Let It Go Piano Lesson, Part 1

What is the difficulty level of Let It Go on piano?

Learn to “Let It Go” with this easy piano tutorial! Hoffman Academy’s version was arranged by Joseph Hoffman especially for beginner pianists and focuses on the very catchy chorus of this song from Frozen. You can practice your ear training skills by watching the tutorial and learning by ear, and the sheet music is also available for purchase at this link or as part of our book of Mr. Hoffman’s Popular Hits for Piano.

What key is Let It Go in?

This arrangement of Let it Go is in C major. The C major scale includes only the white keys on the piano. You can learn more by reading this article about the C Major Scale On Piano, or access our Guide to All Major and Minor Piano Scales. 

What piano chords can be played with Let It Go?

This arrangement includes these chords for harmonization: C major, G Major, A minor, and F major. This is the I V vi IV progression. It’s one of the most famous chord progressions in music! The C major chord uses the notes C - E - G. To play a G major chord, the notes are G - B - D.  The A minor chord uses the white keys  A - C - E and the F major chord uses the notes  F - A - C. You can learn more about chord progressions in our article on 4 Chord Songs.

What are the piano notes for Let It Go?

This arrangement of Let It Go uses all the notes of the C major scale in the right hand – C, D, E, F, G, A, B. The left hand uses the notes of the bass line. You can also incorporate the four chord progression if you’d like.

What movie is Let It Go from?

“Let it Go” is from Disney’s smash hit animated musical film Frozen, which tells the story of the two princesses Elsa and Anna. Elsa sings “Let it Go” as a celebration of self-acceptance. You may also know the song from the Broadway musical adaptation of this song.

When was Let It Go released?

Disney’s movie musical Frozen, which features this song, was released in November 2013. Hoffman Academy’s piano tutorial for Let it Go was released in 2016.

We hope you enjoy learning to play “Let it Go!” For more video tutorials to help you learn to play your favorite songs on piano, visit our collection of Popular Songs!

You can order Mr. Hoffman's book with the sheet music here.

♫
Hello and welcome back.
I'm Joseph Hoffman. Today we're learning
how to play the chorus of the hit song
from Frozen, "Let it Go."
Let's come to the piano to get started.
All right, for "Let it Go,"
we're going to place our right hand
finger one on G and so we'll be in the G
major pentascale, and the chorus starts
on A with finger two, so what I'd like you
to do on your piano, go ahead and put
your hand here, and we'll take turns. I'll
play a little bit, and then you play it back.
The first phrase, and I'll sing the letter
names rather than the lyrics just to
kind of help out.
So we start off with ♫ A B C ♫
these first three notes of, "Let it Go," yes,
are, ♫ ABC ♫ first three letters of the alphabet.
Now you try that on your own starting
with finger two, good, now let's try it with
the lyrics.
♫ Let it go ♫
Now your turn.
Good.
The next three notes are ♫ G G D ♫ or in finger numbers that would be 1, 1, 5. Now your turn.
Good, now let's try it with lyrics.
♫ Let it go ♫
Your turn.
Now let's try to put those two phrases
together, so we had, ♫ Let it go, let it go ♫
Now you try.
Good. Next we're going to start on finger
four and then skip down to finger two like this.
♫ don't ♫
Excuse me, Mr. Hoffman?
Yes, Princess?
I believe the correct word
here is "can't."
Oh, yes, I believe you're right but I
actually prefer to say don't, do you mind
if I just use don't instead?
Wow, it's not correct, but I suppose if
you really want to.
Thanks, Princess.
Sure thing! Bye!
It's one word, but actually two notes,
♫ don't ♫
finger four to finger two. Now you try.
Good, then we're going to repeat on A with finger two,
♫ hold it back ♫
and then we step up for ♫ any more ♫
See how I went stepping up right there? So
putting that all together we have,
♫ don't hold it back any more ♫
Now you try.
Good. Now listen to everything this far.
We're going to start o ...