How to Play Piano Man Solo - Billy Joel

fantastic!
thank you! i learned "here, there and everywhere". After finishing Lady Madonna, i'm planning to learn piano man :)
really, this video have helped me A LOT! I hope that you continue to upload more soon.

i know that you're very busy... but if you find the time to do the tutorial of "She's always a woman"(billy joel) and "Angie"(rolling stones), you would be officially my heroe! I love those songs and i would like to learn how to play them on piano.

Again, thanks a lot!

wat?!??!?!

i only know how to play the first bar!

So all these tutorials, they are what you've gotten from your ear, and no other sheets? I have the sheets to this song, but they include like the voicings instead of the way he really plays it, which is why I like about your tutorial.

This was great. I learned the right hand very quickly. Incorporating the left hand is still posing challenges for me. Still, an excellent tutorial.

I'll check 'em out.. thanks.

The solo is always a crowd-pleaser, I've found.. I think many audiences don't expect the performer to play it. I agree, though, keyboardists should know this song, it was written especially for them!

I actually do have perfect pitch, although it has diminished over the years for some reason. I found a sheet on this after I'd done the video, and a couple of parts are a little different, but Billy always plays the solo differently each time.

Do you think you could maybe do a song by Muse? You should check out some of their songs, they're pretty good

hey wildnites, what would you say the other 24 songs should be?

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No. He has the music, but some parts he dosen't agree with.

Pretty good. I usually do the left-hand part of the solo 10ths in an "um-pah-hah" fashion---which is the way Billy originally recorded it - I think. Anybody who plays keyboards out with a band regularly often gets requests to do this song so it should be a staple for all rock/pop keyboardists who do covers. This is probably 1 of the 25 or so tunes pop/rock keyboardists should know blindfolded. Thanks.

at about 5 :35, you said this is how i hear it. are u doing this all be ear? are you pitch perfect?

Glad it helped... Enjoy it!

excellent tutorial. i've always fiddled around while listening to the intro but never got as close to the original as i wanted, but this was perfect, thanks!