful tune. We are just finishing a Walkthrough tutorial on this song now as I speak. Stay tuned.
This will probably on the harder side for me at my current level (but that's part of the fun), but surely something I'm going to enjoy practicing :)
I personally like Tiny Dancer a lot but I'm curious for that playlist now as well :D
Edit: it doesn't go that bad actually, gotta love those black keys ;) And a lot of fun just playing around with the rhythms en chords shapes / arpeggios etc.
Best of luck with us, keep us posted! www.contemporaryschoolofpiano.com
Watching three Elton John songs can I get copy of mixture part 2
yes, head on over to our site www.contemporaryschoolfpiano.com and let us know you are after the Mixture Part 2 sheet
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Il manque sur la fiche l'accord du do mineur
Good video! But why when you have the rd2000 would you not actually use Elton’s signature piano sound? On fader 1 press modern this will default to the rd-1000 piano 1 sample. Then bring in the studio grand on number 2 to about 3/4. Voila!
Hi Garrett, that's a very good point, and a nice setting you've suggested there. The Roland has a nice selection on the Modern sample bank and it's great to combine it with other sounds. But as an Elton nerd, I don't see this as Elton John's signature sound. He only started using the Yamaha/Roland keyboard sound modules in the early 90s. And an older version of that in the late 80s. And even so, that sound is almost never used on his 30+ studio records (occasionally it is but not often), it's used instead in his live appearances. I think he likes it in the gigs because it cuts through the band in a large stadium, and I think it makes the sound easier to mix in those live settings, but on a commercial recording, it doesn't sound so good, and my theory is that's why he sticks to the Yamaha Grand pianos on all of his post-1990 records (before that he was often on Steinways) For those reasons, I don't see that module as the signature Elton sound. I know this gets into subjective territory, but as much as I dig the Roland RD-2000, I don't actually use the piano sounds on it for these tutorials, I instead use advanced VST samples, moduled from either Steinway or Blüthner Piano (my two favourite piano brands). Sorry for the nerdy answer!
What piece are You playing at the start.
Great video from a great teacher.
I’ve twice now requested the lead sheet, to no avail :-(
Check the first email we sent you, check your spam or promotion box if need be, in that email is the link to the resources pack.
Thanks. I did overlook this.
However I’ve been all through the pack. No lead sheets for Elton John. There’s a reference to “14 mixture part 2” and Elton John but the PDF is a one pager of something I don’t recognise and doesn’t have Your Song.
What rhythm is used at 5:00?
Elton always plays songs on the piano
Not always. Sometimes on the banjo.
How come your not using the RD 1000 piano sound?
We use VST software for our online classes, Even the best digital pianos on the market (and the RD 2000 is one of the best) don't have as good a sound as the high-end VST choices, due to the huge memory (RAM) and HD space top resolution samples use.
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I’ve got an RD 2000 myself. Love it
@@phsycopiano Great bit of kit
Question: if C# major and Db major are the same, on the staff you write them differently? What is the proper explanation to that?
That's because a C sharp major chord is spelt with the following notes C# E# and G# whilst D flat major is spelt with Db F and Ab - so they end up on those notes on the stave, despite them being the same pitch wise.
I just discovered your channel and as a new mature player, I love it. My practical has not Improved at the rates of knots like my theory after starting 2 years ago and it took 10 months when I reached that point where I said ‘by George I got it!’ So while I play mostly chords, slowly Im delving into arpegios and more…So this channel which now I subscribe is GOLD 👍🏻. Lastly, you sound Australian. Is that correct? Thanks again.
One more, I I do like Elton’s material and my favourite song which is long is funeral for a friend but also Billy Joel prelude and other contemporary great pianist.
@@tonytravert9944 Funeral for a Friend is a masterpiece, also worth checking out Tonight from the 1976 Blue Moves album and Carla; Etude from the 1981 Fox album. All epic piano tracks.
@@tonytravert9944 yes born and bred in Australia
Not one dominant 7th. chord, is this typical of Elton John ?
Must not be, his song "Honkey Cat" is eat -up with flatted seventh chords.
Thank you for watching! What is your favourite Elton John song to play?
Coincidently, the three you have concentrated on here are some of my favourites, plus Daniel and Tiny Dancer.
@@bazzaf7641 It was very hard choosing the pieces, I might have to do another Elton tutorial.
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, petty please 🙏
@@michellemonet4358 yes from his classic Tumbleweed Connection album in 1971.
@@Braussie1 Noted!
Beginners ?
I do actually teach these pieces to my one to one beginner students. What you need to do first is get good at the Mixture Parts 1 2 and 3 exercises. You might need a few weeks to a few months depending on your hands. When the chords feel comfortable then you are ready to play the chords for Your Song, Rocket Man and many others. Best of luck with it.
Nothing beginner about any of this.
Its this sort of thing that puts people off starting a piano journey. No fingerings, lots of musical terms you don't explain. And I have no problem with that if you take the "beginner" part out rather than using it for clicks.
The thing is, many other beginners, have found this video very useful and the evidence is there to see in all of the comments below. I'm actually stunned by how many older beginners (people over 60) have succeeded with this video it puts myth to the idea that you have to start piano young. (And also to your statement that this video put people off learning piano). Though I understand, we have a definition problem, how do we define "beginner". For most people watching this video, (and those who have commented) they have defined a beginner as someone who perhaps knows triads on white keys and can finger a few scales but perhaps didn't release playing chords on the flats was also in their reach. If you don't know where middle C is yet though, or major or minor chord concepts or basic triad fingering shapes, then you'd be a complete beginner and this would not be accessible. But you have stumbled here on a very proactive piano community here, with people who don't want to spend their time mastering the fingering for Mary Had a Little Lamb! Now, that's what actually puts people off! Not Elton John!!. I can suggest some of our easiest videos and I will link them in the next comment.
And here are the easiest videos, I can recommend you watch : ua-cam.com/video/-7vypWO-7lA/v-deo.html
The “beginner piano“ phrase is a huge ecosystem. I believe personally, and professionally that there are many levels just within the beginning phase :-) happy practicing! And learning