Revolution (Lesson on George's Part) - The Beatles

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  • @ronniechilds2002
    @ronniechilds2002 4 місяці тому

    "The coolest lick in the whole song." You are 100% right. The first time I heard George's part isolated and heard that lick, I was astounded by how cool it was. The Beatles had more tricks up their sleeves...

  • @marcsullivan7987
    @marcsullivan7987 3 роки тому +4

    The guitars are in one channel (R?), so you can isolate it. It really sounds like it’s not an F#m, but a B power chord WITH the F# on the low E (so 6=2, 5=2, 4=4, 3=4)
    I use tuning app so I don’t have to retune for every song. Had to bring this one down -1.44 steps for it to play as A
    Love your work! You’re the best guitar channel

  • @purplecowideal
    @purplecowideal 4 роки тому +1

    This is coolest song to play when some one says what can you play. Especially when you’re at home and you have your gear ready. Everyone who is anyone, all my friends anyway, know what it is and the world is a beautiful place. It cranks. It tells John’s story 100%. I love to play this.

  • @danielrichter1271
    @danielrichter1271 4 роки тому +5

    Loved hearing your thought process, especially in the beginning. Once again... great lesson

  • @johnsimms4501
    @johnsimms4501 4 роки тому +6

    Love your Ronnie Van Zant t-shirt!

  • @5yearsout
    @5yearsout 4 роки тому +4

    I was just watching the PT "Something" Anthology lesson, come out and you're playing George again, which is always a good thing. Thank you as always.

  • @cbedwards8396
    @cbedwards8396 4 роки тому +1

    The ring finger on the third fret of the B string for the open D boogie woogie of John's part, now that's a keeper. I guess I would have figured that out at some point in my life, but that's why I'm here - to learn! As always, thanks.

  • @Tarkonomist
    @Tarkonomist 4 роки тому

    ask a younger player i am blessed to have someone like you breaking down a lot tracks. You have some of the only lessons available for some of your tracks!!!

  • @160calories
    @160calories 4 роки тому +1

    One of the best Beatles song and you nailed it as always. Thanks for the insight, always love your Beatles videos

  • @alanrodriguez2640
    @alanrodriguez2640 4 роки тому +1

    I like a lot all your lessons and covers of every song!! So thankful for your lessons

  • @variousthings6470
    @variousthings6470 4 роки тому +4

    I find it interesting to see the different ways different guitarists handle the unusual tuning in this track!
    Like you, some players tune each string up one semitone to FA#D#G#CF, plus a bit higher so the track sounds in between Bb and B. Mattiboo's channel has a version like this ("with the A string tuned about halfway between Bb and B").
    A long time ago, MyTwangyGuitar's UA-cam channel had a version again with each string tuned up to FA#D#G#CF, but he specified that you should then add exactly 10 cents to make it A=450Hz instead of the normal A440. Unusually, his version also played John's part up at the 5th fret, because he said it was more practical than the open string method seen on the David Frost clip. I saved a copy of the description that used to be on his video, where he wrote: "The David Frost performance had a pre-recorded backing track (the original recording) with live vocals. Although John is playing in the open position on the show, he could not have muted the A string which is *essential* for his part. Try it and you'll see. Playing the part the way I am playing it and the way it was recorded would have required John to look at the fretboard almost the entire time. If you try it both ways, I think you'll agree. George varies his position throughout. Again, the notes he is playing in the video do not correspond to the audio of his guitar.") I'm not sure I'm convinced, but I'm pasting it here in case anyone wants to try it like that!
    *But on the other hand...*
    Some people play it with a capo on fret 2. Chris Buck's UA-cam channel has an excellent video about recreating the song's guitar tone ("John Lennon's Revolution Guitar Sound | Friday Fretworks"), in which he uses a capo.
    I also have a copy of the Blue Album tab book, which also recommends playing it with a capo on II. But although the tabs in that book tend to be pretty thorough and accurate (which is not always the case with published sheet music!), it says nothing about adjusting the string tuning.
    As for what I do? Personally, I tend to avoid all this annoying retuning by just playing the album version (Revolution 1), which is in plain old A!

    • @Footygodsarewatching
      @Footygodsarewatching 4 роки тому

      Using a capo is obviously the best way, to stop from snapping strings. No brainer.

    • @Paul-gf6kp
      @Paul-gf6kp 4 роки тому

      @@Footygodsarewatching I find capo being the best way as well but it still sounds off as the track is between Bb and B

  • @jennywiltshire7354
    @jennywiltshire7354 2 дні тому

    Great energy, thanks man

  • @franksullivan8317
    @franksullivan8317 3 роки тому +2

    You got some nice guitar s .That Gibson sounds so good 👍.

  • @_SliK_
    @_SliK_ 4 роки тому +9

    Brilliant video. Thanks👌🏼
    Can’t wait for Get Back: 2021🤘🏼

  • @roberta.6399
    @roberta.6399 Рік тому

    Excellent lesson as usual.👍🎸

  • @Bigbuddyandblue
    @Bigbuddyandblue 4 роки тому +8

    Given that there’s keyboard on the recording, that is evidence that the recording was speeded up.

  • @luizfelipels7
    @luizfelipels7 4 роки тому +10

    Ended up being a lesson on both parts. ✌🏼

  • @AnthonyMonaghan
    @AnthonyMonaghan 4 роки тому +1

    I definitely would have voted James Brown for president, if I were an American. Thanks for a great lesson. Still enjoying your Privatetricker channel and your new channel is coming along great. You are bang on about Lennon being a 'stellar' Rhythm guitar player. It never get's talked about much, his particular guitar style was very unique. He had a solid right hand and played interesting chords that most people overlook. One of my favourites is the rhythm part in "Eight Days A Week". Have a good time, all of the time. Cheers.

  • @mimoochodom2684
    @mimoochodom2684 4 роки тому +2

    "fortunately we got a spare..." Love it. Yep, I've got a spare Les Paul lying around. LOL.

  • @wildbill2122
    @wildbill2122 3 роки тому

    TNX 4 this, I could never figure this out, and wanted to be able BREAK IT OUT one day.... when no suspected it was coming.

  • @1rwjwith
    @1rwjwith 4 роки тому

    George really made use of that board distortion they had to get that drone sound. Really cool..you are right that promo clip is really miming but they are singing live . The solo section is kind of unusual too...its hard to reproduce live ...I have tried! Great job...thanks.

  • @michaelnolan743
    @michaelnolan743 4 роки тому

    Yes, sped up to make it "rock harder" would be consistent with what you read about John's intent here (plugging right into the desk to get that distortion, the "Play Loud" on the 45's label). They also sped up Back in the USSR (the original slower speed recording is on the recent White Album box set).
    Also, to James' point about the promo video, which was an appearance on David Frost's show, only the vocals were live on that. The rest it was taken from the studio tapes. Same with Hey Jude. All the orchestral players in the background were faking it... they needed to get around strict British musician's union rules about taped vs. live performances.
    Great lesson as always, JJ. Great sound!

  • @bdogjr7779
    @bdogjr7779 4 роки тому +1

    Mind🔊BLOWING😎👍🏾

  • @Y-rr6fi
    @Y-rr6fi 4 роки тому +2

    Saludos desde México

  • @maxbernard426
    @maxbernard426 3 роки тому

    Nailed that sound

  • @tach409
    @tach409 4 роки тому

    Really great video! Love it.

  • @cmwfeb65
    @cmwfeb65 11 місяців тому

    Perhaps they played it in B (as in the promo video), found it wasn’t quite ‘heavy’ enough and SLOWED DOWN. the tape. That would account for the actual key being Bb 1/2.
    Paul…we could use some help here…

  • @Gregdsilva915
    @Gregdsilva915 4 роки тому

    Spot on it is so.

  • @TempoDrift1480
    @TempoDrift1480 4 роки тому

    Hey that's a lot cooler than I remember. Course I never played it before.

  • @paulmoore7768
    @paulmoore7768 3 роки тому

    Right on jj

  • @Paul-gf6kp
    @Paul-gf6kp 4 роки тому +1

    For the opening riff, I’m pretty sure what’s happening is that George is playing the way you played it (yes I know there’s no footage I think it was an overdub) and John does it the way he did it in the clip. Cause I still hear that higher part

  • @scottbutterly8997
    @scottbutterly8997 3 роки тому

    brilliant..Thanks

  • @thepaulmacfarlane
    @thepaulmacfarlane 4 роки тому

    I dig your musical can opener mind.

  • @roberta.6399
    @roberta.6399 4 роки тому

    Nice lesson, I'm gonna give it a go,.. Tyvm

  • @matheuseverton6341
    @matheuseverton6341 4 роки тому +3

    Hey James... Sorry by the stupid question but who's that guy on profile pic? I'm curious

    • @jetthenderson2720
      @jetthenderson2720 4 роки тому +1

      It’s Nigel Tufnel from the movie This is Spinal Tap. Punch up UA-cam and search Nigel’s guitar room.

    • @thebookofeli849
      @thebookofeli849 4 роки тому

      @@jetthenderson2720 Is that the guy who's guitar goes to 11?

    • @bubbasawyerr
      @bubbasawyerr 4 роки тому +1

      @@thebookofeli849 indeed it is.

  • @billmorton8790
    @billmorton8790 4 роки тому

    Well done. Many thanks.

    • @markhoover3743
      @markhoover3743 4 роки тому

      Sincerely. Jane and Michael.....Banks!

  • @MikefromAlabama
    @MikefromAlabama 4 роки тому +1

    George Martin must have speeded up some of the recordings and that changes the tuning. I wouldn't be surprised in the early record if the tuning didn't drift off key as they recorded full songs together like on a stage.

  • @markwilmer3404
    @markwilmer3404 4 роки тому

    Fabulous breakdown of the classic song..... JJ, this may have been covered in one of your hundreds of videos but wanted to ask...... if a catrastrophy in the house, after your wife and dog, which Six String would you be grabbing to take out under your arm?

  • @iqvon8531
    @iqvon8531 4 роки тому

    Thank you for your nice viedeos.

  • @robertiaccarino4363
    @robertiaccarino4363 3 роки тому

    Jorje is coming to be muy bueno con guitars. I am Ancho Poblano

  • @mitchellkaye9619
    @mitchellkaye9619 4 роки тому

    Thanks again

  • @guitarjack
    @guitarjack 4 роки тому

    Hello James, thanks for so many fine videos and lessons. I'm always enjoying them. In this video I noticed at 5:00 that you do the first and the second hammering from a to b. I think, when I listen to the record, the second hammering ist from b to c# and also at the other corresponding points. It does make a little difference. What do you think? Please excuse my "only school-english". All the best and many greetings from Germany. Rock on. Hans

  • @elgonm289
    @elgonm289 4 роки тому

    James, love your lessons mate but got to say the tee-shirts that you wear are great as well, so as I live in London UK, where do you get them from and can I buy them online especially this one 😀 😉

  • @dchanson55
    @dchanson55 3 роки тому

    they play it in A on the film

  • @Sgobol
    @Sgobol 4 роки тому

    Grazie

  • @chrisa7498
    @chrisa7498 4 роки тому +1

    I'm curious what your tuner says on your low E string. Does it say how many cents flat or sharp or roughly how far between each note?

    • @jamesjames9275
      @jamesjames9275  4 роки тому +2

      I’ve never used a tuner in my life. The whole point is to tune using your ears.

    • @thebookofeli849
      @thebookofeli849 4 роки тому

      @@jamesjames9275 I hope I get to be as good of a guitar player as you

    • @marcsullivan7987
      @marcsullivan7987 3 роки тому

      I used an app (Amazing Slowdowner)
      I had to lower the pitch of the recording -1.44 (semitones) to get it in pitch with a standard tuned guitar

  • @TheseusTitan
    @TheseusTitan 4 роки тому

    If you look at the Beatles video you can clearly see George playing in the 5th position. Just tune your guitar accordingly.

    • @jamesjames9275
      @jamesjames9275  4 роки тому +1

      In the promo clip, George plays some of it "correctly" as he does on the recording, and in other parts, not so much. :)

  • @tubularbill
    @tubularbill Рік тому

    I’m pretty sure it’s in B-flat

  • @650thunderbird
    @650thunderbird 4 роки тому

    Sounds like Status Quo based their whole canon on JL's R'n'R riffage.

  • @GaryBook
    @GaryBook 4 роки тому

    They said it is in the Key of B. inwhatkey.com/song/revolution-by-the-beatles. If they changed the speed of the tape, that would change the key.

    • @jamesjames9275
      @jamesjames9275  4 роки тому +1

      “They” said?

    • @GaryBook
      @GaryBook 4 роки тому

      @@jamesjames9275 Lennon was focused on having a distinct sound on the guitar with distortion. He had them play it through the console. This is probably is why the guitars key can’t be defined, because that probably altered the key. Nicky Hopkins played piano on it, so it probably was in a standard key that was altered in the recording. www.beatlesebooks.com/revolution

    • @MultiAxisDiscipline
      @MultiAxisDiscipline 4 роки тому

      @Gary Book - Whoever "they" are, they are wrong. Plus, the included video on the link page you provided shows George and John playing their parts in the manner that James James is demonstrating, fingering as in the key of A, but sounding slightly sharper than a full step.
      When you listen to how the guitars sound, and especially John's rhythm guitar, it is very clear what chord shapes that he is using, as no other chord shapes will allow the song to sound the way it does.
      The guitars may have been tuned a full step sharp, and the tape sped up a quarter step... or the whole song might have had the tape sped up by 2.25 semitones.

    • @MultiAxisDiscipline
      @MultiAxisDiscipline 4 роки тому +1

      @Gary Book - Additionally, when the Beatles played "Revolution" acoustically as "Revolution 1", it is clearly in the key of A.

    • @tomlicameli5399
      @tomlicameli5399 4 роки тому

      the "in what key" people apparently do not play guitar

  • @hiro2005zep
    @hiro2005zep 4 роки тому

    レスポールスタンダードがカッコいい。

  • @BrushesOfMagic
    @BrushesOfMagic 4 роки тому

    How do you choose the songs that you do lessons on?

  • @majpix
    @majpix 4 роки тому

    what pedal are you using?

  • @muzengarocker3184
    @muzengarocker3184 4 роки тому

    That riff sounds like a Chuck Berry riff.

  • @carletoncandis635
    @carletoncandis635 4 роки тому +1

    The t-shirt should add fabulous fox

  • @greg7656
    @greg7656 4 роки тому

    I hate when people write "First." But, First. Anyway, I always assumed they slowed the recording a bit, rather than sped up. One more thing - jesus that tone is incredible. No pedals, right?

    • @jamesjames9275
      @jamesjames9275  4 роки тому +2

      No pedals, but the amp has digital effects.

  • @beatlesguitars6269
    @beatlesguitars6269 2 роки тому

    What tuning is it in exactly?

    • @jamesjames9275
      @jamesjames9275  2 роки тому +1

      Tune your A string to match the first chord in the verse, then tune all the other strings from there. They're at standard intervals, but everything is tuned up a little bit. To me, it doesn't matter how far up it's tuned, I can just tune to what I hear.

  • @TheMaxKids
    @TheMaxKids 4 роки тому

    Sped up to make it tighter.

  • @LiamTheCarver
    @LiamTheCarver 4 роки тому

    Is a les Paul a good first guitar or do you guys recommend going cheaper

    • @jamesjames9275
      @jamesjames9275  4 роки тому +9

      I worked my way up to expensive guitars. That helped me prove to myself that I was committed to the instrument. Still, there are plenty of very affordable Les Paul copies these days. Check out UA-cam videos, there are guys who review cheaper options. And these days, guitar makers are figuring out how to make nice guitars at low prices.

    • @greg7656
      @greg7656 4 роки тому

      @@jamesjames9275 Last year I bought a "Slick" guitar - one of the boutique guitars built by Bowie guitarist Earl Slick. It cost all of $300 and is, by far, my favorite guitar i've ever owned (and I've had a Les Paul, two Teles, a Jag, and a Jag-Stang. The Slick, which looks like a double-cut LP Jr., is just incredibly fun to bash around, and it sounds great with its single P-90 pick up. So Liam Carver, sometimes expensive isn't better. Find one you love

  • @rd812
    @rd812 4 роки тому

    Has a spare Les Paul....

    • @jamesjames9275
      @jamesjames9275  4 роки тому +8

      I don’t feel guilty about working hard and saving up money to buy things I want to buy.

  • @tokemerstrand6694
    @tokemerstrand6694 4 роки тому

    What amp is it

    • @jamesjames9275
      @jamesjames9275  4 роки тому

      Peavey Vypyr 100.

    • @ThePFRG
      @ThePFRG 3 роки тому

      @@jamesjames9275 Didn't know you used a Vypyr too! Mad respect!

  • @Sgobol
    @Sgobol 3 роки тому

    Grazie