Chords for How to Play the CORNFIELD CHASE from INTERSTELLAR! | Vlog #30 | Josh.V.Music

So what's the best way to practice if you want to learn how to play this?
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_ _ _ _ [N] So if you've been on social media you've probably come across the piano arrangement of the
cornfield chase from interstellar.
This one is by Dorian Marco.
_ It's available on MuseScore.
I'm
going to link it in the description below so you can feel free to support the creator of this
arrangement.
So technically this piece is in three different parts.
First is the staccato section
which takes up the first two systems. _
Second there is the first set of arpeggios.
And then lastly
on the second page there is the third set of arpeggios.
[F] This _ starting staccato section could
be played one of three ways.
Either you can play your right hand above _ or _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
you can play your right
hand [F] below. _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I actually prefer what in my opinion is [F] easier and it's redistributing the hands.
I
talk about this a lot in my other videos of redistributing fingering.
It looks something
like this. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Am] I just find it so much easier than having to deal with the awkwardness of hand
crossing. _ _
Not only is it easier but I feel I can get a better cleaner _ _ more accurate sound without
having to worry about messing up.
_ So the way that I choose to do this is _ keeping this consistent
4-2 4-2 4 [Bm]-2 4-2 _ [Am] so [Em] nothing is [F] changing. _ _ _ _ _ _
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And then together _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Cm] _ _ from here we're at the first arpeggio section.
These types of arpeggios are very common in
Ravel or Debussy [D#] _ _
or _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ it's _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [F] a sort of extended _ arpeggio.
And in this one it's hands switching.
So we've got _ _ both our pinkies lining _ up here. _ _ _ _ _
Dorian Marco indicates to use 1-2-3-5.
_ _ You could do that.
I _ _ like _ _ to keep the 4 because _ _ _ in this repeat we're going to go back to the pinky.
So I want to keep the pinky free.
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_ _ I would practice _ _ ascending and descending along these
arpeggios trying to make it fluid and like a wave. _ _
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_ _ _ So notice how I'm not _ trying to stay too
[C] much in one location.
I am freely moving my hand _ _ with the shape of the phrase.
Now when it comes
to this arpeggio, something like you might see in a Chopin, _
_ [F] _ you've got to _ _ _ _ move your arm quite a bit.
A way that you might want to practice this is _ _ _ _ _ using this as sort of a pivot point, your forefinger.
_ _ _ _ _ _ And this will tell you how far your arm needs to move.
So notice my arm is placed here and then
it's here.
_ It's a lot larger of a movement than most people realize.
And then from there, _ _ _
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_ _ _ from [Em] here, _ _ you're just going to have to reach over just a little bit farther
[E] _
_ _ _ to B.
So that's a bigger movement _ you _ [Am] _
might want to practice going from E to A, E to B.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ Now what you don't want to do to avoid injury, you don't want to like [Am] grab at and push these notes
down.
[E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ All the weight you need is going to come from the arm moving.
So try to keep the fingers relaxed, _
_ [Em] not tense.
Now here we are. _
_ _ _ Same thing personally.
I prefer 1, 2, 3, 4. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Very [G] similar. _
_ [A] So you can see
the rhythm is slightly different here at the very beginning.
You have a 16th [Am] instead of straight 30
seconds like it was previously.
_ It's just going to be a slight little delay.
And if you notice,
for the vast majority of people, unless you have very large hands, it's really not possible to
truly connect this E and this C.
But thankfully there's a little bit of time.
So you have that
extra 30 second space to get from here.
_ _ _ It is going to require a little bit of a jump. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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I believe this is the only typo that I've found. _ _
_ _ _ I'm pretty certain this is supposed to be a D.
_ It would stay consistent with the rest.
And that C, I believe, is a typo. _
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_ _ And then now
we enter this part. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Now instead of playing them _ arpeggiated, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ it's a good idea to practice these
things even block. _ _ _
_ Because that will put you in the hand position that you need to be in
in advance. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] From there, you just take this position and you roll it.
_ [G] _
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_ So I'm kind of like
pulling off of the edge of the keys _ and into the air. _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Practice it hand separately.
And really,
focus on [G] trying to get _ the clarity of the notes.
So you want the fingers active.
_ [Em] _ _
To practice transitioning to the new section besides playing them block, another thing you can
do _ _ is _ _ _ _ hold on where the pinky of the right hand hits.
That is going to replace where your thumb
of your left hand was.
So that's a good point of reference. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [B] As you're doing that, don't forget that
your left hand has to be moving too.
So _ [G] I'm _ replacing where [Em] the thumb was, but I'm also
moving into position. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Same thing here. _ _
_ _ So going all the way down. _ _
Move.
_ _ Move. _ _
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_ So anyways, those are just a few tips on how to practice this piece.
I will be uploading the second part for the second page of this tutorial in a couple weeks.
But if you want to access it sooner, along with some PDFs of the fingering suggestions and other
helpful tips, that will be available on my Patreon, which I am finally going to release
next week.
So stay tuned for that.
Let me know if you have any other questions or comments.
Happy practicing in the meantime, and I will see you