A very easy piano song for beginners to learn to play is Brown Eyed Girl by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison. The song was written and recorded in 1967 by Van Morrison and was his first solo release. He was previously in a band, the Belfast R&B band.
It was first released in May 1967 on the album Blowing Your Mind! When released as a single, it rose to number eight on the Cash box charts and reached number ten on the Billboard Hot 100. This song is widely considered to be Van Morrison’s signature song.
Brown Eyed Girl is one of those songs that most people will know and is still heard regularly on radio stations. It was listed as the fourth most played song by DJs in 2006 and 2007. Van Morrison received a certificate from BMI Records as a Top European Writer, for reaching an American audience and the only song by a European writer with the most airplay . It’s every breath you take for the police. Therefore, it is one of the best selling songs of the 20th century and it certainly deserves its place as it is a great song.
It was originally called “Brown Skinned Girl”, but Morrison changed it to “Brown Eyed Girl” to make it more palatable to radio stations. Some stations banned it anyway for the phrase “Making love on the green grass”.
It was written about an interracial relationship, sexual youth, and growing up, but more importantly, it’s a song about singing.
It has been covered by many recording artists including Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, and Van Morrison’s version has been featured in many popular movies as a soundtrack, including The Big Chill and Sleeping with the Enemy.
The song was originally written on guitar, but it has a nice strong melody that can be transferred to most instruments and therefore suits the piano very well. It is written in the key of G and it is a fairly simple song, which is covered by many musicians and artists.
The intro has a nice melody that includes the notes GABAGCDEDCGABAGA in the right hand and has nice GCDE Minor and D7 chords. It’s written in a fairly easy key, so it’s great for beginners to pick up and start learning. Since it’s such a well-known song, it’s great to have it in your repertoire.