In this tutorial, we’ll teach you how to play “Experience” step by step! The original song is quite long and has some trickier parts, so we’ve created a beginner-friendly simplified Experience piano sheet music that is just as charming.
“Experience” is a top song among piano players, and Ludovico Einaudi is one of today’s hottest composers. His simple yet beautiful style is easy to play for most piano players, even beginners, which proves that you don’t have to write super complex music to reach people’s hearts.
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We’re in the key of F-sharp minor, which means there are three sharps to keep in mind: F#, C#, and G#. (F-sharp minor is the relative minor of A major).
If you know chords, you’ll get a shortcut sight-reading this piece. The entire song is built on a continuous i-III-v-VI chord progression. Einaudi sticks pretty close to the notes of those chords, so reviewing your F#m, A, C#m, and D chord shapes will help you quickly find your notes.
Does a song of this length feel intimidating? If so, break the piece down into three sections. In each section, the note values get smaller (quarter notes > eighth notes > sixteenth notes), which gradually builds tension.
This piece has so many beautiful arpeggios! Many of the left-hand arpeggios are broken power chords (root-fifth-root) and some of the right-hand arpeggios are pretty wide too. This means it’s a good idea to stretch out your hands and keep them wide and loose throughout the piece. Stay relaxed.
You’ll notice that there are tenutos on some of the notes with up-facing stems. This means the notes should be sustained for their entire value. Tenuto also means emphasis. These are your melody notes, so make sure to bring them forward from the other accompanying notes.
Ludovico Einaudi is an Italian composer who, in recent years, has become one of the world’s most popular composers. You may have heard of his other hits—”Nuvole Bianche” (we have a tutorial here!) and “I Giorni” are among the most popular. “Experience” was originally released in 2013 on the album In a Time Lapse, but it went viral on TikTok in 2021, racking 15.6 million views by January 2022.
Einaudi is a hit on public pianos, film, and social media, but he’s been criticized by the classical music world for writing music that’s too simplistic. Still, you can’t deny Einaudi’s impact. He’s genuinely touched a lot of hearts. This comment by the Reddit user mean_fiddler sums up the Einaudi phenomenon pretty well: “His music brings pleasure to many people, and that is a wonderful thing. I don’t find his music interesting, so don’t go searching it out or play it. These two truths can happily coexist.”
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Lisa Witt has been teaching piano for more than 20 years and in that time has helped hundreds of students learn to play the songs they love. Lisa received classical piano training through the Royal Conservatory of Music, but she has since embraced popular music and playing by ear in order to accompany herself and others. Learn more about Lisa.
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