House of the Rising Sun Piano Lesson

Learn to Play House of the Rising Sun on Piano

House of the Rising Sun is a traditional American folk song from New Orleans. It tells how somebody's life hasn't gone so well. The first popular release was by Woody Guthrie in 1941 and the most famous version was by the UK Rock Band, The Animals in 1964 who originally came from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Believe it or not, but The Animals even toured with Chuck Berry. It became a number 1 in the UK, USA and Canada. Bob Dylan, Nina Simone and others also recorded their own cover versions.

Left Hand Development
This song is perfect for developing your left hand and your arpeggios.

The chords that you will need to make into arpeggios form this progression:
D minor (DFA)
F Major (FAC)
G Major (GBD)
Bb Major (BbDF)
Dm (DFA)
A Major (AC#E)
Dm (DFA)

This piece is like a left hand work out

The minor scale

This melody uses the natural minor scale. Watch the video to learn how to play it.

D natural minor: DEFGABbCD (in terms of semitone steps: 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 )

Improvisation

I improvise using the D natural minor scale. If you want just a few notes at first, try simple chords (not arpeggios) in the LH.

In the right hand, start with just As.
Next add Cs.
Now add Ds.
Continue adding notes of the scale one by one so that you can build your confidence.

Don't limit yourself to one octave - extend to use more of the piano.

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