1. Beginner Piano Songs - What are the Basic Beginner Piano Chords to Hound Dog By Elvis Presley
A very simple piano song for complete beginners to learn to play is Hound Dog by Elvis Presley.
It is written in a 12 bar blues sequence and perfect for a beginner to Piano. The good thing about
learning a 12 bar blues is that it is the basis many different songs, so once you have learned the
structure of one song, you will be able to play any other song that is written in a blues progression.
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Quite a few of Elvis Presley's songs are based around a 12 bar blues, and even though they are quite
simple they sound very effective. People across the world love the style of music, and it is what Elvis is
renowned for.
Hound Dog was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, writing this song as just teenagers. The first
artist to record this song was Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton in 1952, and it actually became a number
one hit for her, and was by far her biggest success. Elvis decided to cover the popular hit after hearing it
at a concert in Las Vegas in 1956, and then recorded it at the same time as his single Don't be Cruel.
They were both released at the same time. It quickly rose to top spot all over the US, and was number
one for 11 consecutive weeks.
In 1958 it became the only third record to sell more than 3 million copies, which was an amazing
success. The song has featured in the Elvis Presley Biopic in 2005, in 1994 it was featured in the popular
film Forest Gump, and most recently it was sung by Eddie Clendening, portraying Elvis Presley, in the
Broadway musical "Million Dollar Quartet. "
So what are the basic beginner chords to Hound Dog?
Hound Dog is written in a very simple key of C Major.
It contains the basic piano chords C Major, F Major and G Major, which are easy beginner piano chords
and you can use a simple blues scale riff to start and end the song. You can also add interest and put life
into the song by using a glissando, which means gliding up and down the keyboard. A nice way to start
the song is by starting on C chord, 3 octaves above where you want to play the song, so one octave
above middle C, and then do a glissando down to your starting note.
The rhythm uses fast chords in your right hand with a simple three note bass section in the left hand. It
uses the chords mentioned above so when playing the C Section you would play C E G in the left hand
using a blues rhythm.
To finish the song, you can play some notes around the C Blues scale - C Eb F G & Bb maybe, which will
end it very nicely on the piano. Why not have a go at learning some simple songs on piano that are
perfect for beginners. You can also teach yourself a very easy song by watching these Beginner Piano
Song Videos.