How to Play Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

[TheTisssssssss]

DEFINITELY THE BEST PIANO TUTORIAL INSTRUCTOR ON YOUTUBE...I LEARNED SHES GOT A WAY AND THIS SO FAR...KEEP IT UP GOOD SIR

[pianojohn113]

@TheTisssssssss Cool, glad it worked for you. :-)

[Siberianhusky89]

The master  of the Johns

[themusicguy27Xx]

How do you support camera above the piano?

[pianojohn113]

@themusicguy27Xx I built a special stand from an old tripod that I use to mount over the keys. not the best, but it works okay.

[WalrusMuffins10797]

For some reason I always pictured you as Elton John

[GiveMeMyWhammy]

my stupid fucking small ass cocksucking fingers are too small for the C chord . FUCK!

[pianojohn113]

@GiveMeMyWhammy You can always leave one of the outside notes off and not play an octave, if that helps. The chord is still there that way.

[3rdluckcharm]

@GiveMeMyWhammy I like how your comment is just filled with complete profanity, and yet this gentleman responded in a helpful manner as if he said something like, my friggin' tiny little fingers just don't fit the C Chord, gosh darn. Shoot!

[goodyangie1]

Whoo im writting these notes! i wanna learn this song

[dannoir09]

exellent lesson¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[doorknob2150]

today is my birthday and sitting around with nothing to do yet I thought I would try to learn an elton john song...long shot? not thanks to you! your video made it so easy for me that this is now the thrid song ive leared how to play by elton. I play piano by ear so thank you very much piano john for helping me. it means the world!

[pianojohn113]

@doorknob2150 Hey, happy birthday to you! Glad the video was helpful!

[kaylahappygirl]

my dad said if i learn this for him he will give me money! :D

[pianojohn113]

@kaylahappygirl  Tha'ts a pretty good deal for you!

[kaylahappygirl]

@pianojohn113 lol yeah :D

[kaylahappygirl]

@pianojohn113 but the problem is i am only 12 and my hands are not big enough

[pianojohn113]

@kaylahappygirl If that's the case, you can play just single notes in the left hand instead of octaves (play the lower note instead of both notes). Same thing with the right - you can play three-note chords instead of four.

[kaylahappygirl]

@pianojohn113 oh. thank you so much!

[DrMac94]

my dad loves elton john! he loves when i pplay it for him on my keyboard, so thanx alot for uploading this! it makes it alot easier to learn :) great tutorial 8D

[pianojohn113]

@DrMac94 Your dad has great taste in music! Glad it worked it for you. :-)

[MrNollins2]

learned alot from your videos! thanks for your videos!

[bengalballa]

You've got the best tutorials, thanks for posting them.

[daddymomo123]

This is very good, but this is not really how you play the real song if you look at the music Elton John wrote himself. Just all the chords only have 3 fingers playing on the right hand. So you would just take away the finger on the very write. This is not meant to be hate. Just trying to help. :D

[solidraiden242]

@daddymomo123 Actually, this is very much like Elton plays it, you are probably referencing a chord sheet and playing the bare minimums

[JCriss]

This is great, love it. Thanks for the breakdown.

[MrMTHURSTON]

@pianojohn113

you do a great job teaching these songs !! Thanks for sharing this !

[napalmnacey]

Thank you so very much for this! You make it so easy! It's in a style that I play in too, though that's probably because I listened to a lot of Elton John as I grew up and learnt to play the piano and write my own music. :)

[pianojohn113]

@napalmnacey Yeah, it helps to listen to his style.. gives you a head start on learning the song, for sure. :-)

[guitarGR]

Hey man,

I am a guitar player, but you made me take up piano now.

Excellent videos!

Regards,

Gregory

[pianojohn113]

@guitarGR That's great, I wish I could play guitar.. I could never quite master it.

[culleninpoway]

Really nice job

Any chance of doing Roy rogers ?

[astralislux]

What's the theory for deciding what should be the bass note?

[pianojohn113]

@astralislux The bass note really determines the strength of the chord. A root note bass is the strongest, while a third note bass (like C/E) softens it. A fifth note bass (like C/G) really changes the flavor almost entirely. Each is used for different purposes, depending on what effect the composer wants to convey to the listener.

[LightningDemon]

Ummm, you don't have a version of this song because YOU did not have any part in it! I really don't understand how people can take someone else's hard work and and just do what they want with it! If you want to change music, put "your" touch into it, WRITE IT YOUR OWN DAMN SELF!!!!

Leave others' work ALONE

[pianojohn113]

@LightningDemon Yeah, right. Cut the Prozac in half, Skeezix.

[thepoozer]

@pianojohn113 lol

[Siberianhusky89]

@pianojohn113

How come you continue to be a legend?

[astralislux]

@LightningDemon EJ plays this song differently himself every time.

[LightningDemon]

@astralislux

He wrote it, well, him and Bernie.

So, he can play it however he wants to. It's HIS!

[napalmnacey]

@LightningDemon It's shorthand for the phrasing and way of playing that he does. It's quite obvious that he doesn't think he wrote it.

[Wittkopp94]

Thanks for the video mate! you've helped me alot. Cheers

[pianolady01]

thank you so much for this video & sheet music!

[jhardknox]

thanks, john. i like this song. thanks for the sheet music too!

[pianojohn113]

@jhardknox Glad you liked it. I can't take credit for the sheet music, but I'll pass your thanks on to the person is did it.

[Cheetaa05]

HI PianoJohn, have been a long time Elton fan, for decades, have all the cd\dvds\LPs, lyric books, a few sheet music books etc, been to all his concerts. Love your interpretations, really great stuff. Will be buying a piano soon to realise a life long dream to learn to play some of Elton's songs. Your playing is yet another inspiration for me to buy a piano. Say, have you ever tried to play "Ticking" , have you ever found the sheet music for it? I have searched for years ! Best regards.

[WorldChange09]

@Cheetaa05 For reals..... Go to Lypur's channel and take the 40 lessons. Get a piano and take pianojohns113's tutorials. You'll be playing "Dont let the sun go down on me" in a week. Thats what I did. It was a lifelong dream for me too.

[Sodahpop96]

Is this an A7 chord?:

A A/ GAE

[pianojohn113]

@Sodahpop96  It can be, depending on the context of the song. Without the third, though, it can be heard as either an A7 or an Am7. It's kind of like playing a 5th chord, but in that case, you've added the dominant 7th.

[Julia9514]

Thanks a lot !!!

[kirbygene]

You are great at tutorials-- you don't waste a lot of time and show what to do very clearly

[LowDeath23]

Your Amazing.

Thanks alot.

although i got 0 skill in piano, after 2 weeks of practice im playing it great tho (:

What about "Indian sunset" Tutorial? oh my god it will be amazing

[globalt09]

awesome tutorial pianojohn113 and thank you VERY much! will you also give a tutorial of Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters? another great Elton song, thanks again

[Iain0101]

The first chord in the bridge (starting on the word "blues") is incorrect. Instead of Bbm7 it's Db. So that's Db Eb Ab Db Bbm7 C F

[pianojohn113]

No, it's a Bbm7. The right hand plays a Db chord, but the left hand goes down to the Bb, making it a Bbm7. It's a standard chord progression that Elton uses all the time.

[Iain0101]

Perhaps. But the bass player is playing a Db. If Elton is playing a different bass note on the piano then it would clash.

[pianojohn113]

Actually Bb and Db complement one another very nicely.. Doesn't sound like they clash at all on the song.

[TheLewall]

not too sound newbie or anything but finding the finger movement a bit tricky.

[esqueselawyer]

Best song teacher ever!! finally someone that knows how the original song actually is! thanks, keep them coming!!!

[spam60]

your videos rule dude.

People in Ireland dig it.

[Steveo2395]

I put a video response of me playing Martha My Dear, after learning it from your video. It was pretty good!

[pianojohn113]

I just saw it, you rocked! Nice job!!

[Steveo2395]

Very good! I've been watching your videos for a while now, and I've learned a lot! I do request, though, that you make a tutorial for American Pie, by Don McLean. It's a great song for piano, and a great song in general.

[jedenzniewielu]

I totally agree!

[Skrtich]

amazing tutorial, very direct.

thanks man!

[custard3333]

Thank you for making an amazing song easier to learn.

[flyersfan145]

Absolutely Amazing.... My true inspiration!

[2dangerous4me]

Can you post a video for Billy Joel's song "goodnight my angel"

[wintershadows]

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, SOO much mister! You are great and I will definitely have to learn some of those Beatles tutorials you posted. I liked how you made it very easy to follow by editing the notes in the video after recording! Anywho.... I subscribed to your channel =)

[fuzzymilkdud]

just wanted to let you know that your videos are great for us more experienced piano players too. im by no means a piano expert but it took me all of only 4 hours to get this one down. thank you for teaching me this and about 15 beatles songs that i play for my girlfriend who loves them and is astounded by how fast i learn them. thanks again!

[pianojohn113]

Hey, that's great, I'm really glad it was helpful! Getting this one down in only 4 hours is remarkable.. Nice job! Keep up the good work!

[lipstix101]

Thank u sooooo much im gonna play this song in the talent show and u helped me learn it! THANK YOU

[pianojohn113]

Great! If someone tapes your performance, post the video, I'd love to see it.

[seaweed2007]

"Golly!" she said, dragging her keyboard closer. ;)) Thank you SO much! Big sub!

[pianojohn113]

lol, I LOVE dialogue! Glad it was helpful to you. :-)

[Pianoyappa]

Wow you really know who to teach! Your so clear and sure of what you're saying. I don't even know how to read music or anything, But I'm almost up to the chorus and I've been practicing this song for three days! You're a natural teacher! Arigatou!

[pianojohn113]

That's great! I'm glad it's helpful to you. :-)

[54spiritedwill54]

i love Elton John...

[weaver2109]

Thanks so much for this!

[mishy234]

wow. im 3 minutes through and i forget the start but its really great. im so excited im going to learn this lol. i cant find (free) sheet music anywhere!! lol. thank you!!

[sexysmoking18]

seriously its amazing but its all over the place hard to understand the way u put it out. very confusing its too slow we end up frgetting the first parts lol

[schnhoff]

You play it perfectly and you know how to teach us! Amazing, congratulations!

[mattttyler]

nice thanks ive been wanting 2 lesrn a song like this u ROCK

[ldzp68]

great lesson no surprise there. just wanted to request a song for you to do a tutorial which is elton johns mona lisas and mad hatters it seems like a pretty simple song on the surface but the way he fools around with the chords i just cant seem to grasp if u can help me out it'd be great

[lennonfan123]

I have learned alot from you thanks...

[theonewhosmokes]

Thanks for this! I can now play it thanks to you!!! I can't read music, but your explainations has showed me how to do it!! Thank you!

Paul :)

[FishingtonBurpPuzzle]

PJ, PJ, PJ!!! How about "I Guess that's

Why They Call It The Blues"? - go on, loveyducks!

[lucamadeus]

absolutely useful! well done! I recorded an arrangement of mine of this beautiful song.

[fgklxdgpkxd]

thank to. you have very good taste . i love all the song you played. and you palying in very good.

[PedroElVirtu]

part 1

this is really cool. I have learned martha my dear, for no one, imagine, a little of the long and widing road and now fighting with this one. For a 48 age guy that never in his life played piano i think i doing very good. One day i´m gonna send you a response with me playing those songs, hahaha (although i don´t know what i´m doing, i mean i don´t know which one is F or B or anything). your creation.

[PedroElVirtu]

PRT 2

I hope never wake up and find that you closed your account my friend. Now let me ask you if you have some bee gees songs (the old ones). Thanks a lot. By the way, i used to have an account as ElVirtual, but Marvin Gaye's people didn´t like the video y uploaded and my account was closed. i telling you this because i commented something in martha my dear song when i was learning it. Thanks again.

[coxycobbit]

What type of piano is this please?

[StarZiggy3]

Really a long and hard tutorial man, but of the most complete imho

[Almonation]

y dun write it down and share through internet?

[pianojohn113]

Too much work, really.

[lilus93]

Hey you're great!but..Why you (english people) changes name to everything! can't you use the Italian note names?!?!:-)do-re-mi-fa-sol-la­-si..don't you like it?

[pianojohn113]

Never thought of using that notation... It's just easier to write out a single note, I guess.

[ronanprendergast]

Thanks man!!!

[pianojohn113]

You're very welcome! :-)

[Pianokid37]

Can you do Indian sunset

PLEASE!!!

[pianojohn113]

I like that song, but amazingly, I've never played it.. I don't know why, because it's a nice tune!

[linkweed]

I was learning this song and noticed you didnt add the small bridge in between the first chorus back to the verse right before he says, what do you think youll do then.

[pianojohn113]

I think right there he plays the C and G together in the right hand, followed by A then F. I'd have to listen to it again.

[rakdawgel]

can you make this video in norwegian

[pianojohn113]

Probably not!

[rakdawgel]

don't understand a HOW TO PLAY in english.

[pianojohn113]

Sorry about that, it's the only language I speak at the moment!

[kirkanderson]

You do such a good job on these. "Get Back" was terrific too. You should be getting paid!

[pianojohn113]

Thanks! Glad to do it for free. Just keep enjoying the music!

[thechan48]

I know your probably want to kill me but i want to request gray seal. You can tell me to stop asking you, but i really want to impress my grandpa. Great. I almost have hey jude down. thank you piano john you are great in all ways.

P.S. If it's not too much to ask i would also like to request bennie and the jets. Thanks

[pianojohn113]

Glad Hey Jude was helpful! Bennie and the Jets should be up there soon, keep checking back.

[thechan48]

Wow. Thanks piano john. Your playing is great

[contardo83ll]

incredibly detailed intstructions thank you

[pianojohn113]

You're very welcome!

[PianoManiac0070]

i love Elton John... i own every album that he's ever made! This is one of my favorites! i was also wondering if you could do Mandy By Barry Manilow... that song just floors me everytime i hear it... i also love BARRY MANILOW (not in that way incase anyone reading it is a perve LOL) THANKS PIANO JOHN!!!!!

[pianojohn113]

lol, thanks! I played Mandy once, many years ago, in the late 1970s.. It's been a while, but I'll see what I can do!

[yeahsureyang]

this is so exciting! you have a bunch of good songs on here I can learn! Thanks so much! :D

I know this is not what you usually do, because you do oldies and stuff, but there's this song called hello by evanescence with piano... it'd be soo cool if you taught us how to play that!

Love leah.

[pianojohn113]

Thanks Leah! Glad it helped.

I like Evanescence, although I realy haven't played their songs yet. Hello is a good one though! :-)

[personfly18]

You have the best tutorials on Youtube man.

[pianojohn113]

Thanks, I appreciate it! :-)

[fuqguys]

Too bad I play guitar and not piano /sigh =/ Very nice tutorial though! I like the notes embedded on the video above the keys.

[interceptor180]

Thank you so mutch for the tutorial. Ive been tryin to learn how to play this song the right way and it looks like your hittin the nial right on the head.

thank you thank you.

[pianojohn113]

Glad to do it, thanks for watching!

[guitarking11050]

could you do a tutorial for levon? im dying to learn how to play it!

[pianojohn113]

That's a good song, one that I don't play too often. I'll try to brush up on it first then maybe I can put a vid together for it.

[WoahLordyMomma007]

this is so amazing.. thank you!! I was wondering if you could post Good Golly Miss Molly by: Little Richard. I have been dying to play that song for a long long time!

[pianojohn113]

Actually, I hadn't thought of doing any Little Richard songs before, but maybe I will now. Thanks for the suggestion!

[seventhsharp]

Thank you so much for the lessons. I am just starting to learn the notes on the piano. Because of watching your video, it makes the learning a lot more enjoyable. Thank you so much for the tutorial. I am ever grateful for the work you've done.

[pianojohn113]

I'm very happy to do it, and I'm glad to know the video lessons have been helpful to you! Thanks for the comment!

[mrdeecup]

you are bringing so much joy & EASE to my life w/the way u teach! your method is perfect~! & u have awesome songs~! i'm gonna learn every song u have! Piano John Rules!

[pianojohn113]

Thanks very much, I'm very glad the videos have helped you! Have fun with it!

[borstie0511]

you need to include some springsteen tutorials next time. along with more beatles. try racing in the streets or thunder road when you do bruce

[pianojohn113]

I don't play many of his songs, but I'll keep that in mind. Thanks.

[borstie0511]

i know you could learn a few of them pretty quickly though. there are no tutorials out there for bruce and i think you could do a few good ones. im sure im not the only person who wants bruce tutorials. come on now.

[pianojohn113]

Sure, I'll give it a shot!

[snapshots101]

great tutorial. thanks again.

[pianojohn113]

Thanks! Glad you liked it. :-)

[doodlebobb]

If you could email me the sheet music for either yellow brick road or your song i would be so HAPPY! if you message me back i'll give you my email address. By the way, amazing job. Your so skilled

[pianojohn113]

I don't actually have this sheet music in a form that I can e-mail, unfortunately.. I do know it's available in a downloadable version at several digital music websites, though, if that helps!

Thanks for the comment.

[NeedLife774]

your videos, have improved my piano playing skills so much. when are the next videos coming?

[pianojohn113]

That's great, I'm glad they've helped you! I should have the next set of videos up here within a couple of weeks, depending on my travel schedule. Stay tuned, as they say!

[BakerStIrregular]

I have learned this and Vienna during the Christmas break - your Billy, Elton and Beatle vids are much appreciated - thanks for the gifts of music. Happy New Year!!!!!

[pianojohn113]

Thanks very much! You have a great New Year too, and enjoy the songs!!

[thechan48]

teach me how to play grey seal by elton john please. saw other of your vids love them

[pianojohn113]

Thanks, glad you liked them. I haven't played Grey Seal yet, so now maybe I'll give it a shot.

[thechan48]

WOW thanks i'm trying to impress my grandpa with playing these songs. i impressed him eairler with vienna, the first video i saw of yours.

[pianojohn113]

That's great, Vienna is a great song and actually pretty easy to play too.

[delai2007]

A very good tutorials of elton John. Please more tutorials from elton john if you could. Thank you very very very very ........much much. I learned "your song" and now goodbye...

thank you

[pianojohn113]

You're welcome, glad to do it! I have a couple more Elton John songs that I didn't have time to get to yet, so they should be up here soon.

[balczar]

You are my best piano teacher in YouTube !

[pianojohn113]

Thanks! Have fun with it!

[BakerStIrregular]

Welcome back, John. This is outstanding. Adding Elton to Billy and The Beatles raises you mythic status as Official Muse. Can't wait to try this one. I would offer other Elton suggestions but the list would be endless. Please keep the music coming...

[pianojohn113]

Hey thanks, BakerSt, glad to be back with the vids.. Trying to find time for the sessions is tough, so I try to do as many as I can when I'm there. More Elton is coming, by the way!

Take care.

[westfield90]

Absolutely Superb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pianojohn113]

Thanks Westfield, I appreciate it!