Scenes from an Italian Restaurant (Billy Joel), Free Tutorial!

[@billybobphotos]

Dude, I can't believe someone sat down and made a complete, detailed tutorial for the entire song. Great job. Hope more piano learners find this tutorial!

[@PianoManSteve]

Thanks....me too! :-) Steve

[@garywarmanen3987]

I have learned to play 3 songs now from these tutorials, if I ever met Steve I’d give him a big hug cause he has made my life better cause I love all of these songs and now I can play them.

[@drewmehall1331]

I’m gonna have to learn some more!

[@gregoryambres1897]

I know He ROCKS

[@davidingle8983]

Thank you so much for this

[@eldreddsouza9813]

Steve Lungrin is an absolute legend! Billy Joel gave us the music, but Steve taught us how to play it. ❤️ 🙌 🙏 Thanks Steve!

[@PianoManSteve]

Thanks for tuning in!! :-)

[@sweettoot1]

Thanks Steve. It was a struggle but its worth it. What a teacher.

[@wickmantaylor6366]

You are a legend for doing this. Anyone else would’ve charged crazy money for something like this but you choose to share your talent for nothing. Thank god there are still people like you that do it for the music and not for the money. Steve Lungrin= Piano Legend. Thank you

[@JeffCelentano]

Going through this tutorial in February of 2024. Been wanting to learn the correct way to play the solo section for decades. Huge thanks for taking the time to do this all these years ago. You're leaving a legacy that will have a positive impact for years to come. Greatly appreciated!

[@m450n2]

Thank you so much, played this for Father’s Day 2024 and made my dad cry

[@dchapdel]

I am a fairly competent piano player but I've never taken the time to sort this bit by bit. The embarrassing thing is that I taught elementary band for decades and did this type of teaching daily. Your methodical instruction had me playing this in less than an hour. Thank you so much!

[@tobygover5936]

The vid is 3 hours long

[@PersianPlatypus]

You should add a kind of "Table of Contents" into the description so people can can easily find the parts they're having trouble with. Just a suggestion :)

[@markm8995]

Hay Steve, Thanks for your viedos!......Extremly helpful to someone like me. Im taking up piano again at 65, and loving it!....with your help…. I took piano lessons when I was 8 years old, but the Catholic nuns hit me with a ruler (“on the fingers”) when I made a mistake!....they meant well back then so I told my mom I wanted to play drums….lessons and years later I played in high school band and a wedding band from 1970 to 1985….I supported my family with the money and the car knew its way home back then…..I thank my angels watching over me. …….So at this point I have great people like yourself putting teaching out there that mean so much…..Please keep up the good work and thank you! You’re the Balls man!…….. Mark McDonough, Dunstable, MA

[@IOxyrinchus]

Steve, this is amazing. I can only imagine how much effort went into this. No one else teaches this

[@martinbouchez6949]

Chapter 1, intro : 00:00 Chapter 2 : 12:50 2.1 : 21:36 Chapter 3 (sax solo) : 31:10 Chapter 4 (Things are okay with me these days…) : 39:00 4.1 : 45:47 Chapter 6 (clarinet solo) : 54:51 Chapter 7 (piano solo) : 1:02:39 Bass : G-F-E-D (x2) FIRST HALF OF SOLO: 1st lick : 1:06:26 (over G-F) 2nd lick : 1:10:29 (over E) 3rd lick : 1:12:00 (over D) First half of solo recap : 1:13:53 SECOND HALF OF SOLO : 1:16:03 Entire solo recap : 1:20:40 Full speed : 1:23:42 Chapter 8 (Pre- Ballad of Brenda and Eddie) 1:24:52 Chapter 9 : Ballad of Brenda and Eddie : 1:34:25 Chapter 10 : « Well they got an apartment… » : 1:50:05 Chapter 11 : « Lets rock and roll…» : 1:56:24

[@fanaticaldueling6337]

Steve, four years later and I found this, you are a savior and a true B.J. Legend. Thank you so much

[@drewmehall1331]

This is my all time favorite song ever, and I’ve been trying to learn it forever like 2 months and this is the only video I found to be actually someone teaching you instead of just playing it and talking you through it as if you could already play it, thank you so much, I am so excited now!

[@PianoManSteve]

Thanks for tuning in! :-)

[@Mshine2]

1:23:50 - Piano Solo Great Video btw!

[@ianyankelov8341]

Thank you man!!

[@peterdefrancesco4310]

my man really went three whole hours 😎😎 legend

[@lotavio69]

Steve, this video has been around for about 7 years-at the time of my comment. It's no wonder it's been viewed over 100k times. This is a fantastic and very detailed tutorial. Thank you for the time and dedication you put into this. I am a guitar/bass guy, but I'm sitting at the piano to give it a try. And I agree with you, this song is one of the best works of Billy Joel. Thanks a lot!

[@IrisAndie]

Just using this time stamp for myself: 1:06 Thanks for the tutorial, though!

[@josephprince1214]

I have tried learning various piano songs and parts from various “teachers” and you are the only one that I have found that makes learning fun and far less frustrating. Thanks for helping me to continue a hobby that keeps me out of trouble lol!! Keep up the good work Steve!!👍🎼

[@gregoryambres1897]

This is what is called in music a "suite" (see CSN&Y "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, and The Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations"), and Billy himself has said that he was inspired to write this by hearing the "Medley" on the B-side of the Beatles' Abbey Road album.

[@thosedamneyesofficialyoutu3102]

Excellent breakdown sir. This is insanely helpful. Thank you for having the patience to record yourself explaining everything.

[@NickBarban]

I don’t know why, but this style of tutorial REALLY works for me. I haven’t played for 30 yrs and I’m getting back into it with piano man. I found somebody else doing this style of teaching. So I’m using hers and yours to learn piano man. When I’m reasonably competent on that, I’m going to wear out this vid on Italian restaurant. Possibly the best song ever written and performed. Your teaching style makes me think I can play this. Thank you for the effort you’ve put into this. As arnie says, I’ll be back 🤘

[@andreashoppe1969]

one of the greatest songs ever written. It covers so many moods and styles. Unbelievable

[@brehojojordan7259]

Thank you for doing this! You’ve made many people happy by sharing your knowledge.

[@dannymaldonado26]

This is absolutely amazing there is no other way to describe it. You have made a boy from Levittown very happy!

[@PianoManSteve]

Thanks for watching! :-)

[@livelaughlovemydog]

It’s my dads birthday very soon and him and I always used to jam out to this song in the car, I’ve been searching for months to find the right tutorial but I never had the patience. But I realized how much meaning this song had to us and I sat down and I have officially learned the song. Deeply appreciated, thank you so much. ❤️❤️

[@kjbonnerpdm]

great tutorial! took me 3 weeks to get through it. now it will take time to master the transitions and tempo.

[@IOxyrinchus]

Steve, words cannot express how grateful I am for this song lesson. You go into so much detail and you explain things properly, I love the way you show different options to play with I.e. Things billy Joel does on the record and live. Your piano tutorials are awesome

[@sahelriaz4800]

56:40 - clarinet solo 55:10 - full thing

[@yongshengli6743]

Keep it up Steve Lungrin your videos are awesome and amazing I have been a long member of your fantastic channel I believe in you and you will definitely hit 1 million subscribers I know it thx 🎉❤😅😊😂😮

[@PianoManSteve]

Thank you! :-)

[@melaniebreiterman6276]

One of my favorite songs of all time and learning to play it just makes me appreciate it that much more. It's amazing to think people are capable of creating such brilliance

[@MUTEGIO36]

1:14:30 practice practice practice. Excellent video! Thank you for taking the time to make this!!

[@PianoManSteve]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@TerriHartleyHoffman]

Steve, thank you so much for this video! I’ve had so much fun learning this song! I only get a chance to practice about 2 hours a month, so it’s not a lot. You make it easy to just drop back in where I left off and learn and little more. Playing is such a stress relief for me, so thank you!!!

[@PianoManSteve]

My pleasure....thanks for the feedback! 😊🎹🎶🎤😎

[@TerriHartleyHoffman]

I’m 48 and haven’t played since I was 12. So I’ve slowly been picking it again again during the pandemic between work, kids, etc. I would never dreamed of attempting this song without your video. 🤩🤩🤩 I’ve got the first 3 minutes of the song down. But now I’m at that solo 😳😳😳

[@PianoManSteve]

LoL......enjoy the journey....glad it’s helped you survive this crazy year 😉

[@KibaInu04]

I appreciate you sir thank you so much for spending the time to do this!

[@joman96]

God I love KZbin exactly for your long tutorial!! God bless you sir

[@joeyw526]

Steve, this is my favorite song and I finally finished it after many hours of learning and practice. Thank you so much for teaching this so now I can have a lot of fun playing it! Thank you!!!!!

[@enchade]

Hey billyjoel7, im a big fan of your videos and of course of billy joel too. My english is not so well because im from Mexico, and i like this video a lot at first i thaught that the piano solo wasnt right but i practiced on speed and sounds way better now. Thanks for uploading this tutorial, if helped me so much. And with the time your videos are getting much better again thank you very much

[@OutBoardTink62]

Thanks so much for spending the time to do this ...Glenn

[@NathanHirschberg]

Piano man Steve is THE BEST

[@milesforziano1845]

Chapter 3- 31:08

[@alexcarrera1908]

Love your tutorials, can’t believe tutorials this good are free

[@mattiadellamico888]

Thank you so much Steve, i learnd all the song, you’re the best teacher

[@gregoryambres1897]

Man, you totally ROCK You are my piano GOD!!!! 🏆

[@jamesmeyer7441]

You're amazing! Thank you for this fantastic tutorial🙌🏻

[@camdengreathouse3849]

1:21:00 greatest piano solo ever

[@michelecaputo]

You are a great teacher. This is helping me a lot, thank you so much.

[@kaekaeslider7043]

youre a flippin legend

[@HEY-br2ok]

Boy you sat down and did this for us!!!! Wow!! I aint mad!

[@jackjohnson5848]

Starts at 1:06

[@joeygrevebriggs]

Chapter 5 is 45:35

[@tucctucc6214]

Thank you 🙏

[@donfordgleeson640]

Thanks Steve .... you are an amazing tutor!!!!

[@princessag584]

This is definitely on my bucket list! 👍🏽

[@JayWyshak]

Steve, this is my most watched KZbin video :O) Thank you for all the nuances that go along with this tune and sharing the divergences from the sheet music. I totally got this now, and soon will be able to KILL with it. Played along with the midi tracks - it's one of the most fun tunes ever.

[@JayWyshak]

I can kill with this one now :)

[@danielevanoli8469]

What a great tutorial. Thank you very much Steve! You're a great piano player and teacher

[@bmacdonald5137]

Thanks for doing this! I've always wanted to play this and now, thanks to this video, I may finally be able to!!

[@joeygrevebriggs]

Chapter 3 is 31:10

[@dnantis]

Sir Lungrin !! I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THIS GIFT FROM YOU !! This is one of those songs that will stay forever in this world till the end of times and for you to do this for all of us that dont have the perfect ear to translate ALL as it is on the record ....well it is a video that we really value, hoping NOBODY will dare to take this tutorial off of YT ever !!! Many Blessings to you Would be nice you do a tutorial for THE YEAR OF THE CAT by Al Stewart thanks in advanced but keep BJ songs and also Elton John songs too in mind

[@domenicdiaddezio4008]

I just wanted to take the time to thank you because this has been helping me so much!! Thanks!!

[@michaelpisani5538]

Your tutorials are superb. I thank you fir your dedication patience and effort you apply to your instruction techniques. Do you have a tutorial for “Does Anybody Really Know What time It Is”? Thanks for sharing your musical knowledge and skills. Mike

[@katiesweeney98]

coucou, j’adore cette chanson et tu joues cette très bien!! je vais apprendre cette parce que nous sommes aussi dans de confinement maintenant !

[@eddiecarroll1375]

Hey man just wanted to express my thankfulness towards you ha ha. These tutorials just by learning these songs over the years have made me a better pianist. And that's really awesome. I was also wondering if you would ever do a tutorial for light my fire?

[@ditty4]

Steve is awesomel

[@PianoManSteve]

Thanks Ditty! Appreciate your kind words! :-)

[@twsteeler7]

Solo is around 1:02

[@mybluemars]

1:34:22 Chapter 9 - Brenda & Eddie

[@csalas999]

Awesome. Thanks so much!!!

[@leonleon3773]

hi steve great tutorial thank you i learnt many new techniques from this one song i will check out your other tutorials once again thanks

[@MissJenniMae]

Thanks for this. I'm a Billy Joel fan too. I'd love to see you do tutorials for his songs "Souvenir" and maybe "Until the Night." I also love his "Root Beer Rag," but ... well, I'm ambitious, but I know my limitations!

[@sahelriaz4800]

1:03:00 -Solo

[@sahelriaz4800]

1:56:25- final sax

[@MorganGCook]

Subbed! Haven't played piano since 2004 or 2005, still at Beginner Level; but I used to play tunes by ear, but not chords. I haven't touched a piano key for several years (except when I clean my keyboard, a Yamaha Portable Grand DGX-300). I get the desire to play every so often, but I just don't. And yes, I did love to learn playing side by side with the MIDI songs. I'll probably get back into it sometime in the future. Anyways, good day to you, Sir!

[@tedhogan4059]

Thank you so much! Great tutorial!

[@PianoManSteve]

You're welcome...thanks for tuning in! Steve

[@gregmixing]

On the line : "I'll meet you any time you want / in our Italian restaurant" - you've got the third last chord as a Dm7 or something. Try Bb/D and feel the love ;-)

[@PianoManSteve]

Yep! That works great too if you like it better that way. Great tip! Steve

[@gregmixing]

billyjoel7 Cheers Steve. Incidentally there's a special online treat available for BJ geeks like us. If you do a YT search for "Billy Joel - Scenes From An Italian Restaurant Piano Track" you'll find a user called campbellboy14 who has uploaded Billy's piano track from the album version in isolation. It's kinda grainy in sound quality, but you can clearly hear all the magnificent details and stunning voicings Billy played on the record. The voicings of the Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 bit are particularly delicious under the fingers! It's a great way to study this piece more closely if you're interested. Just another thought too : It's also possible to play the opening "bottle o red" melody in 6ths with the right hand. It takes a bit of practice, but it's doable. As you mention, Billy never moves his left hand up for that line in any performances. I think that's coz he plays it all in the right hand. I suspect the left hand move was written into the sheet music at some point coz I've seen other players do it that way. But it feels great in the right hand once you get the hang of it. I hope you find this interesting. You did a great job with your tutorial. A 3 hour marathon! Awesome. Thanks for posting. Greg

[@matthewmoss5626]

thank you so much amazing videos

[@MDWorship]

This is so freaking awesome

[@jpenneymrcoin6851]

i know what rhythm is i just need the hand patterns 8) Thanks for this! Nice Work!

[@mybluemars]

Thank You for doing this tutorial! Great song, and Great job man!

[@timboyle786]

Love this guy. Helped me so much

[@doops920]

Great teacher .. thanks

[@PianoManSteve]

Thanks for watching! :-)

[@lukiohl]

Great Job, can’t wait to start playing it 😍

[@marynchilton1182]

Thank you!

[@mitchhadley4059]

finally finished it. thanks a ton

[@ebrygo]

it's what i need tonight~ thank you~

[@michelletung1710]

I really can learn piano here!

[@michaelburke4321]

It will take me 10 years to learn this one!!

[@PK-it9yt]

5 years to go buddy, you can do it!!

[@ralteuer6721]

3 years man, keep it up !

[@uncleharry5758]

Hey Steve, use my downloaded mp4 files to learn this baby, and while revisiting it..thought for the older folks out there, they would remember a group called "The Seeds" they were like a one hit wonder act back in the 60's with a tune "Working Too Hard". Well the tunes beat fits in exactly with the part right before the piano solo. Hope all is well Steve!?

[@PianoManSteve]

All IS well Bruce! Thanks for the comment, talk soon! Steve

[@mybluemars]

12:52 "Billy starts to sing"

[@fiddygd8304]

38:35 Marking my place 😊

[@stevenmilligan4065]

Hi Steve. Still working away on this amazing song using your amazing tutorial. Have you ever considered doing a tutorial on the binary simone wish I knew how it would feel to be free". I think with everything that's going on in the world (france) in particular this would be particularly relevant. Maybe if some of our as yet unknown "friends) spent a bit more time working on you fantastic tutorials they wouldn't have as much time to spend on some of the more unwelcome activities. Again thanks for all your help and guidance your one he'll up a nice guy. Regards . Steve near Glasgow.

[@lukedocherty2855]

1:03:20 Don’t mind my comment just meant for me

[@stef12121999]

Great Tutorial Steve! Playing the piano solo part at full speed seems impossible to me... at least as of right now...

[@alberthoot7355]

stef12121999 I just finished it and got it at full speed, the second part for the solo seems to be easier.

[@BassManDan1018]

Hi Steve, do you ever create chord charts? I love your tutorials but I’m too impatient to watch them haha! I also would only trust you to map out the chord charts as you’re such a font of wisdom and have a fantastic ear for what Billy and Elton are actually playing.

[@htasul]

Liked and subscribed :)

[@PK-it9yt]

Timestamp 2:31:19

[@andreslozano5339]

1:22:03 parte 2 solo

[@lukejamieson9234]

12:49 chapter 2

[@U2fan24]

Thanks man! Those Jerry Lee Lewis things are gonna be fun to mess around with.

[@awesomesaucemusic8256]

Anybody else at 2:23 thinking, "Just play the note Steve, play the note! I need the tonic relief Steve!"

[@awesomesaucemusic8256]

I meeant 22:23

[@brendanhorgan21]

Cheers boss, serious song n that

[@bikerthom]

Very nice! May I ask what voicing do you have your piano set to? Thanks so much.

[@briancudina5444]

Do you think you could mark in the description where the different chapters start please?

[@PianoManSteve]

That's actually an excellent idea. I'll try to do that in the next week or so on all my full tutorials. Thanks for tuning in! Steve

[@guillembg9535]

39:00 and 54:00