Piano Request #1: "Feeling Alright"
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Uploaded by swedchef79 on Jul 18, 2009
In this first lesson of a series, ilearnmusic.com founder James Berry shows you how to play the great classic rock piano riff from the beginning of "Feeling Alright" by Joe Cocker. To request more songs go to ilearnmusic.com - your source for online music education.
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it would be awsome if you did one for the song what i know by rebelution!
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James could you please teach the Piano solo to Peter Frampton's "Do you feel like we do", which is the classic live version off of the Comes Alive Album.
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UAU!
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You're a truly great teacher... you've taught someone who knows almost nothing about piano how to play an awesome song... Thanks
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Great video thanks! One tip or request...can you change your camera angle on the keys -next video..this one made me dizzy looking at it.
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Please show us the solo or at least the short version of it. Great job!
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thanks
could you please type bob dylan piano mood and see if you could tell me the inversions for this great piece of improvising, would really apprieciate this, its for a really good friend that needs a lift
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Thanks a lot James, I've been trying to figure out this song for over thirty years !! It's the greatest crowd pleaser !!
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Thanks. Playing by ear is good.I'm too lazy to read notes.
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James, not to nitpick but your chords are wrong. It's actually a C9 (C7 plus D) and you need to hit the both the Bb and the A at the end of both chords and not just play 2 notes at the end.
Also, the walkdown is wrong as well. You don't play chords but simply a 2-note interval for each step: A & F (omit C), G & Eb (omit Bb), F & D (omit A), and most importantly, Eb & B (no G or C) to E & C. That phrase slurs up and not down ala a Booker T vibe. Try it out.
dankenton 2 years ago 7
dankenton - thanks for the tips. I just figured it out by ear, I thought that D might be in there - but C7 and C9 are really pretty much the same thing with the added color.
On the walkdown, I wasn't sure if the 5th was there, but it doesn't need to be (again 5th just add color, no tonality). Thanks for the post and constructive suggestions =)
swedchef79 2 years ago 5