How To Play Happy Birthday On The Piano (Basic & Jazzy Version)

I’m always surprised at how many people DON'T know how to play Happy Birthday. 😱
Be honest, if you were at a party right now and someone asked you to play it, could you?
Well, don’t worry, because after today you will be able to lead the chorus, AND I’ll show you a way to make it a little more ‘jazzy’ and fancy-sounding.
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Here are the timecodes for the lesson:
- The basic melody - 0:27
- The left hand - 1:16
- Make it sound fancier - 1:52
And that's it! A really easy song that's fun to play and a great way to start experimenting with more complex ideas.
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Lisa Witt has been teaching piano for +20 years and in that time has helped hundreds of thousands of students learn to play the songs they love. Lisa received classical piano training through the Royal Conservatory of Music, but she has since embraced popular music and playing by ear in order to accompany herself and others. She is a songwriter and recording artist. Lisa’s contagious enthusiasm will have you excited to practice and return to the keys for your next lesson. Her teaching style focuses on you, making lessons encouraging and fun.

[@PianoteOfficial]

👋Hey pianists! You can get deeper into the lesson with chord diagrams, a downloadable lead sheet, and a new section on how to transpose Happy Birthday on our blog: www.pianote.com/blog/happy-birthday-tutorial/ 🥳

[@johndennis3181]

Perfect timing, my wife's birthday is soon and I will master this for her.

[@orsie200]

John Dennis, So is my husband’s!

[@PianoteOfficial]

That's fantastic!! I'm sure she'll love it.

[@liviustanciu7550]

Always hit the perfect G on her B -day :D

[@lastbornrelic3430]

Amazing it

[@ManishSingh-eg8zc]

@@liviustanciu7550 😭😂

[@PianoteOfficial]

Here are the time codes: The basic melody - 0:27 The left hand - 1:16 Make it sound fancier - 1:52 And the lead sheet is here - pianote.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/pdf/Happy%20Birthday-Lead-Sheet.pdf

[@susanhartnett680]

Thanks a lot!

[@luazanne]

Thann

[@virgoibarra6635]

Hi Pianote! Can you do a tutorial for Ivan Fischer’s version? 🙂

[@rfdrraafid06]

1:27

[@TheIamtheoneandonly1]

Hey, I love this. Every day is going to be someone’s birthday so whoever you are, happy birthday!!

[@AshrafHendricksSA]

Just recorded this for a friend. It's her birthday. Jazzed it up a little more. I think she's going to love it. Thank you!!!!

[@PianoteOfficial]

You are welcome!!! :)!!!!

[@justinnnokwe6849]

So warm. And the delivery is warmer. You're a great teacher!

[@afihaileywibowo1095]

Thanks Lisa🙏. Perfect for my birthday this month!

[@florenced2122]

I love all your video. The way you teach piano is so groovy and simple thank you :)

[@mystiquexman]

I just love your lessons and free music sheet. Thanks a million. V❤️

[@barbarawild2478]

Brilliant! Thank you!

[@federicolegrand863]

This is so useful! Thank you Lisa! You make piano playing a friendly form of art! I love Pianote!

[@shapes2000]

Wonderful as usual, many thanks.

[@sunitaparr1797]

Thank you so much .I am going to play for my son next week lives in Taiwan I have to play on zoom .God bless. you are so amazing .only two weeks I started learning piano .

[@viralbuthow000]

I substituted some chords with minors like Em7, Am7, Dm6 and ended on a Cadd9 (2nd inversion). Very nice.

[@sophiabatz9215]

awesome thank you for all the tutorials they are so helpful I love them so much thank you a million time !💕👍😁

[@tonypatrick8691]

Thank you so much ma'm your free sheets help a lot!!

[@ash5847]

Thank you so much! Excellent teaching!

[@psilver03]

Interesting how just one note added will make you sound like a pro. Thank you.

[@freddylive4181]

I actually used this video to learn Happy Birthday on the Guitar .. I wanted a unique vibe .. it worked .. Thank You!!

[@vsiarv]

Amazing as always

[@kingkai8066]

I love your energy :)

[@r.a.domingsil7583]

Thank you! This is what I need as I will send a video of happy birthday to a friend! :-)

[@julierom1608]

This is amazing. Thank you million times ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@vansullivan236]

Great, thanks!

[@NuckingFuts56]

I am a beginner. I had my first keyboard at 5 years old. Happy birthday and Away in a manger. We’re the songs I learned Before my keyboard was electrical seize destroyed it. 😢 but recently bought another one. Of course I learned how to play by ear. And letter…. 😂 We didn’t have all the modern technology today. Learning by Apps… I’m 55 still have a hunger to play. I’ll keep you updated on how it goes. Thank you for your video! It brings back a lot! ❤

[@surpriseme3468]

Hey, I’m 59 started playing during lockdown and I’m now intermediate 3 and loving it.

[@gabri3ltz]

Thank You!

[@thomasgale96]

brilliant, thank you!

[@gracewaceke4416]

I've tried using arpeggios in my case. It actually turned out pretty good!

[@reubenkeyz5131]

Thanks, girl! My friend’s birthday is this week.

[@musicJourney77]

Thanks for this video. I managed to play it today to wish my wife Happy birthday.. Worked out well..

[@trinhtring4148]

Love it!

[@alvarofaria6473]

Muchas gracias

[@NikosAravanis]

Thank you, Now i can play happy birthday to random people on the street with my melodica :p

[@meri8746]

Thanks! Fun!,

[@gameingverse3221]

Beautiful video 😍😍😍

[@hamayoonshah1990]

This was beautiful

[@marlonbernales7706]

Thanks for sharing free sheet

[@rodrigodezubiria2007]

Awesome! I’ll send for sheet music

[@calishaw219]

thanks

[@danielsmith7907]

thanks!

[@josesantos5543]

Nice. I will try it to play

[@divinefokabo7197]

Love it

[@grantbarnes6004]

Sounds very nice in F major

[@karanjames218]

Excellent

[@charlesgeraldganal3562]

Perfect timing because It’s almost my birthday 🎂🎁🎊🛍🪅

[@itsRichiebitch]

My birthday is next month. Gonna play this for myseflf :)

[@TheLopezbejar]

Perfecto. Lo iré practicando para tocarlo en mi cumpleaños, es el 24 de octubre. Gracias y saludos!

[@PianoteOfficial]

Feliz cumpleanos! (For the 24th)

[@sofiamusic287]

oh now I can play piano thank you

[@jazzguitar3441]

I didn't know I needed to know that until I saw that video 😂

[@nasiramos6326]

Nice

[@apurvapalode]

Thank you! I'll be playing this for a girl I have a huge crush on. Her birthday falls on Christmas! I hope I'll be able to play it well!

[@mandykwong7801]

My dad’s birthday is on this Thursday 24/3/22 so perfect timing

[@user-xl1op3hz8z]

very interesting

[@Leanne_creamy_moon]

Hello, I am only twelve and I would love to play this for my dad's birthday, thank you❤❤

[@wesleyphillip3607]

nice one :)

[@MuhammadIqbal-jx5lu]

Wedding song might be next 😆😆👍🏼👍🏼

[@pjpj7777]

Today is my birthday!! Thank you for uploading this beautiful video!

[@PianoteOfficial]

Happy birthday!!!!!

[@justinnnokwe6849]

Happy Birthday!

[@wish1510]

Happy birthdyay 🥳

[@adelinelobo8789]

Exceellent. Love the way you teach slow and so easy

[@4212ETD]

Cool

[@anuraariyaratne4977]

Right hand code easy with sheet. For a beginner, could you please include left hand codes with details as for the beginner who is not familiar with just dm, c etc. thanks

[@theodorekorbos2804]

Great video and being that today's my birthday I thank you very much.

[@PianoteOfficial]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY THEODORE!!!!

[@justinnnokwe6849]

Happy Birthday!!

[@mariadanielastoia9350]

Yes.👍

[@arcticsl3982]

My hand is cramping from trying to reach the chords from the fancy ver. with my small hands.. but it’s worth it

[@annatinuviel]

When you stretch/shift your right fingers to the highest note, how do you know where to put the rest of your fingers? Just wherever they fall, or is there a trick of some sort to know? And how do you do that in general (shift from higher octaves to lower octaves with the right hand)

[@elizabethmalangmei914]

Super.......

[@edwinsteele9607]

Hey do you have a more advanced version of happy birthday early intermediate?

[@judijudijudi]

JAZZY VERSION IS SWEET

[@RajeshMS-g2e]

love❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@sayantanbhattacharya3035]

Firstly thank you a lot for your free lessons.. really helps a lot for piano players like me, who learn most of the tricks from youtube. I am a beginner and have a basic understanding of some chord progressions. I try to practice my left hand based on the tricks you suggested, it still needs a lot of work. I just feel that the rhythm part is where I suffer the most. Can you please make a video (or point to if one exists) on how to understand the rhythm of a song (which is not just 4/4) just by listening to it (without any sheet) and also do you always want to play the chords at "&" beat to create dynamics or play it sometimes? I hope that makes sense, otherwise sorry to bother you. and keep up the great work.

[@PianoteOfficial]

Thank you! That's a great suggestion for a video, we don't have one at the moment. As for playing the beats - it really depends. If you are just improvising you can mix it up, and play what sounds good to you. There are no strict rules!

[@sayantanbhattacharya3035]

@@PianoteOfficial Great!! I see, thank you for the advice. I will keep practicing.

[@Animecollection001]

❤❤❤

[@rajveerpratapsingh3220]

❤❤❤❤

[@terrychapman1566]

Fantastic tutorial, first day playing piano today and have cracked happy Birthday. Maybe a little slower than it should eb played but having fun. Thank you

[@derinsamuel1551]

Do some videos abt hearing

[@kouadioangebasile8530]

SO pianotely love this channel. :)

[@ryanpatterson9526]

It's my birthday. Thank you!

[@PianoteOfficial]

Happy birthday Ryan!

[@justinnnokwe6849]

Happy Birthday!

[@kevingodding9316]

Day is not my birthday but Great video anyway 👍

[@euphoria5441]

perfect! I'll play it on the upcoming birthday of Jungkook ad Namjoon . Can't wait !!💜💜

[@momoni56]

7ths r great

[@saideepak7501]

👍🏻💕

[@bigwooff]

Is the fingering totally random or do we follow any patterns?

[@vmak7308]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@pushkararora287]

I have bot yet started learning but i want to learn piano from offline means could u recomend some institute or great pianist from whom i can learn piano

[@PianoteOfficial]

Offline like a private teacher or school? It really depends on where you live!

[@Subscribe_R15V3]

Your repeatiting 7ths which you taught that by using D major 7th which will go like a kind of dreamy move. Can you help me that can you upload another videos of church organ where they play during marriage's

[@PianoteOfficial]

Oh we don't have a church organ, and I don't know how to play one! They have foot pedals which make it much harder in my opinion.

[@manjaripradhan5155]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@davidlouys3952]

I don't want to push anything, but it would be about time to make tutorials for Christmas songs for us slow learners :)

[@PianoteOfficial]

We have some coming don't worry ;)

[@davidlouys3952]

@@PianoteOfficial Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️

[@muzikhed]

I wonder whether there is another song played and sung more often than this one ?

[@benedictevan5726]

Can u do some gospel song

[@RajeshMS-g2e]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@drawingworldofcreations642]

Can you tell me the letters of Happy Birthday to you

[@valley_girl997]

1:29

[@musicmangm7572]

Didn't like the major seventh but I did like the d g and f major seventh.

[@lizzycookiethief]

I did not get the 3rd line ??

[@saraalameri2623]

👌🏽👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💞

[@antoinepatterson4416]

Can u do next by the weeknd please. I'm not sure if its played right but is played in the key of F#

[@harmanpreetsingh2640]

i'm gonna play happy birthday to myself today 🎉🤣

[@DJSidhu24]

TX this month 20th is my Birthday baby thank you love you 😘😍♥️🎂

[@ar.surajarya4053]

Super b

[@joslyngrace.ambur.3014]

Madam... Your voice so great... Our Lord Jesus Christ bless you...

[@ginabisaillon2894]

No left hand?

[@narucero]

Can i play with 61 key keyboard?

[@PianoteOfficial]

Definitely!

[@gauravm.]

Played with 37 keys, definitely doable with 61.🙈