Star Wars Main Theme on Piano, Part 1

What is the difficulty level of playing the Star Wars theme on piano?

The Star Wars theme was composed for the orchestra, not the piano, so it really depends on the arrangement as to what the difficulty level of the piece is. Hoffman Academy’s arrangement of the Star Wars theme is meant for elementary level students, so even if you’re a beginner, you should be able to play this piece! If it seems too easy for you, you can always add chords for an extra challenge.

What is the main melody of the Star Wars theme song?

The main melody of the Star Wars theme is the hummable part that you hear at the very start of the film. You can listen to it here.

What are the notes for the Star Wars theme song on piano?

In Hoffman Academy’s arrangement of this theme, the music is written in G major. The melody begins with three repeated Ds in a triplet rhythm, which is SO in the key of G major. Then it moves up to two half notes: DO (G) and the SO (D) above. Next, the melody steps down in a triplet rhythm: FA (C), MI (B), RE (A) before jumping up to a high DO (G) for two beats and then jumping to SO (D) below it for one beat. This idea is repeated. Finally, FA (C), MI (B), FA (C) is played in a triplet rhythm before ending with DO (G). Watch the video below to learn the entire song with Mr Hoffman!

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Who composed the Star Wars theme song?

The scores to the Star Wars franchise films were composed by John Williams. John Williams is one of the best-known film composers of all time, having composed the scores to countless films, including the Star Wars franchise, Jaws, the Indiana Jones franchise, the first two Home Alone films, the first two Jurassic Park films, the first three Harry Potter films, Hook, Catch Me If You Can, Superman, and so many more.

What is the tempo of the Star Wars theme song?

The Star Wars theme is a majestic march, meaning that it’s not too quick and it’s not too slow. It also feels like the music is steadily marching along to a prominent 4/4 beat.

What is the opening chord of Star Wars?

The opening chord of the original orchestral version of the Star Wars theme is a B-flat major chord, but that may be different depending on the arrangement that you’re learning on the piano. Regardless, this theme does always begin with the I chord of the chosen key.

Hello and welcome back.
I'm Joseph Hoffman. Today we are learning how to play one of the great movie
themes of all time,
the theme from Star Wars composed by
John Williams.
All right, you'll notice in the score it
starts off with these three eighth notes being
together, with this kind of fancy italic
three underneath the beat.
This is called a triplet and it fits three eighth notes into one beat. It would sound like
this. Trip-o-let. See, it's on the step
above the middle C line,
so what we'll do with our left hand
finger one on the D a step above middle
C, we play trip-o-let, and then the melody
passes up to the right hand in the
treble clef.
So with your right hand finger one on
treble G, right here after the triplet we
have trip-o-let, one two, one two.
So, two half notes in a row, G then
skip all the way up to D. Watch that one
more time, left hand starts trip-o-let, one
two, one two,
Now you try. Good. Now checking out the
next measure,
we just finished playing D, and then it
has three notes stepping down, another
triplet, trip-o-let, starting on C
stepping down. Trip-o-let.
Now you try. Good, now let's go that far. It's going to sound like this.
Trip-o-let, one two, one two, trip-o-let.
Now you try. Good. Now here's where it
gets a little fancy. After that trip-o-let,
the next note we need is this
h gh G. Since our right hand is out of
range our left hand is going to cross
over and help us out with finger two of
the left hand.
We're going to land on that high G right
after this stepping down triplet, trip-o-let,
one two, D, and then the right hand
plays another D. Watch that again. We have
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