Michael Nyman - The Promise (Right-Hand Tutorial)

[DemiLFan10]

omg, thanks sooooooooooo much, this song has been haunting me for years and years. i have tryed to find it so many times, it means alot :)

[Shrachno]

this is so usefull. i like it where u go quickly at the end... thanks ever so much :)

[Kattu91]

This is what i was looking for !

thank u so much !

[pasna45]

wich one is easeiest promise sacrifice ,or heart asks for pleasure first?



[Super7277]

exelente,gracias

[TheWhiteOwl23]

bad angle

[lucgem2]

This is a great tutorial, but the angle of the camera isn't right. Also some of your notes are wrong from the original.. it's still great though! A good effort!

[KornylovArtem]

Best learn! Thank you!

[genuinediamond]

takes time to get used to playing a new song.

[stronghold429]

well he plays the same thing pretty slow the first time before he hits the speed up which i think was meant to show us how it is supposed to be played, great tutorial man, got it my first try! =D

[mertyiM]

Lol i got part 1 (the first 30-40 seconds i think ) but the part 2...i just wont get it!! I keep missing something and i dont know why.Just doesnt sound the same. Btw im using a virtual keyboard,which is online, and im using this keyboard im typing with now to play.Dont fool yourselves. Its twice as hard without a piano xD

[veralafiera]

me encanta!

[munaky2]

GREAT !! this is the best tutorial EVER !!

[lw357thi]

hey, I think it was realy briliant of you. Maybe a bit fast in the end but otherwise it was exelent! Take care!

[Jaz7s]

man thi was awesome, utill it started to goo too fast at the end. u r meant to slow down wen the hard notes come not speed up man. uve just made my learnin harder. but thanks for ure vid.

[CatrionaElizabethMay]

The speed is perfect, but the angle is making it a little hard to work with :S although, its a good tutorial, you just gotta look a little harder and possibly pause a bit more. Thanks so much for putting this up :)

[smash4686]

I'm still learning. Yes it takes me a long time. Lol.

[Jessieboo1991]

Not many complaints on this. You did a marvelous job. There are some points however that you could improve on, like hand placement, or rather camera to hand ratio. lolz Think of where the camera is, cause that's our view and try to make sure we can always clearly see what notes you press. Other than that I had no problems.

[rockroxduh]

thanks for putting this up! I think the speed you're going is perfect. If its slow enough for me its slow enough for anyone. I just got my keyboard today. I immediately told my self I'm going to learn this song.

[charliewah123]

THIS IS BRILLIANT!

aaah my gad thank you so much for this!

5 stars!

[lw357thi]

hey you plays good but could you slow down a bit?

[fammivedereivideo]

It's a TUTORIAL!!! ;o)

[kuubiy]

LOL.. Yes its a TUTORIAL thats why he should slow down(especially in the end) so we can learn the song better !

: )

[sorry4sorry]

hahahhahahahahahahahaha

[11MISSCATTYRX11]

I thank you for putting this up, but could you possibly do a better one with the light on and a slightly higher angle? I cant realy see the notes your playing and you go a little too fast..

[snips000]

thanks .. plis now (left -hand tutorial)

[psihicka]

thank you so much!

[prinseslola]

oke oke oke.. if you never had pianolessons... how long would it take me to play this song... a lifetime??????????? :(

[smash4686]

A couple of years. lol. Gotta do the left hand to. I just have trouble remembering the notes. Best thing to do is write the notes down and practise from that. Keep coming back to check it. Still cant do it all the way.

[prinseslola]

hahah, now i really have no life... i've been practicing this song during 2entire days... now i can play 2 hands seperatly, but to put them together... think i'm gonna cry... i know this song for 3 years... hahah... still cant play it... BUT HEEEY FOLKS, once i get it... i'll put my video on youtube... u go Smash!!!! :-)

[smash4686]

I'll put mine on if i ever manage to play it perfectly. Look I'm back to check it again. haha

[prinseslola]

I CAN PLAY THE FIRST PART!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAH!!

i need like a plaster for my pink too though...

SECOND PART= DEATH part... GOGOGOGOOO smash!!

[Apoc4lyps3]

first part is easy ^^ been practising for 2 days now and i'm gettin better at it. I think i'll be able to play it in two or three months. with a bit of determination that is ^^

[prinseslola]

first part wasn't that easy for me... :s hahah and i've lost my determination a bit..... but heeyyy!!! u just go for it!!! :-) X

[Apoc4lyps3]

haha, indeed, it is not easy, just the easiest part, which isn't saying much. I've lost my determination to, too much to do at the moment. I'll learn it some other time xD

[11MISSCATTYRX11]

lol you must have realy small hands if its killing your pinky! but I admire you for having a go without any piano experiance xx

[prinseslola]

oooh it is very hard to play the chorus ( i guess the first part is the chorus???) without any cramp in my hand... hahah, very sad.... and thnxxx!!! :-)

X

[psihicka]

Did you make it yet? I'm a self learner as well and I'm trying to learn this piece :D

[prinseslola]

pfff.... i just got stuck with the first part.... :s i'm bussy with working ( 2 jobs) and i'm going to college... but i'll put the first part on youtube within next week... and u just go for it!!! its really hard, even for the ones who can play the piano, so dont let this song get uuuu!!!! ;-)

good good goooood luck!

X

[psihicka]

Thank you!=) Yes I have college as well and don't have lots of time but I still want to learn it... I already know the easiest part haha, if that's something... Or I'll just study notes and when I'm good at them I'll play it :D

[smash4686]

Well I've mastered the first part. hahaha. It's just the part where it really gets into the swing of things I need to learn. But hey if you heard when I started it's alot better. Practice makes perfect as they say.

[smash4686]

Its hard to remember how to play this off the top of my head. dooooooo

[pianofingers08]

are there 3 verisons?

[hagi02]

yep

the promise,

the sacrifice

the heart asks pleasure first.

they all have slightly different arrangements

[GagasHooka]

@hagi02 Thank you so much for this slowed down right hand tutorial It is like getting hit after hit from me trying to learn how to play it lol Beautiful talent btw love it:)

[holystrengh]

lol at the ending

[DeadFishDirector]

i couldnt get the bar 1:39 until i watched this

cheers

[IAmJaguarPaw]

is it okay for you pinky to hurt really bad tryina play this piece????

[papp0u5]

OMG ITS PERFECT!!!! thank you very much

from start i couldnt see but if you play t fast its realy the right hand of Michael NYmans composition for the piano film and again thanx =]

[UnderhillNik]

THankyou so much for this tutorial... are u any good if u can learn this song at the right speed without faults in 5 hours? :P

[inkeeperqtlmn3]

Both hands`?

[UnderhillNik]

yes ... but with perfect speed and no errors I would say it actually took me 8 hours or so ... and yes with both hands :O

[trombanime]

thanks for the tutorial. it'll be nice if it was just a little slower. i still can't keep up.

[MusicoNato]

great tutorial

[mille2006]

I'm learning this part nu, but one question, how do you expect me to learn the left hand :P? thanks

[lala999999999]

OMG thats sooo good:)

but i can even see:(

Bit slow doesnt hurt.

Thanks :)

hope you made another but little slower.

Bie,

[Jaden2300]

The tutorial have errors, chance of notes.

[Paranoidhuman]

Where exactly?

[alceyer]

You play really well!!

I'm trying to learn how to play this amazing song.

But it's very difficult for me to play with the two hands because I'm not a pianist, I'm learning to play piano.

I wanna know how much time does a pianist or a student need to play this song and it's difficulty.

I think I'll be able to play it in one or two months.

Thanks for this video!!

[astho4]

You need to believe in your self and practice over and over.there are some exercises you can do to help you your hands to be flexible. if you put enough effort and believe it takes weeks.

att

jrg

[josetemadridd]

plese note that the title is THE HEART ASKS PLEASURE FIRST, the pronise is another song...

rgrds

[hagi02]

i'm sorry, but "the promise" and "the heart asks pleasure first" are the exact same song

the only difference is that "the promise" includes strings in the background while "the heart asks pleasure first" is solely piano

[hagi02]

because it gets so repetetive that i figured a person could figure it out

[greenmossgirl]

you rock, thanks so so so so much!!!!

[George8L]

thanks! very helpful

[Aiwendillie]

Thanks for sharing! :). It seems like the melody is in the right hand, so the left hand could easily be improvised..

[hasserudi]

if you want to learn the left hand of "the piano" just have a look at my videos. there you can find a left-hand-tutorial.

[M4NDUD3]

DUDE >=( MAKE A LEFT HAND VIDEO! =P I can't show off my skills from you if you don't show me a left hand, i suggest doing right-hand, then left-hand the both together and maybe give us a few hints to help us learn it.

[hasserudi]

have a look at my videos. there you can find a tutorial just for left hand. I hope this helps...

[shadeasi]

thank you very very much. that's great idea with this tutorial. you're a god ! thank you thank you !

[dtoma555]

Left Hand Please. When the left hand joins with the right they combine to form Voltron. Thanku for taking the time to tutor.

[durkallamadurka]

By any chance, could you send me the notes you've learnt for the right hand?^^

[regalosdigitales]

IDOLOOOOO ME ENCANTO

[durkallamadurka]

I know this is a bit of a cheek, but if you do have any spare time, would you mind writing down the notes?

You do it so well, and if you dont want too thats fine. Thank you very much for uploading this video. :)

[switch2468]

what is that one wich ur playing?

[hagi02]

the heart asks pleasure first

[switch2468]

thanks =]

[switch2468]

ur sick at playing piano i wish i was as good as u and i have watched this loads and loads of times but still can't do it so can u send me the notes plz?

[Kainpro1]

Eres un makina PLZ haz el de la mano izqierda

[saskaya]

please make a tutorial for the left hand too...It would be so great. I think, then I also can play tis song...you are a good teacher :-)

[nouramore]

please please could you try oneday to show me how to play mariage d'amour of richard clayderman with slow motion ????

[hetfieldshoney]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I can't read music...but I've loved this piece since the movie came out 14 years ago and have always wanted to learn to play it myself. I'm so glad I found your tuturing video! Thanks!! ;0)

[laliqko]

wow i've been searching for a video lesson of this song and finally stumbled across one! thanks for the lesson, my friend! this is my favorite piano piece, ya know? thanks you again i'm really happy now! =)

[PaULiTa88]

I just love you ^^

Thaaanks!

[tanyuj]

the left hand is easy...

3 notes which are modulated...

[hagi02]

THANK YOU

[tanyuj]

heh..oks...sure...

not going to do a tutorial for the left?

[hagi02]

whenever i get a new keyboard. cuz i don't have one right now.

[tanyuj]

I understand

[almostdeaf11]

thanks, this is really useful... i checked out your other tutorial too. Is it ok if you post a left hand tutorial for the chord progression? I dont know how to read sheet music so it's difficult so me... i've managed to learn half of the song by observing ur left hand movements but some parts are too fast for me to catch!

[jordanlive]

can u do left hand?

[footballforever69]

r u gonna do the left hand aswell?

[wintermintfresh]

so wait is that very last bit of you video when you speed up all of the right hand that you just did in slow mo only you sped it up so we can hear it all together? thankz for the video.

[hagi02]

yes, the last bit is just how it's all supposed to sound at normal speed

[dorkirt]

Thanks for this, and , that second part...... :)

[vnsn72]

Accentua piu il melodico ed esalta magari il legato e tra una frase e l'altra alza la mano!!! Grazie

[Jaz7s]

wow but at the end it looked really hard to play mate, but im gona work my socks of to learn it, but thanks again mate.

[Jaz7s]

thanks sooo much dude u dnt understand how easy uve made it for people like me. Thanks and please show the left hand version too. thanks alot man. Keep it up man

[Iamyurdaddy]

MAN Ive been looking all over for someone to post this! THANKS

[hagi02]

i'll be putting up the left hand tutorial sometime next week

[VirtueandTruth]

hi, thanks so much for putting this up! I've been trying to play the song by ear, so i haven't been able to co-ordinate the l.h. and r.h. at all! Really appreciate your online lesson, but could you put up the l.h. as well?

[kainard]

great ;) why don't u make left hand tutorial too?

[joshplant56]

Hey! i've been playing for 5 years and always aspired to play this song! if you could get the sheet music to me i would be very grateful. thanks.

[93924]

this looks very helpful to someone who plays piano...or tries to, at least....

[Casiotech1]

sure, but this one will keep me busy for a while. Do it tomorrow, get some sleep :)

[Casiotech1]

Definitely! That's awesome. When I get this I hope you can help me with the left hand.

[hagi02]

the left hand isn't all that difficult, if you have the sheet music

it's just basically playing an octave most of the time.

the hardest part, i think, is just getting the timing right between the left and right hand, but just look at the sheet music... not all that hard

if you want, i can pose a slow-motion video of both hands playing..

[Casiotech1]

I'm the requester! Thanks!

[hagi02]

tell me if it helps