Learn to play Yesterday by The Beatles on guitar.
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In this lesson, we go over “Yesterday” by The Beatles, specifically Sir Paul McCartney. The guitar is tuned down a whole step so be prepared for that. It’s a great authentic sound that I think you will appreciate, however.
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Welcome to this Yesterday Guitar Tutorial by The Beatles! This is without a doubt one of the most beautiful songs ever written – pure genius by Paul Mccartney & John Lennon. It’s such a fun song to play and only has 2 chord progressions to learn, although they are more complex than your typical 4 chords.
In this tutorial I teach you 2 different ways of playing this song.
1. Studio version – how Paul Mccartney actually plays it
2. Standard tuning version – for those who can’t be bothered detuning
I based the first version off a live performance that Paul did of the song, you can watch that here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ud4K…
Both version are roughly the same in difficulty, although I’d say the first version is easier and sounds the best.
00:00 LESSON PREVIEW
1:54 INTRO RIFF (DGCFAd)
2:54 VERSE RIFF (DGCFAd)
7:45 CHORUS RIFF (DGCFAd)
10:51 VERSE RIFF (STANDARD TUNING)
14:46 CHORUS RIFF (STANDARD TUNING)
17:04 SONG DEMONSTRATION PLAYTHROUGH (DGCFAd)
19:57 SONG DEMONSTRATION PLAYTHROUGH (STANDARD TUNING)