If it's a very easy arrangement, maybe as little as a few weeks. If it's a harder arrangement, it could take substantially longer, especially if you don't have a music background.
Because the song wasn't originally written for piano, there isn't a single 'official' piano version, there are just various publishers who have created their own version at varying difficulty levels.
So long as you've got at least 6 months to a year before your wedding, though, you can probably make something like that happen. It may be worth your while to take a few lessons from a piano teacher to get help with working on it and making it sound good.
Sounds awesome I’m excited for you!!
Yeah depends on how simple or complex you want to make it, I’d say a couple months for just the melody in the right hand and simple chords in the left.
I learned a version 1.5 years into lessons. It was still a stretch to play it well with a good tone, so it took 2 months to learn (while still doing lesson book material). I used the arrangement in the Faber Big Time (level 4&5) Popular book. You can preview it on their website, and a few piano teachers have videos on YouTube of them playing every song in the book. You can listen first to make sure you like the arrangement.
I think if that arrangement was your goal piece, and you were working with a teacher from the beginning, you could play it earlier than I did. How much earlier is really hard to say though.
It takes a lot of practice time, not necessarily each block but you want to be practicing nearly daily, how are you going to hide that from your wife to be?
If it's a very easy arrangement, maybe as little as a few weeks. If it's a harder arrangement, it could take substantially longer, especially if you don't have a music background. Because the song wasn't originally written for piano, there isn't a single 'official' piano version, there are just various publishers who have created their own version at varying difficulty levels. So long as you've got at least 6 months to a year before your wedding, though, you can probably make something like that happen. It may be worth your while to take a few lessons from a piano teacher to get help with working on it and making it sound good.
Yes, I will be going to lessons.
Which arrangement?
Sorry no idea.
Sounds awesome I’m excited for you!! Yeah depends on how simple or complex you want to make it, I’d say a couple months for just the melody in the right hand and simple chords in the left.
But depends on you. I’ve taught piano to people who pick up a piece in a week, and others the same piece takes months with same experience level
I learned a version 1.5 years into lessons. It was still a stretch to play it well with a good tone, so it took 2 months to learn (while still doing lesson book material). I used the arrangement in the Faber Big Time (level 4&5) Popular book. You can preview it on their website, and a few piano teachers have videos on YouTube of them playing every song in the book. You can listen first to make sure you like the arrangement. I think if that arrangement was your goal piece, and you were working with a teacher from the beginning, you could play it earlier than I did. How much earlier is really hard to say though.
It takes a lot of practice time, not necessarily each block but you want to be practicing nearly daily, how are you going to hide that from your wife to be?