How To Play "Dinner at Eight" Piano Tutorial (Rufus Wainwright)

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Here's a little piano lesson where I try to show you how to play Rufus Wainright's "Dinner At Eight." It's an amazing song and I highly recommend you hear the original recorded version because it's freaking sweet.

The version I am showing you is in the key of C so it is a bit easier to play and I screw up a chord name or two and my singing is rough but you should be able to get the idea if you have big ears. You have to have good ears to be able to get much out of this lesson I recon. Then again you have to have good ears to be good I music I recon. When I say good ears I mean you can play well by ear, not that you have attractive looking ears.

If you feel so compelled to support my insanity by listening to/buying my original music, you can find it here: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=326672501&...

Thanks!

Dinner At Eight Lyrics:

No matter how strong
I'm gonna take you down
With one little stone
I'm gonna break you down
And see what you're worth
What you're really worth to me

Dinner at eight was okay
Before the toast full of gleams
It was great until those old magazines
Got us started up again
Actually it was probably me again

Why is it so
That I've always been the one who must go
That I've always been the one told to flee
When it fact you were the one long ago
Actually in the drifting white snow
You left me

So put up your fists and I'll put up mine
[. From: http://www.elyrics.net/read/r/rufus-wainwright-lyrics/dinner-at-eight-lyrics.... .]
No running away from the scene of the crime
God's chosen a place
Somewhere near the end of the world
Somewhere near the end of our lives

But 'til then no, Daddy, don't be surprised
If I wanna see the tears in your eyes
Then I know it had to be long ago
Actually in the drifting white snow
You loved me

No matter how strong
I'm gonna take you down
With one little stone
I'm gonna break you down
And see what you're worth
What you're really worth to me

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[FabianMugmes56]

Hi again -

I've been listening to Who are You New York a lot, and have looked for the chords on the net. I haven't found any.

Unfortunately I'm really, really crap at findingt the proper chords my self. Would that be a challenge for you..?

It's a great song and probably a tremendous warm-upper, judging from from the ripling arpeggios.

All the best, Adrian

[jraciti1]

@FabianMugmes56 Thanks for getting in touch and for letting me know about that song. It's really cool but I just don't have the time to make videos right now as I am getting ready to teach high school art and music next year. I'm sorry I can't help you out. You could try and pick out just the melody on your own for starters. That would help a lot. But to be honest, that song is a hard one for a beginner to learn on. Heck it's a hard one for anyone to learn. Good luck. Peace.

[FabianMugmes56]

Dear jraciti1,

I'm a amateur pianist from Denmark who found your tutorial. Thanks a lot for your work, it's really generous of you, I sincerely appreciate it. Will watch it al lot - on my piano!

Keep it up, Adrian

PS - no, I dont do video links

[jraciti1]

@FabianMugmes56 You're welcome. I'm glad you like it.

[jraciti1]

Yeah I almost started balling in the middle of the street in NYC when I first heard this song. So embarrassing.

[cyberry12]

Hello jraciti! Thats such a good song. I have known that by keane cover. And since than i ve diceded to leran it to play. But i can't play piano:D But i want to learn the most important chords, beautiful chords. I think colplay, keane wheather any pop music is easy, but nice. Could you say me how many chords used averagely in this kind of musics. I belive not the all:) Thanks

ps: you have good peformance!

[jraciti1]

Hi cyberry12, you know, it really depends on the song. Some pop songs are as few as maybe three chords (or even less!) and some are a bit more complex. It all depends. On average, I'd say you could reduce a song to it's basics and get around four or five chords for pop songs. Hope that helps.

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[krapm0t]

I really liked your tutorial but it was confusing at times... usually when you started improvising within the chords.

I was wondering if you could say the chord progression after the G around 4:24

[addnamehere]

Holy shit, you're cute. Thanks for the tutorial, sometimes I'm too lazy to play by ear or to look up sheet music, so I find how to videos. Ahh.... I feel like a 50s housewife.

[Bobstew68]

Hey! Very cool, I loved the straightforward explanations and the demonstration. Thanks. If you want it, here's a little bit of input on the technical chord names.

1:41 - F6 (Dm7/F isn't quite as accurate in this context)

2:17 - It would be Am6, but in this context, it's D9 because it works as a dominant to the next anticipated chord. (Am - Am7 - D9)

[FabianMugmes56]

@jraciti1 Thanks. I'll try and look into it - maybe I might be able to post a proper video later - but that would be way after summer. Enjoy the teaching - your'e pupils are lucky to be taught by what I would consider a natural!