Billy Joel: Piano Man. Sheet Music for Piano, Voice

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The song exposes Billy Joel’s point of view as a piano player at a bar, taking us through his experiences and the people he met there.

Start now and learn to play ‘Piano Man’ on the piano with Skoove. You can start your one month free trial now! With a length of 5:40 minutes in its original version, Piano Man was written in the key of C major, having a ¾ waltz time signature. Looking into its composition, the song begins with a piano solo with jazz influences and includes bass guitar, harmonica, piano, accordion, acoustic guitar, mandolin and drums. Billy Joel was born in the Bronx, New York. His mother took him to a piano teacher where he learned classical piano. He has had 33 top 40 hits which include “Uptown Girl”, “Tell Her About It”, “We Didn’t Start the Fire”. He has won 5 grammy awards and was inducted into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame in 1992.

One of his earliest and most successful songs, Piano Man is a great sing-along song. The 3/4 time gives it its lilting and catchy feeling. When Billy Joel plays this song live at concerts, the audience sing the chorus and that sounds amazing. Cheat sheet The story behind the free Piano Man piano sheet music lyrics comes from the artist’s real-life experience as a lounge musician in LA from 1972 to 1973. Piano Man was released as the artist’s first single in North America and as part of his album named the same - Piano Man. Once released, the song embraced incredible success, becoming the artist’s best single until the date, and his signature song.

William Martin Joel is an American artist also known as the "Piano Man", acting as a singer and songwriter, also a great composer.

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