♫ See the line where the sky meets the sea? It calls me. ♫
♫ And no one knows how far it goes. ♫
Aloha, I'm Joseph Hoffman, and today we're
learning how to play the chorus to "How
Far I'll Go" from Disney's "Moana." This
particular video is my level one version
of this song, which is perfect for anyone
who's already been playing piano for
about a year or so. If you've only been
playing for a few months or never before
at all, then check out my preparatory
level video on the same song. It'll be
perfect for you. Or, if you're a more
advanced player, I also have a level 3
version for this song too. So level 1
players, let's come to the piano to get
started. Alright let's learn the
right-hand melody first, and for that
we'll put right hand finger one on F
right here, and I'll use finger numbers
to kind of help guide what we're playing,
so remember fingers 1 2 3 4 5 in order. The
song starts off where the chorus starts
off with, ♫ see the line where the sky
meets the sea? ♫ So just this easy
pattern of three notes stepping up,
♫ 1 2 3, 1 2 3, 1 2 3 ♫ Now you try.
Good, and then we have, ♫ It calls me ♫ and
for that we'll use ♫ 1 5 2 ♫ Now you try.
Good. So if we put that together we get
♫ See the line where the sky meets the sea, it calls me ♫
Now you try.
Good, and at any point feel free to pause
if you need extra practice. Now for this
next part, and no one knows, we need to
move finger 1 down to C for "and" then
quickly move finger four up to this high
treble C for ♫ no one ♫ and then we've got to
stretch finger three back down to A.
Ok, so watch that once. We have ♫ and no one ♫
♫ knows ♫ It's important we get that finger
three on A because then our finger one
has to come down again for ♫ how far it ♫
♫ goes ♫ Ok, so I said, again, we have 1 on low C,
4 comes up to this high C, then it
steps up, then finger 3 comes down to
♫ A G 1 4 5 3 2 ♫
Now press pause and try that a few
times on your own. Make sure you're using
the correct fingers, that quick shift up
here, ♫ bah bah bah ♫ and then finger 3 back to A
♫ 1 4 5 3 2 ♫ Press pause and try that on your
own. Press play when you're ready to go on.
Good, now let's try this next section
which has the same patterns or very
similar to before. Once again we have
♫ If the wind in my sail on the sea ♫
Now you try.
Remember, that's just
1 2 3, 1 2 3, 1 2 3. Now this time we've got two F's
♫ stays behind me ♫ So that's
♫ 1 1 5 2 ♫ Now you try.
Good, let's put those two parts together.
So we have ♫ If the wind in my sail on the ♫
♫ sea stays behind me ♫ Now you try.
Good, and now just like we had before
come down to this C, 1, and then day, finger
4, has to come up to this C ♫ one day ♫
♫ I'll know ♫ and then this one's a little different.
We have ♫ how far ♫ and then we just need
♫ I'll go ♫ That's where she's holding the
last note of the song for eight beats,
and then we're going to play this nice C
major chord with C E G at the end.
Ok, so watch this ending one more time. We
have ♫ one day I'll how far I'll go ♫ and I like
to switch to finger 3 there because then
I can play a little bit stronger. Hold
that for eight beats and then do a
C-major chord to finish. Hold that for
eight beats. Great. Now let's listen to
the entire chorus, just right hand, then
I'll let you press pause and practice on
your own, so here we go.
♫
All right now, press pause and
practice that a few times, or maybe lots
and lots of times on your own. When you
feel really comfortable with the right
hand, if you'd like the extra challenge
of adding the left-hand part then press
play and keep watching.
Ok, now let's figure out the left-hand
part. This will make it sound a little
bit more interesting. So we'll put our
left-hand finger one on this bass F.
Here's my middle C, so I'm at the nearest
F below that, and you notice we have a
bunch of whole notes here, and this is
kind of giving the bass to the song, so
let's try this out, finger one on F, we
have 1 2 3 4, then another F, 1 2 3 4, then the
note, next note, is a C a forth below
that, so we're going to come down here
finger 4 on C, 1 2 3 4, again, 1 2 3 4, then we
play D, steps up to D, 3 4, another D 2 3 4,
then down to B-flat, 1 2 3 4,
1 2 3 4. Ok, let's practice it that far
together. So basically the pattern goes
two F's then two C's then two D's and then
two B-flats, each one, though, for four
beats. Ok, so try with me and let's count
the beat out loud. Remember the pattern? F C D
B-flat. You kind of turn your hand a
little bit to help your finger five
reach that B-flat if you like. And ready?
Go.
1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, to C, 2 3 4, 1 2 3
4, to D, 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, 1 2 B-flat
4, 1 2 3 4, good, and then that
pattern begins over again, so let's keep
going.
Now we have two F's again, 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4,
then to C, 2 3 4,
1 2 3 4, to D 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, now instead of
going to B-flat which is what happened
last time,
Now the left hand is going to do
something a little fancy here. Finger 2
is going to come up here to A-flat and
you play 1 2 3 4, and then on 4 your
finger 1 is going to come under that
finger to G, and now you're going to let
your fingers just fall into this C
position to have 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4.
Ok, so let's do that again.
1 2 3 4, boom, boom,
we go from F down to D, to C, and that's
the same moment we play the C major
chord up in the right hand. Okay, now I'd like
you to press pause and practice this
ending part
a few times on your own, then press play
when you're ready to go on.
Ok, now let's take a look at how to put
the hands together, so basically it's
important to see what word or note
you're playing in the right hand when
that lines up with a note, one of these
whole notes, that you're playing in the
left hand, for example in this first
measure we have "see the line," and
you'll see on the word "line" is where
your left hand plays that F. We have "See
the line where the sky meets the sea" and "sea" is the next
time we play an F. Now on "It
calls" you'll notice we have this tied
note, so the left hand plays the C in
between the word "calls" and "me." It gives
it kind of a cool syncopated feeling. We
have "It calls" left-hand "me"
and then the left-hand plays again
"And no one" and then on the word "knows" we
play the D, D, "How far it goes" B-flat.
"If the wind in my sails on the sea stays behind," C, "me,"
C "one day I'll," D, D,
"how far I'll," and then on the word "go" we do
this little cool part the left hand
plays at the end. "Go" bah bah bah bah.
Okay, I'm going to play the whole thing
for you once so you can kind of see how it all
fits together, and then you're on your
own to practice it and put this cool
song hands together. Here we go.
♫
Great job learning how to play "How Far
I'll Go" from Moana. If you practice every
day there's just no telling how far
you'll go.
Thanks for watching and aloha!
That was totally my idea to do a lesson
on a song from Moana. Wasn't that great?
Nice going. I give Mr. Hoffman all his
best ideas. Hoffman Academy just wouldn't
be the same without me.
♫ What can I say except you're welcome, for ♫
♫ the tides, the sun, the sky. Hey it's ♫
♫ okay it's okay you're welcome, I'm just ♫
♫ an ordinary Scuba guy! ♫
Sheesh.