How to Play "Empire State of Mind" on Piano by Jay Z (taught by 8thHarmonic)

[jtrw6900]

Game but cant take free speech from the other direction.......take your clown ass somewhere else to voice your dumb ass ideology, were trying to learn some shit.

[jtrw6900]

Boy oh boy! There is a lot of damn complainers out here especially when you get stuff for free. At least someone and others alike do take the time to make tutorials for others t learn,bad or good. And to the racist dude with the glove comment......fu@k you!! You got alot of balls and let alone nerve to put that comment on this page.thats whats wrong with alot of you a@@holes and others like you, hiding behind your computers with your coward miserable ass. You always want to play the free speech

[superbiddy1]

How could you be racist to this awesome pianist. I bet it is jealousy because you guys can't play. Thanks you very much for the video. I enjoyed it very much :) you are a great player :)

[utd4life09]

You need to change your title, this song is by Alica Keys and Features Jay Z

[EvanesEmperor]

Crap. This isn't the one on "The Element of Freedom." Good though..

[blowupthespeakers]

yeah cuz it helps wen i cant reach the note!!!!! grrr oh well forget it

[Mop90ProductionsRS]

ewhh look at his hands

[twc142007dm]

good job



[KaylaLuvsSnow11]

you should do the "new york, concrete jungle..." part!! pleaseeeee! i really want to know how to play it!

[thatdudebro]

cant even see the high octave chord.. FAIL.

[rasheedmendenhal]

@thatdudebro fuck you dude, i dont see you making any tutorial videos. dont criticize becuase im sure you would aspire to be able to play piano as good as me or him.

[mapleHomie2]

29 people are such a racist

[benja303]

@mapleHomie2 it seems like your the racist one to me..

[ObsessedLittleGirl]

damn u have a lot of veins lol!

[alexmanyname4ever]

you play very nice!

[Funkycat07]

Very good :) much better than the 'Playpianoking' video cuz this actually sounds like the song!

[gigerman12345]

awesome 

[unclejohn97a]

hello could you send me the notes and chords for this and this is a great tutorial

[mtm44444]

X-A-LENT man TYVM.

[jsweetheart402]

excellent i just changed a few things on my own but it still came out really good!

[mintwithahole]

Is it me but tis doesnt sound anything like the song...

[Trollingismyhobby]

i lav u

[mimsy69]

Thought it was great cheers:)

[orlydavid625]

mad nigga fingazz

[hannaahspanner]

@orlydavid625 thats awful.

[44AXE44]

Good!

[1insertusername1]

this was exactly what i was looking for! thankyou soooo much! :)

[TheMitchellhart]

great video agree with stealth better camera angle or more of the piano.

[bethluker1996]

AMAZIN:D x

[ivansarke]

aaaaaaa.....nice...but i can't dig it....i mean the chords....pls made some tutorial for us...who couldn't dig it...

[pansjedrum]

U are freaky good

[Zanneran]

left hand notes!?

[atv5230]

if ur gonna do a piano tutorial at least get a proper piano!

[juandarren]

kamowti.. ndi ka mrunong mag piano :))

[TopGearSeason12Epi1]

where the notes?

[shannonTHlove]

Okay, this was the right hand but how you play the left hand?

[banananana33333]

i take that back seeing its 8th harmonic.. and he rox so...

[banananana33333]

jeesus how many lame named piano websites are there? it sounds more like a noodle website... SMOOTH?!

[martynos2005]

haha xD

[kayetcn]

AWESOMMMMMMEEEEEE!

[CR4ZyD00D100]

lol, SOO racist

[12345ollie12345]

@20redhead07 You're a DICKHEAD.

[titch114]

Paaahaha

[flashbangm141]

this video rocked.

[pianomandini]

You play it great! Thanks for taking the time to share! Just FYI, usually when describing chords, I normally hear them referred to as Eb, F#, Ab, Bb, C#... not as Db, D#, Gb, G#, or A#. :) hope that may be useful! :)

[jessyu94]

Word I cant see barely see your hands too.. you should try to make another video that's better

[d0md0mt0mt0m]

Hm, can't really see your hands 90% of the time lol

Been looking for tutorial or sheet music everywhere!

[stealthmarine83]

@PlaySmoothPiano Great video it helpd but a few suggestions, if you plan to do more with tutorials i would definitely recommend a better camera. Second try to stabilize your piano and camera so its not constantly twitching and moving around which makes it a lot harder to learn from.

[PlaySmoothPiano]

Thanks for your suggestions. We also recently upgraded our camera and are now able to shoot HD video tutorials (see the Coldplay Tutorial).

[neomaster14]

@PlaySmoothPiano what "voice" are you using? Grand Piano?

[deniz678]

wich yamaha key is that ??

[PlaySmoothPiano]

It is a Yamaha DGX-305

[deniz678]

@PlaySmoothPiano AIGHT THANXX

[JTtheLAR]

@PlaySmoothPiano Thats what I was wonderin, looks just like mine. But has wood instead of plastic....purdy sick bro.

[sk8r432]

thanks really helped

[ScotteDunlap]

Way too slow teaching method! Where's the bass notes?

[runescapeonwz]

@ScotteDunlap its "base"

[ConnorAB2588]

im pretty sure its bass in 'music terms'

[MrRater94]

@stiffella

What has that comment got 2 do with anything. I bet ur a 4 foot hard man, that can't get away from his computer...

Thx 4 the video. It's really helped ;-) 5*

[whitehh15]

H0ly man.. What the hell are you thinking?

[funkyrobbe]

ma sukkiami l'uccello figlio di troia!

[treasurecat03isme]

i thought i had been subscribed to you!

[BEASTIEification]

nice

[PolaroidBianca]

this is good :D

[goodaoao]

the left hand PLEASE!!

[pilotss2001]

Yes part II please!

And thanks!

[sthprkbutterslovers]

AWSOME!! thanks sooooo much!! sounds great!

[jbiv7]

im pretty sure this is all exactly right

[crzyclown4lyfe]

I can't hardly see his hands playing the chords, why doesn't he just type out the notes or just widen the screen.

[simpaxx134]

REQUEST: could you do a tutrial on empier state on mind part II

[JonasSuperFan01]

Wow this is really good...........you should put the notes on the information section....but overall really good......5* definitely and also on my favorites

[MeAmNerd]

your amazing, thanks

[pippinlova123]

hi.. i think u are a great teacher and a talented artist.. did u teach urself to do this or did u use another tutorial?? :)

[MeAmNerd]

he teaches himself

[TwinJD787]

Can anyone please tell me what to play for the left hand and hook??? i cannot find any other tutorial and im not so good at reading music so sheet music will be a little difficult to interpret. i really dont want to pay 15 bucks just to learn how to play the rest of the song. i just really need to know what to play for the left hand and what to play on the hook with both the right and left hands.

[microlab000]

oh i love that song :D and u are a great teacher really :D:D

[ThaEvolutionary]

Hey! Stop being racists!!! He is a great piano teacher! :)

[suzymort]

Don't like that glove comment, gave me shivers up my spine.

[demilovatofan101ify]

@suzymort what does that glove comment mean?

[suzymort]

@demilovatofan101ify Someone made a really nasty remark about the piano tutor, i.e. that he should've worn gloves to cover the colour of his hands. It showed an ugliness that is amongst us.

[PlaySmoothPiano]

15 minutes ago you were begging pubafoo to teach you how to play this. Can someone say "Haterz Hey Hey hey Haterz....Hey Hey hey Haterz....Hey Hey hey Haterz....." lol!!!

[tekkenn9]

i agree

[john18061806]

you are so racist!

[liv260]

your an idiot

[youngmoney25100]

i have the same piano good job !!!

[09mechanicalcbluvrx]

lol i have a small hand and i cant reach so i stuk an pencil on my finger it helpt , ah'mazing teaching

[RAWRRR110]

this videos is great thanks a lot!

[tonzjsl]

the video stops for me at 7:31, eventhough it's all loaded and stuff.... damn :(

[iLoveMJ131]

@tonzjsl

mine stops at 0:36 :(

[tonzjsl]

evulness! not good at all! haha

[GooDBeAtBoX]

OK Listen guys. First: this is the real way to learn it and it's not very difficult. I don't know how you guys can't place the fingers like that. I learn this song in 10 minutes and I'm 15 years old. You better go to some lessons before you watch videos like this one.

P.S. : Thank you man you're a great teacher. I hope you make more of those videos.

[MsCelerino]

@GooDBeAtBoX same here i learn it less than 5 min

[JazzyDeBorja]

@GooDBeAtBoX not everyone is like you. not everyone can learn from a piano tutorial on youtube. people learn differently and this method doesn't always suit them. and it doesn't matter how old you are to be honest, age has nothing to do with this.

[GooDBeAtBoX]

JazzyDeBorja,

I just like to say, that if you can't learn this song in less than 15 minutes, then you're just not a good pianist. I could understand that if you just began to play piano a year ago or maybe two but with more than 3 years of experience it's easy to learn it and you should be a little stupid if you can't learn it.

[Fatalflat]

aaahhh soo hard to learn

[obsession28k]

nice but i want to learn it the right way

[ritzNcrys]

woww... yeah i cant do that.. lolzz this is really good!

:D

[KassAttackk]

this is reallly goood! i don't know how you figured this out but i love it. (:

[merick17]

ur my star

[affep96]

one of the best version of dis song on piano!

[erikjuh1992]

What are you doing with your left?

[criporablood]

dude arent da keys wrong??i thought their wasnt d sharp..cuz mines doesnt have that..?

[ddavisjr128]

@criporablood d sharp is the same thing as e flat...

[MADproduc]

do you think you can give me notes (in letters)? :)

[shadowrobot83]

i have a reaal piano and im not used to the clicks it make wwhen he pushes down the kys but great tutorial

[doubtit99]

i've wanted to play this song for a while now. this really helped. any chance you could post the rest of the video as a Part 2 or something?

[bffgurl14]

seems easy . but idk.

[zezimishimitsosto]

if anyone knows what he plays for the left hand, specifically the chorus part, where alicia is singing, please message me! thats all i need and i can play the song in a heartbeat!

[cherryboysoda81]

what scale is this??

[ProBinderSpinner]

i love black ppl

[ps3loverguy]

ily evrybody except guys

[Ausbeezy2009]

can you please slow down a little bit.

[zezimishimitsosto]

just pause at parts, i thought he was going slow enough :P

[hopekapihe792]

u rock jay-z

[ssendaRehTgiD]

this is it! thanks! everyone else's sounds different.

great job!!

[lotsoffun]

finally someone who has the vamp right! everyone else plays it just a little weird

[fizzegurl147]

This is amazing! It was really easy to learn off of.

THANK YOU.

[affep96]

nice one thanx bro fo learning me :)

[uuuce23]

suick

[bcilia]

this is really great!

but you should think about posting all of the chords(and what notes make up those chords) under the info. That way people can follow along and see a physical list of the chords in front of them so they can remember it better. THANKS!

[schulzy530]

thank you so much! VERY helpful!

[Fancysymbol]

Darn it!!!

I'm trying to learn it but my piano's out of tune. It doesn't sound right and is wrecking it all. I need a keyboard.

[Fancysymbol]

lesson starts at 1:23

just a little tip in case you bore easily

[nickrock23]

i just watched 4 tutorials on this, none of them are even close to the original. this video actually hits the most notes and is the most accurate so you obviously don't have much of an ear.

[mikewilliams50]

Thanks for the tutorial, but what are the notes you are playing with your left hand? Those make the song sound much better. Thanks

[NCCNHamster]

i think its the same chords just in lower octaves

[PlaySmoothPiano]

The full tutorial is actually 20 minutes long. Youtube only allowed me to upload 10 minutes of video so I uploaded as much of the tutorial as possible before reaching the limit.

[2BobMarley3]

i love you my playsmoothpiano

much appreciated

[PlaySmoothPiano]

I love you guys!

[amochana]

Another awsome tutorials!!!

[KellyColeUTube]

wb the left hand?

[benbo77]

Does anyone have the sheet music? Thanks

[VideoWestside]

you are great thanks :)

[0oNiicoleo0]

thanx so much

[boiPaul]

great job man

[PlaySmoothPiano]

Thanks for all the comments!! There will be more to come very soon!

[Kingweb08]

thank you so much for helping me learn two songs!

[mrjayfliga]

ya i was hoping youd do this one

oh and u spelled piano wrong in your link in the description

[PlaySmoothPiano]

Thanks, I went ahead and fixed it.

[Prez0890]

That was dope another succesful tutorial keep it up bra!

[nolaboyryan24]

another great vid. keep em coming