How to Play 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams on Piano

Hey guys , it is Ryan Jones here .

This is How to play Happy by Pharrell .

I got a few requests in for this one .

So I'm going to teach you the two parts that you need to know for this song .

The first part is going to sound like this , right ?

You like my little singing there ?

And then the second part is during the main chorus line when you sing Happy .

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So let's look at the left hand base for the first part .

That's kind of how it's gonna sound .

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So we're gonna start on this F here and we're gonna go to a flat back to F All right .

So we've got flat .

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So again , from the beginning , then we go to a flat , see a flat , a flat , a flat , a flat F .

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So at a slow pace , this is how it goes .

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A little bit faster .

Let's try again .

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And something that I do here to make it sound a little bit cooler .

I play .

Basically , these are like little accidentals , kind of like that between the notes .

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Now , let's look at the cords that the right hand is gonna be filling in here .

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So this first chord , this is an F minus seven that's just inverted .

So we've got a flat ce flat and F now here , uh basically , we just release that top up .

So this just simply becomes an a flat major chord .

Now , when the left hand gets the B flat , the right hand simply plays a B flat major chord .

So B flat DNF , all right .

So from the beginning , now when the left hand plays C , that's when the right hand plays the C major chord .

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So , so far , we've got the F minor seven , a flat major , we flat major major .

Now , here we're gonna play be Fight major again .

And then here at the very end , this is actually an F seven .

So this is an F dominant seven chord .

Um You can see that instead of the thumb playing a flat , we're gonna be playing a which makes it the F major and then the E flat makes it dominant .

So this is just an inverted F seven corr , right ?

So all together at a slow pace , this is how it goes are a little bit faster .

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I'll , I'll do it a little bit faster this next time .

And I'll be playing the left hand with the little accidentals like this .

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So that part is gonna take a little bit of practice .

And then when you get to the main chorus line of the song .

It's , uh , kind of sound like dish .

This part is pretty easy .

So , basically what we're playing here in the right hand is a C# major seven cord or D flat , major seven .

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So we've got D flat fa flat and C and so the left hand is just gonna simply play the baseline like this .

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So both hands together .

Now , this next chord is ac minor seven cordon and the left hand is going to do the same pattern .

But this time with CG and C , all right .

And we , and we played this chord twice .

So let's go back to the beginning here , here's the first time , here's the second time and then we end with this .

Um This is just an inverted F seven again .

So this is an F major chord but it's , it's dominant .

So it's , it's an F seven chord and the left hand is gonna play FC and F .

So this is an inversion of the chord .

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So , all together , it's like this .

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So those are the two main piano parts that you need to know for Happy by Pharrell .

Hopefully that guys uh helps you out .

It's kind of a cool little riff there to play anyway , regardless .

Um So have fun with that guys .

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