Hola y bienvenidos. Soy Joseph Hoffman and in this lesson I'll be teaching you
how to play the melody for "Remember Me" from the movie Coco. Let's come to the
piano to get started. First let's talk about where we're going to place our
hands on your piano or keyboard. These pinkish purple notes are where your left
hand is going to be. Anytime you see notes in the bass staff, which the bass
clef looks like this, any notes down here will be played by the left hand, and
these notes are E F G A and B. These blue notes are the keys that your right hand
will be taking care of, and as you're reading "Remember Me", any notes up here in
the treble staff, you'll see this treble clef here, those notes up on this staff
are going to be played by the right hand with C D E F and G. Now as we go there's
one place where your right hand will have to shift up one key higher for this
A, and then towards the end of the song your right hand will have to shift even
higher all the way up to this C B and A. So be ready on these three keys as well,
but most of the time your right hand will be hanging out down here
occasionally shifting up one key and then right at the end will make a big
shift up as well. Let's go ahead and place your two hands in this position
and let's get started. The right hand has the first two notes. Finger 2 plays D
then we step up to E, and you'll notice on that E there's
this symbol up above called a fermata, and that symbol means you're going to
hold that note a little extra long. ♫Remember♫ then it comes down to this C, and then the
left hand plays G. So altogether we get, ♫Remember me♫
Now you try.
Good, now as we're learning this I encourage you to sing along with
yourself as you play. ♫Remember me♫ That will help you get the notes and rhythms correct. And
then this next phrase we have the first two notes are in the left hand, actually
the first three notes. We have G E F so we start on G, skip down, and then step up.
Now you try.
G E F
that makes ♫though I have♫ and then the right hand comes back in on C C D D. Now let's
try the right hand part ♫to say goodbye♫ Now you try
And notice that on that last
note we have another fermata, so we'll go ♫to say goodbye♫ and kind of hold that out a
little extra long. Let's put that together with the phrase before the
three notes our left hand just played. So we have G, skip down, step up, and then the
right hand C C D D. ♫Though I have♫
♫to say goodbye♫ Now you try.
Good, then you'll notice this breath mark. That
means you'll take a, just a slight pause. That breath mark is where a singer would
take a breath. On the piano we'll just pause for a moment, lift the hand for
just a moment, and then we go on to E E D G in the left hand for ♫Remember me♫ Now you try.
Good, and then we go on, the right hand plays E, then steps up to F, steps back to E, two
E's, then two D's. E F E E D D. For, ♫Don't let it make you cry♫ Now you try.
Good, now at any point in this video if you need some extra time to practice
something, just press pause or rewind, work on it on your own, and then keep
going. Now let's put all of this together from the beginning. We had ♫Remember me,♫
Rest, ♫though I have to say goodbye, remember me♫
Rest, rest, ♫Don't let it make you cry♫ Good, now if you'd like to pause and work
on that section on your own, you can feel free to do that, or if you're ready to
keep going, let's go on to the next phrase. You'll see this one note down in
the base staff, which means our left hand will play it finger 1 on B ♫for♫ on
that B, and then it comes right back to the right hand C. ♫for e-♫ and then here is
where I was talking about before where we're going to have to reach up one key,
because this next note's an A and we don't have a finger on A, so we're just
gonna reach up, let all the other fingers follow along except your thumb. Okay, so watch this,
♫For even if I'm far away♫ See how I did that? 'for e-' then two A's, two G's, two E's. ♫For even if I'm far away♫
Now I'd like you to press pause on the video and try that a few times on your own from 'For
even if I'm far away' and then stop there, press pause to work on that section on
your own, then press play to go on.
Okay so you should have been playing ♫For even if I'm far away♫ Then to go
on, our finger 1 is going to reach back down here to C, or maybe you've kept it
there the whole time and that's fine too. They can just have stayed there on C,
♫I♫ and then on the word 'hold', what you're going to do is bring your fingers back
to their original position with these five adjacent keys. ♫I hold you in my heart♫ Okay, so watch all
of that together. ♫For even if I'm far away, I♫ Shift ♫hold you in my heart♫ So let's practice just that part.
C G F F E E. Now you try
Good, now try putting it together all the way back to ♫For even if I'm far away, I hold you in my heart♫
And remember on 'hold' you're gonna shift back down. Okay, press pause and work on that phrase a few times
on your own until you're comfortable with it, and then press play and we'll learn a
little more.
Good, now the next two notes are back down in the base staff, which means our
left hand will take care of them. Finger 3 on G, and then that steps up
to A for ♫I sing♫ Now you try.
Good, now after ♫I sing♫ then we come back up to this G in the right hand, finger
5 is on that G, ♫A secret song to you♫ See how we had two G's, steps down, F F
steps down, E E ♫I sing a secret song to you♫ Now you try.
Good, now let's add a little more. We have ♫each night♫ which is C E. And we just
skipped up C E D D C D.
♫each night we are apart♫ Now you try.
Good, now let's connect that with the phrase
before, ♫I sing a secret song to you each night we are apart.♫ Fermata again. Now press pause and work on
that phrase a few times on your own until you feel confident, then press play to go on.
So we just finished with with ♫apart♫ with the fermata, and then a breath. So go ahead
and lift your hand for just a moment, then we go on ♫Remember me♫ Notice that all the
'Remember me's are a little bit different. We had that first one that was D E C G,
then the next one was E E D G. Then this one is, C E
C G. So be careful of that. Each one is a little different. Try it on your own now.
Good, C E C G, rest, then this is just like what we had before, G E F C C D D. Now you try.
Good, and then here's another 'Remember me' which once again is a little different
from all the ones before it. This time it's, E E F E. Now you try.
Good, now let's connect that to 'though I have to travel far'. This time, unlike the other places,
there's no fermata or breath marks so it just kind of goes straight through. ♫Though I have to travel far. Remember me,♫
Okay, now you try.
Good, now let's check out this next phrase. We have, ♫each time you hear a sad♫
♫guitar♫ And in letter names we have two E's, E E, then steps up to two F's, F F
steps back down to two E's, E E, then step up, step up. E E F F E E F G. Now you try.
Good, now here's for me where I think we get
to one of the most beautiful parts of the song where we go, ♫Know♫ and then we come
all the way up to this high C. We go from C to C, which has a really sweet sound. ♫Know that I'm with you the♫
♫only way that I can be♫
Okay, so to get all the way up there, finger 1 plays this middle C and then
finger 5 is gonna kind of reach all the way up to this high C, two C's in a row,
two B's in a row, two A's in a row, two G's in a row. See how it's just two in a row,
step down two in a row, step down two in a row, step down. Then here it skips down a
little surprise, right? We had two C's, two B's, two A's, two G's, skip down, two E's, and then
step down, step down. So watch how we do that with fingering. So we go ♫Know that I'm with you the only way♫
Stretch down, ♫that I♫ Now we've got to step down, but we're out of fingers. So watch,
finger 2 is going to just glide over and all the other fingers will follow. D,
and then finger 1 sneaks under to C. Kind of fun and tricky, huh? We're on this
E, finger 2 just glides over, and then finger 1 sneaks under for C. Watch the
whole thing.
Now, I'd like you to press pause and work on that until you feel comfortable. This
is maybe the trickiest spot in the song so take your time, get comfortable with
that phrase on your own, press pause to work on that, and then press play to go on.
Okay we're coming up on the end of the song. Now we get ♫until♫ two C's. Go ahead
and try that. Good, then we have an E-flat. Here's E, here's E-flat. So finger two,
which was here on D, is just going to glide over to this E-flat
♫you're in♫ two E-flats in a row. The flat symbol carries all the way across the
measure to all other E's on that same line. And then two A-flats in a row, which
you'll use finger 5 on. A-flat is right here. Here's E-flat, here's A-flat. ♫until you're in my arms♫
Now you try.
So basically right there, you were in this position, you're just gonna
take fingers 2 and 5 and move them up to these two black keys. For, ♫until you're in my arms♫
Now you try.
Good, now here your left hand is gonna cross over to help with these two really
high notes. We need a C and a D for ♫again♫ So watch this whole thing. ♫until you're in my arms again♫
and fermata on that really high note. Press pause to practice that on your own,
then press play to go on.
Good, now after you do ♫until you're in my arms again.♫ after that we finish with ♫ Remember me.♫
You're just going to play four C's with the right hand finger 3, sorry, your
left hand which has crossed over will play those four C's. ♫Remember me.♫
For the ending.
Now, we've gone through the whole thing one phrase at a time.
Like I said, you can feel free to rewind, practice sections on your own until you
feel like you've got the whole thing mastered. One really fun way to practice
this would be to buy the soundtrack. This one track for "Remember Me", and this is
the lullaby version. In the movie Coco they're actually three, at least three
times that you hear this song and the one I taught you today is the lullaby
version. So find that soundtrack, download it, I'll put a link below this
lesson and then you can have a lot of fun playing along with the original
soundtrack. Great work learning the melody for "Remember Me. I hope you
enjoyed playing this song as much as I have. Thanks for learning with me today,
and adios mis amigos.
♫Señoras y señores, Buenas tardes, buenas noches, Buenas tardes,♫
♫buenas noches, Señoritas y señores, To be here with you tonight brings me joy,♫
♫que alegria, for this music is my language and the world es mi tortilla.♫ I think it's supposed to be 'familia'.
♫For this music is my language and the world es mi tortilla.♫ It's 'familia'! ♫For this music is my language and♫
♫the world es mi tortilla!♫