How to play A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton Piano Tutorial
- Filed under: Song tutorials
- Date: May 18,2008
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This is the main riff of the song. It was one of the first songs I learned ever on the piano and it sparked my interest after hearing it on the radio.



74 Responses for "How to play A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton Piano Tutorial"
hi! you’re super!
after watching it a few times, its easier than i thought!
thank you sooooo much!
XX
Thanks Ryan!
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I just wanted to let you know that you have a HUGE contribution in my learning to play the piano. And I’m sure that I’m speaking for a lot of people here
THANK YOU !
This song was one of my favorites!!! im so going to learn how to do this one too! Thanx for doing this!!!!!!
So true Aksha.
Thank you very much Ryan!
that was awesome i just started watching your vids today and learned 4 songs… well not quite good ill practice tho keep it up man. your awesome
whAt iS It HaNd PoSiTiOn I CnT SeE It!!
Good Job =D Hehe, you messed up at 00:14 xD
Hey thanks this is a really fun song to play. But I wish I knew the rest. Do you think you could show the rest of it. Watch David Archuleta on you tube playing it. I dont know if he added stuff or if that is how the song is supposed to be played. It sounds really good. Thanks sooooo much. I could’nt do this without you!
thanks i love this song. it would be great if u finished it
it would be great it during your tutorials the names of the notes ur playing would pop up on top of the screen!
ok soo keep going
your amazing
but…..
you make it easy
because you have
the keys letters
on it. my keyboard doesnt
and maybe try saying how many
is inbetween..not octive..not roman
numerals either 8 or eight or how ever
many…and your going too fast
and your hand is usually in the way
i know your trying
and yes it is tricky
but this perticular
song isnt good
for a tutorial
but thanks!
god bless
ok, ive learned alot of songs fro you and im learning this one
if you could remove it or something that would be amazing
but……………icant really see it, your banner saying free piano tuorials is in the way
Thank You
i LOVE this song but its hard to play because i cant move my hands that fast =( i was really hoping i could play this song… but thanks to you ryan i can play alot of songs i thought i couldnt play before!!!!!! Thanks a ton!
can you teach the chourus? plzzzz =]
hey!!
can u do cry by mandy moore…….
by the way..
you are awsome at teaching piano!!
hey.
do u have the music sheets for that “a thousand miles”?
can u send it to me if u do plz?
thanks.
:]
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ur really good.
i can never stop in the middle to teach or tell ppl what to do.
i’ll lose my place or something and have to start over.
can u teach Because of You by Kelly Clarkson? i would absolutely LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i learned it!!!!!!!!!!
than you
i want to learn the chorus now!!
can you
PLEASE!!!!!!!!!
SORRY I MEANT TO SAY
THANK YOU
well u kindA OF MESSED UP
ALOT!
BUT IT WAS STILL GOOD AND HELPFUL!
THANKS!
=))))
dude you seriously know how to teach man and ive learned a lot of song from you keep up the good work and if you can id really like if you did out of my league by stephan speaks please and thank you!
You should host your videos from Meta Cafe on your site, You would earn a shittt load more ..about 1000$ per vid
hi Ryan,
i’m a girl from the netherlands and because i wanted to learn piano i came on this site..=)
U are really good on the piano/keyboard..
thanks for teaching me this song
possibly could you teach the rest
UR AWESOME!!! this song is hard but i think i will get it, thnx 2 u! thnx again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In the verse, the left hand is different. It’s E and B together, then F# and C# together and then E and B together twice.
he did finsish it people. it’s basically just that over and over again in the song if you actually listened to it.
anywhoo, you are so amazing! thanks so much!!
-maddie
ive been so desperat to learn this song!!!!!! ever since the first time i saw it. i thought id never learned it :(( because i thought it was hard! but thanks to you. you’re sooooo awesome! you’re helping alot of people and inspiring them
may God bless you :)))) p.s. i’m still ltrying to learn it right now hshahah. so pls pray that iL be able to learn it! wee thanks :))
REally nice! i love this song! I like to listen it when i was 6 jears old, but i cant play the whole song because my hands are to smal to reach 2 B`s
OMG!! YAY!!
This is the one song that made me want to learn piano and this video is helping me learn it. It’s not hard at all and it’s easy to learn. THANK YOU SO MUCH! <3
Thanks! it was really really helpful!!!! Aaah! Can’t wait to play it!
thank you so much… i thought this song was hard so i gave up on it and then the next day for some reason i could play it… so then i learned both hands and now i can play this song!!! thanks
hi ryan,
great work bro i really appreciate your contributions your awesome dude..
god bless and keep up the good work
ok well i started watching you on you tube and i must say i enjoy your new site very easy to navigate..hopefully this type of feedback heps you enjoy teachign the piano more and more..all the negitive comments are just jelous people dont take notice thanks for your efforts and i hope to spread your teachings
aww come on dude, we need the rest of it here :(!
thanks ryan…
it was really helped me.
i will learn more about piano.^^
Omg! that rly helped me! its been my dream since i first heard this song to learn to play it on the piano! and now i can!!! thanx ryan! u helped me acheive my dream!!
<3 ily <3
This song is why I decided to take piano classes, but we’re going too slow for my own good. I’ll easily get bored if I don’t get to do things like this…
Hi, It’s hard for me to understand the left hand notes. Can you email me the keys of the left hands. xD.I can’t really get it. tatin2k4@yahoo.com
Hey ryan your awsome! I just learned how to play this song thanks! and can you post how to play Mad by Ne-Yo please?
this is really helpful
thank you
dude you rock!!!!!!!!! thx soooooooooooooo much
THANKS SO MUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:) *^_^*
thanks you are so freking awsome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
can you do a video on how to play cancer by my chemical romance
please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
heeeey dude

ive been trying to learn this song for ages !!
could you please try and get the right hand keys for me
i cant get them thank youuu
Thanks so much for this! I learned it really quickly and it’s really fun to play
I wish you’d have a tutorial for the couple other parts of the song, though. I can’t figure it out myself haha.
lovew love love the song!!! omg thankyou sooo much!!! if it wasnt for you i wouldnt have been able to learn it for my talent show!!! me and my friend are singing it and im going to play the paino on it!!! any tips on playing the piano?? well tell me!!1 i jsut started geting lessons at the begining of the school year(august) and i really good(well thats what ppl say) sp yeah thatnkyou!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111
sana naman merong piyesa ng a thousand miles na pedeng i-copy.. plzz
i luv ur songs ,can you make a toutoral on mad by neYo:]] id really apreciate it
it’s a really great song, and when i saw it on this site, i was really happy, but then i saw the video, it was the part that i already could play.. so i would be SO glad, if you will make a video where yoy play the rest of the song
thanks 
merci, je t’aime <3… ^^
heyaa.
ur really good,
could i have the notes with the letters at the bottem of each note please? it would be soooooooooooooooooooo helpful if i couldd!
thanx.
xxxx <3
About rotate on 2 min. it was confusing me ALOT. But you teach me really good in the beginning. I can do 1000 miles for talent show! Thank You! But plz do it slower.
HEY
thank you man
it’s awsome
when i heard the original music i tough it’s camplicated
and after watching it seems easy
thank you
now i can play it when ever i want
hey your amazing….could you possibly do fall for you by second hand seranade??? i know the intro but the other tutorial i was using wasn’t too great after the intro…and after watching your videos i think your gonna be my main source lol: )
This is great love how you play wish I could like that. Could you make a tutorial for (keep holding on) by Avril laviegne from the eragon movie
Hi. Thanks for playing so nicely! Rotate? Don’t get that. I am Selena’s sister. Would you play love story on youtube? That would be nice. Thanks.
You could give the notes too….
like a , b, c, thing…
that might encourage the viers to play it
Hi! Your tutorials AMAZING! When i first started to play i saw your love song video and that was my first song! lol. You should do Mad by Ne-Yo! I really want to learn that!
Dude, you’re awesome! I just found playing the piano fun again after a long break. I wonder if it wold be possible for you to please send me the chords/scores/sheets for this piece. It would be very appreciated.
Thanks again for your siite, it’s awesome!
My e-mail: diddan__@hotmail.com
WOW!!!!!!!!! This is amazing I have never played the piano (except for twinkle twinkle little star) and today at school my friend was telling me about learning this song so i dicided to try it. i went on youtube, and wiki how then I found your site and now I am VVVVEEEERRRRRYYYYY happy. Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are the best pianoplayer EVER. I first had lessons, but my teacher was mean… Now i can finally show people what i can play! My compliments.
DONT STOP MAKING TUTORIALS
PLEASE POST SHOULD’VE SAID NO OR CHANGE BY TAYLOR SWIFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!
wow this sonis so amazing,, youv made it so easy for me,, i learnt this surprisingly quickly, you are ana mazing player thankyou, and thats coming from someone who doesnt doesn’t know what note each key plays !!!,,x thanks,,,xx
You’r Good rly. Thx for that film.
Good luck with playing.
hey Thanks for the tutorial its helped me ALOT ^_^
super… could you make a tutorial of tonguetied by faber drive… i’ve ben searching for the notes and chords of it…but i didn’t find one…:[ plz do make tutorial of tonguetied…thankies
UR GREAT
super
ilove your tutorials….
OMG!!! Thanks a lot ryan!!! i so have learned a lot!!!
THANK YOU !
thank you so much for this is really helped
Thanks so much for making this look so easy!
hi
learnt this in the time of 3 hours any chance you could please do the rest of the song for us
Hey, this is an awesome song. i have 2 learn this for a performance, singing and playing : )
i was having so much trouble for the start and all you did was make it easier
THANKYOU SOME MUCH WHO EVER YOU ARE
YES! after watching this…I can play it…on my iphone piano!
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