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How To Play: Fireflies On Piano by Owl City

Chris Dark — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:40:52 +0000

Love it or hate it, i’ve been asked by a TON of people how to play fireflies on the piano by Owl City, so here it is.

It’s a really catchy tune, and piano part is pretty melodic and open to loads of variation.

How To Play: Beat It

Chris Dark — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:53:46 +0000

This is a quick and easy tutorial teaching you how to play Beat It by the late Michael Jackson. This tutorial teaches you the main riff only.

In HD.

How To Play Like Philip Glass

Chris Dark — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:37:12 +0000

Insightful tutorial on the simple techniques Philip Glass uses to create his unique sound. In HD

How To Play: Slash Solo’s #1

Chris Dark — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:35:10 +0000

Part 1 of 6 of a great series on how to play slash solo’s from the awesome Guns And Roses. These are great little tutorials giving you a demo and explanation of some of Slash’s coolest guitar licks. Recommended for the expert guitarist.

Credit goes to Mash & Flutter for these great tutorials.

How To Play: Clair De Lune on Piano #1

Chris Dark — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:58:14 +0000

Welcome to the first part of a MASSIVE tutorial on how to play Clair De Lune by Claude Debussy. This tutorial is for advanced piano players, although its worth giving it a try whatever your skill level is as there are many tips and techniques to learn which would be beneficial to pianists of all abilities.

This tutorial goes up to almost 70 parts! – so please use the ‘search’ function on the site if you are having trouble finding a specific part, they are all listed numerically to make finding each part easier.

Why such a long tutorial?. Well, this tutorial disects each part of the song up into tiny little snippets, making it a lot easier to learn and put together. If the tutorial was made in 1 or 2 parts, you’d have a lot of problems finding which part you left off at, so having it in so many sections makes it a lot easier.

Have Fun! – Credit goes to Hugh Sung for this wonderful tutorial.

How To Play: Apologize – One Republic

Chris Dark — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:20:36 +0000

Learn how to play Apologize by One Republic on the piano. This tutorial includes the strings section at the start of the song, and then moves onto the piano.

How To Play: Herbie Hancock – Chameleon on piano. Part 1

Chris Dark — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:27:29 +0000

Part 1 of 18 of Herbie Hancock’s classic “Chameleon” Funk Groove on the piano.

This series of lessons will take you through from start to finish how to create a funky groove over the top of the bassline to Chameleon.

The lessons aren’t a note for note copy of Herbie’s original , but more of a guide on how to create some of the stuff in the same style Herbie uses for the song. Certainly a great tutorial for the intermediate / advanced pianist.

You can download the 5 minute drum loop backing track, the standalone drum sample, and the notation for the techniques used HERE

Links to the whole series:

Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 – Part 5 – Part 6 – Part 7 – Part 8 - Part 9 – Part 10 – Part 11 – Part 12 – Part 13 – Part 14 – Part 15 – Part 16 - Part 17 - Part 18

Thanks to Jonathan Wilson for the tutorial.