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Piano By Ear Essentials | Play Piano Today

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Lessons in This Class

    • 1.

      0. Welcome and Overview

      1:17

    • 2.

      1. Notes on the piano

      5:37

    • 3.

      Notes on the piano_Exercise 1

      5:13

    • 4.

      Notes on the piano_Exercise 2

      5:11

    • 5.

      Finger independence_Contrary motions

      4:41

    • 6.

      Finger Independence_Alternating motions

      6:45

    • 7.

      Intervalls

      8:23

    • 8.

      Major Chords

      7:40

    • 9.

      Minor Chords

      9:29

    • 10.

      The Beatles_Let it be

      8:44

    • 11.

      The Beatles_Let it be_Playthrough

      3:01

    • 12.

      Sustain pedal use

      5:32

    • 13.

      Arpeggios_Left Hand

      7:19

    • 14.

      Arpeggios_Right Hand

      5:19

    • 15.

      PBEE Congratulations !

      0:11

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"Piano By Ear Essentials | Play Piano Today" is an online Piano course / Piano lessons for piano and keyboard , designed to get you straight on your way to playing your favorite songs right from the beginning.

Learn piano the efficient way

You've always wanted to play piano or keyboard, but you were afraid of endless lessons of music theory ? You think you need to read music fast ? Develop a perfect sight-reading ? Or learn to read sheet music first ? I know this feeling, having found it in several people around me, and some of my students. But, learning the piano is much easier than what you think, if you have the right method. Music is just a language whose basic structure you need to know, and piano is one of the many tools to speak it. We'll see all that together, in this easy-to-access piano or keyboard course that I've decided to put together to get you started.

Anyone can learn piano or learn keyboard. Whether you're into Pop, Blues piano, jazz piano, Worship piano, Ragtime, Gospel piano, Rock, Reggae, Classical, Improvisation, you'll find what you need. The content provided will allow you to acquire the essentials of the basics to give you a key overview, in preparation for your path from beginner to intermediate or advanced, as well as ear training.

You will discover :

How to learn piano easily, and progress quickly, thanks to :

·  An easy-to-understand structure

·  A shortcut approach to learning the instrument i.e. Piano chords, and

·  A fingering adapted to each step

You will learn :

·  The reference points to have right from the beginning, to find your way quickly on the piano

·  How to work on the fluidity of your movements in a simple and effective way

·  The link between the notes of a piece in general

·  The type of chords to master in order to progress quickly on the piano

·  How to work on these chords in a simple and effective way, and

·  A popular and easy piece to get you started on the right foot, without reading sheet music

Who should take this course ?

Wondering if there are any special pre-course requirements to learn all of this ? Well, no : no specific prerequisites are necessary. Your motivation will be more than enough, whether you fall in one or more of these categories or not :

·  Beginner Level piano players

·  Musicians in general

·  Curious guitarists

·  Singers or Vocalists

So... ?

Hope to chat with you very soon in the course,

Musically yours,

Jay

Meet Your Teacher

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Jay

Pianiste

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Bonjour,

Je suis Jay, passionne de piano, j'enseigne la musique avec des morceaux populaires et des adaptations.

Il y a un peu plus d'une dizaine d'annees, je ne jouais qu'avec des partitions. A cette epoque, je croyais encore que pour jouer aisement sans partition il fallait certainement avoir une boite a musique preprogrammee qui faisait le boulot a notre place (pensee vraie etant plus jeune, je l'avoue...)

Vous comprendrez donc quel fut mon etonnement, lorsqu'en l'espace d'une rencontre et d'une annee, je pouvais accompagner au piano, et sans partition, tout morceau que j'ecoutais. L'oreille absolue...? Je ne pense pas. Je dirais plutot << Le resultat d'une methode d'apprentissage toute simple qui a fait ses preuves et qui merite d'etre partagee sans moderation >... See full profile

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Transcripts

1. 0. Welcome and Overview : Hi, I'm Jay, a passionate pianist, and I have a question for you. Have you ever wondered how you'd feel if you knew how to play your favorite songs on the piano? Accompany yourself, friends, and family to have a good time? Then I have something for you. Get by your essentials, which is my pan of course for beginners in which you will find the essential information you need to get the ball rolling. From the foundations to playing your first song, then spicing it up some zitives. Oh, first of all, we will have a look at some easy tips to find your way around the piano, work on your finger independence, and on your first course, which will lead to your first song. Then we will work on the first song in which you will find some specific course you will need for 100 songs. And finally, we will learn how to spice that up with some easy tips, such as sustain pero and some beautiful rhythm patterns such as apple juice. How does it sound to you? How good? Now, you just need to take three more steps. First of all, take a moment to quickly browse through the course to get a better idea of what it's about and let me know what you think in the comments section. Then select one to three things you'd like to work on. And finally, fry them as soon as possible on the piano. 2. 1. Notes on the piano: Hi, and welcome to this lesson in which we'll talk about notes on the piano. Why is that important? Just because you need to master the basics before diving into your favorite songs. And how can we proceed? Very simply three these steps. In the first step, we'll have a look at musical notes in general. Then the second step, we'll try to identify those notes on the piano. And finally, in the third step, we'll do two liter exercises that will help you walk on your fingers and read them at the same time. So if you are ready, let's get started. So in music, we have seven notes, and I'm sure you've heard about them. So you can help me enumerate them. Do, very good. R, me, yes, Pa, so, a, and T. And it starts again with though a little bit higher than re and so on. Meaning musical notes go from lower notes to higher notes. And we also have alphabetical notation, starting from A with a. Meaning A will be for a, then the node B will be T, C will be D, very good. D will be, very good. E will be M F will be Pa, G will be so N will go back to A, which is a and so on, but a little bit higher. And once you know that, you need to know those notes go backward too. Meaning, starting from D a little bit higher, then back to T and then, then so then Fa E, very good, and dough a little bit lower. Now, let's try to identify those notes on the piano. What can you notice on the piano? We have white keys and black keys. And black keys are grouped two by two or three by three. And to find our first note, which is though, we need to find a group of two black keys, then identify the first note just before the first white key just before the group of two black nodes like this one. So we have a dog. And to find another dog because we know we have a door remi facial T, and it starts again with a new dough and so on, we will try to identify another group of two blackys. So two blacks here, the white key just before it is dough very good. Then two blacks, dog two blacks, do two blacks. Do you see, going from lower nodes to higher nodes. And once you can do that, we can try to identify the other nodes. So we can start with this dog here. Then the following nodes will be, very good. The following one will be M, then Pa, very good. Then SL then a and T and dough, but a little bit higher than Ray and me and so on. And once you can do that, let's try to find, for example, SOL. We need to start with Doug Then, me, fa, and finally find so. That's why to go a little bit faster, you need another reference Fa. And what can we notice? Fa is the first white key just before a group of three black notes. And that's our second reference, meaning a group of three black notes just before it. The first white key will be fa very good. Three black notes, a three black notes, The black notes going from lower nodes to higher notes. And once you master those references, you can identify very easily any note. Meaning, for example, for G, you just have to remember that you have a group of three black notes, for example, here, before it, we have a white key named Fa, and following Fa we have SOV good. Then for T, for example, you just have to remember that we have a group of two black notes for example, this one, and just before it, we have dough, and before dough, we have T. That's why it's important to know the nots going backward, too. 3. Notes on the piano_Exercise 1: And now let's work on our fingers and read them at the same time with two liter exercises. They will help you master those notes on the piano too. And for that, we will need what we call fingering. And what is fingering? Fingering is a universal thing in piano, which will help you play a specific note with a finger. So for example, for the right hand and also for the left hand, actually, the thumb will be named one. And the second finger will be named two. So very good, three, four, and five. Whether it's the right hand or the left hand. And once you know that, we can try to put our one with the right hand on a do. This one, for example. The ray will be played by the two the M with the three. Fa, four, five, four, S. Then we can go back to far with four, M with the three, with two, and do with one. We can try again. Yes. Mm hmm. Very good. Mm hmm. Mm hmm. And the rule is to master your fingers, meaning not letting them go off notes, you know, like going high like this while you're playing a notes, for example. No. And once you can do that, you can try with your left hand. We will have, though, for example, this one with the fifth finger, then ray with the fourth finger. M, the third one, a, second one, so the first one. And we will go back to Fa with number two, M, number three, four, do five. And once you can do that, you can try with both hands. You can pause the video and try again, of course, then come back to the video and try with both hands. Doug, very good. Rey. Yes. M. Yes, fa Mm hmm. So and back to far. Back to me, Rey and do. Very good. And you can continue, R M, fa, so, back to far, me, Rey and do. Very good. And once you can do that, you can try to increase a little bit, the speed with a metronom. What is a metronom Actually, a metronome is just a tool that can help you master your rhythm, you know. You can have it on your piano or you can have it of piano. If I can say it that way with a little tool, a little tool just beside the piano, you can find it typing metronome on Google. And once you find that, you can put it you can put the pace on 50 bit per minute BBM. So metronome on your piano, it's written metronome, and for the tempo, you can try 50. Very good. So you just position your fingers and go. Very good. On each bit. Once again, and so on. And you can try five times before before increasing the pace going into 60 bit per minute, for example. You can try ten times too before increasing the BBM. 4. Notes on the piano_Exercise 2: And once you can do that, you can try the second exercise. So for the second exercise, let's try this right hand, the first finger on do. Then, M. And to go to fa, we will switch our thumb here, meaning the number one finger to play fa. Then so very good. La, then and do before coming back to a, so, fa, and we can switch again the finger number three to play me then re and do. You can try again. Ray, yes, me, fa with the number one finger. So, a, dog, then back to Very good. La, so, fa, M with three. Ray and two. You can pause the video and try again. Then try with the left hand. We have D then re Mi fa with number two. So. Then you can switch your finger to play. La with number three, number two, then do, and back to T with the second finger. La, sow with the finger number one. Very good. Fa MR and do. And you can try again. You can pause the video and try again before trying with both hands. You can do it with your right hand here or here. No problem with it. So do M, fast switching this finger, so, last, switch in this finger, T, and do. Then back to tea. La, soul switch in this finger, fa, me, switch in this finger, y, and do. And Rey Ma so a T DT. So Me Rey and do. And you can try again and again until it's easy for you like five times. And once you can do that, you can try with the metronome, set on BPM on 50 BBM, sorry. And you can try with your right hand first, then your left hand before trying with both hands. And the result will be this. Okay h So if you want to master these exercises, you just need to do them again and again, without and with metronome, set on 50 bit per minute like that, and try again until it's easy for you. Maybe you can do it. Maybe until you can do it five times or ten times very easily, then increase the pace with five or ten BPM gradually until it's too difficult for you. So good luck and see you in the next lesson. Bye. 5. Finger independence_Contrary motions: Hi. In today's lesson, we'll practice finger independence. Why is that important? Just because it's a major skill you will need on your piano journey. So what's the plan? Very simple. First of all, we'll work on what I call contrary motions. Then once we're done with that, we can move on to alternating motions. So if you're ready. Let's get started. So for contrary motions, here is what the right hand will do. Good. Switch. Let's try together. Switch. Very good. So Switch. Very good. You can pause the video. Try again if you want until it's easy for you. Then we can try with the left hand. Here is the result. Switch. Switch. And now you can join me together, D. Switch. Switch. Very good. Then once you can do that easily, you can pause the video and try again if you need. We will try with both hands. So get ready. Let's go. Here is the result. Switch. Switch. You can pause the video, watch it again, or get back to where I started from, then come back to the video to this point and try with me together. Very good. Switch. Switch. Once again, Very good. Switch. Very good. You can pause the video. Try again if you need until it's easy for you. Then come back to the video and try with the metronome set on 50 BPM. So I already set it on 50 BPM. We can get ready. Three, four, and Switch. Once again. Switch. Very good. 6. Finger Independence_Alternating motions: Now for alternating motions, here is what the right hand will do. And you can go once again. So once again. And while you're doing that with your right hand, here is what the left hand will do. Now we can try with both hands, so you can see easily how they both play together. So Simple. Let's try together. Ready, go. And that's the first part of the alternating motions exercise. Now the next part. The following part for the following part, sorry, the left hand will be doing what we were doing with our right hand, meaning this. Except that this note will intervene in our plane. And while our left hand is going to be doing that, our right hand will do this. If you remember what the left hand was doing in the first part. So once you can do that, it's very simple. Let's try with both hands so that you see how the both go together. So, here it is. Ready? Go together. Then once you can do that easily, you can pause the video and try again on your end. We will try to switch the motions of the hands. First of all, right hand will be going forward and backward. Then during the second part of the exercise, we'll be doing what we just did. So ready. Go. Right hand moving first. So Very good. Then once you can do that, let's try with the metronome set to 50 BBM, as usual to start. Two, three, four, and go. Switch. Once again, Switch. Very good. Now you can try you can pose the video, sorry, and try again and again until it's easy for you. And once you can do that five times or ten times with the metronome set to 50 BBM, you can increase it. You can increase the BPM five by five or ten by ten until it's too difficult for you to keep the pace and play easily. So good luck with that and see you in the next lesson. Bye. 7. Intervalls: Hi. Into this lesson, we'll talk about intervals. Why is that important? Just because you need them to play chords, then songs. So how are we going to proceed? Very simply two easy steps, actually. So the first step, we'll take C major to try to find the rule of major keys. Then we'll try to apply that rule to other notes to find some common keys. So if you are ready, let's get started. So let's take C major, the key of C major. In the key of C major, we have these notes. Yeah. So a T, and back to D again, but a little bit higher. So now let's try to find the secret rule between each note. And to say it this way, when we try to measure the distance between a note and another in music, we use what we call semitone or tone. It's very easy to see on a piano. So for example, from this note, to the node just beside it, meaning not this one, but this one, it's a semitone higher. Can you see? So from this note to this note, it's a semitone. Meaning, from this note to this note, we have semitone semitone, so a tone. And it's the same from this node to this note at. From this note because we have semitone semitone. Now, from this not to this note, we have a semitone. It's the not just beside it. So from this to this, we have semitone semitone, so a tone. Very good. So from S to A, it's a tone. From a to it's a tone again. And from T to though a little higher, it's a semitone. Very good. So what do you notice? That we have a tone between every note, except between me and fa, where we have a semi toon and T and do, where we have a semioV good. So we can try now to find the notes of the key of F major. For the right hand, let's try F, for the first note of the key. Then we will have a tone higher G, very good. From the second to the third note, we have a tone higher, cool. Then semitone a tone. We can play it with this finger, a tone again, a tone again to the seventh, and a semitone to F. Higher. Very good. Then we can try to get back. So F. Mm hmm. Mm hmm. Mm hmm. Yes. Yes. Mm hmm. Very good. Now, let's try to do the same exercise with our left hand. We can do it here. F for the first note of the key. G, very good. Yes, semitone from the third to the fourth note. A tone, very good. A tone again, a tone again, and semitone. And now let's try to get back to F a little lower. Yes. Yes, with the same fingering. This one. Rather? Yes. Yes. Very good. And once you master that with your left hand, we can try with both hands. So if you're ready, let's go. Very good. Mm hmm. Mm hmm. Mm hmm. Mm hmm. Yes. Mmm Very good. Once you master that, we can try with G major. So on let's try on G. We have G for the first note. Then the second note will be a ton higher. Then to the third, we have a ton. To the fourth, we have a semitone. We can play this note with this finger. Then a tone to the sixth, a tone to the seventh. Aton and to G, semitone, Let's get back. Yes. Very good. Mm hmm. Mm hmm. Mm hmm. Mm hmm. Very good. Once you master that with your right hand, we can try with the left hand. So we have G, yes. A tone, then a tone again. Semitone. Yes, a tone, a ton, a tone and semitone. Now, let's get back too. This very good. Mm hmm. Mm hmm. Mm. Mm hmm. Very good. You can try again and again until it's easy for you. Then we can try with both hands. Gee, let's go. A to a thumb to the third. Yes. Semitone, very good. A to, a ton. A to semitone. Let's get back to this. Very good. Mm hmm. Mm hmm. Mmm. Very good. So, if you want, for example, if you want to master it, you can do these exercises. So start with C major, then F major and G major. So good luck and see you in the next lesson. Bye. 8. Major Chords: Hi, and welcome to this lesson in which we talk about major chords. So why is that important? Just because you need them to play your favorite songs. And if you're ready, let's get started. So for major chords, we will need three notes. The first note is just the notes that give its name to the chord. Meaning, for C major, for example, the first note of the chord will be C. Very good. And the rule is that the second note of a major chord is two tons above the first note. So semitone, semitone for the second time, semitone for the third time, and semitone for the fourth time, making it two tons above the first note. Very good. We have E like second note. And for the third node, the rule is a ton and a half above the second note. So semi semi and semi very good. The third note will be G, which is a ton and a half above the second note. This is our code of C major. Very good. And once you know that, if you want to master the notes of achord, you can try what we call inversions. So once you know that C major is composed with C E and G, you can try This plane, see a little bit higher. Then you can try this. What did you notice? It's the same. Those are the same notes we are playing just in different positions. Then if you try to invert it, invert it again, we get back to the root form. So can we try together? Let's go. C, root form. C, very good. C, and back to the root form. We can play it here too. And what shall we play with our left hand? Very simple, the first note of the code, which is called the root of the code, too. So both hands will make our C major. Then we can try with both hands. Inversion. Very good. Inversion and back to the root form. And once you master that, you can try another note with the left hand. Very simple. We just double the roots. So we will have together C, C, very good. C, and back to the root form. Once you master that, you can try with F major to see if you master the rule. So for F major, our first note will be F. Very good. The second node will be two tons above the first note. Meaning four semitones. So first semitone, second semitone, third semitone, and fourth semitone. So our second node of F major will be A, very good. Then the third node of the chord will be a tone and a half. Above the second note. So three semitonsF semiton, second semiton and third semitone. So our third node of F major will be C. And these are the nodes of F major. Very good. And once you know that, you can try to invert it playing F a little bit higher. Then try to invert it again and play this before getting back to the root form. And what shall we play with our left hand? The root of the note. And the root of the note is the first note of the chord, which is far in this case, very good. And with both hands, we have F major. You can try to invert it and inverts again before getting back to the root or root position. And once you master that, you can try to double the root at the left hand. And this is F major. Very good. And once you master that, you can try with G major, just to be sure you master the root of major calls. So for G major, the first note of the call will be G. Then the second mode will be two tons above the first note, meaning four semitones. F semiton, second semiton, third semitone and fourth semitone. Our second node of G major is B, very good. Then the third node of the code will be a ton and a half above the second node. First semitone, second semitone, and third semitone. Our third note will be D, very good. So this is G major. And once you know that, you can try to invert it in order to master it. Very good. We can play G a little bit higher. Then G like this too before getting back to the root position. And once you master that, you can try to play the left hands notes. So for G major, we will play G, very simple. The first note or the root of the code. Very good. And this before getting back to the root position. And once you master that, you can try to double the notes at the left hand with the second G here. So we have G major. Very good. G major, and G major before getting back to the root position. So you can try that again and again until it's easy for you. Bye. 9. Minor Chords: Hi, and welcome to this lesson in which we will talk about minor calls. So why is that important? Just because you need them to play your favorite songs. And how are we going to proceed? Very simply in three steps. In the first step, we'll talk about the rule, taking A minor as an example. Then in the second step, we'll try to apply that rule to D minor. And finally, in the third step, we'll apply the same rule to E minor. So if you're ready, let's get started. So what does the rule say? To play a minor code, we need three notes. The first note is the root of the code, and it gives its name to the cord. Meaning for A minor, for example, the first note will be A, and this is the root of the code. And the second note will be a tone and a half above the first note, meaning three semitones. So from here to here, we have first semitone, second semitone, and third semitone. The second note of A minor will be D, very good. And the third note of a minor chord is two tones, sorry, above the second note. Meaning four semitons. First semiton, second semitone, third semitone, and fourth semitone. So the third note of A minor will be E, very good. You can do this. And once you find the notes of a chord, just remember that you can play them in any order you want. So if we play, for example, C, E and A, it still is A minor. Very good. It just help you to master the notes of a chord, playing what we call an inversion. So this is the first inversion, and this is the second inversion. We are still on A minor, very good before getting back to the root form. So we have two inversions. And once you know that, what can we play with our left hand? It's very simple. We will just play the roots notes, which is A in this case. So we will have A and both hands will play this. You can try to play with it like this and do this too. Before getting back to the root position. Very good. And once you can do that, what can you do to enhance your plane with the left hand? You can add the same note a little bit lower. And have this. So at with our left hand, we are playing what we call octaves. Very good. It's the same note, played a little bit lower or a little bit higher. So we will have A minor, very good. You can play with it. A minor first inversion, and A minor second inversion before getting back to the root form. And once you can do that, let's try this on D minor. Very good. So for D minor, our first note will be D, the root note. And what does the root say? The second note of a minor code is one ton and a half above the first note, meaning three semitones. So from here to here, one semitone very good, two semitones, and three semitones. So the second note of D minor will be F, very good. And the rule says that the third note of a minor chord is two tons above the two tons above the second note of the chord. So I did this Y because two tons is equal to four semitones. Very good. So first semitone, second semitone, third semitone, and fourth semitone. So the third note of D minor is A, very good. So this is how D minor. And once you can do that, you can try to memorize very easily the notes of the chord, playing what we call inversions. We can do this playing the same card, but the root note is just played a little bit higher. Sorry, this one, rather. Once you can do that, you can invert it again, very good before getting back to the root form. And once you can do that, what can we play with our left hand? The roots note, yes. So in this case, it's D, very good. And this is our D minor played with both hands. You can try it. Very good. And once you can do that, you can try to enhance your playing with what we call octaves, very good. And play this. First inversion, second inversion before getting back to the root form. You can pause the video and try again and again before continuing. And once you can do that, let's try with the last example, E minor. Very good. So for E minor, our first note will be E. Yes, the root note. And the second note will be a tone and a half above the first note. So first semitone, second semitone, and third semitone. So the second note of E minor is very good G. Be a ton and a half is three semitones. Very good. So the third note of E minor will be two tons above the second note of the code first semiton meaning four semitones. So first semiton, second semiton, third semitone, and fourth semiton. So the third note of E minor is B, very good. So we have this as E minor. And once you can do that, you can try to memorize very easily those notes with inversions. So this is the first inversion, very good. And this will be our second inversion before getting back to the root form. And once you can do that, what can we play with our left hand? E, very good. The root note. And you can play this with both hands and try first inversion, second inversion before getting back to the root form. And once you can do that, you can enhance your play with Octaves. Very good. So with both hands, we'll have this very good. Very good. Very good before getting back to the root form. So you can play the same exercises again and again without metronome then with metronom set to 50 BPM, that you can increase gradually with five BPM or two BPM until it's easy for you. See you in the next lesson. Bye. 10. The Beatles_Let it be: Hi. In today's lesson, we'll learn how to play let it be the bets. Why? Because it's based on four chords you will need four other hundred songs. So if you're ready, let's get started. So for the intro, we will have, for the left hand, these notes. C, G, A, F C. Mm hmm. Then back to C. And once you can do that very easily, you can try what the right hand will do. We will have cord, C major, if you remember, then sorry, the CCord that you can play with these fingers, as you can see, actually. Then we will have G major, this one, that you can play with these fingers, then A minor that you can play with these fingers, then F that you can play with these fingers, then back to C. Very good. Then G, then F N, back to C. So if we try again together, let's see how it goes. We have C A minor F C G F and back to C. Then once you can do that, we can try with both hands. So we will have this. 222, 222, two. Two. Very good. And you can pause the video and try again until it's easy for you. Then we can try the first verse. And as you can notice on your screen, we will have the same course. So just get ready and try to play with me. When I find myself in times of trouble Mme comes to me speaking words of wisdom, let it be then practice and in my hour of darkness. Same cause. She's standing right in front of me. Very good. Speaking words of wisdom. Let it be So you can try again and again until it's easy for you. Then the chorus. Let it be. Let it be let it be let it be Whisper Whiz a whiz let it be so as you can see, we still have the same codes. And now the second verse, played with the same codes. So if you are ready, let's get started. And on the broken hearted people live in the word ring. There will be an answer. Let it be for those that may be part, the sell a chance that they will see there will be an answer. Let it be then you have an instrumental played like this. So for the left hand, you can play this, F, very good. E, then, C, that you can play with these fingers. And with the right hand, here is what we will play. F, C, G, and back to C. And we played it twice. So get ready, and let's go Once again. Then you have the solo played with these chords. So we have Mmm. Mmm. And I'm just singing something that can help you play the chords that we have to play on the solo during the solo, sorry. So let's try again, and it's twice. For the left hand, we have C. To one, two, then F, two C to G, very good. Then back to C. And for the right hand, we will have C major to A minor, F major, then C. And pats And once you can do that easily, we can try with both hands. Ready? Go. Mmm. Mm. 21, two very good, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, once again. Very good. A minor. Then F. C. Very good. Fan. Back to see. And now the third verse with the SimCds. Ready? Go. And when the night is cloudy. There is still alive that shines on me. Shine until tomorrow. Let it be I wake up to the sound of music. Madam My comes to me. Speaking, words of wisdom. Let it be And the outtro is just played with the chord we used for the instrumental part. The difference is just that it's played now once instead of twice as played in the instrumental part. 11. The Beatles_Let it be_Playthrough: 222, 222, two. Two. When I find myself in times of trouble but may comes to me speaking words of wisdom. Let it be then practice and in my hour of darkness. Same cause. She's standing right in front of me. Very good. Speaking words of wisdom. Let it be let it be. Let it be let it be let it be whisper words I wish, let it be and on the broken hearted people live near the watery, there will be an answer. Let it be For though that may be part, there see a chance that they will see him, there will be an answer. Let it be Mm hmm. And when the night is cloudy there is still a light that shines on me. Shine until tomorrow. Let it be I wake up to the sound of music. Matter me comes to me speaking, words are wheezed on. Let it be And the outro is just played with the chord we used for the instrumental part. The difference is just that it's played now once instead of twice as played in the instrumental part. 12. Sustain pedal use: Hi, this lesson, we will learn how to use a sustained pedal. Depending on the piano you use, it looks like this, like this or like this. And you can find it directly on your piano or as an external device, you need to buy and plug into your piano in order to extend the sounds of the notes you're playing on your piano and therefore, add an effect to your songs. So how do we use it? Very simple. Let's have a look at that. So what's the rule, first of all, the rule is very simple. For example, for C, C, without pedal, that's how it sounds. Now, let's do one and two for pressing the pedal. What unit is? Yes, it extends the sound of C. Let's try again together, one for the note and two for the pedal. So let's go one, two. Have you seen that? Once again, one, two. Very good. Then once you can do that, your question must be, how can we use that in a song? So for example, for C major, we have this without pedal. Then with pedal, we have one, two. Very good. Now, let's play F major right after that. We have C, two for the pedal, ten, F major. Then G major, then back to Rf major. Then C. What do you notice? It's actually a little bit muddy because we had our foot stepped on the pedal during the whole process. That's why we need to do something very special and simple. Once you change your cord, you need to raise your foot, then get it back on the pedal before continuing. Let's try. We have, for example, C major, one, two, for the pedal. We change up and pedal down again before G major, pedal up, pedal down. F Major, pedal, pedal down, then C major, pedal, pedal down. And now the sound is less muddy. Very good. So that's how we use it in a song. So let's try now on Let it. On the chorus of let it be. So we will have without pedal, let it be. Let it be. Let it be. Let it be. Have you seen that? It's chopped. That's it. So now let's try again with our pedal. Let it be Bittle down. Let it be. Up down. Let it be Bittle up beetle down. Let it be Bittle up beetle down. Whisper words of wisdom. Up down. Let it be Up down. Up down. Now, let's try again together. Go. Let it be. Let it be. Let it be. Let it be Whisper words are whiz uh Let it be. And now, let's try that on the first verse, then the covers. Ready? Go. When I found myself in times of trouble, huh, M mary comes to me. Speaking Wes of whiz. Let it be And then my hot darkness, J standing right in front of me speaking W's a We Let it be let it be. Let it be let it be Let it be Whisper, whiz a whiz hum. Let it be. Let it be. Let it be let it be Let it be Whisper, words whizz hum. Let it be. Very good. You can try again and again until it's easy for you. See you in the next lesson. But 13. Arpeggios_Left Hand: Hi. In this lesson, we'll learn how to play pds to level up your songs. So the goal will be just to make your songs more lively. And how shall we proceed? Very simply? First of all, we'll have a look at the rule. If an example really straight that, then you'll try that on our song, let it be. So if you're ready, let's get started. So what does the rule say? Let's try to apply that very simply. And for every chord you will be playing, here is the rule. For the right hand, you will just play the chords normal. Like we just played before in the previous videos. For example, this is for C major, as you can notice. Then your left hand will be playing something different. Previously, we were playing this. Meaning, for every chord, we were playing just the first note of the chords with our left hand. Now, we will this, meaning we will double the first note of the cords we'll be playing to progressively go to pages. You will see the final results. So once you can play this, this is what we call octave. We will add the third note of the cord initial position too. For C major in initial position, the third note of the chord is G, very good. So we will add G to the left hand. Then we will try to play those notes one by one, just like this. Can you try with me? Let's go. Very good. Then once you can do that, you can try with both hands and do this. Let's go. Let's try together. Very good. You can pause the video, try again until it's easy for you, then get back to the video. Then once you can do that, you can try on F Major, another chord of our song. So for F major, let's just play these notes with our right hand, just like we were playing before. Then for the left hand, we will apply the same rule. We had the first note of the code. Now we will double it like this. Then add the third note of the ord of F major, which is C, this. Then we will try to play that like this. Let's try again. One, two, three. Very good. Then we can try to play that with both hands. Ready, go. But Once again, very good. Then once you can do that, we can try to apply that on our song. Let it B. For example, let's try to do that on our first verse. We will have this. W a fanselH you seen that? C major. Then G major. Then A minor. The right hand is playing just what we were playing before, and the left hand is just applying the rule we've just seen. So let's try again. When I find myself in time of trouble, Md may comes to me. Very good. Speaking words of wisdom. Let it Once again, from when I find myself, go when I find myself in time of trouble. A minor. Then F major. Speaking. Words of wisdom. Let it be and in my hour of darkness. She's standing right in front of me. Very good. Speaking. Words of wisdom. Let it be so for the chorus, the right hand will be playing the same thing we were playing before. While the left hand we'll be playing this. For example, A minor. Then G major. Then F major Whisper words up whiz uh let it be very good. You can pause the video, try again until it's easy for you. Then try with me to play both hands. Ready? Go. Let it be. Let it be Let it be Let it be Whisper words off with. Let it be. Very good. You can pause the video, try again and again until it's easy for you. 14. Arpeggios_Right Hand: And now we can try to play our arpeggios with our right hand while the left hand will be playing whether just the first note of the chords or the octaves, which will be better. So for the right hand, we will have, for example, for the chorus, your core played with the same inversions or the same positions we've used before. So for C major, we will have this then G major, then F major. And back to C major, for example. Then for the R pegs, will still have those positions. Then try this. For F major, we will do this. And for C major, we will do this. Now, let's write that on the first verse of Let it B. And if you remember, this is what we were playing. When I find myself in times of trouble Meme comes to me. And now we will play this when I find myself in time of trouble Mme R comes to me. Let's write that together. When I find myself in times of trouble, M may comes to me. Let's continue C major. Speaking words of G major. Led it F major. Then back to C major. Let's continue. C major. G major. Then A minor. Then F major. Speaking words of G major. Let it be F major. Then back to C major. Very good. You can pause the video, try again until it's easy for you, then come back to the video and try to play your left hand. We're going to play octaves with our left hand. So we will have this when I find myself in time of trouble. See that? Mama comes to and these are the calls we are going to play all along the first verse, as you know. So we can try again from the beginning. Ready? Go. When I find myself G major. Then A minor, F major. Then C major, G major, F major, then C major. Let's continue with C major and name my hour. Oh, darkness, hour of darkness. A minor. Then F major. Very good. Let's continue. C major. G major. F major. C major. Very good. You can try that again and again until it's easy for you. Then the chorus. And if you remember, we were playing this A minor. G major. F major. Then C major. C major again, then G major. F major, and back. And now, let's do that together. Let it be. Let it be Let it be Let it be Whisper words of whiz Let it be Very good. You can do that again and again until it's easy for you. 15. PBEE Congratulations !: Well done, you've reached the end of the course, and I'm very glad about it. Now, all you have to do is practice what you've learned over and over again until it comes naturally to you. Bye.