![]() ![]() Try to think less about the individual notes in the bass and more about the bass line of notes, it becomes much easier to digest that way. Again, you’re just going to be playing straight 8th note octaves in this sequence The left hand is where the magic is with this part of the track. ![]() First, let’s look at the chords in the right hand. Rhythmically, the chorus is pretty similar to the verse, but there’s some interesting stuff that’s happening in the left hand that gives this part its sophisticated sound. You want this 8th note movement in the right hand to sync up perfectly with the left hand octave accompaniment. ![]() ![]() To practice this section, play this part repetitively at a very slow tempo. If you listen to the vocal melody of the song then you’ll have an idea of how this part works, since the piano follows the vocal melody. The other part to look out for in the verse is that little 8th note push in the right hand that leads up to this C7sus4 chord. It’s a great skill to be able to break down seemingly complex chords into their smaller components to make things a little more digestible. With both hands combined, you have all the ingredients for that chord: the root’s in the bass, the 5th and 7th are the bottom two notes of the right hand while the top note gives you that suspended 4. Your left hand pedals 8th note octaves of C, while your right hand plays G – Bb – F. Most of these chords are pretty self explanatory, but let’s take a look at voicing that C7sus4. The chord progression itself consists of an 8 bar loop consisting of the chords With just one exception, the right hand plays only quarter notes of each chord, while the left hand plays 8th note octaves to reflect the chord changes. The verse of this song is rhythmically quite simple. Pictured: A rare era for the Beatles when drummer Jimmie Nicol temporarily replaced Ringo Starr when Ringo had Tonsillitis ![]()
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