How to play Pork and Beans on piano PART 1

[Nirvana11b]

nice! very effective

[2666679]

This is the best way of teaching i have seen, Congrats on discovering it... Learnt it very easy and very quick Thanks

[ExpressStaveNotation]

Thanks mate! Did you look at parts 2 and 3 as well?

[MaeveEstoque]

thats really nice. what about the chorus?

[that7guy7in7the7bin]

intresting key names, its wierd to me cuz ive always learnt it the normal way but i can see how that way could be easier

[mudgus]

Great tutorial.

Though I must say that most piano teachers and players must have noticed that ABCDEFG makes a symmetrical pattern. Even if you teach to start from C you must be pretty "Dumb with a capital D" ;) not to notice it.

[ExpressStaveNotation]

Well, when I first noticed the symmetry of ABCDEFG, I was 17 years old, so for the 12 years before that, I had NOT noticed it. Since then I have asked a lot of people whether they have noticed the symmetry, and about 90% have not.

When you see a keyboard diagram, it is usually depicted as

C_D_E, F_G_A_B, C

(with _ _ and _ _ _

being the black key groups of 2 and 3).

In such a diagram, the symmetry of

A_BC_D_EF_G is not at all obvious.

[skisantafe]

if it took you 12 years to notice that, your a fuckin idiot

[ExpressStaveNotation]

If youre so smart, here is a little test. I play a D major chord on the piano with my right hand and take a picture. Then I look at the picture in the mirror. What hand and what chord appears to be played?

[skisantafe]

left hand, Gm

[ExpressStaveNotation]

Very good!

Now i play a harmonic minor scale with a key signature of 3 flats ascending one octave, but starting on the 5th degree, film it and play it backwards in the mirror, without sound. What do I appear to play?

[ExpressStaveNotation]

@ExpressStaveNotation  The answer is A B C# D E F G# A

[DAponygirl135]

thanks this helped me alot cause i dont know how to read sheet music! =)

[maganadaako]

hell i care about how freaky your initials are... hehe.... but are the black keys really named like that or u just made it up?!

[ExpressStaveNotation]

Well they ARE named like this now' BECAUSE I DISCOVERED IT!

Spread it around the world!!!

[skisantafe]

wow, you are gay. i dont need a basic piano lesson

[notlukemertes]

Then why are you looking on youtube?

[skisantafe]

um there are millions of videos on youtube. and your voice is annoying.

[KlipNuf894]

wow this is for retards...

[ExpressStaveNotation]

So do you mean that anyone can learn from this tutorial? Which is good ...

[skisantafe]

i agree, this IS for retards

[CullenBabe666]

that is awesome

[twanmon13]

it sounds better on guitar if you convert it

[SendMeBelow22]

that was hands the down the best lesson ive ever received lol

thank you

[Rockininja11]

good tut, but during the intro part of the song. The second K H F J has an ending the sounds differnt, what key is that?

[ExpressStaveNotation]

You are correct, the guitar intro is

K H F J , K H F then a high H ("aahh").

By the way, H is called B in Germany - and B is called H.

Thanks for accepting HIJK and L! You Rock :-)

[twanmon13]

abcdefgabcdefg is a pattern for piano players nad black keys are sharps and flats

[ExpressStaveNotation]

OK thanks, I didnt know that. Which black keys are the sharps and which are the flats?

[krazysmurf911]

well something before a letter (such as b) would be a flat. so B flat. and then a black key after a white key is a sharp. so c sharp for example.

[ExpressStaveNotation]

This is naming notes according to traditional notation. The problem is that when you play on the piano, how do you decide which name to give it? I like to simply give each sound -each piano key - its own lettername. This makes the black keys seem no longer mysterious or difficult. And people argue too much about F# and Gb being different, when they are clearly the same thing, the black key K on the piano.

[XxgodismyrockxX]

Wow....this is great!

[davidclifford007]

this is probably really good if you don't know anything about piano and you didn't invent a b c d e f g tthey were around 4 ages

[ExpressStaveNotation]

Yeah I know - I did research on it. See "Naming the white keys on the piano - a historical note" But hardly any piano players have noticed that ABCDEFG makes a symmetrical pattern, they start from C and just see it that way - CDEFGABC.

I DID invent HIJK and L though!

[skisantafe]

HARDLY any piano players have noticed that ABCDEFG makes a symmetrical pattern!!!????????????????!!! WTF! you are a complete idiot. dude anyone can see that, unless they are just Dumb with a capital D

[ExpressStaveNotation]

I did a survey at a conference of piano teachers, and believe it or not, DUDE, most piano players and piano teachers have NOT noticed that ABCDEFG makes a symmetrical pattern, because they all are taught to start from C. CDEFGAB is NOT symmetrical, and if you actually ASK piano players this question you will see that I am right. Of course anyone can see it WHEN I POINT IT OUT. The point is that not many have noticed it previously. NOW PISS OFF.

[NamineTwinGirl]

u r accent is so hottt nice vid one of the best tutorials ive eva seen!

[ExpressStaveNotation]

Haha, thanks a lot!

[ExpressStaveNotation]

Part 2 with the chorus now posted as a video response.

[jonnysparxz]

Uhmm can you post a video that shows how to play the chorus of "Pork and Beans"?

[ExpressStaveNotation]

OK ... coming soon ...

[xpinkcrystalline]

Great tutorial! =]

Cuold you please me send the sheet music you showed at the end?

[ExpressStaveNotation]

Thanks!

Send me a message - click on my user name. Include your email address, and I can send you the music. Cheers, john

[tomtothefuture]

Could you show us how to play the chorus please?

[jackinthebox1313]

nice animation, but painful to watch. couldnt finish it

[ExpressStaveNotation]

Which bit is "painful"?

I think all tutorials that try to teach people how to play stuff must go slowly, so if you dont want to actually learn it, you will quit before the end.

[VendettaFreeman]

good at piano, but the teaching is painful to watch. I would watch Numa Numa til eyes bleed out.

[ExpressStaveNotation]

Now i know who Numa Numa is, so thanks!! Sorry you didnt like the teaching, but hope you learnt some of the song.

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[chanceman93]

I think that was great teaching!

although all we need is that sheet music you showed at the end :p

[ExpressStaveNotation]

I can send it to you if you message me.

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[vapoto]

Very good tutorial! Easy to follow, great song by the way...

[alonsodanielo]

it helpd mi alot! xD

thanx

[ExpressStaveNotation]

Hear my full length arrangement, "Pork and Beans on piano" played live from the Express Stave notation.