Difficulty: A different time signature, 3/4, finger picking and new chords all add to the challenge. Add the harmonica to increase the fun.

Lesson Length: 8:55

Instructor: George Goodman

Takamine EG541SC
I am playing my black tak in this one.

This is a Takamine G Series EG541SC bought in North Carolina when I was playing in a band called Double Take.
Specs:
Top - Solid Spruce
Back - Nato
Sides - Nato
Finger Board - Rosewood
Electronics - TK40
Finish - Gloss Black
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The C harmonica is required in this one.
A C harmonica is the first one you need to follow along with the lessons on the site. I often play a Hohner Special 20 Harmonica in the key of C through a Shure Green Bullet microphone Model 5200 and Fender Super Champ amplifier

Hohner Harmonica Holder

The Hohner Harmonica Neck Holder fits harmonicas up to 7-1/2" long.

With a long-lasting nickel-plated finish, this harmonica rack is adjustable and fits any neck shape.

The following link supplies the chords, lyrics and the harmonica tabs for Piano Man.
Piano Man - Chords, Lyrics and Tabs download pdf link - for educational purposes only.

00:27 - Intro

Hey George here. Welcome to this video where I teach you how to play Billy Joel’s Piano Man on guitar and harmonica.
OK, we’re going to start off by going through the guitar chords, picking pattern, the time signature which is a little different on this song from the classic rock song.
Then we’ll go through the harmonica and we’ll play through a verse/chorus of it and then wrap it all up.

00:52 - Time Signature, Strumming and Guitar Chords

First of all, let’s start off with the time signature. Your typical rock song is in 4/4 – 4 beats to the measure with a quarter note receiving a single beat.
Piano Man is in 3/4 which is more of a waltz feel – 1 2 3, 1 2 3. That kind of idea. Ok?
For the strumming pattern, I’m going to show you how to pick this...

06:22 - Harmonica

Let’s put the harmonica to it. We’re in the key of C and I’m using a C harmonica. There will be a harmonica solo over the intro, first verse with harmonica, and then into the chorus and then we’ll finish that up...

08:22 - Wrap Up

Ok, so that’s Piano Man by Billy Joel, on guitar and harmonica. I hope you can make something out of that and put that excellent song together.
Really a classic song with the harmonica part.
So, I hope you enjoyed the video. Please leave a message, like it, send it to your facebook friends. All that good stuff. Spread it around.
Alright, cheers, have a great day, peace.