Learn The Style of Elton John : Bennie And The Jets
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- Опубликовано: 2 дек 2024
- Are you a fan of Elton John and always wanted to learn the style of Elton John? Bennie and the Jets instrumental masterclass is here for you!
In this Elton John piano tutorial, we'll take you step-by-step through Bennie and The Jets chords and work our way up to a full piano arrangement, as well as show you tips and tricks to sound like Elton. It’s one of Elton John best songs, so dive in and discover the best ways how to play Bennie And The Jets on piano.
So whether you're a beginner or an experienced pianist, join us on this musical journey as we discover the beauty of Elton John’s legacy!
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As a complete beginner I thought the music of Elton John was completely inaccessible to me. Thanks for proving me wrong and opening up a whole new world and way of learning.
You are the man, man. I'm (70yr old) struggling with Love Letters : Ketty Lester. I 've found the chords from various online sites, and listen to endless replays section by section loops. I can busk it, but fail every time I play it, I just can't remember the song from end to end, even though I know where everything goes. Bennie And The Jets would be off the scale memory wise.
Love your teaching method, and I won't give up trying, and trying and trying...nothing moves me more than playing piano tunes that I write.
this is hands down one of the best breakdowns of this song. I wanted to use this song as a way to improve my improvisation and most videos are very surface level. Thank you for demonstrating the more subtle moves Elton makes.
Great presentation there most inspiring for anyone to be encouraged. Trent/ Australia
Thank you for the lessons, learning a lot about music. Love it.
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Thankyou very much appreciated. Reach out to me at tom@contemporaryschoolofpiano.com, we have a little treat to say thank you for your support.
Fantastic lesson and playing, Thank you Tom
I recently bought Elton John sheet music but I’m not that great at sight reading (yet) and it’s thick in notation. This is very helpful love the explanations.
Great lesson and playing, Thanks.
Very well constructed and explained lesson with wide reasoning and beautiful interpretations.
Will enjoy learning a lot getting more familiar with this video. Cheers from Australia
Glad it was helpful!
Love your style of lessons and would like to see some slow blues lessons with simple left hand chords with right hand runs and licks ❤🎶🎹
Awesome lesson!
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The glasses are key for setting the mood.
Finally someone who’s analyzing Eltons, Piano, playing style. Great video! I’m also a Billy Joel fan, can you make a video comparing Billy Joel with Elton John‘s style and techniques at the piano? Thanks for sharing, I subscribed.
Yes, great idea. I would say, the main difference between the two is what work they choose to release and how they release it. Billy Joel is very eclectic, he would change styles and themes in different albums, and in the early 90's he said, that's it, I've got nothing else to say. Elton in contrast, is very prolific, and more autobiographical, willing to take experiments that failed, willing to release lesser material in worse parts of his career, and sticking to a lot of production trends of his day. Both are epic artists. A seminar awaits on this topic, when I get the chance.
Love all of Elton John piano lessons you can send my way…but also I’m a beginner when it comes to learning the blues style and boogie Woogie…can you send a lesson for me to begin slow blues style with right hand runs and licks with bass chords to accompany 🎹❤
Thanx! Great stuff.
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Many thanks Viktor
Nice walk through of Benny and the Jets. It would be great if you could go through the piano solo that Elton plays in this song.
In the solo, Elton is mainly improvising on the G major blues scale (with some minor blues as well) Bare in mind, he never plays it the same way twice but that's the formula he uses.
@@contemporaryschoolofpiano Thanks, that’s a helpful place to start. Elton uses grace notes, thirds, and trills. I’m wondering what he does in his left hand during the solo - octaves, 5ths, chords? There’s just so much in this solo to learn from.
@@jhn1987 it would mainly be chords in the middle register of the piano, it's very much a jazz-styled texture, left-hand chords in the middle register so as to not interfere with the bass player. In the 1973 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road recording, the end of the solo in the right hand is an E, G tremolo if my memory serves me correctly.
If I don't have the major 7ths down yet, can I just play the G and F major chords?
Yes you could but it will unfortunately lose alot of character in the song. In many pop songs though removing the 7ths will not make a huge difference, this song is a bit different. Are you having difficulty getting your fingers around 7ths chords? If so there are a few work arounds.
@@contemporaryschoolofpiano so far, yes, but I will work on that. thanks.
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This is not correct especially on the intro. Those chords are inverted where the higher notes ring out. Listen to the master recording.
Hi King, the purpose of this video is not to replicate the exact notes Elton plays - even Elton doesn't do that in his gig. That is because in pop music there is a degree of flexibility and improvisation. If you treat pop music like you are playing Mozart - big problems occur. Watch Elton play Bennie and the Jets, get three or four versions and compare them, they will be very different. They will have common factors though, the chords and the lyrics.....and elements of the instrumentation. This is how pop music operates. This is a big focus with our teaching, because it's more authentic to the artist.
@@contemporaryschoolofpiano ok I got ya. I try to play it like the recording but I love the other variations he has done. Improvisation on any instrument separates the men from the boys.
@@kingsecho3351 yes I completely agree, the original is fantastic and it's the original recording - I can understand anyone being attached to the voicing Elton uses on the studio version (which has a live audience edited/sampled in from a Hendrix concert!) Elton really shreds on this piece though in his concerts, my favorite live version is where he did it as solo piano and percussion in Soviet Russia in the late 70s, it's insanely brilliant and is some of the best rock piano improv almost ever recorded on tape (in my humble opinion)
@@contemporaryschoolofpiano it’s amazing how my piano level has gone way up practicing everyday and watching all kinds of RUclips tutorials in just a year. I have played piano for 30 years but just got really into it when I got a new Yamaha keyboard
@@kingsecho3351 it's a treasure trove isn't it !