Chords for How to play "WEDDING MARCH" (Theme 1) by Felix Mendelssohn | Piano Tutorial
Tempo:
79 bpm
Chords used:
C
Am
B
Em
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Today we're going to be looking at Mendelssohn's Wedding March.
This is a nice piece to have on the off chance you find yourself at a cocktail party for example.
Or some event where you find out there's a groom or a bride.
You can whip out this piece, everybody's super impressed that you know it.
It's a nice thing to have in your arsenal.
It needs no introduction but I'll play it for you [A] anyway.
You can start learning this piece here on YouTube and if you'd like to continue learning it,
please visit our website smartclassicpiano.com, start your free trial there and finish the work.
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[C] Cool,
[Am]
[B] [Em] [Dm] [G] [C]
[Am] [B] [Em] [F] [C]
[G] [C] that's that.
Very, very famous, isn't it?
Cool, so how do we begin?
We're going to start with the middle C.
Middle C, this is where we are.
Middle C, triplets on middle C.
Very straight forward, right?
And in terms of counting, this is the only part that I'll actually cover in terms of counting
because everything else, your ear will help you.
It's a bit of a pick up, so you're going to count 3 beats and you're going to come on the 4th with the triplet.
Let me demonstrate.
1, 2, 3.
From there on you can sort of feel the movement of the piece and you'll know it just by virtue of having heard it a thousand times in the past.
So, in terms of fingering, you can use whatever you'd like.
I prefer 2, 4, 5.
So that's what I'm going with.
So basically we're building a C major chord one by one with triplets.
Cool, moving on.
[Am] [A] Here's the first chord.
1, 2, 3, 5 in the right hand.
And the left hand is octave A's.
[B] Moving on.
The left hand moves up by step.
The right hand moves down by step.
The middle two notes are 2 and 3.
So 1, 2, 3, and 5 in the right.
The left hand is in octave B.
[Am]
[B] Moving on.
Next is right hand on its own.
1, 2, and 3.
Moving on.
[E]
All together now.
The left hand is E's.
And 1, 3, and 5 in the right hand.
[Em] Moving to 2 and 4 in the top two voices.
[Am] On its own.
So again, from the top we have [A] together, [B] together, alone, [E] together, [Em] alone.
Moving on.
The left hand is going to move up by step.
And the right [F] hand 1, 2, and 5.
Take a moment to learn everything little by little.
You can pause and play as needed.
The left hand stays put on F.
The right hand is 1, 2, and 4.
Moving on.
The left hand is going to move up to G.
And the right hand will come down on C and [C] begin trilling.
[G] So one or two words about the trill here.
A lot of you will find that trilling is not so easy.
It's not so easy to make it fast.
But there is a little bit of a trick to it, especially when you have a trill on two white notes.
It's a rotational method.
Like this.
It's not easy to start with this, but [D] you sort of work up to it.
With every rotation you depress one note.
Your fingers shouldn't be too stiff.
They should be a little bit loose.
A little bit supple, I suppose.
And they depress the note just enough to sound it.
And you sort of fool around with it a little bit until you find that sweet spot where you get both of the notes equally.
[Cm] [G]
[C] But that's where we'll stop.
If you'd like to continue [E] learning the piece, please visit our website smartclassicalpiano.com
And you can finish the whole piece there.
Don't forget to
This is a nice piece to have on the off chance you find yourself at a cocktail party for example.
Or some event where you find out there's a groom or a bride.
You can whip out this piece, everybody's super impressed that you know it.
It's a nice thing to have in your arsenal.
It needs no introduction but I'll play it for you [A] anyway.
You can start learning this piece here on YouTube and if you'd like to continue learning it,
please visit our website smartclassicpiano.com, start your free trial there and finish the work.
Don't forget to subscribe, leave us a comment below and here we go.
[C] Cool,
[Am]
[B] [Em] [Dm] [G] [C]
[Am] [B] [Em] [F] [C]
[G] [C] that's that.
Very, very famous, isn't it?
Cool, so how do we begin?
We're going to start with the middle C.
Middle C, this is where we are.
Middle C, triplets on middle C.
Very straight forward, right?
And in terms of counting, this is the only part that I'll actually cover in terms of counting
because everything else, your ear will help you.
It's a bit of a pick up, so you're going to count 3 beats and you're going to come on the 4th with the triplet.
Let me demonstrate.
1, 2, 3.
From there on you can sort of feel the movement of the piece and you'll know it just by virtue of having heard it a thousand times in the past.
So, in terms of fingering, you can use whatever you'd like.
I prefer 2, 4, 5.
So that's what I'm going with.
So basically we're building a C major chord one by one with triplets.
Cool, moving on.
[Am] [A] Here's the first chord.
1, 2, 3, 5 in the right hand.
And the left hand is octave A's.
[B] Moving on.
The left hand moves up by step.
The right hand moves down by step.
The middle two notes are 2 and 3.
So 1, 2, 3, and 5 in the right.
The left hand is in octave B.
[Am]
[B] Moving on.
Next is right hand on its own.
1, 2, and 3.
Moving on.
[E]
All together now.
The left hand is E's.
And 1, 3, and 5 in the right hand.
[Em] Moving to 2 and 4 in the top two voices.
[Am] On its own.
So again, from the top we have [A] together, [B] together, alone, [E] together, [Em] alone.
Moving on.
The left hand is going to move up by step.
And the right [F] hand 1, 2, and 5.
Take a moment to learn everything little by little.
You can pause and play as needed.
The left hand stays put on F.
The right hand is 1, 2, and 4.
Moving on.
The left hand is going to move up to G.
And the right hand will come down on C and [C] begin trilling.
[G] So one or two words about the trill here.
A lot of you will find that trilling is not so easy.
It's not so easy to make it fast.
But there is a little bit of a trick to it, especially when you have a trill on two white notes.
It's a rotational method.
Like this.
It's not easy to start with this, but [D] you sort of work up to it.
With every rotation you depress one note.
Your fingers shouldn't be too stiff.
They should be a little bit loose.
A little bit supple, I suppose.
And they depress the note just enough to sound it.
And you sort of fool around with it a little bit until you find that sweet spot where you get both of the notes equally.
[Cm] [G]
[C] But that's where we'll stop.
If you'd like to continue [E] learning the piece, please visit our website smartclassicalpiano.com
And you can finish the whole piece there.
Don't forget to
Key:
C
Am
B
Em
G
C
Am
B
Today we're going to be looking at Mendelssohn's Wedding March.
This is a nice piece to have on the off chance you find yourself at a cocktail party for example.
Or some event where you find out there's a groom or a bride.
You can whip out this piece, everybody's super impressed that you know it.
It's a nice thing to have in your arsenal.
It needs no introduction but I'll play it for you [A] anyway.
You can start learning this piece here on YouTube and if you'd like to continue learning it,
please visit our website smartclassicpiano.com, start your free trial there and finish the work.
Don't forget to subscribe, leave us a comment below and here we go.
_ [C] _ Cool, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[B] _ _ [Em] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ [B] _ [Em] _ [F] _ _ [C] _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ that's that.
Very, very famous, isn't it?
Cool, so how do we begin?
We're going to start with the middle C.
Middle C, this is where we are.
Middle C, triplets on middle C.
Very straight forward, right?
And in terms of counting, this is the only part that I'll actually cover in terms of counting
because everything else, your ear will help you.
_ It's a bit of a pick up, so you're going to count 3 beats and you're going to come on the 4th with the triplet.
Let me demonstrate.
1, 2, 3. _ _ _
_ _ From there on you can sort of feel the movement of the piece and you'll know it just by virtue of having heard it a thousand times in the past.
So, in terms of fingering, you can use whatever you'd like.
I prefer 2, 4, 5.
So that's what I'm going with.
So basically we're building a C major chord one by one with triplets. _ _
Cool, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ moving on.
[Am] _ [A] Here's the first chord.
1, 2, 3, 5 in the right hand.
And the left hand is octave A's.
[B] Moving on.
The left hand moves up by step.
The right hand moves down by step.
_ The middle two notes are 2 and 3.
So 1, 2, 3, and 5 in the right.
The left hand is in octave B.
[Am] _
[B] _ _ Moving on.
_ _ Next is right hand on its own.
1, 2, and 3.
_ Moving on.
_ [E]
All together now.
The left hand is E's.
And 1, 3, and 5 in the right hand.
[Em] _ Moving to 2 and 4 in the top two voices.
[Am] On its own.
So again, from the top we have [A] together, [B] together, alone, [E] together, _ [Em] alone.
Moving on.
The left hand is going to move up by step.
And the right [F] hand 1, 2, and 5. _ _
Take a moment to learn everything little by little.
You can pause and play as needed. _
The left hand stays put on F.
The right hand is 1, 2, and 4.
Moving on.
The left hand is going to move up to G.
And the right hand will come down on C and [C] begin trilling.
_ _ _ [G] So one or two words about the trill here.
_ _ A lot of you will find that trilling is not so easy.
It's not so easy to make it fast.
But there is a little bit of a trick to it, especially when you have a trill on two white notes.
It's a rotational method.
Like this.
It's not easy to start with this, but [D] you sort of work up to it.
With every rotation you depress one note.
Your fingers shouldn't be too stiff.
They should be a little bit loose.
A little bit supple, I suppose.
And they depress the note just enough to sound it.
_ _ And you sort of fool around with it a little bit until you find that sweet spot where you get both of the notes equally.
[Cm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ But that's where we'll stop.
If you'd like to continue [E] learning the piece, please visit our website smartclassicalpiano.com
And you can finish the whole piece there.
Don't forget to
This is a nice piece to have on the off chance you find yourself at a cocktail party for example.
Or some event where you find out there's a groom or a bride.
You can whip out this piece, everybody's super impressed that you know it.
It's a nice thing to have in your arsenal.
It needs no introduction but I'll play it for you [A] anyway.
You can start learning this piece here on YouTube and if you'd like to continue learning it,
please visit our website smartclassicpiano.com, start your free trial there and finish the work.
Don't forget to subscribe, leave us a comment below and here we go.
_ [C] _ Cool, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[B] _ _ [Em] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ [B] _ [Em] _ [F] _ _ [C] _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ that's that.
Very, very famous, isn't it?
Cool, so how do we begin?
We're going to start with the middle C.
Middle C, this is where we are.
Middle C, triplets on middle C.
Very straight forward, right?
And in terms of counting, this is the only part that I'll actually cover in terms of counting
because everything else, your ear will help you.
_ It's a bit of a pick up, so you're going to count 3 beats and you're going to come on the 4th with the triplet.
Let me demonstrate.
1, 2, 3. _ _ _
_ _ From there on you can sort of feel the movement of the piece and you'll know it just by virtue of having heard it a thousand times in the past.
So, in terms of fingering, you can use whatever you'd like.
I prefer 2, 4, 5.
So that's what I'm going with.
So basically we're building a C major chord one by one with triplets. _ _
Cool, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ moving on.
[Am] _ [A] Here's the first chord.
1, 2, 3, 5 in the right hand.
And the left hand is octave A's.
[B] Moving on.
The left hand moves up by step.
The right hand moves down by step.
_ The middle two notes are 2 and 3.
So 1, 2, 3, and 5 in the right.
The left hand is in octave B.
[Am] _
[B] _ _ Moving on.
_ _ Next is right hand on its own.
1, 2, and 3.
_ Moving on.
_ [E]
All together now.
The left hand is E's.
And 1, 3, and 5 in the right hand.
[Em] _ Moving to 2 and 4 in the top two voices.
[Am] On its own.
So again, from the top we have [A] together, [B] together, alone, [E] together, _ [Em] alone.
Moving on.
The left hand is going to move up by step.
And the right [F] hand 1, 2, and 5. _ _
Take a moment to learn everything little by little.
You can pause and play as needed. _
The left hand stays put on F.
The right hand is 1, 2, and 4.
Moving on.
The left hand is going to move up to G.
And the right hand will come down on C and [C] begin trilling.
_ _ _ [G] So one or two words about the trill here.
_ _ A lot of you will find that trilling is not so easy.
It's not so easy to make it fast.
But there is a little bit of a trick to it, especially when you have a trill on two white notes.
It's a rotational method.
Like this.
It's not easy to start with this, but [D] you sort of work up to it.
With every rotation you depress one note.
Your fingers shouldn't be too stiff.
They should be a little bit loose.
A little bit supple, I suppose.
And they depress the note just enough to sound it.
_ _ And you sort of fool around with it a little bit until you find that sweet spot where you get both of the notes equally.
[Cm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ But that's where we'll stop.
If you'd like to continue [E] learning the piece, please visit our website smartclassicalpiano.com
And you can finish the whole piece there.
Don't forget to