Song For Guy Piano Harmony Tutorial
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- Опубликовано: 16 фев 2024
- Welcome to our piano tutorial on Elton John's iconic instrumental piece "Song for Guy." In this Elton John tutorial, we'll dive deep into the harmonies and grooves that make this song so captivating.
Throughout the Song for Guy piano tutorial, we'll cover essential aspects such as chord progressions, rhythm patterns, and how to infuse your playing with Elton John's signature style.
We'll start by breaking down Elton John harmony, Song for Guy chords, and explore how they create a rich harmonic landscape. From there, we'll dive into the rhythm and groove elements that give the song its unique feel, focusing on techniques to add depth and emotion to your performance.
Learn how to play Song for Guy by Elton John on piano by mastering Elton John harmony and rhythm, and how to groove on piano and create your own mesmerising Song for Guy piano cover.
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What on earth are "iconic" cords.
@@davidfarmer2049 Cambridge English Dictionary gives an accurate meaning.
@@jennywren8937 Jenny. There are an estimated 250,000 words in the English Language. You dont ahve to use favourite Main Stream Media buzz words.
@@jennywren8937 No incorrect the Dictionary lists the word for the usual reason: to sell more books.
Conversation over thanks. 🙂
@davidfarmer2049 how are your chords going on the piano?
You never fail to impress me Tom. You start off fairly simply then you show how it should be done. Wow!!!
Man... were I in London I would already have been by... but I'm not. However, several of your on-line instructional vids, similar to this one, have taught me a lot and brought pure enjoyment. Some people are actually beginning to believe I can play!!! 😃😃😃
Wow. What a finale.
I'd love to see another tutorial on some other Elton piano ballad instrumentals such as The Man Who Never Died.
Fabulous! Will take more than a three hour lesson to cover that little lot. Just love it mate!
As a beginner of your course "the complete musician" I love this lesson.
It fits seamlessly the lessons of chord progressions and inversions.
Can’t wait to start practising right away.
Thanks a lot,
Christopher.
Yes this fits the Complete Musician materials perfectly. Hope the course is going well for you. Let us know if you need anything else.
Wow wow wow. This is exactly the type of piano Ive been wanting to play my whole life. Ive been playing on and off for a long time but Ive always felt something was missing and I am not connecting with the music when playing. Ill end up playing. I would love to play pop music that freely and not mechanically - or simply playing it exactly like someone else. Thank you for this eye opener. Not sure how I will eventually get there.
JUST A JOY TO WATCH GREAT
Fantastic lesson Thank you Tom. I will grab your groove course
Yes it's a great addition to this class. 🎉
Thank you so much Tom for your wonderfull lesson! Playing piano is a joy! four years ago I had a terrible accident. I was about to lose my right forearm... Now I'm following your lessons and trying to start again! I'll never give up!
Sorry to hear of your setback- I hope you are finding your musical path again. 🙏 it's all possible.
Thank you so much Tom!! I hope too!
Thank you
Thanks a lot, Tom!! I can't stop playing this song. It's SO much fun to play!!! Thank you thank you!❤
Loved this lesson. Your explanations are so clear. Awesome outro!
Thanks Alex. Hope you're well.
I was going to comment on your mic picking up your mouth throughout the playing but thought it wouldnt be Jarrett'esque without it!
Amazing video!
Thank you and I fully take that on board. I love the chord based approach to Piano and as a previous guitar chord player, I have found the transition to Piano much easier. I can now play Your Song, Sacrifice and Rocket Man quite proficiently using your methods and it’s uplifting 😊
Love your version, thanks Tom.❤
Thank you Tom Classic !!!!!!!
certain parts of the performance at the end remind me a bit of Vince Guaraldi I LOVE it!!!!!!!!
Many thanks!
Yes much more like Vince rather than Keith. The story of my life 😂
Have always loved this song, in fact I remember buying it on a 45 ! Fab video Tom, thanks very much
"If you play a wrong note, who cares. Just add some more notes and call it Jazz". Tom Donald.
What is your favorite LCSP quote?
Been waiting for Tom to do this EJ classic
That's great to hear. I was wondering if people knew this one!
Terrific.
Great explanation and interpretation - and fabulous playing!
Thank you so much.I love the way you teach us the song.... As always ! 🙏🥰
Imagine being that good on the piano you get to choose how to play the piece..
Love that song, and your improvising on the tune at the end made me hit that subscribe button. Thanks. Nice work.
Great tutorial. At the end, I think you have Keith and Elton +++.
Totally agree with a previous comment that there is a Vince Guaraldi sound, mostly in the bassline. Keith Jarret comes to mind in the top end impro as well as some gospel as in his interpretation of “ Things ain’t what they used to be”. Really liked the lesson,great playing…thought your piano stool might get kicked away at some point 😂😂😂. Great video.
Lovely playing of a great instrumental. I don't play piano but it's interesting to see how it's done.
Well done tutorial and great performance from 13:27 on🙏 best regards Eddie
Tom is fantastic ❤
I love elton and keith playing "together" ;-)
Wow
I love that piece!!! I have one question: Do you use the sustain pedal all the time?
Best regards from Düsseldorf,
Thomas 😊
Could you do a tutorial for Elton's "Blue Eyes"? 🙂
Is your Groove Mastery course video based like here on RUclips? I don't learn very well with music course books.
Yes it's a video course!
❤🎉 19:37
Can we have the sheet music ?
I hope you don’t mind (good bit of lyric there) but can I correct you on the origin of this piece. Elton composed it on a Sunday and the next day went into the office, was told Guy had been killed on the Sunday in a motorcycle accident, went to the studio and recorded it and titled it Song for Guy.
Thankyou for this back story. It's a moving dedication.
@@contemporaryschoolofpiano it is and with incorporating Jarrett’s style into the piece gave it a completely different meaning which is what I guess you were going for and as a result you introduced your own personality.
@Scooterboi60 interestingly there is a late 70s interview with Elton saying Jarrett is one of his favourite pianists.
Not that keen on the improv bit at end but the tutorial of the original is good. Be better if the chord sheet was shown as in the Rocket Man, Sacrifice and Your Song tutorial please.
Thanks Tom
Yes the problem we found
with showing all of the chord sheets is it takes away from the camera and keyboard views. The other thing with this piece is it doesn't have many chords so using the approach I've mentioned on so many of these videos is to think about Chords first I.e short hand chord charts - is probably the best approach. Though if you want more dots and sheet music it's worth investing a couple of dollars to buy the score (it's still in copyright) on sheetmusicplus or someone like them. But with the few chords in this song, I don't think it's even worth doing that when you can use a pen and paper. No RUclips trick or keyboard widget is a substitute for quality practice. The good news is, chords are where it is at and these great chords are so accessible.
Yellow Brick Road is the first and second time I ever bought an album.
The first time I paid $6.
How horrified I was when I paid $13 to have it again.
What would I pay now?
Ebay grab it on CD? I reckon you'd get it easily for under 5. Elton has sold millions of them over his career. What an album!
timing on three blind mice is 3 on e 2 on d and 1 on c,( not 2 like you do it).if you listen to elton john 1978.But that aside you are a great teacher, love your work.
I am an absolute beginner without any knowledge of music. When I started your tutorial, I thought wow this is so simplified I'm flying along. Then when I got to section 3 beginning with B flat major, when you get to the F major chord in the simple slow demonstration you then go to E flat major... nice and simple for me to implement. However, when you add the rhythm, you change the chords from F major to another chord which I cannot fathom. Then of course you get all flash and burst into the concert performance. Sorry to say that really spoilt the whole thing for me because I think you're just showing off and that's basically what you're itching to do all along. Just saying.
@geoffsmith5456 interestingly, do you think Elton John solo piano instrumentals written in the late 70s is learnable in 10 minutes for a "Complete beginner without any knowledge of music" as you described yourself in your comment. The fact you understood the seminar up until the 10th minute or so is a pretty remarkable thing in of itself seeing this video is targeted to serious piano students who would find value in the Keith Jarrett / Elton John combo at the end of the video! Two very unique pianists. In that sense, Imagine what you'd accomplish in 30 mins a day? And with RUclips, you've got an endless array of masterclasses to your disposal. A bit of gratitude doesn't hurt anyone. It could even lead to something...🙏