 So, here's a short piano tutorial of this song, Riptide. It's a really nice song for understanding groove, because a groove comes from a rather different instrument if you're a pianist. It comes from a ukulele. So the style of playing that instrument itself is completely different than the piano or even a guitar. It's a very unique instrument. So if you try to play those songs on a non-nuclele, it's going to definitely help you improve your rhythmic chops greatly. So when I transcribe the song, what you'll find is you'll have a rhythm which is going on like this. So I think this sounds quite annoying to listen to if you're a pianist. Now the ukulele player is basically, I'm imagining him doing something like this. Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da. The reason why it sounds so cool on that instrument is because of the two different kinds of strokes you have on the uke, which is the downstroke and the upstroke. Both of them tend to have a very drum-like quality, like a drummer using two sticks. It creates a very unique vibe. So on the ukulele, and it's also easier to play. So it's more natural for the guitar player to strum up and down strokes. Now on the piano, you don't have that luxury. You'll have to do, right? So if I count the patterns which are phrased, it's one E and a two E and a, and then it repeats for three and the four. So we count this as straight 16th notes. So one E and a two E and a three E and a four E and a one E and a two E and a right and a four E and a. So when the ukulele plays, it sounds very percussive. That's because we are in this very groovy domain of 16th notes or semi-quaver groove. So he goes one E and a two E and a three E and a four E and a. And the chords are B flat minor and A flat major, then D flat major, and then you stay on D flat major once more. The song scale is on D flat major. Okay, so you go. Now I'm sure a lot of you will get this just by listening to what I'm doing or maybe you've already heard the song. However, I would encourage you to go through my transcription where I've pointed out exactly where the hits are coming. One E and a two E and a three E and a four E and a one E. Follow the yellow colors. One E and a two E and a. Sorry, wrong count. One E and a two E and a three E and a four E and a and so on and so forth. That's the count. So on the piano, what I've come up with is a is a milder pattern, which I don't think will sound as annoying or as busy as on the piano. The good thing is both our right hand and left hand are completely independent. Right. So what I've thought of doing is do like a one, two, three, four, and so on. One E and a two E and a. And each chord will be for two counts. So basically you're doing this on all the down beats. One E and a two. What am I doing? I'm doing the root of the chord, namely B flat and it's fifth, which is F. Then a E. Sorry, A flat, E flat. Then you go D flat, A flat. Again, D flat, A flat repeats into two. So my left hand will be one E. For pretty much the entire song. Now you could do the same thing in the right hand as I taught you earlier. You may like that, you know, an energetic vibe. However, I think it's going to be a bit tough for you. It's also tough for me. Even I'm struggling to play it right now. So what I would suggest is don't hit all the counts here because anyways you're juggling with the on beat or the down beat on the left hand. So don't do the down beat in the right hand. You can do one E and a two E and a and E and a. So whatever I marked in the second line is what you can play in your right hand. And you can probably ignore the one as well, which I marked here. I have marked it, but you can ignore that one which you're anyways doing in the left. So one E and a. So the root is always at the one and the fifth is always at the end. One and two and three and four and one and two and three and next. Now I still feel that the two E and a is a bit too much. So to avoid that. You can just strike it at the E. So that's one E, one E and a two E and a three E and a four E and a. So you cannot play. You need not play the hits at the end and the E which I've marked in dotted lines so that you can avoid. So one E and a two E and a three E and a four E and a one E and a two E and a one and a four E and a. So you just get the ans of the one, the E of the two, then the end of the three and the E of the four. Let's see how that sounds. All we're trying to do is make it a bit more groovy and a bit more natural for you as a pianist. Of course in speed. And if you want to bring out that triple hit flavor where he does is the E, the end and the E of the two and four. You can instead of hitting the chord bang on. You can spread out the chord using an arpeggio. So let me slow that down. 1, E and a 3, E and a 1, E and a 4, E and a 3, E and a 4, E and a A lot of times when we play arpeggios, especially people like me, we tend to swing it you know without knowing. So try to not swing it. I don't think it's a swing song so if it was swung it would sound a little funny. Man, now I forgot how to swing it. There we go. Try to not make it sound like that. I'm sure you all heard that this doesn't sound like the song, right? So straight 16 notes. And the key is what you do in your left hand at 1, and 2, and 3, and 4. And that consistent rhythm should keep going. So the two options we have on the piano would be as I just said 1, E and a 2, E and a 3, E and a 4, E and a Hit the and and the E. And the other if you want to hit all the accents, the and and then at the B2 you do the E and an A. You'll need to not hit the chord. You'll have to do it as an arpeggio. So whichever fingers are there and waiting you can use that to hit the chord. This is without arpeggios. Quite cool as well, right? All the best trying to play this and sing it. Man, that's going to be really tough. I don't think I can do it right now but I think I'm going to practice. And there are lots of bands which write like this. You can listen a lot of guitar and banjo driven bands like Mumford and Sons. That's a band you guys should check out. I think the groove is very similar. There's also Philip Phillips. In my country, India, there are a lot of bands as well. A lot of folk bands. So a lot of folk music is characterized by this very very unique groove. So you want to play, let the listener feel that E and the A but not all the time. If you let them feel it here and there it would make the music a lot more exciting and all of these songs are just very simple to perform and dance over. The moment you hear this, I'm sure you all want to tap your foot or just go crazy. So that's primarily because of a very very catchy rhythm which is going on. Now in addition to this, I've written down another chord progression for the bridge which is the exact same rhythm I just showed you but the chords are different. It's B flat minor, A flat major, D flat major like how we did for verse and chorus and then you add the G flat or F sharp major as well. So that's B flat minor, A flat major, D flat major and G flat major. So that's only at the bridge that happens like once. And there's one really cool ukulele tune which goes something like Sorry, what? E starting on E flat. I think that's a better way of playing it. Probably don't use your thumb. This is the bridge. So after the second chorus you have that ukulele playing I think it goes on four times and then it goes on to your bridge. Then the bridge goes back to the chorus and yeah. So it's a nice groovy song and all the best playing it. I've given you like two options on the piano and if all the rhythms sort of are very difficult for you and if you want to play it and sing it and if that's not really happening perhaps you can just do a rhythm like this. So to wind up I'm just going to show you like the easier rhythm I'm sure any of you who are just starting off with the piano can get with keep the same left hand. So perhaps you could start with this and then do the more groovy rhythm. That's the groovier one, slightly advanced. The simpler one. And so on and so forth. So all the best with Riptide. Quite a nice song. Enjoy and try to jam also with a drummer or try to use this in a band. It'll be nice to play this song in a band. I can't wait to try to find a drummer. Cheers. 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