Today you're going to dive into one of the most popular Beatles songs ever in this Let It Be piano tutorial!
This is a very easy piano tutorial for beginners. You will find notes of the melody of the song (in letters) to be played with the right hand, as well as a simple left hand part. You may learn the melody first of all, followed by the left hand part. Start by watching the video tutorial. You've come to the right place! By the end of this series, you will know how to find notes on the piano, how to play scales, and even popular songs! Just enter your email below for 4 beginner video lessons! Get Started Sending Sent Try Again. Try to touch the piano keys lightly and gently. If your fingers are rigid, stiff, with the anxiety of trying to get the right notes at the right time, it will be much more difficult to get it right. A relaxed hand is much easier to get the the right place at the right time. Play something you like and that you are familiar with. Often also appearing with mutually displacing movements, especially in appearance for advanced piano playing. Not only do pianists have to be able to use both the right and left hands simultaneously, but also have to use their feet on the pedals. Daniel Tsokonn Emlyn Jones (Thursday, 17 January 2019 19:45). Sheet Music: piano songs like this with flowkey: Simply Piano for FREE: http://m.oneli.
In the video tutorial you'll how to play the first section of Let It Be by the Beatles.
Together we'll be walking through how to break down all 11 chord voicings in this section.
Also, you'll learn how to play the classic melody that everybody knows and loves.
This is a beautiful tune. Once you learn this song, you'll be able to pull it out and wow your audiences with this Beatles hit! So, let's get started learning…
Let It Be Piano: Video Tutorial
Get started now! Watch as I break down the chords and melody.
Important note! Make sure that once you've finished watching this tutorial that you scroll down. Below are helpful tips so you can learn Let It Be much faster.
Easy Tips So You Can Master This Tune!
Tip #1: You'll Need To Know These Little Guys!
In the first section of this Let It Be piano tutorial you're going to have to familiarize yourself with 11 different chord voicings!
These are chords that you've seen before with some groovy variations thrown in at times.
Let's go through each one together.
Chord #1 – (C chord) – Left Hand: (C G C)Right Hand: (E G)
Chord #2 – (G chord) – Left Hand: (G D)Right Hand: (G, C&D)
Chord #3 – (Am chord) – Left Hand: (A E)Right Hand: (A C E)
Chord #4 – (F chord) – Left Hand: (F C)Right Hand: (A, D&C)
Chord #5– (C chord) – Left Hand: (C G C)Right Hand: (G C E)
Chord #6 – (G chord) – Left Hand: (G D G)Right Hand: (B, E&D)
Chord #7 – (F chord) – Left Hand: (F C F)Right Hand: (A, D&C)
Chord #8 – (F chord – Left Hand: (F C F) Right Hand: (A C)
Chord #9 – (C/E chord) – Left Hand: (E)Right Hand: (G C E)
Chord #10 – (Dm chord) – Left Hand: (D D)Right Hand: (F A D)
Chord #11 – (C chord) – Left Hand: (C G C)Right Hand: (E G C)
Start familiarizing yourself with these chords.
Is there anything that you can pick up on right away from looking at these chords? Keep thinking as you jump into your next important tip.
Tip #2: Some Important Observations About These Chords
For starters, notice that some of these chords have added harmony notes. These added notes are outside the basic chord.
For example, a basic G major chord is G-B-D. But, in chord #6 we see an E creep in there. This is just a cool little decoration technique to bring some extra spice into the chord.
Tip #3: Are You Playing The Right Chord Shapes?
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Did you notice how some of the chords in this Let It Be piano tutorial are inverted? Did you pick up the fact that some of these chord voicings are played in 1st and 2nd inversion?
If not, let's break this down this together.
Ex. 1 – (Chord #5) – Right Hand (G C E) – (5th, root, 3rd)
- This is a C chord alright, just a 2nd inversion.
- (Chord #9) features this same inversion in the right hand.
Ex. 2 – (Chord #11) – Right Hand (E G C) – (3rd, 5th, root).
- This is another C chord but this time in 1st inversion form.
Let's keep moving forward.
Tip #4 How To Play Rock Chord Shapes In The Left Hand
There is another huge clue that these chords are showing you. And it's all in the left hand. Figure it out yet?
That's right! All the chords you're playing in your left hand are either just the root and 5th or just a single bass note.
The only exception to this observation is in (Chord #9).
This chord is special.
(Chord #9) is what's known as a slash chord. You are playing your 2nd inversion C chord in your right hand. And your left hand is just playing E as your bass note.
Give this one a try. You'll notice how adding that harmony note E in the bass adds extra flavor to the chord. Sounds great doesn't it?
From here you have a great foundation to start your practice on. Make sure you're practicing in small but daily regimens.
10 – 20 minute exercises everyday will benefit you far more than a 1 hour training session once every 2 weeks.
Now, let's take a closer look at what's next in line for you to explore…
Where You Need To Take Your Piano Skills Next!
My passion is to provide you with all the tools you need to become an incredible pianist.
So, we'll be releasing part 2 of our let it be piano tutorial next. Stay tuned! If you're on our email list we'll send it right to your inbox!
Also if you enjoyed this lesson I know you'll love learning this other Beatles Piano Tutorial. Inside my Yesterday tutorial you'll pick up a really fun left hand piano pattern. It's a great lesson to help grow your piano arrangements. Also check out my Hey Jude piano video.
Or, check out this Let It Be chords lesson as well as this The Way It Is Piano Lesson!
And if you're a fan of other rock legends check out this tutorial on how to play the Purple rain chords or this John Lennon Imagine piano tutorial.
I also encourage you to explore my beginner Hallelujah piano tutorial as well.
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Until next time, enjoy your practice. If you have any comments or questions about this Let It Be piano lesson and the video tutorial above please leave your feedback in the comments section below.
Welcome to Get Piano Lesson 3. Here we'll work on a series of beginner lessons for piano to develop our fingering ability and hand-eye coordination by playing 5-note finger patterns in the C Major position.
In order to perform these exercises properly, we will essentially be learning the beginnings of sight-reading.
But as I promised on my homepage, I will not bore you with the tedious note reading, key signatures, sharps, flats, rests, or trying to figure out which note gets a half or whole beat.
No, I will cover that brilliant stuff much later on after we've first had a chance to do the fun stuff!
If possible, try to position your computer or laptop next to your piano keyboard to get the most out of these online beginner lessons for piano.
Want to Watch a Brief Introduction to
Sight-Reading? Check This Video Out!
Since the right hand is often the lead hand when it comes to piano playing, we're going to begin our first set of exercises with our right hand in the C major position on the keyboard.
First, it's important to remember how we've arranged our fingers into an easy to understand numbered fingering system:
No. 1 = Thumb
No. 2 = Index finger
No. 3 = Middle finger
No. 4 = Ring finger
No. 5 = Little finger
Now we're going to really begin to drill the numbering system into our heads by playing a series of five short beginner lessons for piano. Take a look at the fifteen numbers written on the green chalkboard below…
Each number represents a note on your keyboard that will be played by the appropriate right hand finger. Number 1, which will be played with our thumb, is obviously Middle C.
We don't need to be concerned with the names of the other four numbers to the right of Middle C at this time.
Telecharger unreal engine. All we need to know at this point is
which fingers will play those other four notes.
Our 'numbered finger system' makes that very easy to understand as we play these beginner lessons for piano.
With your right hand locked in the Middle C position (Position 1) on your piano keyboard, study the fifteen numbers written on the chalkboard. Slowly begin to play each note one by one…
Remember to keep your fingers curved and you wrists up. Play each note steadily and evenly, without looking at your fingers.
Sound hard to do? Actually, if you've got all five fingers placed exactly where they should be, this couldn't be easier. Jw org daily scripture. You already know that your middle finger is number 3 and that your index finger is number 2.
So when you see number 2 or 3 one the chalkboard all you have to do is play the white note underneath that particular finger.
There's no need to look at your finger as you press the key down. But, if you insist on looking… I'll allow it just this once if you are a complete beginner. But I really don't recommend it as we proceed further through our beginner lessons for piano.
Again we don't need to be fancy here. We're trying to focus on playing the notes accurately, evenly, one right after the other (legato). It's even better, if you can play these notes well without looking at your hand.
Once you feel comfortable with this exercise, let's move on to the next chalkboard exercise in our beginner lessons for piano series.
For our second chalkboard, notice that we again have fifteen numbers representing fifteen notes on our piano keyboard. But this time, our sequence of notes is a little more scattered around and not as 'linear' as our first exercise (that's because I'm testing you)… ha ha!
Again, with your fingers fixed in proper C Major position (1st position), slowly play each note with even time and velocity for every note.
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The more you can play these exercises without glancing at your fingers the faster you will develop a 'feel' for piano playing.
Oh, and don't mind the 'Play, Pause & Stop' buttons on the left. These are left-over relics of the old flash animation I created back in 2007 (old school stuff).
'Flash. what's that?' you might be thinking. Well never mind. just try to concentrate on playing each note evenly and with equal pressure.
Watch Me Demonstrate How Both
These Exercises Should Be Played:
Be sure to practice these first two chalkboards until you can play them without any mistakes. When you feel comfortable with the material on this page, click ahead to Get Piano Lesson 4 to continue with your next set of right hand beginner lessons for piano…
Welcome to Get Piano Lesson 3. Here we'll work on a series of beginner lessons for piano to develop our fingering ability and hand-eye coordination by playing 5-note finger patterns in the C Major position.
In order to perform these exercises properly, we will essentially be learning the beginnings of sight-reading. But as I promised on my homepage, I will not bore you with the tedious note reading, key signatures, sharps, flats, rests, or trying to figure out which note gets a half or whole beat.
No, I will cover that brilliant stuff much later on after we've first had a chance to do the fun stuff!
If possible, try to position your computer or laptop next to your piano keyboard to get the most out of these online beginner lessons for piano.
Want to Watch a Brief Introduction to
Sight-Reading? Check This Video Out!
Since the right hand is often the lead hand when it comes to piano playing, we're going to begin our first set of exercises with our right hand in the C major position on the keyboard.
First, it's important to remember how we've arranged our fingers into an easy to understand numbered fingering system:
No. 1 = Thumb
No. 2 = Index finger
No. 3 = Middle finger
No. 4 = Ring finger
No. 5 = Little finger
Now we're going to really begin to drill the numbering system into our heads by playing a series of five short beginner lessons for piano. Take a look at the fifteen numbers written on the green chalkboard below…
Each number represents a note on your keyboard that will be played by the appropriate right hand finger. Number 1, which will be played with our thumb, is obviously Middle C.
We don't need to be concerned with the names of the other four numbers to the right of Middle C at this time.
All we need to know at this point is
which fingers will play those other four notes.
Our 'numbered finger system' makes that very easy to understand as we play these beginner lessons for piano.
With your right hand locked in the Middle C position (Position 1) on your piano keyboard, study the fifteen numbers written on the chalkboard. Slowly begin to play each note one by one…
Remember to keep your fingers curved and you wrists up. Play each note steadily and evenly, without looking at your fingers.
Sound hard to do? Actually, if you've got all five fingers placed exactly where they should be, this couldn't be easier. You already know that your middle finger is number 3 and that your index finger is number 2.
So when you see number 2 or 3 one the chalkboard all you have to do is play the white note underneath that particular finger.
There's no need to look at your finger as you press the key down. But, if you insist on looking… I'll allow it just this once if you are a complete beginner. But I really don't recommend it as we proceed further through our beginner lessons for piano.
Again we don't need to be fancy here. We're trying to focus on playing the notes accurately, evenly, one right after the other (legato). It's even better, if you can play these notes well without looking at your hand.
Once you feel comfortable with this exercise, let's move on to the next chalkboard exercise in our beginner lessons for piano series.
For our second chalkboard, notice that we again have fifteen numbers representing fifteen notes on our piano keyboard. But this time, our sequence of notes is a little more scattered around and not as 'linear' as our first exercise (that's because I'm testing you)… ha ha!
Again, with your fingers fixed in proper C Major position (1st position), slowly play each note with even time and velocity for every note.
The more you can play these exercises without glancing at your fingers the faster you will develop a 'feel' for piano playing.
Oh, and don't mind the 'Play, Pause & Stop' buttons on the left. These are left-over relics of the old flash animation I created back in 2007 (old school stuff).
'Flash. what's that?' you might be thinking. Well never mind. just try to concentrate on playing each note evenly and with equal pressure.
Watch Me Demonstrate How Both
These Exercises Should Be Played:
Be sure to practice these first two chalkboards until you can play them without any mistakes. When you feel comfortable with the material on this page, click ahead to Get Piano Lesson 4 to continue with your next set of right hand beginner lessons for piano…
Welcome to Get Piano Lesson 3. Here we'll work on a series of beginner lessons for piano to develop our fingering ability and hand-eye coordination by playing 5-note finger patterns in the C Major position.
Piano Songs Tutorial
In order to perform these exercises properly, we will essentially be learning the beginnings of sight-reading.
As I promised on my homepage, I will not bore you with the tedious note reading, key signatures, sharps, flats, rests, or trying to figure out which note gets a half or whole beat.
No, I will cover that brilliant stuff much later on after we've first had a chance to do the fun stuff!
If possible, try to position your computer or laptop next to your piano keyboard to get the most out of these online beginner lessons for piano.
Want to Watch a Brief Introduction to Sight-Reading? Check This Video Out!
Since the right hand is often the lead hand when it comes to piano playing, we're going to begin our first set of exercises with our right hand in the C major position on the keyboard.
First, it's important to remember how we've arranged our fingers into an easy to understand numbered fingering system:
No. 1 = Thumb
No. 2 = Index finger
No. 3 = Middle finger
No. 4 = Ring finger
No. 5 = Little finger
Now we're going to really begin to drill the numbering system into our heads by playing a series of five short beginner lessons for piano. Take a look at the fifteen numbers written on the green chalkboard below…
Each number represents a note on your keyboard that will be played by the appropriate right hand finger. Number 1, which will be played with our thumb, is obviously Middle C.
We don't need to be concerned with the names of the other four numbers to the right of Middle C at this time.
All we need to know at this point is
which fingers will play those other four notes.
Our 'numbered finger system' makes that very easy to understand as we play these beginner lessons for piano.
With your right hand locked in the Middle C position (Position 1) on your piano keyboard, study the fifteen numbers written on the chalkboard. Slowly begin to play each note one by one…
Remember to keep your fingers curved and you wrists up. Play each note steadily and evenly, without looking at your fingers.
Sound hard to do? Actually, if you've got all five fingers placed exactly where they should be, this couldn't be easier.
You already know that your middle finger is number 3 and that your index finger is number 2. Mp4 open source player.
So when you see number 2 or 3 one the chalkboard all you have to do is play the white note underneath that particular finger.
There's no need to look at your finger as you press the key down. But, if you insist on looking… I'll allow it just this once if you are a complete beginner.
But I really don't recommend it as we proceed further through our beginner lessons for piano.
Again we don't need to be fancy here. We're trying to focus on playing the notes accurately, evenly, one right after the other (legato). It's even better, if you can play these notes well without looking at your hand.
Once you feel comfortable with this exercise, let's move on to the next chalkboard exercise in our beginner lessons for piano series.
For our second chalkboard, notice that we again have fifteen numbers representing fifteen notes on our piano keyboard. But this time, our sequence of notes is a little more scattered around and not as 'linear' as our first exercise (that's because I'm testing you)… ha ha!
Again, with your fingers fixed in proper C Major position (1st position), slowly play each note with even time and velocity for every note.
The more you can play these exercises without glancing at your fingers the faster you will develop a 'feel' for piano playing.
Oh, and don't mind the 'Play, Pause & Stop' buttons on the left. These are left-over relics of the old flash animation I created back in 2007 (old school stuff).
'Flash. what's that?' you might be thinking. Well never mind. just try to concentrate on playing each note evenly and with equal pressure.
Watch Me Demonstrate How Both These Exercises Should Be Played:
Be sure to practice these first two chalkboards until you can play them without any mistakes. When you feel comfortable with the material on this page click ahead to Get Piano Lesson 4 to continue with your next set of right hand beginner lessons for piano…