Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel Piano Tutorial

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  • Опубліковано 4 січ 2025

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  • @fboldi
    @fboldi 8 місяців тому +10

    Once again, kudos to Pierre for this exact, note for note transcription of what I hear when I listen to this classic canonical love song. I have seen so many attempts by other pianists on YT, but THIS is the one and ONLY I save in my piano playlist. 👏👏👏🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

    • @pierrejpiscitelli
      @pierrejpiscitelli  8 місяців тому +2

      🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 So glad you're enjoying it!

    • @fboldi
      @fboldi 8 місяців тому +2

      Since you are in a Fender Rhodes mood, I would love to see your take on "Still Crazy After All These Years" by Paul Simon (late Barry Edward Beckett on the Fender Rhodes)...

    • @pierrejpiscitelli
      @pierrejpiscitelli  8 місяців тому

      @@fboldi Great song!!

    • @marshac1479
      @marshac1479 8 місяців тому +1

      Love this song and the sax solo at the end is cool. Nice one Pierre!

    • @pierrejpiscitelli
      @pierrejpiscitelli  8 місяців тому

      @@marshac1479 Me too-- thanks for watching!

  • @Elwrt455
    @Elwrt455 5 місяців тому +1

    One of the most beautiful recordings

  • @LarsonGuitarPlayer
    @LarsonGuitarPlayer 5 місяців тому +2

    I wanted to learn this song and searched for videos. Even though I'm a guitar player this was the best tutorial I could find. Great job!

  • @kerbyfab
    @kerbyfab 8 місяців тому +2

    This channel deserves hundreds of thousands more subs!!! Pierre kills it on every video and I learn tons of new info.
    Hats off to you sir for offering such great videos! 👏✌️

  • @dmgsoultogetherness6667
    @dmgsoultogetherness6667 6 місяців тому +1

    one of my favorite songs ever

  • @darmac8519
    @darmac8519 8 місяців тому +3

    I love this channel thank you...i dont have a piano but i can play bits and pieces on it...great way of learning with the screen above you playing ...
    And you pick great songs .
    Thank you

  • @TejasShane
    @TejasShane 5 місяців тому

    Thanks!

  • @afihaileywibowo1095
    @afihaileywibowo1095 4 місяці тому +1

    Fantastic tutorial! 😊 Love love it! And learn how to play it now. Thank you so much !❤😊

  • @dino5254
    @dino5254 2 місяці тому +1

    Pierre, I have to tell you I've seen all the piano song tutorial guys here and I myself use to do them and I am not even a musician lol. Where were you when this all started 15 years ago? Your format is the combination of all the tutorials styles. Now I have to wait for you to build your catalogue. i hope you are a multi-genre guy. Also, I would donate to your channel if you also offered transcriptions. I hope you stay with it, and I think you will be the GOAT of this format! You improved this format from my man houseofjaz

    • @pierrejpiscitelli
      @pierrejpiscitelli  2 місяці тому

      Thanks very much! Glad the videos are helpful. Yes, I am covering several genres and as of last week, publishing my arrangements on Musicnotes.com.

  • @skattman11
    @skattman11 7 місяців тому +1

    Also great, man !! It s the way you re making the listener comfortable !! congrats !!

  • @jeroenreith4568
    @jeroenreith4568 Місяць тому

    Fantastic tutorial and an amazing good channel!!

  • @BarryFence
    @BarryFence 4 місяці тому

    Holy cow, that's a lot of chords! Thanks for making this so accessible!

  • @adonismateo8274
    @adonismateo8274 3 місяці тому +1

    this channel is good. the tutoring of each song is well-organized. easier to learn

  • @Keithoconnellsongwriter
    @Keithoconnellsongwriter 7 місяців тому +1

    Great job. Would like to see you do Prelude/Angry Young Man as it's epic with loads of sections.

  • @pnojazz
    @pnojazz 6 місяців тому +2

    It’s always been one of my favorites! Thank you!❤

  • @thekeysman1
    @thekeysman1 4 місяці тому

    I won tickets to see him and met him backstage before the show in 1990, Storm Front Tour, Vancouver, BC Canada wicked show front row and very energetic r&b bluesy show.

  • @benjaminpeternorris
    @benjaminpeternorris 4 місяці тому

    Fantastic tutorial thanks! I'm definitely going to give this a shot after finally realising my lifelong ambition of seeing Billy Joel live! He played this song last night, which was just sensational - as was the Sax solo throughout.

    • @pierrejpiscitelli
      @pierrejpiscitelli  4 місяці тому +1

      You can do it! Where did you see him?

    • @benjaminpeternorris
      @benjaminpeternorris 4 місяці тому

      @@pierrejpiscitelli Thanks for the encouragement! Cardiff, Wales - first time he’s ever played there!

  • @arnellimet5541
    @arnellimet5541 7 місяців тому

    i have to learn this. one of my fave song

  • @budhiton7475
    @budhiton7475 2 місяці тому

    Thank You, I like this song since 1983...

  • @DoU12Rock
    @DoU12Rock 5 місяців тому

    Wow, this may be a bit out of my range as I am just getting started on keys. I’ve been playing guitar for a long time so I’m catching on quickly. This one is in the near future for me. Thanks Pierre. I enjoy your style of teaching.

  • @carloslukather6658
    @carloslukather6658 4 місяці тому +1

    you are very good teacher , plus you like Toto and steve lukather and thats matter to me. tks. can you do bridge over trouble water?

  • @ltavare
    @ltavare 6 місяців тому

    This is now my favorite channel - you're very good on the keyboard, thank you!

  • @pnojazz
    @pnojazz 6 місяців тому +2

    Jazz saxophonist Phil Woods did the sax solo in one take!❤

  • @DannyDep17
    @DannyDep17 Місяць тому

    My favorite BJ song.... I've played it so many times that I decided it needed a new arrangement.... I call it my Slow Fi musical style.... It's what's happens when you mature.... you do things.... and play things a lot slower. 🤪😉😎👍

  • @AlexEckelberry
    @AlexEckelberry 6 місяців тому

    Great tutorial! And watching this makes me miss my Rhodes so much... I had one back in the 80s that I sold off... Ugh.

  • @pnojazz
    @pnojazz 6 місяців тому +1

    Subscribed!❤

  • @AlHuerta
    @AlHuerta 6 місяців тому

    Pristine lesson.. You rock my brother…🎹💯

  • @Fusion7843
    @Fusion7843 8 місяців тому +2

    Hey man thanks for the tutorials they really help me and I wad wounding if you could do elton johns tiny dancer?

    • @pierrejpiscitelli
      @pierrejpiscitelli  8 місяців тому +2

      Glad they’re helpful! Absolutely, it’s on my to-do list.

  • @ChataCovers
    @ChataCovers 4 місяці тому

    that rhodes sounds great, i have a yamaha keyboard but can't find a sound that crisp as yours......yours almost sounds like a wurlitzer

    • @pierrejpiscitelli
      @pierrejpiscitelli  4 місяці тому

      Thanks! There are so many incredible Rhodes samples out there, Keyscape, Purgatory Creek, and the Famous E Electric Piano just to name a few of my favorites.

  • @scottbauerlein7498
    @scottbauerlein7498 7 місяців тому +1

    Hi thank you for the great tutorials
    Would you do one for "i want you back" jackson 5?

    • @pierrejpiscitelli
      @pierrejpiscitelli  7 місяців тому

      My pleasure. Hell yeah, it's on my list of videos to make!

  • @kennpope639
    @kennpope639 6 місяців тому +1

    Thanks so much for this, Pierre. Enjoying your tutorials very much. In the verse (block chords) D - Bm6 - Gmaj7 - do you play a D to D7 next? when in the stave above you've shown Bm7 to D7.

    • @pierrejpiscitelli
      @pierrejpiscitelli  5 місяців тому

      Either would be fine because Bm7 is just D with a B in the root! Bm7 and D share D, F# and A.

    • @kennpope639
      @kennpope639 5 місяців тому

      @@pierrejpiscitelli Thanks for the reply, Pierre. Great explanation - I understand now and it's sounding great. It's a real pleasure to watch and learn from your videos. Another two songs I've been trying to learn for ages are Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Chris Martin/Coldplay), and Don't Go To Strangers (Paul Weller and Amy Winehouse). Just block chords would be fine. I know there's so many versions of these songs but I particularly love these. Cheers! And thanks again!

  • @rommel152
    @rommel152 5 місяців тому

    Beautiful transcription, really captures the the feeling of the original song. Love how you break down each section and also include the actual notes being played in a separate window. Any chance that you can offer transcribed sheets to this piece or others?

    • @pierrejpiscitelli
      @pierrejpiscitelli  5 місяців тому

      thanks! I don't offer sheet music as of niw-- my thinking is that someone who can already read, isn't going to need this tutorial, which teaches by rote. Maybe I'm wrong?

    • @cripzrus
      @cripzrus 2 місяці тому

      ​@@pierrejpiscitelliPls stay as you are as the dots are of no use to us non readers. Love the way you also advise best fingering.

    • @pierrejpiscitelli
      @pierrejpiscitelli  2 місяці тому

      @@cripzrus I won't change anything about the lessons, simply offering sheet music for the many who want to purchase! Video lessons will remain the same, comprehensive and free.

  • @ryan8488
    @ryan8488 7 місяців тому

    I’m Jealous of your Rhodes. Great tutorial!

  • @neastguy
    @neastguy 2 місяці тому

    I'm half way through this.. PIerre, if you had to choose one song for a beginner like me to learn where you feel you would gain the most from learning.. any suggestions? thanks again

  • @philchampers9699
    @philchampers9699 5 місяців тому

    Will you please teach 'This will be' (an everlasting love) by Natalie Cole.

  • @Lonelyheart1776
    @Lonelyheart1776 5 місяців тому

    Just subscribed. It would be helpful if you can sing along while you are playing. If you don’t sing at least humming along so the melody can be heard. Great tutorial. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • @davidenriquezpineda3480
    @davidenriquezpineda3480 3 місяці тому

    Wonderful “ just the way you play” 😂 one question dear friend I have a basic keyboard Roland what kind of voice I can play .? electric piano or organ .? Excellent tutorial for this masterpiece thanks so much to share your great talent best regards from tequilas Land Mexico

  • @elwirahmadi6651
    @elwirahmadi6651 4 місяці тому

    on the bridge why there is Bflat, like itwas playing on the key of F but the signature play on D? why or how the logic of this thing. please am new at this, and it doest make sense. but it surely an epic choice. thanks

  • @EP-77o
    @EP-77o 8 місяців тому +1

    Which Rhodes sound are you using for your keyboard? Sounds a little different than the real deal at the beginning. The OG always sounds good!

    • @pierrejpiscitelli
      @pierrejpiscitelli  8 місяців тому +1

      It's my favorite plugin-- "The Famous E Electric Piano" They sampled the Rhodes Mk I used on all of the great sessions in LA during the 70's. Something special about that particular instrument! I love my Mark I, but I think what you are hearing is lack of a preamp, bass boost all the way up, and just tons of imperfections due to unregulated action, bad tines, bad dampers etc. That's how you can REALLY tell it's a real Rhodes 🤣

    • @EP-77o
      @EP-77o 8 місяців тому +1

      @@pierrejpiscitelli Lol. It’s not bad, it’s just vintage. Like me!

    • @pierrejpiscitelli
      @pierrejpiscitelli  8 місяців тому

      @@EP-77o 🤣

  • @chandlernelms3271
    @chandlernelms3271 8 місяців тому +1

    can you please teach how to play these eyes by the guess who

  • @StarQueenEstrella
    @StarQueenEstrella 6 місяців тому

    1:47 considering it’s over the note D, wouldn’t this make it a D9sus4 or something?

  • @mariojosaphatanandadjawa8392
    @mariojosaphatanandadjawa8392 Місяць тому

    intro : Gm6/D, G/D, D
    Verse 1: D, Bm6, GM7, Bm7, D7, GM7, Gm7, D/F#, Am7, D7, GM7, Gm7, D/F# , Bm7, Bm7/E, E7, G/A

  • @MackAxyzz
    @MackAxyzz 7 місяців тому

    ...it really sucks that i can only like this one time 🤣where were you when i painstakingly tried to figure this all out on my own? ✌❤😎

  • @carloslukather6658
    @carloslukather6658 3 місяці тому

    how about bridge over trouble water piano?

  • @davidwinn8269
    @davidwinn8269 8 місяців тому +2

    What idiot decided the audio jack should be right in front of the keys? The Rhodes is amazing, but I mean come on.😊

    • @pierrejpiscitelli
      @pierrejpiscitelli  8 місяців тому +3

      Someone who wanted to sell right-angled 1/4 inch plugs??