Vienna by Billy Joel Piano Sheet Music
100% accurate note-for-note transcription of the piano part played on Billy Joel’s song Vienna from the 1977 album The Stranger.
Vienna by Billy Joel Piano Sheet Music
100% accurate note-for-note transcription of the piano part played on Billy Joel’s song Vienna from the 1977 album The Stranger.
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The Van Tuyl Music Foundation’s sheet music transcription of the piano part played on Billy Joel’s song Vienna was completed by our team of elite, professional musicians who invest multiple hours into ensuring the accuracy of each transcription. PDF sheet music downloads of our transcriptions are available for educational use only to members of The Van Tuyl Music Foundation’s Rhino Clubs, to students in programs funded by The Van Tuyl Music Foundation, and also to donors of The Van Tuyl Music Foundation who support our mission to make modern music education accessible to people of all ages, ethnicities, and economic backgrounds.
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A transcription from The Van Tuyl Music Foundation means that our team of elite, professional musicians spend hours listening to and learning the song, and then transcribing every note, accent, dynamic and fill we hear. Once the transcription is complete, it is then checked, and re-checked for accuracy before we release it. Because we are human musicians, it is possible that we miss a note somewhere, or make an error, but it is extremely rare. Accuracy is our primary concern, so if you find one, please alert us so we can fix it!
About Vienna (from Wikipedia):
Vienna is a song from Billy Joel’s 1977 album The Stranger, released as the B-side to his “Just the Way You Are” single. Despite its initial release as a B-side, the song’s popularity has grown considerably in the decades after its release. As of 2022, it is one of Joel’s most-streamed songs on Spotify. The song begins with a piano melody in the right hand and chords in the left, ultimately cadencing to the tonic chord of Bb. However, when the verse starts the first chord is a Gm, which is the relative minor chord of Bb. A change to the vi chord doesn’t always indicate a change in key, however each verse ends with a V-i authentic cadence in Gm, indicating that a key change has taken place. The chorus begins with an Eb chord, the IV chord in Bb, which is a half step up from D, giving a rising feeling going from the verse to the chorus. The end of the chorus cadences back to the tonic of Bb with the chords C, Gb, F, Bb. Gb is the tritone substitution of the V chord for F, and F to Bb forms another authentic cadence.
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