These are all chords that you should be familiar with, even with the most basic foundation knowledge of the piano. The chord progression follows an E major, B major, C# minor, A minor pattern. The piano part is actually incredibly simple for a piano student to learn. Because of the popularity of the song, you won’t have any trouble finding someone to sing along with this piano rock classic. This Journey classic got a revival when it appeared in the first season of Glee, encouraging more musicians to pick up their instruments and create their own covers of a great song. Hey Jude also has that iconic na, na, na part which follows pretty much the same chord progression as the verses. The chords for that one go F, Bb, A, G, F, E, C, F. For Hey Jude you can learn a different chord progression that has a similar rhythm.
It has a G major, F major and C major chord progression which then goes on to repeat itself. Similar to Hey Jude which was also by the Beatles, the chorus using the key of A minor. At the end of the verse there is a slight change but it’s not so much that it should throw you off. You will need to use four piano chords which make up a progression of C major, G maor, A minor and F major. He described this dream to John Lennon and Let It Be is the rock song that resulted from their musical genius. The song was originally thought up by Paul McCartney who claimed to take inspiration from a dream. As a ballad, it follows a similar rhythm throughout and the melody is easy enough to pick up for a piano student. Everyone knows this song and it’s beautiful in its simplicity. Because of their popularity and variety of music styles, it’s impossible that we wouldn’t include them in our list. The Beatles did just this when they hit the scene and fan frenzies soon ensued.
However, the definition of rock music is to change from the norm and create waves with your music. Many people would not think that the Beatles are considered to be a rock band. There’s always a chance you may want to experiment with piano rock songs with a guitarist or other rock musicians to fill out your sound. Because you aren’t playing the song on a guitar then you may want to skip the second part because you won’t get the same effect on your piano. The first part of the song is where the heart of the piece comes from, whereas the second section is where the guitar riffs and real rock energy comes from. If you are having trouble with this song then it may help to break it down into sections. The chords here are F, A minor, D minor and C. There are four chords used within the piece until you hit a key and tempo change. Listening to it, it can seem overly complicated but it’s actually really simple. If you are a fan of rock songs that come from the 90s then you may already be familiar with this one.
What a lot of people don’t realize about this song is that the inspiration came from a story called Without You and Axl Rose actually made this to be a tribute to that story.
It uses pretty much the same melody as this Lynyrd Skynyrd classic with only a few alterations in the harmonies and overall instrumentation of the piece. If you master this quickly enough then you may want to take a look at the song Werewolves of London written by Warren Zevon. Become a master at playing this and you will have learned the art of smooth chord transitions which is a necessary skill for every budding pianist. What makes it even easier is that there’s not too much hand movement as you move from chord to chord – your hand can pretty much stay in the same place throughout the measures.