{"id":10224,"date":"2023-01-06T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/?p=10224"},"modified":"2023-05-05T11:03:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T18:03:38","slug":"married-life-up-theme-piano-sheet-music-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/married-life-up-theme-piano-sheet-music-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Play &#8220;Married Life&#8221; (Theme from &#8220;Up&#8221;) on Piano \ud83c\udf88"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Up <\/em>is one of Pixar\u2019s most beloved movies from the last 20 years. And one of its highlights is the Academy Award-winning music. \u201cMarried Life,\u201d the theme from <em>Up<\/em>, is an absolutely beautiful piece of film music that features the piano. In this tutorial, Kevin Castro will teach you how to play the theme from <em>Up <\/em>on piano with step-by-step instructions. Get ready to cry, because this piece is a tearjerker!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#sheet-music\">&#8220;Married Life&#8221; Piano Sheet Music<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#main-theme\"><em>Up<\/em> Main Theme and Accompaniment<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#middle\">Middle Section<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#ending\">Ending<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"sheet-music\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>&#8220;Married Life&#8221; Piano Sheet Music Download<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Looking for the sheet music for the <em>Up <\/em>theme? Pianote Members can download the full piano sheet music in our Members Area, complete with chord symbols and fingering. If you\u2019re not a Member yet, don\u2019t worry! Here\u2019s a free trial just for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<center><a class=\"join\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TRY PIANOTE FOR 7 DAYS<\/a><\/center>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"main-theme\" style=\"font-size:32px\"><strong><em>Up<\/em> Main Theme and Accompaniment<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Quick reminder: we\u2019re in the key of F Major, which means that by default, all Bs are played with flats. Do pay attention to accidentals, however, as this piece has quite a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\">Left Hand Comping<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It may be helpful to learn the left-hand part first because it will anchor us to the beat. The left hand accompaniment pattern is a standard waltz rhythm, <em>1-2-3 1-2-3<\/em>. Practice these chords and comping rhythm a few times to get the hang of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<video playsinline=\u201c\u201d autoplay=\u201c\u201d src=\"https:\/\/pianote.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2023\/Married%20Life\/Married%20Life%20-%20waltz%20rhythm.mp4\" loop=\"\" muted=\"\" width=\"100%\"><\/video>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\">Right Hand Melody<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The right hand melody (main theme) starts on a few pick-up notes, which means we don\u2019t begin on the on-beat. If it helps, break down the counting into eighth notes (1 + 2 + 3 + ) and write this down on the sheet music. You can even draw lines on the sheet music to match up the left and right hand parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/05094829\/Married-Life-Pick-Up-1-1024x398.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/05094829\/Married-Life-Pick-Up-1-1024x398.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/05094829\/Married-Life-Pick-Up-1-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/05094829\/Married-Life-Pick-Up-1-768x299.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/05094829\/Married-Life-Pick-Up-1-1536x597.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/01\/05094829\/Married-Life-Pick-Up-1-2048x796.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"blue-text-block\">\ud83c\udfb9 <b><i>BEHIND THE AWARD-WINNING MELODY:<\/i><\/b>  The much acclaimed theme from <i>Up<\/i> was written by composer Michael Giacchino. Giacchino, who won an Academy Award for his work on the film, shares that the secret behind the music\u2019s success was its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2013\/10\/michael-giacchino-how-to-score-a-movie.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">repetitive yet varied<\/a> use of the main theme. The theme starts off upbeat and optimistic, but as the trials and tribulations of marriage inevitably happen, more complex harmony, different orchestration, and other changes in the theme\u2019s mood portray this complexity.<\/span>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"middle\" style=\"font-size:32px\"><strong>Middle Section<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Quite a lot happens in the middle section of the song. So take things slow if you need to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:28px\">High Notes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ll notice an \u201c8va\u201d symbol with some dotted lines. This means to play the right hand notes under the lines an octave higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a little run at measure 41 that looks complicated because there are so many accidentals. But this is just a chromatic scale. Think of it as hitting all the white <em>and <\/em>black keys between the beginning and end notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<video playsinline=\u201c\u201d autoplay=\u201c\u201d src=\"https:\/\/pianote.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2023\/Married%20Life\/Married%20Life%20-%20Chromatic%20Scale.mp4\" loop=\"\" muted=\"\" width=\"100%\"><\/video>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#f61a30;font-size:22px\"><strong>The first scene that I did in the movie was &#8216;Married Life&#8217; and it was a very complicated theme. You need to follow this very emotional story. The thing about it is, as we were recording it everyone&#8217;s crying each time we did it! You look at a scene like that and you see that this is something that we&#8217;re all gonna go through in our lives. It really gets you thinking beyond just the fact that you&#8217;re watching a Pixar movie. That emotion naturally went into the scoring of it, for me, anyway.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michael Giacchino (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.empireonline.com\/movies\/features\/film-studies-101-michael-giacchino-composer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Empire<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/7e\/Michael_Giacchino_Sep_2017.jpg\/1024px-Michael_Giacchino_Sep_2017.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Michael Giacchino.<\/strong> Photo by Dgoldwas at <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=74548295\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">English Wikipedia<\/a> (CC BY-SA 4.0)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ending\" style=\"font-size:32px\"><strong>Ending<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As the song progresses, things slow down. The 1-2-3 waltz rhythm turns into 1-2, then dotted half notes, and then tied dotted half notes. This part of the song is all about expression. If you\u2019ve seen <em>Up, <\/em>this is the part of the montage when everyone cries! So pay attention to dynamics, play your <em>pianissimos<\/em> as softly as possible, and be delicate with those high notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<div style=\"width:100%;height:0;padding-bottom:55%;position:relative;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/zl3b8VDACq9aw\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" style=\"position:absolute\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"giphy-embed\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope you enjoyed this tutorial on \u201cMarried Life\u201d! If you\u2019d like more lessons like this, be sure to check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/song-tutorials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Song Tutorials<\/a> section for free tutorials and resources. Members can also access a wide variety of downloadable sheet music in our Members Area song library, and play along with our Practice-Along feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"blue-text-block\"><center><h2 style=\"font-size:22px\"><b>\ud83c\udfb9 Your Go-To Place for All Things Piano<\/b><\/h2><p>Subscribe to <i>The Note<\/i> for exclusive interviews, fascinating articles, and inspiring lessons delivered straight to your inbox. 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