Blake's Piano Songs

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Everybody Wants to Rule the World

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• YouTube Search: everybody wants to rule the world
  • 04:51 | YouTube | Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World                              the original video
  • 04:34 | YouTube | Weezer ft. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants to Rule the World                Weezer ft. Tears for Fears perform Everybody Wants to Rule the World on Jimmy Kimmel Live
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• YouTube Search: everybody wants to rule the world piano tutorial
  • 05:48 | YouTube | Tutorial - Tears For Fears Everybody Wants to Rule the World                   he explains it straight away
  • 09:56 | YouTube | How to play 'EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD' by Tears For Fears -- Playground Sessions          good explaination
  • 02:55 | YouTube | Everybody wants to rule the world - Tears For Fears                                   he does a straight cover, no talk, this is the cover to beat
  • 04:00 | YouTube | Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Tears For Fears) - Original Piano Arrangement by MAUCOLI       the best cover ever, no talk
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First Video to Dissect

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• 05:48 | YouTube | Tutorial - Tears For Fears Everybody Wants to Rule the World                   he explains it straight away
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• 00:00 Introduction, band, name of song
• 00:06 Place the first rif
• 00:12 the first notes, numbers represent which fingers on right hand 1 is the thumb, 5 is the pinky
  • D 5, B 4, A 3, F# 2, D 1, (F# is first of 3 black keys)
• 00:17 then a little pattern with the right hand
• F# 2, A 3, F# 2, (he waits a bit) B 4, F# 2, A 3 (where he waits a bit may not be part of the pattern)
• then he demonstrates the little pattern, playing it over 5 times fast

• 00:39 the right hand for A Major, one scale down
  • E 1, A 3, C# 5, (C# is first key of 2 black keys)
  • in the left hand he's got D (you can't see it in the video)
    • he talks about beat of the lower and upper D's from the left hand
    • lower D - 1, 2, skip 3, 4; then one beat of the upper D
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• 01:10 right hand is playing E 1, A 3, C# 5 as a first chord
• second chord with right hand is D 1, G 2, B 4
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Your Song - Piano Tutorial

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• 16:55 | YouTube | How to play 'YOUR SONG' - Elton John | Piano Chords Accompaniment Tutorial
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• 00:37 there are three sections
  • Intro, Verse, Chorus
• 00:48 the scale is E flat
  • E flat major notes are:
    • Eb    F    G    Ab    Bb    C    D
  • Every E, A, and B are flattened

Intro

• 01:04 to the right of middle C on the piano keyboard
  • the first chord will start with the G

• 01:08 Right Hand Plays individual notes
  • G - G - Bb - G - Eb | Ab - Eb - C - Ab - Eb
  • | C- D- Bb - F - D - Bb |
  • Ab - Eb - C - C - Ab - C

• 02:04 Left Hand Plays as chords
  • Eb - Bb - Eb | Eb - C - Eb |
  • Eb - Bb - D | Eb - Ab - C

• 02:32 Both Hands Played Together
  • I think that each  |  means the following: from the right hand above, play the chord with the left hand.

Verse

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• 02:48 a fairly long progression, then repeats a second time
  • sustaining the chords and telling you how many beats they last for

• 03:14 the first chord is a Bb Major
  • G - Bb - Eb hold that for 2 beats, and plays that twice

• 03:27 next chord is Ab mj 7
  • Ab - C- Eb - G
    • play for one beat
  • C - Eb - G hold that for 2 beats
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• 03:52 next chord is Bb Major
  • Bb - D - F hold that for 2 beats, and plays that twice
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Something - Beatles, Concert for George, Paul McCartney

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• 04:26 | YouTube | Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton - Something (Live)
  • 00:35 first piano notes
  • 01:16 that little riff Eric Clapton plays that I like
  • 01:32 the whole band joins in
  • 01:37 to 02:14 the guiter bit I want to use on my elec piano
    • played by Marc Mann, the guy with the flat hat, he's using an electric guitar
      • 06:15 | YouTube | Prince, Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, Jeff Lynne and others -- "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
      • The video with Prince: Marc Mann is on the left side of the screen when they show everyone on stage
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YouTube Search

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• piano cords for Beatles Something
• something beatles piano tutorial

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09:13 | YouTube Video | Something - Beatles tutorial
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• 00:00 to 01:25 - a brief demo of the song

01:35 he starts to explain the beginning chord
• Left Hand Pi C - Mi E - Ri G - Th C || Right Hand Th E - In G - Pi C
• Left Hand reserve || Right Hand reserve

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• 09:13 | YouTube Video | Something - Beatles tutorial

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