Hallelujah, Cohen (Intermediate Piano Solo)
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- Опубліковано 26 січ 2017
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This song was composed by Leonard Cohen, a Canadian singer, and first released in 1984 on his album "Various Positions". Since then it has been recorded and performed by many different artists for concerts, talent shows, television, and movies (notably "Shrek" 2001). There are many different verses to this song and performers will often select the ones that are most appropriate for their venue.
This piano arrangement is by Philip Keveren. It starts in the Key of C and then changes to the key of Ab for the last 1 1/2 pages. (4 pages total). I preferred it without the staccato in measures 20, 42, 46, 54, 80, and 88. It is important to emphasize the left hand melody in measures 30-42. --Norma
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Performed on a Bosendorfer 7'4" Concert Grand Piano (225SP) by Norma Meis
Love your videos. They give me inspiration.
You're so very welcome!! --Norma
YES!!! LOVE it! Halleluia!
I love this version and look forward to learning to play it! Thank you for playing this moving piece!
You are very welcome! I know that you will do very well with this song! Norma
Another listen. Thanks so much for putting such beautiful music into the world. It is always a thrill to see and listen to you play. You give me hope.
Thank you so very much! Norma
beautiful!! one of my all time favorites!
I love this song too! Norma
Awesome! Your brain must be quite talented to switch the melody from right to left hand and back. I bet you can even pat your head, rub your stomach, and walk, all at the same time. Great job here! Love this song and this version.
Thank you! I'll have to see if I can pat my head, rub my stomach and walk at the same time. :) The piano melody emphasis switching from right to left and back again does take practice. It's called "independence of the hands" when you can get one hand to play louder than the other. They tend to like to work together at the same volume. Thank you for listening and taking the time to comment! Norma
I like your piano music videos the best on UA-cam! Your music is always beautiful and the videos are so neat!
Thank you so much! That is high praise with so many videos available on You Tube. I appreciate the compliment! Norma
Wow!
Thank You!! Norma
Beautiful, congrats on 1k subs, keep it up.
Thank you!! Norma
May I have the piano sheet! Ur amazing!
Thank you so much!! There is a link for the sheet music in the description beneath the video. --Norma
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Awesome. Beautifully played. I am amazed at the short time it took you to master this piece. It is so helpful to see and hear you play such a difficult piece of music. Your left hand is strong!
Thank you! Thanks to years of practice, the amount of time required to learn an intermediate song is quite minimal, but I still have to put in a lot of time for the advanced music that I play. Norma
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Excellent points Miss Norma.
The college professors that I have seen play early advanced music immediately by SIGHT, would you say they have had at least 10 years
of learning and development to achieve that feat?
The ole
“10,000 hours”
If they are college professors, they definitely have had at least 10 years of time at the piano. The "10,000 hour" philosophy with regards to piano could be less or more depending tremendously on the individual. Sight reading is a skill in itself and if you truly focus on that by spending a lot of time constantly reading new music, you can develop it more quickly. But yes, learning to play the piano takes a lot of hours and those who achieve the virtuoso level are exceedingly worthy of respect for their perseverance at their craft. --Norma
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Thank you Ms. Norma! My huge respects to you and your noble son.
If you were to ever write ✍🏾 down all of your wisdom on your psychology,
philosophy
and daily PRACTICE
of making the progress you and your son have made,
I would be the first to purchase that book 📖 , or manual.😊
Thank you so much! In the meantime, you can peruse the comment section of over 400 videos and read much of my musical ponderings on a variety of topics. :)
Estupendo. Tienes un nuevo suscriptor. Saludos
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it! And thank you for subscribing. Muchas gracias! ¡Me alegra que lo hayas disfrutado! Y gracias por suscribirte. Norma
Thank you so much for posting this and linking to the sheet music (although the link failed - I still found it). I tried to find a simplified arrangement of this some time ago and failed, but came across this when I found your excellent performance of Alfred's All-in One Adult Piano Chiapanecas and then this, which I'll save like a too-small pair of pants before a diet. I'm 67 and have been playing for less than a year on my own.
Thank you for telling me about the link. I corrected it. If you are looking for simplified arrangements of any other songs, I usually check musicnotes.com and sheetmusicplus.com. They both have an enormous selection of music. And good for you pursuing the piano at 67. You are in very good company. I have several students in their 60's and 70's. Some are resuming after a 40-50 year gap and others are beginners. Also, if you want an easier arrangement of Hallelujah, I have an "early-intermediate" one on my channel as well. Here's the link for that one: ua-cam.com/video/aKpPtveTMgo/v-deo.html --Norma
@@92pianokeys40 Oh, thank you so much! I know I'm in over my head with this one. Not hopelessly so, but a stepping stone would be great. I like the way you've labelled your demos with levels, so I don't even look at too-advances videos. Life is short (really!) I'm sticking with the Alfred's book, a year of about two hours a day and I'm still 18 pieces from the end of Book One. Your demo of Alfred's Chiapanecas helped me with the tempo. - Lynn
@@lshwadchuck5643 I'm so glad that you're finding the videos helpful in your musical journey! Just keep at it and enjoy the process. --Norma
@@92pianokeys40 Ten weeks in ( I went for broke and leaned this version) and I'm thrilled with how far I've come. I bought Philip Keveren's arrangement of Let it Be. The only video anyone has made has the camera at the end of the keyboard. (Hint, hint.)
@@lshwadchuck5643 I'll have to look up that arrangement. I don't have it on hand. I've used several of Philip Keveren's books with students, one of my students is currently playing out of his Disney book. --Norma
You play everything so beautifully, Norma! How long have you been playing?
Thank you so much!! About 45 years at the making of this video. Long time. :) --Norma
@@92pianokeys40 Wow! So there is still hope for me! 🤣