A Thousand Years Piano Tutorial Easy
A Thousand Years - Christina Perri
Difficulty
Beginners can learn this song in a couple of days.
You will play with both hands but the left hand is easy because the hand position stays almost the same.
Tips
Use the sustain pedal for this song. You can let it depressed all the time at the beginning. With more experience, you will hear that the sound is better when you release and depress the pedal just before you start a new serie of notes.
The A# note at the beginning of the song (left hand) is the first black key below Middle C.
Fingers position
I suggest fingers position as natural as possible. If you can, try to follow these instructions to start with a good piano fingering.
Intro
Place your left-hand fingers this way:
1:A# - 2:A - 3:G - 4:F - 5:D#
Place your right-hand fingers this way:
1:F - 2:A - 3:A# - 4:C - 5:D
1:G - 3:A# - 5:D#
1:F - 2:A - 3:A# - 4:C - 5:D
Verse
Place your left-hand fingers this way:
1:A# - 2:A - 3:G - 4:F - 5:D# or D
Place your right-hand fingers this way:
3:A# - 4:C- 5:D
3:D - 4:D# - 5:F
1:G - 3:A#
2:C - 3:D - 4:D# - 5:F
1:A
3:A# - 4:C- 5:D
3:D - 4:D# - 5:F
1:G - 3:A#
2:C - 3:D - 4:D# - 5:F
1:A
1:G - 3:A#
1:A# - 5:G
1:C - 5:A
1:D - 5:A#
1:C - 5:A
Chorus
Place your left-hand fingers this way:
1:A# - 2:A - 3:G - 4:F - 5:D#
Place your right-hand fingers this way:
1:A# - 3:D - 5:F
1:A# - 2:C - 4:F - 5:G
1:A# - 3:D - 5:F
1:A# - 2:C - 4:F - 5:G
1:G - 4:D#
1:G - 2:A# - 3:C - 4:D - 5:D#
1:F
1:A# - 5:A#
1:C - 5:A
1:A# - 2:C - 3:D - 5:F