Root Beer Rag

[TruePiano18]

learning this right now...you did a great job!

[Tyrosrocks]

awesome dude

[FinkChrist]

Great job! I recently started teaching myself the piano and one of the first things I learned to play was the very beginning of this (only about the first 12 seconds), but I was having trouble getting the rest of the song. I think this will help because of the clear view or the keyboard.

[fleebah]

Well done :=)

[DaveThePianoDude]

A video game soundtrack before there were lots of video games!!!

[ThePumpdog99]

Great Job

[kdog1365]

Dude!! Ive been playing for eight years and just now learning this song lol!!!

[Daniel7025]

try going faster



[Sillyputty666]

Absolutely amazing. Whoever says 'It's sped up" be quiet. I bet you people couldn't play this extremely slowed down ^_^ Anyways, awesome job!

[littlemisscurlyfry]

I'm learning this song right now and you inspire me.

[instrumentenfreak]

Not bad, but not perfect.

[SuperDman006]

WHO are you!!!! this is insane

[VPrincessSilver]

@SuperDman006 Watch Billy play it. It's way insaner

[michaellouishopkins]

Superb Mr. Finnidar!

currently trying to learn this, trying being the operative, any tips?

[DaJacob95]

Nice dude, playing it myself now... first piece is on the right speed, now the rest : P

And fuck all of you cocksuckers saying it's sped up, nice job man again!

[buddythedog12345]

I know an eleven year old who can play this fucking perfectly!!! no joke

[KFlaxi]

Very strange - the sound and your playing...

[thatsweirdtv]

just started learning this yesterday.... how long did i take to learn it and get it up to speed

[evilmeeko]

Wow!!

[HeatiUrlaub]

I would never be able to play the piano so fast - not the right hand. I play it for about ten years - and I'm sure that I wouldn't can play this song. Great job!

[nybarnards]

wow you are amazing keep up the good work!!!

[AchLstStnd]

29 people don't like root beer and cannot be trusted.

[JupiterIV]

@AchLstStnd Well count me amongst those now thirty people, because I can't stand the taste of the stuff!!

[missmichelle1997]

you play so fast!

[miaurobbiemiau]

ur the best!

[tmpinyada1]

O_o

[jurian112233]

nice!

[LeoScorpioAM]

amazing



[Sewnknit]

Good job!!

[jmlewis0420]

Incredible!!! I've tried to learn this and can't quite get it ... so I am impressed!!!

[MrSevenlover]

I play the left hand in Ovctave

[Canadasuckshrd]

@boehn13 post a vid of you doing it better

[floundericiousWA]

nice!



[rockyfreak0063]

@boehn13 ok it doesn't matter if you like it or not cuz this is how fast its suppose to be..

[pixiekool10]

i love this song. We have started to reherse it for my highschool band, the sax part on this sounds amazing.

[dandaman2764]

mind if I ask what kind of piano you have? it sounds amazing. my piano sounds like shite compared to this one

[belugerine]

im learning how to play this song to i just learned the whole right hand part

[mathom31]

Nice job!

[teufler3]

absolutly nice to learn the song, compare to all the "speedjunkies":-) -thx

[ihavelilt]

why do fags post their covers, its a good song but billy does a much better job

[toolfantwo]

@ihavelilt for the same reason you suck cock. Its because its fun, and all the cool guys are doing it.

[EiaChan]

Gosh...self esteem 100x2

TT^TT

[Atollge]

Great job. thanks for playing.

[StudioScholten1]

Hey...I can play this too! :P

[NoahSchultzChannel]

I know an 11 year old who can play this perfectly

[xFCB4EVERx]

@NoahSchultzChannel wow

[thegermx18]

it was sped up u friggin idiots lol..take a look at the verry beginning when he coughs and sits down..this guy is talented but he cant play it quite as fast as mr william joel so he has to speed it up a little..its ok

[elfuego51]

Being able to play the song is about 75% of the battle here. I learned to play this song a few years ago, my recommendations: More pedal during consistent running parts, use B and C instead of C and D for the clinking glass measures. You play that weird part at the end a lot better than I ever can, my hands want to skip to the end of it.

[bene182]

Horrible... Watch the Version of "Vinh Mach". Just Search His Name. Thats The Way that Song should Be Played...

[SemperFidelis2012]

How long did it take you to learn this song?

[doublem69]

Im sorry i dont care what anyone says... that is an awesome effort!!!! Brilliant.. well done :)

[rexolito]

awesome

[zauberfeenpferdchen]

ach ja da kommen erinnerungen hoch :)

[puffball9]

Very accurate playing but the you play the beginning part (recurring pattern) much faster...you need to slow it down or speed up the rest of the song a lot! Good job though!

[sassychartermonkey94]

AMAZING! I am doing this song really fast for a sbo thing at school lol

[msk578]

2:03 was always my hardest part and the most frustrating for me. Excellent job!

[Emmaatje22]

nice ;)

but you speeded up the video ;)

[AnakateH8]

1:20 is where I start to screw up... just can't learn this part.

[mraxpower]

@AnakateH8 me too, but try to play the notes as chords in the beginning, its much easier then!

[AnakateH8]

@mraxpower Thanks for the tip... I'll give it a try!

[ayokay123]

The pedal hides a multitude of sins, and that's why I highly recommend its use! :)

[cfwpiano]

@ayokay123 Thats a really bad habit. How are you ever going to learn a good legato technique if all you do is use pedal? Its a big mistake. 

[ayokay123]

@cfwpiano I was being a wee bit facetious. ;)

[cfwpiano]

@ayokay123 Oh, ok lol

[Helixmusix]

what kind of grand Piano is that?? a Steinway??

[gan1455]

sounds a lot better when playing semi-quaver octaves with left hand

[Schoorsch32]

naja...

[colinthgr8]

did you get the sheet music for this or did you figure it out/arrange it? I'm about to learn it

[sicilian95]

Wow

[mictig]

I am envious.....

[dolphinboy77]

heard this played along with many others at the royal albert hall just amazing

[TheLuckygirl123]

great..!!

[mhvr85]

nice cover buddy, did you get it by listening to it? cause i dont think you can find the sheet out there....anyway, you did great...

[archaic100]

look up in the billy joel complete vol. 1 book. i compared it to this version and it's nearly the same

[ueliilluminatus]

yeah this is sped up for sure, but you did quite a good job.

[6912unknown]

very good haha i dont mean to be stalkerish but i play piano and i play this song (im 12) i dont think im like as good as u at all soo how old r u? Ur amazing by the way

[tobythedog1020]

that's skill

[malgez]

people should make an analogue clock visible in their piano vids so dickheads wouldnt think that they're sped up

[JamesGarfieldDavis]

dont think so...

doesnt sound like it at all

[mirfelltkeinnickein]

nice work

[miaurobbiemiau]

i love this!

you play soooo good!

i`m just learning to play it, but it`s very hard :(

[Makromax]

2.27 i LOVE it to hear... but its soo hard to play... :(

[NerdBoy001]

hahaha you discourage me bro cause your so good at this song

im trying to learn it myself, key word there "trying"

how long did it take you to get this far on this song?

[StephenEscher]

ties your fingers up doesn't it....iv been working on this song for a while now and i miss notes all over the place that nobody really hears...but....... i do keep working on it

[elloimbob]

Awesome! I've always wanted to learn this song but never got around to it. 5 stars.

[rouncer74]

great job mate.

well done.

you play really well

[lucass499]

using the pedal it would sound much better...but great job! check out my version

[archaic100]

how long did it take you to play this song thoroughly?

[TheMorle]

your fingers are lookin' really sexy :) i'm very impressed...

[austin1132]

we played this as an ensemble great job

[stewpidvideos]

nice.. what kind of piano is that

[emorockerxxx]

very nice.

[linus0063]

good job

good tempo

no fake or something else like the other says

linus0063

[jhstich]

ridiculous ... what are you doing? Bragging? You need to be better for that. I don't say I could do it better, but I would if I dared publish my play.

However, I do know a lot about music, and speed is not what the focus is meant to be on ... if you don't know what to focus on then you haven't understood the music ...

[CyclopsSpectreVideos]

That is the tempo that the song was made for.. (maybe faster) Also, you can't prove you could do better with a play - that's not a PIANO.

[jhstich]

This answer shows that you also do not understand the music !! This piece is fast, yes,  however, it's not made for speeding up (in opposite to what a lot of moron seems to think about it)

[CyclopsSpectreVideos]

I didn't notice it speeding up at all... Do you play a musical instrument?

[Compwiz1993]

Great job dude! I can play this song also!

[gzwizzle]

FAKE!

Your hands are like machines at :42.

but i know it's not fake (:

good job dude keep it up!

[flashperson]

i have seen my friends play this but no where as long as u did

[darkerebos]

Really really good! =)

[avarela96]

I like Riley2011's a little bit more

[Jello31398]

holy shit! DAMN UR GOOD

[PsychoticFilmsInc]

.. lucky..

[atimus203]

On the first run after the repeat( and others like it)...A Ab A B D etc I start with my thumb on the A. It helps keep the entire thing smoooooth without getting too muddy. Besides that, you play it very well.

[jch8542]

Very good job. I'm working on this song as well. A little constructive criticism, in the main theme you are playing some of the eight note patterns more as grace notes rather than playing them for their full note value. Also as someone had said before, in the actual version the left hand is a bit more involved. And in response to dahur, i do plan on posting a video as soon as I get the song down a little bit better and anyone who would like can feel free to critique it when i do so.

[dahur]

Damn, I thought that was good!! A very difficult piece, and you played it great.

5*

I wish some of the critics here would upload themselves playing this, (like that's gonna happen).

[YukaSumaki]

The sung version of Wise Guys sounds much better than on piano :D

[demeter1209]

yes. i agree^^

[schmalex94]

your great, but i think its too fast from billy joe...

but 5*****

[pianoperson12345]

does your piano not have a pedal?

if it does you should use it for this song.

(even if it is this fast)

otherwise, good job :)

[Raistillian]

Everything but the beginning part of the song sounds like mud with the sustain pedal, except maybe for the transitions between parts.

[D4rkIXI]

er the left hand is way too easy^^ the "real root beer Rag" is 100 times more complicated ...

And he isnt playin the right notes some times...

mhm...but nice try^^ ;)

[schmalex94]

i don´t think so, about the left hand, i have the notes, and its exactly like this!

[Raistillian]

You're both right about the left hand, he plays pretty much what the sheet music for it has, but what Billy Joel plays is rediculous

[rocketman12333]

I'm pretty sure he doesn't do much with his left hand on the recording. It's mostly covered by the bass anyway

[devilt8]

No matey! If you buy the score, that's how it's written! The '100 times more complicated' version you are suggesting is either how Billy Joel has played it, or just in octaves.

[1LadyLena6]

I have been meaning 2 get tha sheet music 4 this song. I dunno how long it'll take me 2 b able 2 play it. Congrats 4 mastering it, it wuz great

[valentino593]

einfach nur endgeil...

[rockinrocker08]

'can you get me a root beer please?'

[KNw4413]

good job. Much better than some i've heard!

[Maxinersings]

Fantastic!!

[sw1m97]

amazing!

[miaurobbiemiau]

Very cool!!!!

;)

[xxsoonerchick3]

lol good lord.

i've been working on this song for like 2 years and it sounds nothing like what you played. this is amazing!

[JEL0385]

wow ur good

i could never do that

this makes me happy

i just typed in rootbeer cuz i'm drinkin it

and i was bored

i got this =]]

[cbjeebs]

wow dude, from watching this video i have been inspired to try to learn this song. i started trying it like yesterday, thinking it was impossible, and now i am really trying, and actually think i could get it with time. thanks =D

[FAB12UCB]

good hand work

[BruceSaar]

vera nice

[Melcherini]

well done

[jackano11]

classic

[austinwalgraeve]

Great Job, wow...loved it, thank you!!

[Narimatzu]

omg, im learning this now, ha you made it look to easy haha

[ESB1138]

Thanks for doing a overhead view of the song. It's helping me learn it.

[parkrndl]

dang. i'm a big billy fan, and an amateur (VERY amateur) pianist... i've tried that, and i think it's a tough piece and i'm impressed.

--rick

[SonofConfucius]

I am gonna learn this song! Wish me luck, great job man, i love it.

Was it hard to learn?

[QueenOfTheOnions]

love it :)

[DerBassMann5]

Tzzz,... how can you play such a hard song and make it look so easy?! Very good job!!!

[OneChance99]

cause its not that hard

[TheJokeMonster]

Ok then genuis, post a video response of you playing it!

I love it, great job!

[OneChance99]

what do you want me to say, if you play piano and can read sheets, you can play it, you make it sound like its harder then finding to cure for cancer

[iamadoppelganger]

dude, it's not that simple. pshh. "if you play piano and can read sheets, you can play it." idiot. that's just like saying if you play baseball, you can easily hit a home run. NO. it takes loads of practice, devotion, dedication, and hard work towards your instrument, that is if you play one. me being a jazz musician, i'm pretty sure i'd know what i'm talking about. i'm not assuming that you don't play any instruments, but think about what you say before actually saying it.

[erosennin4203]

practice - and lot of it :)

[pinkytatz]

i did this for my recital last year, and i was so nervous, so it was really fast,but i screwed up alot,it's still alot of fun though

[technicolorfantasies]

Great job. Billy Joel is a master composer!

[JFelipe6]

clayderman ? w t f

[AnakateH8]

WOW, I'm "attempting" to learn this for my school's talent show this year, but this is a hard core song! Billy Joel certinly can be called the Piano Man :)

[InfestationOfTheRats]

few mistakes, but then again, who the hell can play this other than Billy Joel? Not even John Schmidt's was perfect.

[pinkytatz]

yeah no kidding, this is a hard ass song to play!

[CocaCola625]

can someone post a slower one? i'm trying to learn it. But amazing job!

[caamaster]

Wow. That's truly amazing. I have been practicing this song for a couple of weeks now, and I can't wait to post my version. It's certainly a very fun song. Thanks for the view; you gave me a few tips and finger techniques, which I will probably incorporate now. Excellent job ^^

[getgoing99]

Wonderful job! The "experts" who are giving advice have no idea.

[josephtierney11]

Very well played!!

[bugsfan]

great job. aside from a few mistakes this is really well played.

[AvatarOfBlues]

Hi there. First of all nice played. But try to improve the left hand its very simplified. I also play this piece and it makes much more fun then :)

[mission2marsden]

OH MY GOD YOU ARE A MIRACLE!!! lol

[topbun]

amazing!

[macflekno]

i think you're simplifying the left hand a bit...

[tiorcechofe]

real nice job you did :)

i found many versions of this song on youtube but it seems like the players think that the song is the better the faster they play...

you hit a real good speed, showing a lot of skill but not messing up the song by playing too fast^^

again grat job, 5 stars

[fotbalman]

that was almost better then billy joel

[pkingsleyisback]

not close man...

[macflekno]

amazing

[nonsuchfabio]

Excellent job! That's a very tough piece of music.

[Claireeedeee]

i am pretty sure i want to marry you

lol

[dussan007]

send me the sheet music please

[cubealpin]

Hallo finnidar,

listen to your version of playing this song is amazing. I'm convinced that many musicians canm learn from your style to play music. Phantastic. Thank you so much.

[cubealpin]

Hallo finnidar,

listen to your version of playing this song is amazing. I'm convinced that many musicians canm learn from your style to play music. Phantastic. Thank you so much.

[cubealpin]

Hallo finnidar,

listen to your version of playing this song is amazing. I'm convinced that many musicians canm learn from your style to play music. Phantastic. Thank you so much.

[Souljaboy383]

Thats the best piano playing I have ever seen!

I saw some mess ups, but hey that dosnt matter. Your really good and I bet it took a long time to get this down so, nice job!

*****

[frenchhorn333]

sir, u have great talent