Poker Face Acoustic Piano
4 December 2020, 12:28 Updated: 4 December 2020, 13:58
She might be better known for her extraordinary mezzo voice and meat-inspired costumes, but Lady Gaga was also once accepted to study piano at Juilliard. Here are her most impressive moments on keys.
Lady Gaga performing Poker Face (Acoustic Version). May 26, 2009 Where can I find the acoustic version of Poker Face by Lady Gaga for piano? By acoustic I mean the one when she sings with her piano and without background music. Example: the American Idol one. (site that actually have it, not random crap sites) Preferably free ones, but if not that's okay.
From theatrical acoustic versions to a brief flirtation with ragtime, here are Lady Gaga’s greatest piano performances.
Poker Face Acoustic Piano Lessons
An acoustic piano reading of ‘Paparazzi’
There’s nothing about this that isn’t brilliant. The dark piano opening toys with us, gradually bringing in the melody of the chorus before launching back into that stilted, staccato accompaniment. Official verdict: miles better than the original.
A brief performance of Scott Joplin’s ‘Maple Leaf Rag’
This came from a French TV show in 2009, when Lady Gaga was asked to crack out some classical piano on the spot – and she wasn’t even fazed. It might not have been a note-perfect performance, but no other popstar would have dared to do this. She’s a Lady for a reason.
‘Joanne’, the piano version
Gaga’s stripped-down piano version of her 2016 single ‘Joanne’ is slower and far more sombre than the original. The simple piano chords add a wonderful sense of peace to the ballad, which she wrote in memory of her late aunt Joanne Germanotta. Beautiful.
An acoustic performance of ‘Poker Face’
Gaga plays with us in this acoustic interpretation of ‘Poker Face’. She goes from jumpy staccato rhythms to booming chords, hitting us with those killer mezzo vocals over the top. She even plays with her shoe on the piano at the end, all the while dressed in a fabulously bespoke hat (of course).
A slowed-down piano version of ‘Bad Romance’
Lady Gaga is known for her dalliances in classical music, and the music video to her 2009 hit ‘Bad Romance’ begins with Bach’s Fugue in B minor from the Well-tempered Clavier Book I.
But this piano version is different: it’s slowed-down, and shows off the incredible mezzo tones she has near the top of her range. Gaga, you’re doing what so many pianists and singers should be doing already.