“Closer” by The Chainsmokers and Halsey is an incredibly catchy song! When this dropped, you couldn’t go 15 minutes in your every-day life without hearing this… And it was so popular on YouTube, I just had to teach it! But I didn’t just arrange and teach it because of its popularity; there are specific musical […]
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If you dig folk music, you’ll want to learn how to play “Ophelia” by The Lumineers on piano. Folk music is really fun to play on the piano. With the emergence of bands like The Lumineers, Mumford & Sons, and more like them, folk and folk rock was put into the pop main stream for
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“Sorry” by Justin Bieber is one of my favorites to play in the Playground Sessions collection! Bieber surprised me with this one, since up until this point, he was more strictly hip hop and R&B. But ‘Sorry’ came out of the gate with a specific kind of rhythm usually found in upbeat latin music or,
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Want to learn how to play “Photograph” by Ed Sheeran on piano? Good choice! “Photograph” is a beautiful, folky ballad that sounds great when translated to the piano! This arrangement is on the easy/intermediate level, so no matter how new you are to piano, you’ll be playing “Photograph” sooner than you think. Here are two
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Learning how to play “Girl Crush” by Little Big Town on piano is sort of a unique experience. I don’t often hear a pop song like this. Nowadays, there are a lot of dance beats and not a ton of “real instruments” very present in the mix. What I love about “Girl Crush” is that
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I had a lot of fun putting together this lesson on how to play “Million Reasons” by Lady Gaga on piano. I’m confident that you’ll have even more fun playing it! Lady Gaga is great at keeping us guessing, isn’t she? Similar to how Madonna handled her career, Gaga reinvents herself and her style of
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I absolutely love teaching students how to play “Lost Boy” by Ruth B on piano. Nothing gets me excited like a popular song that features a piano in the forefront! Sometimes a song without much piano needs to be finessed in the arrangement to makes sense and sound good when played on the piano. But
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Every fan of The Lion King should learn how to play “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” by Elton John on piano. It’s a fantastic song, that’s part of a fantastic soundtrack! This and the rest are so nostalgic for me, having grown up with the Lion King movie. I remember singing this one at
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“Blank Space” by Taylor Swift might be my favorite Taylor song to play on piano. Of course we want to have today’s hottest pop artists represented in our song collection and on the YouTube channel, that’s a given. But that doesn’t mean that Taylor Swift isn’t worthy of a spot based on musical merits alone.
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“Work From Home” by Fifth Harmony is a very straightforward and accessible song to play on the piano…and that is not usually true for hip hop music! That’s the main reason I chose to teach this one! Here’s why I believe it lays well on the piano and is a quick learn… Repetitive chorus The
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