How to play Tim Minchin Peace Anthem We Don't Eat Pigs piano

[mastterby]

I love how you can't even see the start....

[bensdream]

This isn't a "How to play"...

[elelovespanic]

I looooove you for posting sheets! Thank you!

[UncleJunkyard]

is the melody Tim's or did he just use it? It always sounded familiar, even the first time I heard it.

[crazedforcheese]

Hi, I just wanted to become one of the probably annoying people that comments saying you are sompletely awesome :D

[emmawildchild]

You make it look so easy! haha

How long did you have to practice to get it this perfect?

x

[mikeygberman]

I think this video was taken after a week or two.

[mrdunnett]

thanks so much. i had doubts about your webite at first but it really is worth it! the sheet music is very clear and it is an easy tune to get the hang of if you know it. i am only 13 and i picked it up in 20 minutes. i am playing it at a talent show next week and i would be stuck on what to play if it wasn't for your great website.

[MegaMicaiah]

Thank you very much for the sheet music. It surprized me to hear the piano part for the chorus, i thought it would have been more complicated and not so much like carnival music, but i guess Tim Minchin can get away with that, cant he? Is there a program you use to make your sheet music?

[jaguarz380]

Brilliant!

[bananachip33]

Thanks so much for this video and the sheet music. I am trying to learn this song in music at school. Should take up the rest of the year :) Especially since I don't have a piano and no lessons in music at all. Ah well, at least it's a challenge.

[PalmliX]

Wicked playing and thanks so much for all your work! Can't believe people post without even reading the info first lol!

[marceltony]

to put it simply...it's beautiful thanks

[cecilflare]

please please please please do a tutorial it would be awesome if you could teach the world that song (y) :)

[mikeygberman]

I'm so out of practise with this song at the moment - the sheet music should tell you everything you need to know, and if you have any specific questions I'm happy to answer.

[tomdapommy]

can you please send me the sheet music

[mikeygberman]

can you please look in the video description

[TMagnumP1]

That was Awesomeeee! Haha

Great job!

[meekmeez]

i love this song soooooooo much

[umpalumpa2oo7]

beautiful

[1039WhiteRiot]

oh oh definatley send the music if u can!

You totally nailed this haha

[DsB3son]

WOW MAN!!! your amazing!

thats one of the hardest songs tim minchin made!

great job!!! :)

[IXIScarecrowIXI]

Actually, it's one of the easiest songs Tim Minchin has made. It seems difficult, where it's actually shockingly simple... Dark Side, Rock and Roll Nerd, Some People Have it Worse Than I... Those songs are hell to learn...

[libzx]

awesome dude!

[anonymees]

Thank you for the sheet music.

It's actually quite easy. I'm a begginner and managed to make it sound recognizable after practicing for an hour or so.

[mikeygberman]

Agreed. A lot of the stuff that sounds really hard is actually quite easy. I like this one because you can practise it nice and slowly and it still sounds really nice...

If you can get this up to about mid-speed well, I recommend trying out Duelling Banjos (on my profile). It's just a few simple patterns played nice and quickly, but it sounds really impressive.

[LittleMissSpazz]

WOW.

[xxzozobutler07987xx]

whats ur wesite called

[ptstorey]

damn impressive (as are your other vids.. and your website :D). Cheers

[sflkid]

im very impressed :)

[Hellrayxxxxx]

That is absolutely brilliant. There is nothing more I want to do right now is learn how to play piano that well. Is there any chance of me getting the sheet music for this? I tried your link to your site but it doesn't seem to be working. :(

xx

Keep it up!

[mikeygberman]

You make an excellent point :)

Linky fixed :)

[BiteMe90210]

I Downloaded the sheet music for this and in the 7th bar - instead of...

b c b a b a

the song sounds more along the lines of...

b a b c b a

It may be that thats just how i hear it

[mikeygberman]

Yeah, you're absolutely right. I worked this all out not having heard the actual song for a week or so, so it wasn't hugely clear in my mind.

But yeah, you're totally right. I should probably correct it some time...

Thanks

[blackscarlett1]

Yeah, my friend Ellie plays this on piano. She's great ^^ Everyone sings it :]

[OhSnapXitsDana]

THANK YOU, you are my new lover!

I can't read sheet music well, but combined with this video I think I'll be able to work something out.

Thank you thank you thank you.

[mikeygberman]

If you feel so indebted, how about you donate on my website :D

[robthediaboloer]

THANKYOU!!!!!!

[DIzzyDoo20]

Your main audience here are teenagers wanting to play Tim's songs. The main problem with offering up for sale is, even with the price so low, you have to 18 to have a paypal account. I very much doubt a parent will bother risking internet fraud for a $3 piece of sheet music. I have no problem with you selling it, you deserve the money for this. Just a pity I can't buy it.

[mikeygberman]

You do make a fairly good point... well now it's free :D download it as many times as you like.

[robthediaboloer]

UMM by any chance do you have a PDF of this or possibly tell me where you got this or any other of tim minchins stuff

but if not a tutotial would be nice

thanks

xxx

[mikeygberman]

Hey I do have a PDF avaliable for free (now) on my website, see the link in the video description.

[iluvanimals3]

you shoukd make a tutorial because i suck at reding sheet music

[mikeygberman]

I suck at reading music too, i love tutorials... it's really hard for me to position the camera somewhere where you can see all the notes, I'll try to make a tutorial for you in about a month's time :D

[sfomad]

so where do you go to get the sheet music? if you can do some other TM classics like You Grew On Me, Rock & Roll Nerd, etc...i'll pay for microphones, video cameras and more!!

[levijoelmccoy]

he commented your myspace!! omfg whats HIS myspace!! and what did he say?!~!!~! lol.. yes i like tim ^_^

[levijoelmccoy]

omfg that is VERY well played/written.. tim is such a legend ^_^ did u actually work it out yourself how he played it?... or like.. did u get sheet music and stuff then write it out yourself to sell?? :P

[mikeygberman]

that's entirely worked out, and the sheet music I sell is entirely my own creation. its pretty easy to work out seeing as he plays it really slowly at first.

and yes, tim is god.... he actually saw this vid and commented on my myspace :D i feel so special

[Equihan]

Congrats, you are the first person I have seen play or write out that entire song! But you have to pay $3 for the music... is there no way to get it for free?

[mikeygberman]

$3 is a tiny amount, its mainly to cover the cost of my prefessional music microphone ($200) which i bought recently... i didn't use it to record this song (i tried but it stuffed up)...

And cummon, surely you could sacrifice a cup of coffee to get your hands on the sheet music, $3 is a tiny amount

[macks1001]

congratuwelldone! Heaps impressed.