It's World Piano Day on March 28, so what better time to celebrate the greatest pop songs ever written for the ivories? Sure, pianists might not get up and rock out like other members of the band well, not all of them anyway , but they definitely help create some of the sweetest and most memorable melodies in pop and rock history. We've selected some of the very best piano pop songs of all time, so grab your sheet music and get practising:. A massively underrated love song from the mids, it features one of the best pop piano melodies of all time. The person named Jessie in this song was rumoured to be actress Sarah Jessica Parker, with whom Kadison was involved at the time. One of Bruno 's songwriting partners, Philip Lawrence, said of the inspiration of this love song: "I think Bruno and I are both huge fans of older music, like Billy Joel and Elton John. We always loved those moments where you can sit at the piano and emote. We always wanted to find a stripped down song like that, which is how that song came to be.


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The piano repertoire is the largest of any instrument save the voice. With millions of works to choose from, where do you start? What a task!
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The piano is a beautiful instrument capable of playing a wide array of sounds, from staccato to grandiose. When the piano came around, it unlocked a level of harmony and dynamics traditionally reserved for orchestras. Certain famous classical piano song s have stood the test of time, making their way into our modern lives and providing the soundtrack for countless classic movie scenes and tv shows.
The piano is such a versatile instrument, that naturally everyone wants to write for it. Clara Schumann was one of the best known pianists of her time, but sadly she moved away from composing, saying " I once believed that I possessed creative talent, but I have given up this idea; a woman must not desire to compose—there has never yet been one able to do it. Should I expect to be the one? This beautiful piano concerto gives us an idea of her incredible pianism and musical imagination.