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For those who play piano...

how long would it take for a beginner to learn to play Coldplay's "Clocks?"

So I've always wanted to take piano lessons and FINALLY took the plunge. First lesson is Thursday! ($8/ per half hour)

The only background I have is my ability to read music. So far, lessons would be once a week but of course I intend to practice.

I am wanting to bring in a modern pop piece as a goal. With all these factors in mind, is "Clocks" too advanced, unattainable?

Here is the tab:



Song: "Clocks"
Band: Coldplay
Album: "Rush of Blood To The Head"
Year: 2002

Tabbed by: ux�
E-mail: [email protected]


For this tab, Middle C marks the beginning of Octave 1.

C Db D Eb E F Gb G Ab A Bb B C Db D Eb E F Gb G Ab A Bb B C
|<======== Octave 1 ========>|<======== Octave 2 ========>|

Each note below has a number after it. This number (either 1
or 2) identifies the octave in which the note is played.

"Clocks" has eight 'eighth notes' in each measure.
One measure of music is represented by one line of notes.
Play each note one at a time, right after the other.

Section 1 is played in both the left and right hands at the same
time. Each hand plays exactly the same notes, except the left hand
plays one octave lower than the right hand. The right hand part
has been tabbed out, so once you learn the riff, you can apply it
to the left hand. Note that this applies only to Section 1.


Section 1:

Eb2 Bb1 G1 Eb2 Bb1 G1 Eb2 Bb1

Db2 Ab1 F1 Db2 Ab1 F1 Db2 Ab1

Db2 Ab1 F1 Db2 Ab1 F1 Db2 Ab1

C2 Ab1 F1 C2 Ab1 F1 C2 Ab1


Section 2:

Ab2 G2 Eb2 Ab2 G2 Eb2 Ab2 G2

Ab2 G2 Db2 Ab2 G2 Db2 Ab2 G2

Ab2 G2 Db2 Ab2 G2 Db2 Ab2 G2

Ab2 G2 C2 Ab2 G2 C2 Ab2 G2


Section 3:

Each measure in the bridge contains one 'eighth note' played
eight times. For brevity's sake, it's been compressed so
all you have to do is "play each note below eight times".

F2 F2 F2 F2

F2 F2 Ab1 C2

F2 F2 Ab1 C2

F2 F2 F2 F2


This song is broken down into ten parts, listed below.
The numbers below refer to the measures of each part.

1-16 Intro Play Section 1 four times
17-32 Verse 1 No piano
33-48 Chorus 1 Play Section 1 four times
49-64 Verse 2 No piano
65-80 Chorus 1 Play Section 1 four times
81-96 Chorus 2 Play Section 2 four times
97-112 Bridge Play Section 3 one time
113-120 Chorus 1 Play Section 1 two times
121-152 Chorus 2 Play Section 2 eight times
153-168 Outro Play Section 2 four times


Tabber's Notes:
This song reminds me of Radiohead playing "Like Spinning Plates"
at a concert in Ohio. An excellent tab of that song can be
downloaded at http://www.pianotabs.net/tabs/r/rad_like.txt .
It's more complicated than this tab, but it's worth it.

it tooked 20mins for my friend and he was drinking beer :[

quote:

Originally posted by bananas it tooked 20mins for my friend and he was drinking beer :[

about 6 for me, but i was sober
but yeah, it could be tough for a beginner if you play it in the correct key
i'd start with yellow or something slower if i were you, and work your way up to clocks
good luck though!

i've always wanted to play piano too hehehe . but i always wanted to rock some tori amos songs hahah.

you know...to be honest...i think you could play the coldplay song without lessons. if you had the music...and took your time learning the keys i think you could do it. but yeah it'd still be cool to learn to play...

Yeha its not very complex after your muscle memory kicks in.. essentially its all just notes.. not a lot of super complex chord progressions etc etc

hahaa well .. I was told a year. She says she'll instruct by a book. Of course that has its advantages as to theory and notation but I hope its not ALL based by book. I hope she'll just let me bring things in and we just jump in.

Don't ever give me the idea of drinking and doing something else simultaneously! Not that it hasn't already crossed my mind

I forgot the structure in "Yellow" I'll have to listen to it again. Thanks, Mez.

Tori Amos .. "Winter!"

Take them with me, Jason. You would get flocks of chicks and could be my motivation! I think there's about 1 month left on that tune, by the way. I'm counting the days til ITS MINE.

maybe i'll do a search on amazon today for some tori amos sheet music hehehe

if i can find it, which i'm sure it's out there somewhere, maybe i'll give them a go on my keyboard hehehe

Don't worry.. I've already got some cheapies for you.. I stumbled across this.

Can you feeeeeeeeeeeeel the pressure

http://torimusicsheets.bravehost.com/index.html

Too bad you can hardly read that.

I can't find "Siren" anywhere. I forgot about that song!

quote:

Originally posted by Estella Tori Amos .. "Winter!"

ch00n!!

<3

i wanna learn too ~!

"my immortal" > "clocks"

"my immortal" makes me cry like a whimpering baby .. ..

but yeah yeah .. my immortal is an easy song .. it's like 6 keys repeated over and over again ..

but i agree with the above .. since you're a beginner .. start with the older coldplay songs .. the slower ones .. of course like 'yellow' or maybe 'trouble' ..

quote:

Originally posted by Estella Don't worry.. I've already got some cheapies for you.. I stumbled across this. Can you feeeeeeeeeeeeel the pressure http://torimusicsheets.bravehost.com/index.html Too bad you can hardly read that. I can't find "Siren" anywhere. I forgot about that song!

damn!! thanks estella


i'm gonna print them out at work hehehe

my immortal sux imo.

quote:

Originally posted by LeopoldStotch "my immortal" > "clocks" "my immortal" makes me cry like a whimpering baby .. .. but yeah yeah .. my immortal is an easy song .. it's like 6 keys repeated over and over again .. but i agree with the above .. since you're a beginner .. start with the older coldplay songs .. the slower ones .. of course like 'yellow' or maybe 'trouble' ..

thank THA LORD you didn't mention that group. How embrassing It's good like this.. I was thinking "My Immortal" was some Coldplay song and naturally others will think the same.

There was this guy on PBS who taught piano for the beginner. Check out his site.

http://www.scottthepianoguy.com/

I play piano a lot but never use tabs (clasically trained ) I hope you've got access to a piano to practise on. If so, just try fiddling around- sounds like you already have some musical training so you might surprise yourself.Play around til you find what suits you best - might be the melody or the chord basses. Try other tunes that you like too by ear.

I do it all the time! It's fun not to be tied down to written music sometimes.

Ah, I've never wanted to play piano.

I could do in 5 minutes while fighting a demon

With or without a deacon ninjar present?

quote:

Originally posted by Sunsnail With or without a deacon ninjar present?

I'll also teach the deacon ninja to play the piano in 2 minutes ^ then chop his head of with a violin stick

Re: For those who play piano...

quote:

Originally posted by Estella With all these factors in mind, is "Clocks" too advanced, unattainable?

No not at all, you can do anything with it, if you're motivated enough.
Cheers,
-Alex

you could probably just learn clocks without the lesson, just by listening to it by ear. it's a really simple piano riff.

My experience with piano. Once you figure out your middle C your gold from there

quote:

Originally posted by bokus My experience with piano. Once you figure out your middle C your gold from there

If you get confused with note names, D is actually the easiest to find - the middle of the two black notes (C is to the left of that, obviously).

quote:

Originally posted by Omega_Blue you could probably just learn clocks without the lesson, just by listening to it by ear. it's a really simple piano riff.

So that's what I did! With the help of this site:

http://www.8notes.com/school/riffs/...play_clocks.asp

By ear I just found the keys and barely managed with the chords! I was so happy!! The tempo is fast, it's hard to keep up.. I may for an instant and then everything goes to hell hahaa. But when I just play the 3+3+2 rhythm with the song, it meshes in.. everything is right. But there has to be more.. it sounds so .. bland when I play it on only the piano. What are those chords for? I'm using only my right hand... and I don't think that's all he's doing is it?

N00b questions: are there a different # of keys on a keyboard than piano? I want to label the keys on the keyboard as a sort of cheat sheet until I get them memorized. Can someone help? I can't find any site that just lays out the full board and has key notes. For example, on the link I provided, there are only a minimal amount of keys displayed in the pictoral piano chords at the bottom. How am I to decipher which is which note if not all keys are displayed?

Est and Bokus.. can you elaborate a bit?

http://www.pianoworld.com/keyboard.htm

the black keys are the sharp of the note to the left and flat of the note to the right...

example... A sharp = B flat

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