Prince โ€“ I Wanna Be Your Lover | Tutorial

How to play Prince โ€“ I Wanna Be Your Lover. Prince is cool. Was cool -sadly-. Super cool. Right? One of those one-in-a-billion musicians of a simply out of this world caliber. Playing in their very own ballpark with the likes of Michael, James, Marvin, Stevie and I could name a few more. But not ... Read more

John Lennon - Jealous Guy | Cover - Tutorial

Yes, I made another cover! This time one of my favorite tracks, John Lennon's fantastic "Jealous Guy" (tip: also check out versions by Donny Hathaway and Gavin DeGraw) is up. Although it's again a snippet, since I was actually just fooling around a bit on the keys when I felt like singing this. Co-incidentally, the ... Read more

The Beatles - Lady Madonna

An iconic Pop-Piano grooveย written and performedย by an even more iconic band. The Beatles have been one of the earlyย definers of pop music (and Pop-Piano with it). Theirย ingeniously crafted songs as well as trade-mark riffs -like the one on piano that I'll teach you in this lesson- have been an inspiration for generations to come. By ... Read more

Shawn Mendes โ€“ Stitches

Yet another fine example in the series โ€œhow to translate guitar grooves to the keys,โ€ using aย more current hit-song: Shawn Mendes โ€“ Stitches Piano Tutorial turned out to be another gem for all of you more beginner Pop-Pianists. For those that know their chords and patterns, this one is actually quite easy to play, though ... Read more

Dire Straits - On Every Street

Dire Straits - On Every Street is one of those songsย that makes you wonder where real music has gone these days. When I first heard the beautiful instrumental intermezzo -which later translates into the killer guitar-riff outro of this tune- I must admit there was a brief moment where I suspected angels to be peeing ... Read more

Stevie Wonder โ€“ I Was Made To Love Her

Stevieโ€™s โ€œI Was Made To Love Herโ€ is one of those true classics that very few donโ€™t know. On the other hand, very few do know how fโ€™in badd-ass the bass part ofย this song -played by the great James Jamerson, the founder of โ€œcoolโ€ contemporary bass playing inย my humble opinion- actually is. The groove is ... Read more

Lukas Graham - 7 Years

A melodic piano riff, left hand chords and a juicy accompaniment part can all be found in this piano tutorial, where I teach you exactly how to play Lukas Graham - 7 years, hisย current beautiful piano-hit. As always, we'll be tacklingย the exactย piano part(s) as played on the original record. Always nice to see a piano-driven ... Read more

Justin Bieber โ€“ Love Yourself | Tutorial

Justin Bieber Love Yourself Piano Tutorial

A Justin Bieber Piano tutorial. Whoโ€™d ever thought Iโ€™d end up making one of those? Not me. I can tell you that much. What I can also tell you, is that it very likely wonโ€™t be the last, โ€™cause like so many othersย Iโ€™m officially converted and from theย hater I once was, I too am now ... Read more

Billy Joel โ€“ New York State of Mind

When thinking Pop-Piano, itโ€™s hard not to note the awesome influencer, pioneer really, of this style: Billy Joel - and maybe particularly, his iconic song: New York State of Mind. Now Billy has quite a few really nice, iconic Pop-Piano tunes under his singer-songwriter belt, but the out of this world piano introย to this particular ... Read more

The Weeknd โ€“ Canโ€™t Feel My Face

If youโ€™re looking to get funky, simulatingย an out-of-this-world bass part with your left hand -upping your the skills of that hand AND your timing an uncountable amount of levels once aced- than: this is your song. Holy crap I just canโ€™t get enough of the funkย in this track by the Weeknd. Really impressed here with ... Read more

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