Chords for 3 Classical Songs That Are Perfect For Beginners [EASY VERSION]

What is up my piano friends?
Zach Evans here.
Today I'm going to teach you three classical
pieces [Abm] that are absolutely perfect for beginners.
These are all pieces you've heard before and are
instantly [A] recognizable by an audience.
On top of that, I made [D] a few slight changes in the
sheet music to [Ab] drastically simplify these while still keeping the sound of the piece intact.
So first up we have [Dbm] the Moonlight Sonata which you hear playing in the background right now.
It's a very dark, [Ab] emotional, romantic Beethoven piece that's slow and easy to learn.
So first
thing you're going [Dbm] to want to do is download the sheet music [Gbm] cheat sheet.
Don't worry,
even if you [B] can't read sheet music, you'll be [E] just fine.
I'm going to show you how to
[B] drastically simplify it using the chords you [E] see here.
So to download the sheet music,
click the link, enter your name and email, and click here [Em] to download the Moonlight Sonata
sheet music.
[A] _ [Dm] _ _ [N] So as you can see in the cheat sheet, it looks like there are a ton of notes,
but in reality, they're really just the same notes repeated [E] over and over.
So for example,
this first measure is just the notes [Am] E, A, and C _ repeated over [N] and over.
And you can see those
notes with the chord diagram.
And each section of the right hand just repeats certain notes over and
over, which is denoted by each chord diagram.
All right, so at the piano, we put our thumb [E] on E,
our [A] pointer on A, and our ring on [Am] C.
_ [Abm] And we would just repeat these notes going up [E] four times.
So [Am] one, _ two, _ three, _ four.
_ And guess what?
The second measure is [E] the exact same as the first
measure.
We just repeat it four more times.
So [Am] one, _ two, _ three, _ four.
So already you have half
the song learned for the right hand.
All right, so onto the next measure, we play the exact same
notes, except we move this [F] E up to an F.
_ So we play _ and repeat.
_ _ _ And next up, we have the notes
[Bb] F, B flat, and D.
And we play that twice and _ repeat.
_ _ Then the [E] notes E, G sharp, and D.
So we play
_ and repeat.
_ _ [D] _ And finally, the [E] notes E, A, and B.
_ So we play and repeat.
[A] _ [E] _ _ All right,
so before we go on to the left hand, let me play the whole right hand for you slow.
[Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ Of course,
this will take a little bit of practice, but feel free to rewind this and watch it over again a few
times if you need to.
All right, so next up, we're going to learn the left hand, which luckily for
you is way easier than the right hand.
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_ _ [Ab] All right,
so the left hand is pretty simple.
It's just five [A] notes, [G] A, G, F, [D] [E] D, and E.
[A] So basically,
we just put our thumb on A, and we play three notes going down.
[F] And then we skip [D] a note to play
D.
And then we come back to [E] this E, and we repeat the E one more time.
So here's what it looks like
hands together.
Pay attention to the left hand.
Luckily, this is super, super slow in your left
hand, which makes it a lot easier.
[Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] If you like how that sounds already, let me know by hitting that
like button.
Now, if you're having trouble getting hands together, the best thing you can do is work
this in parts.
So break it down into one measure segments and practice each measure separately.
Then once you've learned all the measures separately, you can put them together and
it'll be a lot easier.
So the second [Eb] classical piece we're going to learn is Fur Elise,
which sounds like this.
You've definitely heard this one before [Bm] and [Am] _ _
[E] _ [Am] _ _ so on.
And the third piece
is called Gymnopédie No.
[G] 1, which sounds like this.
You've probably heard it as well. _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ And of course, for each of these, we have a simplified sheet music [N] version.
So let me know
in the comments, which of these do you think sounds the coolest?
Moonlight Sonata, Fur Elise,
or Gymnopédie No.
1?
Which are you most excited to learn?
Now, I don't want to overwhelm you with
too much at once.
So for now, go learn the Moonlight Sonata that we just covered.
And
when you're ready for the next one, you can get the simplified sheet music back on the sheet music
page right below the Moonlight Sonata sheet music here [Ab] and here.
Here's the link again for that.
Even though these are the simplified versions of the sheet music, they still sound great and
the average listener won't even be able to tell that it's different.
But if you're feeling
motivated and you want to challenge yourself with the full versions of these pieces,
you can just Google them and you can find the full versions of all of these free online.
All right.
And next up, the next video is called Create Emotion with Just Four Notes.
And if you
found this lesson too challenging, the four notes video is dirt easy and you can have something cool
to play for your friends and family in literally 10 minutes.
So click the [Am] link now to watch that
video and I'll see you there.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _