How Far I'll Go, Prep Level

♫ See the line where the sky meets the sea? It calls me, ♫
♫ And no one knows how far it goes! ♫
Aloha, I'm Joseph Hoffman, and today we're
learning how to play the chorus of "How
Far I'll Go" from Disney's "Moana." Please
note that this is my preparatory level
version of "How Far I'll Go." Preparatory
level is perfect for anyone who is still
pretty new to piano, like if you've been
playing for six months or less. If you're
more experienced at the piano, you want
to check out my level 1 or level 3
tutorial for this song. Now let's come to
the piano to get started. Okay, first
let's find our position. We're going to
take right hand finger one, which is your
thumb, and place it here on F just to the
left of these three black keys, and the
other fingers will just take a white key
each. Your left-hand finger one will be
on C just to the left of the two black
keys, so this will be your position. Now
the chorus begins with this pattern of
three notes, and I'll use finger numbers
to help you know which keys to play, and
so you've got finger 1 2 3 4 5, and it
starts off with this pattern of three
notes stepping up.
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3, and that makes "see the line"
"where the sky meets the sea." Now you
try that. Start with your finger one and
try to play and sing those notes. Good, now
let's try together. Ready, start with
finger one, go. ♫ See the line where the sky ♫
♫ meets the sea. ♫
Good. Next we have ♫ It calls me ♫ and that
uses finger one then five two. ♫ It calls me. ♫ Now
you try. Good, now let's put those two
parts together, so we have ♫ See the line ♫
♫ where the sky meets the sea? ♫
♫ It calls me. ♫ Now press pause and try that
on your own, then press play when
you're ready to go on.
Good, now we're going to need your left
hand for this next part, for "and no one
knows" your left hand will play finger
one on C and then your right hand
actually needs to shift up one key so
now finger one will be on G, and your top
finger five, your pinky, will be on D in
between these two black keys. Ok, and
that's because you're going to need that
D. You have ♫ and no one knows ♫
Ok, so left-hand finger one, then right
hand finger four, so you're playing from C to
C, and ♫ no one ♫
so ♫ four five, and no one ♫
♫ knows ♫ so the finger numbers are ♫ 1 4 ♫
♫ 5 2 1 ♫
Now you try.
Good, and then, how far it goes is the
same thing. ♫ How far it goes ♫
Now you try.
Good, now let's listen to it so far. So
back with finger one on F we have, ♫ See ♫
♫ the line where the sky meets the sea, it ♫
♫ calls me. ♫ Now the left hand helps,
♫ And no ♫
♫ one knows ♫
♫ how far it goes. ♫ Good, and then we
move back to finger one on F for the
next part, and it's the same patterns we
just did.
♫ If the wind in my sail on the sea ♫
Now you try.
Good, then we have, ♫ stays be behind me ♫
which is ♫ 1 1 5 2 ♫
Now you try.
Good, now let's put those together so we
have, ♫ If the wind in my sail on the ♫
♫ sea stays behind me ♫
Now press pause
and try that section on your own. Press
play when you're ready to go on.
Ok, now once again we need to shift our
right hand up one key, so now my finger
one is on G, my finger five is on D, and
we'll have ♫ one day I'll know ♫
Ok, so one more time we have ♫ 1 4 5 ♫
♫ 2 1 ♫
You try. Good, and now we're coming up
to the end, so we have ♫ how far ♫
two low
notes with the left hand on this C, and
then the right hand finger four will play
C two times, we have ♫ how far ♫
♫ I'll go ♫ and then the left hand can add
a chord. I'm playing F, A, and C with
fingers 1, 3, and 5 at the same time, to
make it sound strong and exciting at the
end. So we have ♫ how far ♫
♫ I'll go ♫ and then the left hand can add a chord.
Alright, let's listen to the whole thing
once.
Great job learning how to play, "How Far
I'll Go" from Moana. If you practice
every day there's just no telling how
far you'll go.
Thanks for watching and aloha!
That was totally my idea to do a lesson
on a song from Moana. Wasn't that great?
Nice going.
I give Mr. Hoffman all his
best ideas. Hoffman Academy just wouldn't
be the same without me.
♫ What can I say except, you're welcome, for ♫
♫ the tides, the sun, the sky! ♫
What? Really?
♫ Hey, it's okay, it's okay, you're welcome. ♫
♫ I'm just an ordinary Scuba guy. ♫
Sheesh.