Heartbeat - Childish Gambino (Piano Lesson by Matt McCloskey)

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I walk you through a step by step lesson and teach you how to play "Heartbeat" by Childish Gambino on piano.
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-Matt
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[@lindseytreweek8771]

4 years later, still a great tutorial video! thank you!

[@vxnBEAUTYx]

Love this. Huge fan of Gambino and this is one of my have songs from this album. I've been looking for a song to play for my recreational piano final, and I think this is it. Thanks!

[@madiwin4527]

8 years later and ur work is still appreciated ✊

[@lowkeyjinn9494]

Found this recently, still one of the best covers on this song 💯

[@qg4091]

Great lesson man, love the pace of it and the quality of the instructions!

[@MentalGains]

It would be nice if u put the notes in the info

[@mubinkazi2664]

Thanks Northpaw this is excellent! Love from Australia!

[@backwardsman1]

Wow the play through at the end is INCREDIBLE! I hope to be able to play like you some day.

[@xXbspencerXx]

Love this lesson man. I took a liking to Childish Gambino like last month and you did the song justice. Good job.

[@jocykins9473]

This is beautiful thank you for the great video :)

[@juliettemahieu9399]

Just amaziiing man thank you!!

[@Teku_Guy]

Nice vid man! a little to fast, had to stop and re-watch it several times but nice vid. I think u should create a video on How to play LES by Childish Gambino or Kids(keep up) also by Childish Gambino. I think those a re groovy jams to learn on the piano. Thnx for ur time dude.

[@hellopity]

We need more gambino songs, Telegraph Ave, Shadows or URN (:

[@OTHERVERSETCG]

agreed

[@lukamagicc]

You do know he quit a long time ago.

[@OTHERVERSETCG]

Why?

[@lukamagicc]

Apparently Tyler the creator 'used' him on some shit and he kinda rage quit

[@americangirdolllover]

Xtinguishor Wtf are you talking lol Gambino is well,humble, and still making music lol

[@miyabi114]

yesss!! i was waiting forever for a heartbeat tutorial. thank you so much!!

[@tylerdelosreyes8387]

Great tutorial!

[@DJMoistSausage]

killin it as usual bro

[@imtoouncreative]

Finally got 'round to finishing off this tutorial (learned the main verse/chorus forever ago, Finally got the breakdown part ) thanks!

[@mmaacc]

i really wish i knew piano chords and shit like that because i would be learning every single song you put up. you are so good at piano. well done

[@NightscapeProduction]

yo man Thanks so much for this lesson. Donald is such a huge influence to my life and It makes me so happy to learn on of his songs!

[@paigenicole926]

@NorthpawProductions ah that's perfect! i've been trying to find a good tutorial for that song for a while. i can't wait to learn it!! thank you:)

[@dukiejbv]

Thank you soooo much for this one! keep up the good work man

[@CJulian02]

This song is beautliful!

[@alkafelts]

Awesome

[@vxnBEAUTYx]

@NorthpawProductions Will do! Thanks again

[@Elighght]

Really good vid, thanks

[@Cushlove]

I WANNA LEARN TO PLAY THIS , i love this video ♥

[@NorthpawProductions]

Haha nice! Yeah, playing this song's a blast, especially that electronic breakdown

[@NorthpawProductions]

@Klodust gracias :) I'll have to check the video out, thanks for letting me know

[@NorthpawProductions]

Anytime bro! I'm happy to help!

[@TCSkillz3310]

Thanks man!!

[@NorthpawProductions]

No problem! I'm happy I could help you!

[@Odysseylacerda]

Ty soooo much

[@carlitosviewsyou]

ur awesome

[@dj.spliff]

thank you

[@NorthpawProductions]

@hiiindy I'll give it a listen. thanks for the suggestion

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@DreamVillains I'll give it a listen, thanks for the idea

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@DamonKingProductions I'll give it a listen, thanks for the suggestion

[@leedaniel2002]

Great tutorial :)

[@SmoothyBlueCinque]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much dude you have no idea how much this means to me. I've been wanting to Camp tutorials for soooo long. Do you think you could do 'Kids' also?

[@xoSAMiRAAAA]

This is probably the best tutorial. It's simple and so easy to follow. And you really like talking w your hands lol

[@DominicsGalaxy]

The breakdown is pretty hard to do fast gonna take awhile before i can do that well... Thanks for this man!

[@NorthpawProductions]

Nice! Good luck!

[@NorthpawProductions]

Anytime, bro! I'm happy to help!

[@NorthpawProductions]

@xXbspencerXx yeah haha, thanks... his music's definitely grown on me since I first heard him

[@stevo798]

that's amazing! your tutorial helped me out a lot! I was just wondering if you had the sheet music, but thanks anyways!

[@djayk35]

Amazing tutorial, finally can learn some Childish Gambino songs haha

[@NorthpawProductions]

@Lol9Jk9 I'll give it a listen... thanks again for the request

[@abigfootwithinternetaccess8605]

please do les from camp ! cheers for this one tho

[@saveroomfor]

it helps if you play the song off top real quick so we know what we're trying to play

[@Maveriqxs]

lol im singing/rapping the lyrics of this song as you play it at the end. This is fantastic. btw can you do a tutorial on That Power by Childish Gambino Cheers :)

[@greenman480]

Hey matt just yesterday I saw your old freaks and geeks piano tutorial. this one and that one are great. ive been listening to gambino and only him for almost a month now and im going to his concert. listen to him alot more and i think you should put another tutorial by him. check him out and awesome tutorial, keep it up!

[@MrChristoferoful]

I dont even play piano and I think I could get this. Well done sir.

[@Douglas_Coffee]

could you do a tutorial on "baby blue" by action bronson

[@NorthpawProductions]

@chillycheezefriez hah yeah I'll give it a listen, thanks for the idea

[@NorthpawProductions]

@greenman480 yeah hahaha for sure, his music's definitely starting to grow on me... I'm planning on trying Bonfire soon so watch for that

[@NorthpawProductions]

@Odysseylacerda you are very welcome :) hope the lesson helps

[@Cushlove]

hopefully i will when i get my piano :)

[@NorthpawProductions]

@mpkp2011 I'll give it a listen for sure. thanks for the suggestion...... and I hope the lesson was helpful :)

[@stevo798]

great tutorial man! do you have the sheet music for this song possibly?

[@NorthpawProductions]

@arnomalossena teleport 2 me's on my list... I'll check out Do it alone, thanks for the idea and for the encouragement. I really appreciate both

[@NorthpawProductions]

@keviniyabor I'll give it a listen, thanks for the idea

[@NorthpawProductions]

@SYZ yeah, thanks bro.... I've been trying to balance between the two because the whole point of playing piano in the first place is to get better. You're never gonna get better if you don't challenge yourself

[@IAmElijahHotAzzbeatclap]

R.i.p. Matt :'(

[@NorthpawProductions]

Yeah, I had to make sure I got this perfect haha... Glad you liked it

[@NorthpawProductions]

@fishyfreak101 cool, I'll check them out. Thanks for the ideas

[@NorthpawProductions]

@tonejones8 I do that for pretty mcuh every song I teach... most of them are based around a major scale, and once I have the progression down, figuring out the other parts is usually pretty easy (barring a key change) because I have those 8 keys to focus on. why do you ask?

[@mpkp2011]

these are great! i learned how to play this, and Childish is one of my favorite artists, Thanks so much! also can you do the piano for mesmerized by Wiz Khalifa (Other Fav. Artist)

[@britbarbie1699]

1 century later ❤️❤️🤖 still a great tut

[@NorthpawProductions]

@kaithebb720 I'll give it a listen, thanks for the idea

[@NorthpawProductions]

@MatthewSmiley1998 hah I'll check it out, thanks for the idea

[@NorthpawProductions]

@SmoothyBlueCinque haha you got it; I think this lesson turned out really well. I'm proud of it.... and yeah, I can check out Kids. I think the next CG lesson I'll be doing is Bonfire, so we'll see how that goes

[@NorthpawProductions]

@Odysseylacerda I'll check em out, thanks again for the ideas.... I'm probably gonna try Bonfire first and see how that goes before I jump into more songs from Camp

[@SuperLilemz]

Theres a talent show comming up.. Im gonna learn this :)

[@PeaceForAllPFA]

Once again thanks for the awesome tutorials. This one was so good that i think i might have to try my hand at my second piano cover because of your lessons! By the way anyone reading this should check out my first piano cover from Matts tuts on Marijuana by Kid Cudi. Tell me what ya'll think!

[@NorthpawProductions]

@DJstarscreamO cool I'm glad to hear it... and I have seen other people do the tape thing. I'm really not a fan of that at all; I hate the feel of tape on my fingers. Plus, it really hinders your development as a musician if you overly depend on being able to see the names of notes you play them. Ideally, you should practice enough so the note names become secondary

[@NorthpawProductions]

@PeaceForAllPFA nice bro.... I remember your Marijuana cover, you did a great job on that one. I'd love to hear your rendition of this if you make one

[@NorthpawProductions]

@tonejones8 in this song? or in general?

[@SIMDEFproductions]

Hey this tutorial really helped a lot thanks man. I have a request, if u can in the future could u do a tutorial on New Day by Jay-Z and Kanye West

[@NorthpawProductions]

@circusgangstas gracias haha :) all it takes is practice.... hope the lessons help

[@NorthpawProductions]

@backwardsman9902 all it takes is practice and dedication :) you'll get there

[@NorthpawProductions]

@PookTheFUCKINGWAFFLE I'll give it a listen, thanks for the idea

[@NorthpawProductions]

@RiseNicole nice! I'd love to hear the performance... send it my way if you record it :)

[@NorthpawProductions]

@StackCityEntOfficial how do I do that?

[@dubcwill8]

Try Limousine by Wax, piano version if you can. Thanks

[@CTWCristianTheWack]

hey can you do a tutorial on all of the lights Interulude? please

[@NorthpawProductions]

OML

[@NorthpawProductions]

@Gadekthenamek hahaha nice :) I was hoping someone would benefit from that... I like to throw in little techniques that I use when I'm jamming around

[@NorthpawProductions]

@Thunderstrom17 are those both on Camp?

[@NorthpawProductions]

@DJaye23 yes, there's more of his stuff on my list

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@Cushlove awww thanks :) are you going to learn it?

[@fredderss]

I got you...I figured it out anyways...sounds alot smoother with the extra notes

[@NorthpawProductions]

@paigenicole926 it's a precedent I set when I started this channel.... I'm open to other ideas you may have

[@Thunderstrom17]

Do All the shine or Hold you down (Childish gambino)

[@NorthpawProductions]

@DJSANSA1 sure thing :) hope the lesson helps! there's some great lessons on the way.... I'm gonna be posting on Tuesdays and Fridays for awhile, so stay tuned

[@NorthpawProductions]

@ePsGaming you got it! hope the lesson helps!

[@NorthpawProductions]

@MrHUddin damn, I actually really like that.... thanks for sending that to me

[@NorthpawProductions]

Hahaha why thank you :) I'm glad you liked my lesson

[@pimpinonpinay16]

hey, can you make a tutorial for you da one by rihanna (matt cabs version)

[@fishyfreak101]

@NorthpawProductions Yup.

[@NorthpawProductions]

@Nivana4life thanks bro... hope the lesson helps