How to Play My Heart Will Go On - The Theme From Titanic On Keyboard Or Piano My heart will go on was written by James Horner who composed the soundtrack music for the film Titanic. The music was written on keyboard and piano and is perfectly suited to a budding musician who is learning this instrument. It has a beautiful captivating melody which will give any audience goose bumps, and is sure to impress an audience small or large. To make the most of your practice time when learning this song, it is vital for you to take the following steps when learning this song: - My heart will go on, is written in the key of E Major, with a key change at the end of the song. The sharps required for the key of E Major are C# D# F# & G#, so it is important to learn where these black keys are before playing the music. Do an exercise to find these notes ascending and descending up your keyboard or piano. When the key change comes in towards the end of the music it moves into the key of F Minor. The flats required in this song are Db Eb Ab and Bb. So once you get to this section, familiarise yourself also with where these notes are positioned on your keyboard or piano. The left hand bass section of titanic has a lot going on, and it is based on the arpeggio scale technique. So if you are not already playing arpeggios as part of your scale work then now will be a good idea to do so, as it will make playing titanic and other songs based on this formation a lot easier for you. The key to learning this song is to make sure you are fully confident of the fingering and the arpeggio chords in the left hand. Once you nail this part then the right hand and its melody will be a lot easier. Use the fingering guide suggested in your music wisely; after all it is there to guide you and for your reference. Try to avoid getting into bad habits with the fingering as it will only trip you up later on when you try and co-ordinate the right hand section.

The more you play through this song, the easier you will start to recognise that the chords and fingering used in this are very repetitive and although it looks quite tricky on paper once you click with the pattern it is quite simple to work out. So once you have mastered the left hand, start working on the right hand melody. With this it is also really important to master the fingering technique advised, and try to stick to this as much as possible. Highlight the sections at the start of the intro and verse that are hands together as this will help you when you go to play it both hands. Use a brightly coloured pen to make it stand out, and then break this down into tiny sections when you put it hands together. The rhythm will be a little tricky to master to start with but again like the repetitiveness with the left hand the rhythm is also quite repetitive. So once you click with one part of this then learning the rest of the song will be much easier. Don’t run before you can walk with this song, and pace yourself. It is such a beautiful song and the last thing you want to do is ruin it for yourself by trying to do too much too soon. Listen to the audio track for this song, but the musical version without singing, so you can really hear how the piano sounds in this wonderful song. It can take many years of practice to reach the standard to be able play your own one hour song repertoire on piano or keyboard. But what if there was a simple method that could show any beginner how to do it in just 12 days? Find out how it’s done...Easy Keyboard Lessons