The Beatles - A Day In The Life - Full Band Cover - Guitar Cover
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- Опубліковано 31 тра 2017
- For the 50th Anniversary of the Sgt. Pepper album, mattiboo presents a full band cover of the album’s final track, “A Day In The Life.” The basic rhythm track (Take 4) consisted of John on acoustic guitar, Paul on piano, Ringo on congas, and George on maracas. This simple version of the song had no bass, drums, or vocals yet and is quite poignant when compared to the final overdubbed product. The song recorded during Take 4 was performed in full length, consisting of an intro, 3 verses, 24 bars of piano (where the orchestra buildup went), a middle section, a “dream” section, another verse, and 24 more bars of piano, congas, and maracas.
John begins “A Day In The Life” with what appears to be a simple “down-up” strumming pattern, but he peppers in subtle nuances to give the part movement. These include a hammer-on from the open A string to the second fret slightly before the B minor chord and hammer-ons from the open strings to the E minor chord. Throughout the verses, John plays the open strings as a passing sound during chord changes, especially G to B minor and B minor to E minor. The acoustic guitar is panned totally left in the stereo mix.
Paul’s piano begins at the C chord during the intro, playing a light fanfare during Take 4. He would later overdub extra piano at key points during the first half of the song at (0:06, 0:55, 1:08, 1:36). Since the original piano track was relatively soft, these powerful overdubs are important in adding to the drama. The original Take 4 piano can be found left in the stereo mix and the piano overdubs on the right. Paul’s piano during the verse follows the descending chord progression in the left hand while playing rhythmic patterns with the B and D notes in the right. The most noticeable pattern is during the third verse (1:11).
The remaining instruments in the original Take 4 are Ringo’s congas and George’s maracas. Heavily drenched in reverb, these percussion parts create the groove for the song during the verses. If counting the song in 2/4 as I did, George plays eighth notes during the verses, slipping in a shuffle pattern occasionally starting at the second verse. Ringo’s congas are tuned high and provide a light tapping going somewhat unnoticed in the fully produced version of the song. His congas were transcribed for this cover and are an accurate representation of what he actually played. Both of these Take 4 percussion parts are panned left in the stereo mix.
After the third verse, all instruments except the piano dropped out for 24 bars. The Beatles had decided that they would leave it to a later date to decide what would occur in this space. During Take 4, Paul gently tapped out a climbing scale on the piano consisting of F#, G, A, B, C, D in the left hand while hypnotically vamping on E and B notes in the right. Near the end of these 24 bars, Paul played random notes by hitting the keys with the palm of his hand. This charming piano bit segued directly into Paul’s middle section, a driving piece that provides a perfect counterpoint to John’s mysterious ballad. The piano and palm muted acoustic guitar begin by playing an E chord on the beats. Mal Evans’ alarm clock goes off, “waking up” Paul’s character in the song before he “fell out of bed.” John loosens up and accents beats 2 and 4, later changing to accent each beat. Paul then plays a whimsical piano figure while John strums out a Dsus4 chord. The left hand piano part starts up with a descending line from E to B, a line that Paul would double in his electric bass. Notice John’s use of a jazzy B9 chord! Throughout this section, the maracas, congas, and later overdubbed tambourine fill in the rhythm.
The dream section before orchestral overdubs involved Paul playing the beats on piano, John very lightly strumming his acoustic guitar, and percussion in full force. The chord sequence in this section is two repetitions of C, G, D, A, and E. In the second repetition, Paul lays down on the sustain pedal and really lets the low octaves ring out in formidable fashion.
The rest of the description on the bass, drums, and orchestra can be found here: mattiboo.weebly.com/a-day-in-t...
Instruments Used:
Acoustic Guitar: Gibson J-160E Standard
Piano: Baldwin Baby Grand
Bass: Hofner 500/1 '62 Reissue Violin Bass
Drums: Gretsch Catalina Club Classic and Sabian SR2 Cymbals
Strings: Native Instruments Session Strings Pro, Garageband Smart
Strings/String Ensemble
Woodwinds: Special guest trombonist, Native Instruments and
Garageband trumpet, French horn, flute, clarinet
Beatles Percussion: Congas, maracas, tambourine
Orchestral Percussion: Timpani, crash cymbals, Garageband harp
Final Piano Crash: Baldwin Baby Grand, Pianoteq 5 Upright Honky Tonk
_John Lennon: Acoustic Guitar_
_Paul Mccartney: Bass Guitar_
_Ringo Starr: Drums_
*_George Harrison: Maracas_*
@Carlos Jesus El posho volador no he's right, check the wikipedia page
@NowhereMan930 paul did piano, except the last chord that was John, Paul & Ringo
didn't Paul play Piano and later overdub the Bass
Stop arguing it’s a joke
John Lennon: vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
Paul McCartney: vocals, piano, bass
George Harrison: Maracas
Ringo Starr: drums, bongos
George Martin: harmonium
Mal Evans: piano, vocals, alarm clock
A Day In The Life: A fantastic rock song without an
electric guitar
DJ Artur A bass guitar is an electric guitar
Alexander Vickers not really
@@l1slar329 yes
@@endi3386 i mean, its a bass guitar. Not an electric guitar. Or it would be called an electric guitar
Kenneth Kennethson No it wouldn’t, because it’s a different kind of guitar. It’s still a guitar, and it’s definitely electric; so it is an electric bass guitar
This is not only a cover.
This is art.
Art at its BEST! Indeed so.
Fabuloso té felicito...has logrado transportarme e imaginarme el momento en que esta obra del maestro Lennon fue creada...continúa así, eres un gran artista...GBY
wow!! esto es arte una joya de trabajo la mejor cover de A day in the life que he escuchado jamas
U can say that again
no, it’s a good cover
Holy shit is all I have to say. Best cover on the entire internet. I'm sure you are very proud of yourself and you deserve to be.
Yeah, I know the drums for this, and the drums only is spottt on👍🏻
- someone "so what instruments do you play?"
- mattiboo "yes."
Zzz
"In the first take Paul is on piano, George is on maracas Ringo is on Bongos......... ". you shot your video as George Martin recalled, awesome !!
Exactly! Although the photographs from the rehearsal of this song show Ringo playing cool striped congas: s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/63/7c/6d/637c6d130efb18ad80a0727c62daa855.jpg
Congas* not bongos
Went in thinking "He can't possibly do the orchestra".
Fuck me then.
My God, If only George Martin could have heard this, I think he would have listened in disbelief that your interpretation and performance could be so mirror imaged to the original mixture of tracks from studio 2, a stunning achievement of sound!
have you ever seen an interview with George Martin hahaha
Wonderful! You made the whole song come to life! A great way to celebrate the 50th anniversary! Go Sgt. Pepper!
Ringo's drumming is genius and fits so perfect for this song
WHY DO I HEAR JOHN SINGING
you ask me my friend
Imposible not to...
Schizphrenia my nigga?
Angel Castillo uh no
I feel like I am watching Brian Wilson doing Pet Sounds...keep the great work!!
Thats true.
Hes doing everything by himself like Brian
Ahahah
yeah but pet sounds is nothing compared to even this song
trees warmer pffff it’s nothing compared to sgt peppers as a whole but the song alone... come on
j qwertyuiop pet sounds was genius, just like this
I don't believe in this... 43 people disliked this masterpiece? They tried to play this music in the guitar and failed, i think. Haha. Thanks for the video! Bravo!
You are Soooo awesome! I mean your attention to detail is incomparable and the fact that you were able to figure it all out, every single note and special sound, by yourself is beyond me! You have immense dedication and anyone can tell that you really love music and what you are doing. That was a very moving performance but you deffinately deserve more than applause! Keep doing what you are doing because I know you are deffinately going to be a massive success! :)
Stop hiding John, Paul, George, and Ringo. We all know it's you guys.
Anyway, cheers for this fantastic cover. Long live the Beatles.
I am not sure what is more impressive, the fact that he can figure out all of these parts, the fact that he has access to all of these instruments, or the fact that he can PLAY every damn part on every instrument!!! that last piano chord STILL stops time for me. Fantastic
Been a Beatles fan all my life, listened to this song (in reverence) often, but even though I play guitar and some piano I could never hear distinctly all the notes and changes that are intrinsic in the song. Thank you for laying it out there for me. I'm still amazed at how the Beatles and their mates could conceive the idea then execute it so brilliantly.
Best cover so far! Even the exact notes for the strings on the orchestral climax. Perfect!
Thanks for noticing that! A full description of how I approached recording the orchestra section can be found on my website here: mattiboo.weebly.com/a-day-in-the-life.html
Mattiboo I recommend you do a video on how many instruments you played, who played which instrument for chord and how you played each piano, keyboard and harmonium for the final chord of A Day In The Life and show what the half speed piano originally sounds like and what it sounds with the half speed. That way we will us viewers how to play it. :)
Honestly....6 people disliked this and gave it a thumbs down? What did "Success" look like to those 6 people? What would have made them happy?
This is a guy doing these tracks because he loves the songs and took an amazing amount of effort to put this together
As it is it's fantastic, even if it it was bad, with the work that goes in to these it deserves a thumbs up!
Well done for what it a really nice video
Nick Holland i diskliked cuz it s asss
The people who disliked where Rolling Stones fans
They were mad because he didn’t play the usual orchestral instruments
mokrodog1234 ur gay
@@beachcomber4141 wtf
Incredible!!! To call this a cover is like calling the Empire State building just an office building. Thank You.
A Day in the Life
The Beatles
LYRICS
I read the news today, oh boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph.
He blew his mind out in a car
He didn't notice that the red lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure
If he was from the House of Lords.
I saw a film today, oh boy
The English army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look
Having read the book
I'd love to turn you on.
Woke up, fell out of bed,
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup,
And looking up I noticed I was late.
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke,
Somebody spoke and I went into a dream.
I read the news today oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.
I'd love to turn you on.
Sorry i want to sing
The one thing no one ever seems to mention is that, as hauntingly beautiful as this song is, Ringo's drumming makes the song. In a song about social disrhythmia, Ringo never plays the same drum strike twice yet maintains the beat and flow. The only time there is a patterned beat is in the measures between the first crescendo and Paul's part which hammers a monotonous stomp as Paul sings about the mindless routine of a workday. Brilliantly orchestrated through Ringo's drums.
The attention to detail is incredible. Well done, this is about as close to perfect as you can get
Hats off to you here mate brilliant way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sgt Pepper your best video yet
mattiboo you are a fantastic musician. I have never seen such attention to detail in a cover, I must have listened to that final e chord 20 times. Thank you for such an in depth cover of my favourite Beatles song
Wow! I tried to reproduce that final E chord as accurately as possible by using the original studio photos taken during the overdub session. Thank you for acknowledging the care that went into making this video!
This is the best cover of this song I have ever heard. Wonderful job. Keep it up.
Just 2 words... *MAGNUM OPUS* what a tribute!!
It's good, it's great!
BUT you forgot to add the chair creek and 'shhh' during the last chord
It was ringos foot I believe
Not sure if you noticed but he also didn’t add vocals
This is truly art. Best cover of this song I've ever heard and probably one of the best covers ever. I love it.
Simply amazing. Thank you for documenting these Beatles songs for future generations.
Breath taking playing Mattiboo! Definitely their best song.
Gosh, 50 years. Just to think I'm only a fraction is mind blowing, outstanding job man!
wasn't expecting much
now i'm reevaluating my life with how amazing this is, thank you
I am absolutely knocked out! Being a multi-instrumentalist and huge Beatles fan myself, all I can say is you have got your parts down to a tee! I have been viewing some of the other vids also and I'm going to watch them all! Awesome job, just blown away by the talent and accuracy! keep going! Ed
It's so spot on that I could swear I hear the vocals in there. Amazing work.
This is the best cover of this song I've ever heard!! You are so talented!!!!
How did you fit a grand piano in your house?
Jacob Tadler Are you asking how he actually got it into the house?
He built the house around the piano
@@Chris-sq2to What is this, The Sims?
@@hasanabir115 IT ISN'T???
@@hasanabir115 Maybe
Love this, blown away by what you do.
That was insane! You really brought the song to life!
This has to be the best cover of this song on the ENTIRE internet! An amazing tribute! Awesome job!!!!!!!!
This made me cry from all the emotions this cover made me feel, lovely cover
Matti !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is nothing that I can possibly say that can convey how incredibly awesome this is. The comments that I've read say it better than I could ever possibly do. So I'll simply say congratulations to you and thank you once again for sharing your incredible talents for all of us to enjoy. I truly hope that you are unable to wipe the smile off your face at what you have posted on this day, June 1, 2017.
Just discovered your work last night,You Sir are a genius.Thank You.
This is top notch quality stuff ! All I can say is you are really talented and have amazing piece of ears. So happy to have found your channel.
This is absolutely stunning, wow!
Best cover I’ve ever seen out there!!! Great job on bass
The bass lines in this song are incredible,always give me eargasm
best instrumental cover of a day in the life i've ever heard, amazing job
This song is a work of art..
Amazing job, i’ve never heard a better cover of the greatest song in history.
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant! You've actually made me well up a bit, which is uncommon. This is astounding. Respect!
Wow! Thank you!
Be honest now, when listening to this the voices of John and Paul were singing in our heads no?
And the alarm clock(!)
Thank you, this was brilliant
Awesome...totally Awesome...the drums, bass...too cool.
Sound and interpretation are amazingly precise!
You're such a perfeccionist and I really aprecciate that!
BEST COVER EVER!
Wow you're very multi talented and it's very amazing how you put all these instruments all together,you are the best!
Excellent job. You certainly put in a lot of time and effort! WOW!!!
This is a great song and composition, this is what I call ART!!! Thank you for this lovely song!!!
I can't put into words how amazing this is. Had tears in my eyes by the ending chord. Congratulations on your monumental achievement and thank you so much for doing this!
I'm honored that my performance moved you! Thank you for watching and long live Sgt. Pepper!
This was amazing. Your channel deserves so much more
Love your videos. This is GREAT!!! Bravo!
This is actually the best cover of this song, great job man, :)
a master piece done by you
Probably the best cover of any song on the internet
You outdid yourself.
No words can describe this
Incredible. To my amazement.
In my opinion, this is the greatest song of all time, and you did a superb job covering it.
Incredible, perfect cover
Wow! That is fantastic, truly great. I applaud you sir. Thanks for sharing your talent.
its really nicely done, contratulations, i can see the inmense amount of work to capture every part perfectly, ive listen that song dozens of times and you really got it, thanks for sharing it, excellent, keep the good work
This is so awesome.
Wow! Fantastic.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Fantastic! You nailed it.
This is incredible man...really loving this piece of Art!
Impressive! Ambitious project and you nailed it.
What a master piece... Superb...👍
This is done very well, good job!
Man Beatles LOVED that G-Bm to start progressions, and so do I. Thanks for this
Beautiful
Congratulations! This is awesome man :D the best cover
I can hear Paul going “woke up fell out of bed”
Can't stop watching this.
This was incredibly well done. A masterpiece
Thank you!
What an amazing job!
Absolutely amazing!
Congratulations!!!
Greetings from Brasil
My God, this is so good
Wow! I am not a musician, but I know this song is difficult to cover. Amazing job, Mattiboo.
absolutely fab.
Mesmerizing!
Perhaps the greatest video you will ever put up
You do great work. This song really shows how talented the Beatles were. Each part fit together perfectly. Hard to believe this is the same band that did I want to hold your hand only 3 years earlier. That's a progression and I highly doubt will ever be repeated again. They were a different band every 6 months.
AMAZING¡¡¡ BREATHLESS U RECREATE THE WHOLE ESCENCE OF THE SONG, THANKS FOR SHARING IT HAPPY 50 ANIV SGT PEPPER
I can’t access the real deal through the school computer while I work, but this is as close as you can get! You’re a life saver!
Ohhh, man!!!!
Awesome 😍😍
Very clever! Loved it!
wow... that was amazing!!! Thank you for this!!
You know I have to say you are one talented guy. You could play all these beatles songs it’s amazing
WOOOOOOOOOW THIS IS AWESOME
This was incredible! Wow
that was an incredibly good cover it deserves more likes.
Amazing work!
you done it again 👏👏👏