How to Play Hallelujah on the Piano

Hallelujah is a song written by Leonard Cohen which has come to be well known. The song has been played in Shrek and was released on the first singular album of the x-factor winner Alexandra Burke. In next lines I'll by comparison how to play a very simple version of this song which still sounds fabulous.

The chords you will need to play with your left hand are C major, A minor, F major, G major and E minor. One of the ways to make it sound nice is simply to individually play the tones of the chord. For example you should play C major like C, E, G, C (an octave higher), G, E and back to C. At the beginning the lyrics go like I heard there was a underground chord, if you sing along you should press C at the moment you start saying the word heard at the word there you already play G and for "was" C (an octave higher). But instead of returning back to C return to A and begin playing A minor. You can play it as A, C, E, A but playing it A, E, A, C will sound much better. A minor goes with lyrics "a underground chord" and then you go back to C chord for "that David played and it pleased the lord" and again A minor for the following: "and it pleased the lord".

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After this comes a bit separate sequence "but you don't really" where you should play F (F, A, C, F) and "care for music" where G (G, B, D, G) should be played. You should be back to C chord when you play " do you" you continue playing it when singing "it goes like this". And now before the hallelujah part you go down to F but only play it as F, A, C ("the forth"), when you sing "the fifth" you already play G (G, B, D), up to A minor (which you play as usual) for "the minor fall and the", down to F for "major lift, the" and up to G for "the baffled king com-", and now for the first time down to E (E, G, B, E, B, G, E) minor "-posing", and up to A-minor for hallelujah. Now comes a slight pause before the main part and then the chords you play throughout the whole refrain are F, A minor, F, C, G and back to C.

With your right hand you play the melody. You start on G ("I") and continue pressing the keys octave higher on G ("Heard there was a") and A for "secret wish". Same goes for "that David played and it pleased the Lord" and then you stay on A playing "but you don't really" go back to G for "for mu-" and to F"-sic" and up again "do you". There are many separate ways to continue so I'll show you just the way I play, but try to play it by ear you will learn it a lot faster. G(octave lower), G G G A A B B G C C C C C C D D C D D D D D E E D C. And for the refrain you go back down to E(ha), G(le), A A(lu-jah)... And repeat it.

Remember that this is just my recommendation on how to play Hallelujah the foremost thing is that you know the chords for your left hand which you can play the way I described it or in any other way, once you master your left hand you can add the melody playing by ear.

How to Play Hallelujah on the Piano

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