Rock Band 3 - Piano Man (Expert Pro Keys 98% 5 Stars)

[RyanIsLammme]

Your Really good :)

[fivenotewonder]

i just got my keyboard yesterday. and being an expert gtr player i thought, ahh it ll be easy il pick it up. Im on medium lol, and im finding it hard. so im in AWE of this guy right now,.. good job!

[TouYube67]

Why does the singer look more like billy idol than billy Joel?

[demidevil0]

And i know must buy guitar hero 3.

[veritasisacerbus]

are both hands charted? I have the song but its hard to tell

[stewie711]

@veritasisacerbus A few bass notes are shifted up an octave to squeeze them up to the right hand stuff and liven the chart up. It's not the complete 2-hand chart though. You never play two chords simultaneously on pro keys like a real pianist.

[twigirl31197]

You're a very good sight reader...that's all i can say.

[bobtheman1y]

How do you tell if both hands are charted or not?

[007guy19]

Looks ungodly fun. I wonder why Journey hasn't gotten into this; I would love to see Faithfully and Don't Stop Believin' as songs on here. Epic synth parts and all.

[supersaiyan9574]

you know what......i'm gonna stick with the drums and bass...........this looks impossible

[TheClankMan]

err.. i love the piano and would love to get this and all.. but i'd need to have this for like 2 years to get used to pressing all the notes accurately.. i mean the keys are only so wide

[XingThePanda123]

one more thing, u no how in the song u hav to slide over to a diffrent color? well do u hav to do that or is it altomatic?

[SoundDefenseRB]

@XingThePanda123 that happens automatically. It'd be a bit unfair to make the player do that, since you don't shift a real piano over when you're playing it.

[XingThePanda123]

when i master this song, im gonna make a vid. responce! go RB3! Go Gh3!!!

[0MindSwept0]

@XingThePanda123 BOO GH.

[XingThePanda123]

hey guys, i play a real piano and know this song. is it very difficult cuz im getting a keyboard. plz reply.

[SoundDefenseRB]

@XingThePanda123 Pro keys in general is one of the hardest instruments, but if you know this song on actual piano it's worth your time to try and figure it out on Rock band. It's a lot of fun and it shouldn't be aggravatingly difficult.

[parliamodivg]

Much much much better beatmania IIDX :S This is just another copy of it...

[leonskey]

Amazing, I've always wanted this song In rock band.

Now Just a Few Ben Folds songs and My Collection will be damn near complete!

[lilicayenne]

Wow.. I need to get this song asap :D Really seems like the perfect song for Pro Keys!! And very good job, thanks for the video :) Also could you name a couple other favorites you have?  I just started playing Pro Keys and am looking to play many awesome songs like this one XD

[nerfcontrol]

Joly shit 550 000 pts!!! I can only make 500 pts!!!

[vincentc010]

I've been playing Billy Joel on real piano for over 15 years, and I think it would take me a very long time to figure this out on Pro Keys. It's nothing like a regular piano. What's your advice on tackling this, SoundDefense?

[SoundDefenseRB]

@vincentc010 I tackled this song the same way I tackle every Pro keys song. I take it into practice mode and do one section at a time, slowing it to 70% so I can identify the keys, then practicing the fingering until I got it down pat (mostly).

[vincentc010]

@SoundDefenseRB Thanks man!

[TheFrequenSea]

This isn't hard. Any beginning piano student could play this >.>. Just sayin'.

[iloverocknroll47]

@TheFrequenSea yes i agree, but this is designed for people who also don't play instruments. :)

[TDIHarold]

Look at all the cymbals at the begining.

[THIRDSHOCKARMY]

bet bily joel would suck at playing this on a rock band keyboard

[Latetothepartyreview]

@THIRDSHOCKARMY Not really. It's pretty much a keyboard except smaller. (the length not the height -.-)

[THIRDSHOCKARMY]

@Latetothepartyreview i play keyboard often,but it was so hard to get the feel for the rock band keyboard,i always messed up my octaves in game

[Latetothepartyreview]

@THIRDSHOCKARMY My fingers are to large. When I play chords all hell breaks loose. XD I just learned to do it from sight rather than actual musical talent, which I'm sure you have

[THIRDSHOCKARMY]

@Latetothepartyreview yeah i use sight too

[gman7780]

if only they had the piano he used in the video then it would be complete

[chinnygan]

I unsure whether to get this. I mean, I would love to be able to play this, but I have the feeling I'd be much better off if I did it on the ACTUAL piano.

[rawrl2121]

man, you make it look so easy. :D

[RidgeRacerLord]

They need to put angry young man on RB3.

[TerminusOmega13]

I wonder if anyone tried to play this on keys while singing. That would be epic.

[GuitarHeroFreak21]

Very nice. I just played this and got 40% of the notes on expert pro keys. Haha. I just started a couple days ago. I'm alright on medium.

[rawrl2121]

how long did it take you to master pro keys?

[SoundDefenseRB]

@rawrl2121 It's hard to define the word "master". Nearly every song I make a Pro keys video for requires an hour of work or more.

[PratorianX]

That was amazing. I need to learn to play better.

Shame you did not gold it. Maybe next time.

[davidnumber13]

Beautifully done :)

[SoundDefenseRB]

@avengedsevenfold96 Yes I did. You can tell both hands are charted in this song.

[Skope111]

@SoundDefenseRB I might be off base here, but can you tell when something is charted for both hands based on what the on screen character is doing?

[SoundDefenseRB]

@Skope111 No, I generally base it off of listening to the song.

[jouvamoufette]

@Skope111 Think of it this way: If you see notes that are distinct on the left side that coincide with the bass part of the keyboard/piano part of the original song, it's a two hand song. Generally anything that is played with 2 hands in the original song will be 2 hands here.

Rock Lobster and Whip It are 1 hand songs for example.

[Skope111]

@jouvamoufette Both of yer kinda misread my comment. What I meant was: Does the on screen character use one/two hands according to the charting. Nothing specifically to do with how you can tell.

[PrismLightwave]

I'm wondering - How much easier is it to play a song on RB if it's mostly white keys? I still have yet to obtain the keyboard, but watching these, I seem to feel that I can read things more easily when it's mostly white keys like this. But when I look at, for example, Somebody to Love (key of Ab, lots of black keys), I usually get lost in the reading, and kinda feel like I need to kinda memorize it to play it.

[SoundDefenseRB]

@PrismLightwave Usually a fair amount easier, yea. It's easiest when the game sticks to basic chords, though, whether they be on black keys or white.

[xMoomoomoo1x]

this is awesome lol, wish i didn't suck so much at it

[tirelat]

Great job, it's one of my favorite keys songs as well. I only managed 95% so far though. But it doesn't have any really tricky parts, so I should be able to improve that.

[mortician001]

is this DLC???

[tman695695]

@mortician001 No it's all make believe. 

[cayokenkungfu]

@mortician001 Yes 

[mortician001]

@cayokenkungfu

ok

[TheWon666]

This is so cool

[framk20SH]

is it bad that i only know the weird al version. Lol

[LlamaJudge]

@framk20SH Sling us a web, you're the Spiderman

[shyguy510]

woohoo! next do pro drums on young man blues

[Sierra117Nick]

Love this song and your awesome at rock band 3 ;)

[TheMusrich888]

Definitely one of Billy Joel's greatest hits. Btw SoundDefense, why can't I see your videos on a phone?

[squallkitty]

@TheMusrich888 thats because of copyright stuff it blocks the embding of video's got the same problem here :(

[icykidd]

Amazing! Good job!