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5.49am
23 November 2011
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Picked up guitar after 20 years. Played along with Beatles using online chords. Break myself in.
First thing I noticed was odd chords. Not weird chords, but chords I didn't expect given the melody. Of course, my surprise should have been, and is, how they stuck that melody on those chords. Many of the chords, just played out, don't suggest the melodies they came up with, at least, not to me; but more to the point, I could not have imagined those melodies even fitting, but they do and very nicely.
Somewhere, in every song, and I attribute it to Paul, is a surprising but very pleasing bit of tension against the chord. The note's in key, of course, but it's nowhere you'd look for it. But when he gives it to you, you say, "Ah, sure!"
1.01am
10 August 2011
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What would be some examples?
2.35am
14 November 2010
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You're right, sometimes the chords are surprising, like in Michele, for example. That's what I love about their music; it wasn't always the generic four-chord tune. They had a pretty solid spectrum of chords. But yeah, tell us what songs you were playing, or what you were surprised at.
7.54pm
12 March 2010
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"Here, there and everywhere" has a unique chord progression.
Some of their early stuff as well, like "There's a place" or "It won't be long".
"When I get home" surprises me each time with that chord near the end of the bridge.
11.47pm
1 May 2010
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Er, not sure what you mean really, the melody will dictate what chords will be used, or vice versa. There are numerous examples where they go outside of the key and take the melody in a completely different direction…the drop from D to D minor to get to the bridge of Norwegian Wood always kind of shocks me because it just sounds so easy but it's that change that completely makes that song. Paulsbass mentioned a great one in Here, There and Everywhere.
It's a good idea to get a chord book of the Beatles, I'd recommend this one because you'll learn an awful lot of new chords, particularly some cool jazz chords, and you'll also get to see all of their tricks and stuff like that. Paul McCartney enjoys a nice descending chromatic line.
2.13am
19 April 2010
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The minor 5 chord that begins the middle eight in I Want to Hold Your Hand – "and when I touch you I feel happy . . ."
in it's day – nothing short of amazing. Nowadays it's so common no one notices.
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