My family comes from Hamburg and I also lived there for a long time. Over the years I've talked to many people who have seen the band on stage before they were famous. Nostalgia aside not all was great in retrospective because the guys were constantly trying new things and not all of it worked. But when it worked it was amazing. This gave them something that music theory never could: Experience. A lot of it. When they wrote songs like Let It Be they had literally been thousands of hours on stage and in the studio and thus they just knew intuitively, how music works and how it it connects to people. Of course, being a bunch of genius helps too.
Let it be the most sweet and charming melody of Beatles. I remember the times when my aunt was in the ICU and she was diagnosed with breast carcinoma, and she was given poor prognosis. But, listening to this reignited her lively wonderful spirit and at instant spread positivity in her body, mind and soul. Now, my aunt is absolutely normal the operation and chemotherapy was succesful. I know it might sound like a fairy tale, but trust me once you trust yourself and God you can MOVE MOUNTAINS. I wish I could meet the band to thank them a lot for preparing such a melodious unique masterpiece. Thank you guys for reading my comment ❤ and thank you Pianote for bringing up the tutorial to play this iconic historical masterpiece . God bless guys ❤💐☮️
Interesting that Paul wrote that song after having a dream (or perhaps a vision) of his mother who’d died of breast cancer about 12 years before. He was distressed bc he couldn’t remember much about her, couldn’t really even recall her face. She came to him and said, “let it be, Paul, just let it be.” So how amazing then, that this song lifted your aunt, and that now she’s fine. When my grandmother died at only 55, her daughter, my mother, was quite upset. But my grandmother appeared to her in a baby blue chiffon dress, and said, “oh, Joanie, everything is going to be fine,” and then hugged her so tightly she told me she could hardly breath for a moment. When my dad died, he appeared to my wife (while I slept next to her but I didn’t wake up) and told her he was just fine, to not worry. We were living in another state, and it was 6am, and we hadn’t even been informed that he’d died.
What a great analysis of a great song, thanks Lisa. Really got the old grey matter thinking properly about a song I've played by just reading the music but not understanding what was going on. Thank you for making me think!😅👍
@@PianoteOfficialI think you are mistaking "simplicity" for over-use? Some words are so over-used they become meaningless filler-words. Such a shame to apply this to music? It deserves much better than that. Please can we keep to the Queen's English?
@@joanjohnstone7241 You don't know how they'd have progressed. Probably differently, under different influences. But before they met Martin, they were a fantastic live rock n roll band for years, those early recordings sound astonishing even today.
Anyone can learn to play the piano or a an instrument but not a lot of people can create a first. The Beatles had a lot of "firsts" that nobody thought of before.
This is such an amazing song. I just have to say Lisa, your passion for teaching piano is amazing. I'm a drummer/percussionist doing a lot of producing my own music. I've always loved the piano. about 7 years ago I just started playing. Created music. I've played mallets and studied music. So that helped me. But most recently I started to get curious about playing some of my favorite songs and let it be is one of those songs. I've watced a lot of piano tutorial videos. But none as clear and as passionate as yours. So thank you!
Music theory is cool and I think Lisa is right regarding fitting the right chords to match the downward bass progression. Paul was probably influenced from the song "A Whiter Shade of Pale" that was released in 1967, which was inspired by Bach's "Air on the G String". Bach used the concept of Ground Bass (basso ostinato) - a repeating bass line in many of his works which influenced popular music and jazz. Still, it's a masterpiece by itself and deserves full credit.
Probably influenced by A Whiter Shade of Pale? Probably is a word used when there's some evidence to support the thing expressed... Respectfully, there is *none* here.
@@erniethefork Whiter Shade of Pale was released in 1967, 3 years before Let It Be, and was a huge hit. I'm not saying they copied the song, just merely stating that both songs start with very similar chord progression, like many other songs (as some noted). It is not unlikely that the Beatles were influenced or inspired from it and from Bach's piece. Play the chord progression of these songs and you will notice the similarity. Using known harmonic movements is something that has been going on for centuries now and of course it doesn't mean that Let It Be (or other songs) aren't original by no means. In short, there is some similarity here that is hard to ignore. I do agree that my description could be misleading to some and it's more accurate to say that the Beatles may have been influenced by other songs and not probably because I don't have any evidence to support this claim and it's just a speculation.
Hi Lisa. I just love this song and your explanation makes it so easy to understand the chords. I can’t figure out how to get to the free transcript to play the song. Please let me know. Thanks. Marlene
I seem to hear the chords as C = C-E-G-C and G chord = D-G-B and A minor as C-E-A after I watched the UA-cam video Showing Paul at the piano where it shows the Keyboard.
Must say this: I really doubt Paul and John was thinking about all the theory when they wrote this. It sounded great, so they went forward. Still, they inspired rock music forever! inversions was an easier way to play the song. Really :)
Just found your channel...your smile and enthusiasm kept me glued to the video. Not to mention I'm a huge Beatles fan and saw the title. New subscriber!
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Good and interesting analysis - thanks. Let's keep in mind that LIB was written by the same person who woke up one day with the harmony and melody in his mind for the song that, after some work on the lyric, became Yesterday. My point is that we can deconstruct LIB using technical terms, but its conception is Macca using his ears and musical sense to bring harmony and melody together to express his feelings toward his late mother, Mary. The harmonic complexity of Yesterday is even more amazing as several anayists have suggested. This may help to explain why AI generated songs in the style of X miss the emotional mark that genuine genius brings to mundane, even cliched musical ingredients. There's nothing mundane about LIB. If you watched the Peter Jackson footage of The Beatles working on LIB, when Paul sits at the grand piano and quietly plays this for the first time, George, Ringo and John show by their reactions that they know this is something special.
Every Piano learner, and of course every piano player learned this simple harmonies at their beginning of piano playing. They are the basic and millions knows them. BUT : None of this millions was able to make such a song from it. - THAT`S the genius !!!
THE original 1 5 6 4 song and the first song every musician learned on the piano. It inspired hundreds of other pop songs using that exact same chord progression. That's genius enough for me.
Another nice lesson. I really like your videos. Can you do one on England Dan & JFK's "I'd really love to see you tonight"? Really nice piano but there's some unique chords in it.
I bought the single within a week or so of it coming out. I was 10 years old :) And, I remember watching the video of them performing it on the Ed Sullivan Show, which was taken from the Let it Be movie which hadn't been released yet. Doubtful that Paul considered applying a mixolydian (or any other scale) while composing this song (or any song)? Let me just put all doubt aside and state emphatically..... NO, he did not. When do songwriters EVER do that... virtually, never.
Im pretty sure its so successful because even if the music gives the theorists something to pick apart, the sound is simple and accessible, conversational, then becomes quite soulful, anthemic, churchy even. And the lyrics are just masterful...meant something to Paul for sure but anyone can plug in their own experience. Its just a beautiful song.
Ohhh thank you for playing CM7/G (2:54) in the chorus ! I hear everybody playing à G chord after Am but it's not the right chord ! So People please stop playing à G chord in the chorus !!!!😁😉
I have a feeling that McCartney did think about music theory at least somewhat while composing. George Martin the producer was a classically trained musician, and I imagine that Paul learned a lot from him.
He is THE songwriting genius of the 20th Century. And his gift has influenced every great songwriter to follow him. I heard Penny Lane the other day, and it occurred to me that nobody else but Paul McCartney could have written something like that. BTW, Hey Jude was before Let it Be. Great video!
@@carlbaumeister3439 I would also put Cole Porter above McCartney. And to misquote John Lennon: "Best songwriter of the century? He's not even the best songwriter in the Beatles..."
@@PackerBronco Everybody has different tastes. Cole Porter’s music, although he obviously has some nice songs, even standards, for the most part, bores me. From that era, I much prefer Irving Berlin (similar style, but bolder and more memorable tunes, especially impressive for a guy who basically played only the black keys!), and Rogers & Hart (later Rodgers and Hammerstein, even better), as well as Sammy Cahn, and whoever else was writing for Sinatra. (And yes, I know Sinatra and the other crooners sang a lot of Porter.) As far as writing showtunes, I would venture that Andrew Lloyd Webber is also better than Porter was. Just more interesting melodies, rhythms, even lyrics. But based on your recommendation, I’ll download some of his essentials on Apple Music. “Night & Day” is gorgeous, and I think the first time I heard it, as a child, was probably either the Stan Getz version (my dad listened to a lot of Getz) or Brazil 66 (who also did the first version of “Fool on the Hill” I ever heard, even before I heard The Beatles version). Or maybe it was Ella. Very enchanting number. Maybe when I listen more, I’ll change my “tune,” about Porter, but I doubt I’ll conclude he’s better than McCartney. The quip you’re “misquoting” is actually a fabrication, according to McCartney. He says John never said that about Ringo’s drumming (implication ofc being that Paul was a better drummer than Ringo), and he adds Lennon would have never said that (even as much as it would match Lennon’s peerless wit) bc it wasn’t even close to true (although I’ll admit his drumming was perfect for the Band on the Run album-even Ginger Baker was impressed and asked Paul who did the drumming). Some people slam Ringo’s playing, maybe bc he doesn’t play like Buddy Rich, Neil Peart, or even Keith Moon, but when he replaced Pete Best, The Beatles were complete. His drumming was the core of the Beatlemania sound, and later, his drumming made songs like Rain and Strawberry Fields, and was the icing on the cake to Come Together. Yeah, I know a lot of ppl think Lennon was better than McCartney, but I lean towards McCartney . . . slightly. I’m a big Lennon fan, but after the breakup, even though I had to buy them bc they were John Lennon, I could never sit through a whole Lennon album. I do think he had some great singles, however. Harrison . . . well his first album was incredible, but it was a long wait for his next great album, Cloud 9. As for during The Beatles, I’ll say that in the early period, John was generally better (& more prolific) than Paul, but from Revolver & forward, with perhaps the exception of the White Album, Paul was superior, and that ofc included the singles, bc he wrote nearly all of them from ‘66 on.
@@carlbaumeister3439 I know the Lennon quote wasn't true about Ringo (whom I think was amazing) which is why I said misquoted. We all have our favorites though. I'm not downgrading McCartney, I just like the body of work from composers if we're looking at the 20th century. The way some people write about music in the 20th century, you think that it all started in the sixties and there is nothing worthwhile before it.
I seriously don't believe all those musicians that say they can't read music. It's so easy and makes everything so much simpler. Doesn't seem logic too not just learn it at some point
@@dowal199they may not be able to write or read sheet music but they still no music, they know chords and the notes that make up the scales. It’s not like they’re doing this blind. They can write music by playing it and recording it. They don’t need to write it down in sheet music form.
You're right, the emphasis on how many chords there are ("written w/ just FOUR chords") is absolutely irrelevant for obvious reason. It's as if to say... How could this song be SO good w/ just FOUR chords...? It's the combination of melody and lyric that creates anything a lot of people love to listen to. And guess what...It might only be two chords or one. Yeah, not relevant.
Ironically, none of the Beatles knew music theory. They just knew what sounds good. As the saying goes: rock music comes from the crotch, not the head.
But I would like to ask you for something so special. I'm Angolan and I have a huge passion for playing the keyboard, but the biggest problem is: I can't even afford to buy a piano. Could you send me a keyboard (piano) please.
None of the Beatles had any formal training or education in Music Theory or Music Composition. I believe that, in the end, that helped them in their creativity because they didn't feel "bound" to established rules. The only feedback they received was from George Martin, who was an expert in music theory and composition and their production manager. In my mind, their body of work is genius!
Found this interesting quote auf Paul MacCartnery in the Wikipedia: „McCartney's father was a trumpet player and pianist [...]. He kept an upright piano in the front room, encouraged his sons to be musical and advised McCartney to take piano lessons. However, McCartney preferred to learn by ear“
@@jugibur2117 I think it may have been in the recent documentary about building this song, but Paul said that his father was quite good on the piano and wanted Paul to learn but refused to teach him himself. So Pauls mother set up piano lessons with a classical trained intstructer that wanted to teach Paul how to play classical music, Paul said that he hated it because he had " I had all of this music going around in my head and I just wasn't interested in what he wanted me to play, so I quit. I just "noodled around" on it and taught myself." That was the only experience Paul had with learning to read music, and it was very short lived.
My family comes from Hamburg and I also lived there for a long time. Over the years I've talked to many people who have seen the band on stage before they were famous. Nostalgia aside not all was great in retrospective because the guys were constantly trying new things and not all of it worked. But when it worked it was amazing. This gave them something that music theory never could: Experience. A lot of it. When they wrote songs like Let It Be they had literally been thousands of hours on stage and in the studio and thus they just knew intuitively, how music works and how it it connects to people. Of course, being a bunch of genius helps too.
Let it be the most sweet and charming melody of Beatles. I remember the times when my aunt was in the ICU and she was diagnosed with breast carcinoma, and she was given poor prognosis. But, listening to this reignited her lively wonderful spirit and at instant spread positivity in her body, mind and soul. Now, my aunt is absolutely normal the operation and chemotherapy was succesful. I know it might sound like a fairy tale, but trust me once you trust yourself and God you can MOVE MOUNTAINS. I wish I could meet the band to thank them a lot for preparing such a melodious unique masterpiece. Thank you guys for reading my comment ❤ and thank you Pianote for bringing up the tutorial to play this iconic historical masterpiece . God bless guys ❤💐☮️
Interesting that Paul wrote that song after having a dream (or perhaps a vision) of his mother who’d died of breast cancer about 12 years before. He was distressed bc he couldn’t remember much about her, couldn’t really even recall her face. She came to him and said, “let it be, Paul, just let it be.” So how amazing then, that this song lifted your aunt, and that now she’s fine. When my grandmother died at only 55, her daughter, my mother, was quite upset. But my grandmother appeared to her in a baby blue chiffon dress, and said, “oh, Joanie, everything is going to be fine,” and then hugged her so tightly she told me she could hardly breath for a moment. When my dad died, he appeared to my wife (while I slept next to her but I didn’t wake up) and told her he was just fine, to not worry. We were living in another state, and it was 6am, and we hadn’t even been informed that he’d died.
Lisa makes everything happy, sparkling, positive and adorable -- plus the history and theory ❤❤❤
Motivating Magic Lisa
Beginner piano player here. This explanation of the theory of the song is really interesting. Fantastic video - THANK YOU!
Let It Be is actually underrated. Very great content, and thanks for a very significant analysis of Let It be
That Am to Cmaj7/G at 2:51 is simply gorgeous. So simple yet so perfect.
What a great analysis of a great song, thanks Lisa. Really got the old grey matter thinking properly about a song I've played by just reading the music but not understanding what was going on. Thank you for making me think!😅👍
I love the simplicity of this one and think that's sometimes where the magic lives.
Completely agree :)
@@PianoteOfficialI think you are mistaking "simplicity" for over-use? Some words are so over-used they become meaningless filler-words. Such a shame to apply this to music?
It deserves much better than that.
Please can we keep to the Queen's English?
Wonderful explanation! I love your ability to explain it so well and your enthusiasm. Lots of love.
The Beatles were so advanced in their music !
George Martin was the brains behind them, they were not that bright!!
Only because they were under the guidance of a true musician, ie George Martin. On their own they would have been a nine day wonder. FACT
@@joanjohnstone7241 You don't know how they'd have progressed. Probably differently, under different influences. But before they met Martin, they were a fantastic live rock n roll band for years, those early recordings sound astonishing even today.
Right. lol Beatles music is the easiest of all to play. You don’t have to be complicated to be good.
@@DoU12Rock Easy to play, v hard to play anywhere near as well as they did
Anyone can learn to play the piano or a an instrument but not a lot of people can create a first. The Beatles had a lot of "firsts" that nobody thought of before.
These are wonderful explanations, I love these kind of lessons 👍😃❤🎹 Thank you Lisa Witt 👏👏👏
Thank you for watching!
This is such an amazing song. I just have to say Lisa, your passion for teaching piano is amazing. I'm a drummer/percussionist doing a lot of producing my own music. I've always loved the piano. about 7 years ago I just started playing. Created music. I've played mallets and studied music. So that helped me. But most recently I started to get curious about playing some of my favorite songs and let it be is one of those songs. I've watced a lot of piano tutorial videos. But none as clear and as passionate as yours. So thank you!
Music theory is cool and I think Lisa is right regarding fitting the right chords to match the downward bass progression. Paul was probably influenced from the song "A Whiter Shade of Pale" that was released in 1967, which was inspired by Bach's "Air on the G String". Bach used the concept of Ground Bass (basso ostinato) - a repeating bass line in many of his works which influenced popular music and jazz. Still, it's a masterpiece by itself and deserves full credit.
Or just about a thousand gospel tunes
Probably influenced by A Whiter Shade of Pale? Probably is a word used when there's some evidence to support the thing expressed... Respectfully, there is *none* here.
@@erniethefork Whiter Shade of Pale was released in 1967, 3 years before Let It Be, and was a huge hit. I'm not saying they copied the song, just merely stating that both songs start with very similar chord progression, like many other songs (as some noted). It is not unlikely that the Beatles were influenced or inspired from it and from Bach's piece. Play the chord progression of these songs and you will notice the similarity. Using known harmonic movements is something that has been going on for centuries now and of course it doesn't mean that Let It Be (or other songs) aren't original by no means. In short, there is some similarity here that is hard to ignore. I do agree that my description could be misleading to some and it's more accurate to say that the Beatles may have been influenced by other songs and not probably because I don't have any evidence to support this claim and it's just a speculation.
Wow - interesting and also inspiring stuff here. Much appreciated.
Good job on having such a nice speaking voice too, Lisa 👌🏽 😁
Love these deep dive song analyses. More please!
Thank you for watching!
Thank you I learnt a lot from it. By the way Hey Jude was released years before Let It Be.😊
Only about a year
Love this video a lot. Excellent explanations and I love that Bb7. Thanks Lisa. 👏❤️🤘😁
Thank you for watching Lisa!
@@PianoteOfficial you guys are the best teachers. So appreciate you. 🙌❤️❤️❤️🥰😁
Hi Lisa. I just love this song and your explanation makes it so easy to understand the chords. I can’t figure out how to get to the free transcript to play the song. Please let me know. Thanks. Marlene
Loved your breakdown of this classic Beatles song.
I seem to hear the chords as C = C-E-G-C and G chord = D-G-B and A minor as C-E-A after I watched the UA-cam video Showing Paul at the piano where it shows the Keyboard.
One slight correction: Hey Jude (1968) was before Let It Be (1969, published 1970) 😉
Amazingly insightful. Thank you ❤
Thank you for watching!
We need more video like this ❤
That word "overrated" is awfully close to "Let It Be" in that title...
Awesome video, Lisa! 😄
Great breakdown! Thank you.
To answer the topic of the video.... GENIUS! Love this song! Will always do!
cool
Must say this:
I really doubt Paul and John was thinking about all the theory when they wrote this.
It sounded great, so they went forward.
Still, they inspired rock music forever!
inversions was an easier way to play the song. Really :)
Just found your channel...your smile and enthusiasm kept me glued to the video. Not to mention I'm a huge Beatles fan and saw the title. New subscriber!
Erroneusly off topic but I love the way her mouth moves when she makes the "s" sound. That is so adorable!
You have a fantastic method of exposing the song construct
Thank you
Lisa is the perfect spokesperson. I picked up a keyboard a month ago at my ripe age of 58. Lisa is infectious to watch! Sure, she is strikingly beautiful but it's the personality that comes through. Now I need to bite the bullet and join.
Lisa Witt, siren of the piano world
Love your videos! And the song of course.
Thank you!
Very interesting analysis, thanks.
Thank you for watching!
Paul (or Billy) has a knack for writing endearing melodies over basic chords.
I think you are getting confused with Billy Joel as there is only one Paul.
@@davidcollins1154 No, Billy Joel never changed his height and the shape of his face.
Good and interesting analysis - thanks. Let's keep in mind that LIB was written by the same person who woke up one day with the harmony and melody in his mind for the song that, after some work on the lyric, became Yesterday. My point is that we can deconstruct LIB using technical terms, but its conception is Macca using his ears and musical sense to bring harmony and melody together to express his feelings toward his late mother, Mary. The harmonic complexity of Yesterday is even more amazing as several anayists have suggested.
This may help to explain why AI generated songs in the style of X miss the emotional mark that genuine genius brings to mundane, even cliched musical ingredients. There's nothing mundane about LIB. If you watched the Peter Jackson footage of The Beatles working on LIB, when Paul sits at the grand piano and quietly plays this for the first time, George, Ringo and John show by their reactions that they know this is something special.
Although I V vi IV is very common today, it wasn't as common back then...so it sounded fresh.
Can you make a tutorial video about “A little bit longer” by Jonas Brothers?
Ps: I've been learning a lot with you, so thank you so much.
I wanted to learn to play piano so I could play this song when I was in high school. It is a very touching song despite being so simple.
Interesting analysis of this iconic song, thanks!
Every Piano learner, and of course every piano player learned this simple harmonies at their beginning of piano playing. They are the basic and millions knows them. BUT : None of this millions was able to make such a song from it. - THAT`S the genius !!!
May I request a tutorial for "Just the two of us" for chord progressions and main melody? 😊
I''m only at 0:32 and I just cant hold myself from writing that this is an AWESOME video
“It shows up everywhere in pop music”
I noticed not one of those songs was before Let It Be. How popular was the progression before that?
Wonderful melody by the genius 👌👌👌👏👏👏
Yes!
It’s wonderful lesson ,thank you so much ❤❤
THE original 1 5 6 4 song and the first song every musician learned on the piano. It inspired hundreds of other pop songs using that exact same chord progression. That's genius enough for me.
Not the original
@@rodger7029 Which pop song was before it?
@@zitherzon2121auld lang syne
@@mattbrook-lee7732 Is that your idea of a pop song that was frequently played on the radio at one time in the past ?
@@zitherzon2121 errrr.....think I'm gonna go with yes
Thank you for what you do.. you explain it so well..Kev in Dublun, Ireland
Simply put - he is a genius. Nuf said.
George Martin was the genius behind this.
@@joanjohnstone7241 NONSENSE. Another Martin Apologist.
🤮@@BeatlesCentricUniverse
I love the FM7 chord in the intro.
I can relate to paul i play music on my keyboard just on my own skills if i know the tune i easily canplay the song
Another nice lesson. I really like your videos. Can you do one on England Dan & JFK's "I'd really love to see you tonight"? Really nice piano but there's some unique chords in it.
Why didn't you mention the Fmaj7 - F6 progression ??? The best part in the song IMO. ❤
Love it, Lisa! ❤
I bought the single within a week or so of it coming out. I was 10 years old :) And, I remember watching the video of them performing it on the Ed Sullivan Show, which was taken from the Let it Be movie which hadn't been released yet. Doubtful that Paul considered applying a mixolydian (or any other scale) while composing this song (or any song)? Let me just put all doubt aside and state emphatically..... NO, he did not. When do songwriters EVER do that... virtually, never.
thats inspiring ❤Let it be is The Beatles goodbye song...the music is not really sounds emotional... immortality
Im pretty sure its so successful because even if the music gives the theorists something to pick apart, the sound is simple and accessible, conversational, then becomes quite soulful, anthemic, churchy even. And the lyrics are just masterful...meant something to Paul for sure but anyone can plug in their own experience.
Its just a beautiful song.
Ohhh thank you for playing CM7/G (2:54) in the chorus ! I hear everybody playing à G chord after Am but it's not the right chord ! So People please stop playing à G chord in the chorus !!!!😁😉
Nice! Thanks for that Lisa.
Yay!
Genius! 🥳
Completely agree!
@@PianoteOfficial It is & will always be a brilliant masterpiece. 👏
Hi Lisa, where can I find the background music for let it be?
Fico hipnotizado com suas aulas :D ❤
I have a feeling that McCartney did think about music theory at least somewhat while composing. George Martin the producer was a classically trained musician, and I imagine that Paul learned a lot from him.
Exactly.
Genius!
Wonderful analysis. One tiny point: Let It Be came after Hey Jude, so perhaps Hey Jude was the more groundbreaking song...
Who is this beautiful woman??!?
Ur weird
Great, thanks ❤
Genius 😊👍❤
Yes!
Great video!
@6:38 Didn’t “Hey Jude” come before “Let It Be”?
Isn't Paul playing E G & C for the C Chord Intro?
Nice tutorial - you used to give us free scores to download, can we get one for this please?
Genius ❤🎉
Hi Lisa,
How can I get the transcript of Let It Be by the Beatles downloaded to play? I see it but not know how to get it.
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He is THE songwriting genius of the 20th Century. And his gift has influenced every great songwriter to follow him. I heard Penny Lane the other day, and it occurred to me that nobody else but Paul McCartney could have written something like that. BTW, Hey Jude was before Let it Be. Great video!
George Gerswhin
@@PackerBronco He’s pretty good, but, nah.
@@carlbaumeister3439 I would also put Cole Porter above McCartney.
And to misquote John Lennon: "Best songwriter of the century? He's not even the best songwriter in the Beatles..."
@@PackerBronco Everybody has different tastes. Cole Porter’s music, although he obviously has some nice songs, even standards, for the most part, bores me. From that era, I much prefer Irving Berlin (similar style, but bolder and more memorable tunes, especially impressive for a guy who basically played only the black keys!), and Rogers & Hart (later Rodgers and Hammerstein, even better), as well as Sammy Cahn, and whoever else was writing for Sinatra. (And yes, I know Sinatra and the other crooners sang a lot of Porter.)
As far as writing showtunes, I would venture that Andrew Lloyd Webber is also better than Porter was. Just more interesting melodies, rhythms, even lyrics.
But based on your recommendation, I’ll download some of his essentials on Apple Music. “Night & Day” is gorgeous, and I think the first time I heard it, as a child, was probably either the Stan Getz version (my dad listened to a lot of Getz) or Brazil 66 (who also did the first version of “Fool on the Hill” I ever heard, even before I heard The Beatles version). Or maybe it was Ella. Very enchanting number. Maybe when I listen more, I’ll change my “tune,” about Porter, but I doubt I’ll conclude he’s better than McCartney.
The quip you’re “misquoting” is actually a fabrication, according to McCartney. He says John never said that about Ringo’s drumming (implication ofc being that Paul was a better drummer than Ringo), and he adds Lennon would have never said that (even as much as it would match Lennon’s peerless wit) bc it wasn’t even close to true (although I’ll admit his drumming was perfect for the Band on the Run album-even Ginger Baker was impressed and asked Paul who did the drumming). Some people slam Ringo’s playing, maybe bc he doesn’t play like Buddy Rich, Neil Peart, or even Keith Moon, but when he replaced Pete Best, The Beatles were complete. His drumming was the core of the Beatlemania sound, and later, his drumming made songs like Rain and Strawberry Fields, and was the icing on the cake to Come Together.
Yeah, I know a lot of ppl think Lennon was better than McCartney, but I lean towards McCartney . . . slightly. I’m a big Lennon fan, but after the breakup, even though I had to buy them bc they were John Lennon, I could never sit through a whole Lennon album. I do think he had some great singles, however. Harrison . . . well his first album was incredible, but it was a long wait for his next great album, Cloud 9.
As for during The Beatles, I’ll say that in the early period, John was generally better (& more prolific) than Paul, but from Revolver & forward, with perhaps the exception of the White Album, Paul was superior, and that ofc included the singles, bc he wrote nearly all of them from ‘66 on.
@@carlbaumeister3439 I know the Lennon quote wasn't true about Ringo (whom I think was amazing) which is why I said misquoted.
We all have our favorites though. I'm not downgrading McCartney, I just like the body of work from composers if we're looking at the 20th century.
The way some people write about music in the 20th century, you think that it all started in the sixties and there is nothing worthwhile before it.
My favorite Beatles tune. This and, Yesterday are truly amazing.
True story: Paul Mcartney cant read or write music. Its all ear trained! Pretty amazing
And God given..
I seriously don't believe all those musicians that say they can't read music. It's so easy and makes everything so much simpler.
Doesn't seem logic too not just learn it at some point
@@dowal199they may not be able to write or read sheet music but they still no music, they know chords and the notes that make up the scales. It’s not like they’re doing this blind. They can write music by playing it and recording it. They don’t need to write it down in sheet music form.
Genius!!!!!
It’s a dream for me to learn how to play “no time to die” by Billie Eilish. Please teach us that song Lisa 😿
Please do "How do i say goodbye" by Dean Lewis
Great video and "Hey Jude" came before "Let It Be".
It doesn't matter how many chords are there in a song. What matters is how you come up with a melody that would be a commercial hit.
thats literally the worst possible way to think about music
You're right, the emphasis on how many chords there are ("written w/ just FOUR chords") is absolutely irrelevant for obvious reason. It's as if to say... How could this song be SO good w/ just FOUR chords...? It's the combination of melody and lyric that creates anything a lot of people love to listen to. And guess what...It might only be two chords or one. Yeah, not relevant.
hi can you do a tutorial of Waiting for Your Love by Steve B
Genius. Nailed it.
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Ironically, none of the Beatles knew music theory. They just knew what sounds good.
As the saying goes: rock music comes from the crotch, not the head.
They knew nothing about music, they were a bunch of drop out druggies - all music was thanks to George Martin. They just got lucky is all.
at 2:59 you go all the way to C, as you say and show, but your chords charts shows C/E.
Am I wrong but does the pentatonic scale sound like the intro for Westworld?
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There may also have been a little nudge from George Martin, "hey Paul, try this...".
But I would like to ask you for something so special. I'm Angolan and I have a huge passion for playing the keyboard, but the biggest problem is: I can't even afford to buy a piano. Could you send me a keyboard (piano) please.
None of the Beatles had any formal training or education in Music Theory or Music Composition. I believe that, in the end, that helped them in their creativity because they didn't feel "bound" to established rules. The only feedback they received was from George Martin, who was an expert in music theory and composition and their production manager. In my mind, their body of work is genius!
Found this interesting quote auf Paul MacCartnery in the Wikipedia:
„McCartney's father was a trumpet player and pianist [...]. He kept an upright piano in the front room, encouraged his sons to be musical and advised McCartney to take piano lessons. However, McCartney preferred to learn by ear“
@@jugibur2117 I think it may have been in the recent documentary about building this song, but Paul said that his father was quite good on the piano and wanted Paul to learn but refused to teach him himself. So Pauls mother set up piano lessons with a classical trained intstructer that wanted to teach Paul how to play classical music, Paul said that he hated it because he had " I had all of this music going around in my head and I just wasn't interested in what he wanted me to play, so I quit. I just "noodled around" on it and taught myself." That was the only experience Paul had with learning to read music, and it was very short lived.
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So how often was this chord progression used before this song?
for about 500 years
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I think it was so iconic because it was a very popular song by a ver popular band
Will you please do de nova adagio by a alicia keys
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Every tutorial needs to start with the instructor playing the song.