Elton John Demonstrates The Chord Structures In His Songs + More!

Elton John recently sat down for an exclusive iHeartRadio ICONS launch party, hosted by iHeartRadio and Q1043's Jim Kerr, at the iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles

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[rebeccamouse]

I cannot imagine my life without Elton John’s music. His music has enriched my life so much.

[yoranvancampfort-videyo]

Elton John stopped playing full acoustic Grand Piano's in de late 80's and switched to the Roland RD-1000 Digital Piano. After that, he began using top of the line Yamaha Grand Piano's during concerts. But, and this is important, he didn't and still doesn't use the acoustic sound of the Yamaha. His piano's are MIDI and he uses the Roland MKS-20 Sound Module (the one from the Roland RD-1000 Digital Piano) and he also uses a Yamaha Motif Rack to create his live piano sound. Those two things, the Roland Sound Module and the Yamaha Motif Rack, form about 80% of the piano's sound during concerts. The other 20% is the acoustic sound of the piano, which is negligible. So that is why his piano's sound so high in pitch, it's an electronic sound and he likes it that way. One of the reasons is because you can hear him playing during rock songs. The sound of an acoustic piano practically disappears when there are drums and guitars. So maybe you don't like the sound of it, but you can't say it's cheap or garbage because frankly it takes some work and technical knowledge to recreate his live piano sound ;-)

[thekiss]

Absolute master. Making those musical connections as easy as thinking it, and reproducing it all on the spot. A true genius

[SynthMusicWorld]

I hereby pledge to provide Elton with 24/7 security coverage, and wrap him in protective bubble wrap.

[medicocreguitarist]

What a treasure to the world Sir Elton John is.

[greggieandthejets]

That's because it is a digital baby grand without strings - and the sound "patch" he chose is probably a "rock" setting, which has the treble boosted up quite a bit.

[rvdlcfc]

Sir Elton is one of my favourite pop music musicians of all time. When it comes to the piano or the keyboard he plays.

[ohwni]

Love how he changed the first few up from the originals then kept The Greatest Discovery and on the same. What a genius.

[JM_]

These chord structures and songs are really timeless - they do not get old compared to other stuff written at that time.

[MrSilva]

That why always like his tune, his cultural Classical background. In his career brings to all of us splendid melodies, and memories too ! cross decades and still continues with great musical hits !

[louisromao]

In a music appreciation text book, "When I am laid in Earth" (from Henry Purcell's 'Dido and Aeneas') was discussed, in particular the descending bass line found in the aria. This was compared to the descending bass line found in "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word" by Elton John.

[austinskaggs]

I can’t believe he went up there and played a deep cut like the greatest discovery. I love that

[darykinnaman]

His songs are difficult for me to play. I have these big hands and I can't cover the keyboard like Elton. He is an accomplished piano player. One of a kind actually.

[philster-ihte]

Three of my most favourite Elton Songs are those he played here. Masterpieces. They can be heard in their absolute greatness on the Eton John Live in Australia with the MSO. Breathtaking, Splendid and truly awesome.

[nonnamadonna]

So beautiful.  I also LOVE "Carla/Etude/Fanfare/Chloe" from Elton's "The Fox" album.

[mariellabenavente]

The Greatest Discovery!! What an extraordinary song!! I love it ❤️

[Unknown]

I'm always singing--since I was a little boy. I can't walk down the street or go shopping or do any small task without singing. And almost all the time, the song is one of Elton's. He has put a song in my heart and on my lips nearly every day. I'm an old man now, and I had no idea when this all began that it would last a lifetime. I'm so grateful that his immense talent somehow found a way into my life to make all my days better.

[christinecaponigro]

One of my fav songs ever from Elton and Bernie = The Greatest Discovery! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[Jo_Wardy]

every time someone asks him to do something he always goes very quickly and say yeah sure or alright haha.

[thomaseharrison]

I've always thought that you could clearly hear his classical background in "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word". But, it's even there in "Your Song", the way the voices move in the piano part etc. Cool video 👍