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SKU: A0.870540
By Billy Joel. By Billy Joel. Arranged by Christina Fordham Vera [Corda Music]. Pop,Rock. Score. 4 pages. Christina Fordham Vera #5287553. Published by Christina Fordham Vera (A0.870540).This is an easy piano solo arrangement of Billy Joel's iconic Piano Man. This is a shortened version of the song but does include the lyrics to the first two verses as well as the chorus. Lots of fingering suggestions are included to make the learning process easier and your final performance smoother.
As a professional pianist and piano instructor, I have found that many arrangements of this song are either too difficult for my students with jazz rhythms and sweeping left hand parts, or they are too simple and do not include a worthy version of the iconic introduction piano riff. Often they also do not include the lyrics. I've created this arrangement to bridge the gap between sounding like the original and being accessible for beginning piano players.
Check out my YouTube tutorial to hear the song and also get some tips for learning the song. Enjoy!
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