Here's a lesson on the acoustic & electric guitar parts played by George Harrison on the ABBEY ROAD album classic! Chart & Tabs at: mikepachelli.com/charts-tabs
I woke up this morning to find the sun streaming through my windows and then the first thing I see is a new Mike Pachelli song on my phone” Here comes the sun”! What could be better and more apt.
The fifth Beatle, Mike, has completed another tremendous how to Beatles video. Everyone is so appreciative of how much work and time you put into making each song stand out. Kudos to you, the person who could truly join Paul and Ringo on stage. ❤🎸
I was 9 yrs old when George played this song on SNL w/Paul Simon, it transformed me! My wife walks past my desk, see's your videos, asks me who is that guy? I say, "That's Mike Pachelli, my Beatles professor."
A famous classicist (whose name, alas, I forget) one remarked (in a book, unfortunately, I neglected to note) that one good translation of Vergil does far more good than do a great number of learned papers of criticism; similarly, I submit, one good instructional video-and all of your instructional videos are very good indeed-by demonstrating how a song was played, recorded, and how it works, tells us much more about the song than do shelves of criticism.
Thank you Mike! I've been playing this song for years and still picked up several nuances here. Your patience in pulling these leasons together is so appreciated. Cheers!
always love the back stories , and your tutorials are great .I have learned a lot. Reminds me of "breakfast with the Beatles " that I used to listen to years ago!
The breaking down of another Harrison masterpiece is a tremendous accomplishment and help to guitar enthusiasts to which I am grateful. Additionally, when I listen to your sound alike, I like paying attention to your background vocal harmonies. Often I hear and discover parts of the song unnoticed despite my listening and learning Beatles’ tunes for close to 60 years. In this tune, listening to your interpretation of the McCartney / Harrison background vocals, I discovered inflections I hadn’t closely paid attention to on the album. It’s as if you’ve helped me rediscover this song newly which is joyous for me as a Beatles’ fanatic. Thank you for gifting us your precious time and wisdom.
Pure musical genius by George when he composed that amazing song. A masterpiece of music for all time! As usual, Mike does an incredible job showing us how it was done & that sound alike was totally over the top! Thanks Mike & hope that all is well. 👍👍
It’s a utterly beautiful song. No wonder it’s the most streamed Beatles song. Thanks Mike your lessons are appreciated even by us non musicians. I remember reading that Glyn Johns popped in at AR when they were recording this. He was asked to join the clapping part but made so many mistakes he gave up.
@gretering - That's right! But isn't it ironic that a guy who engineered for Georgie Fame, the Stones, the Pretty Things, Small Faces, Johnny Hallyday, Steve Miller & the Beatles (to name a few at that time) couldn't do that clapping part! lol
Great job as usual Mike! I covered this song on a CD I made for my grand daughter. I am always amazed every time I break down a Beatle song, the quality of the composition and instrumentation and production for the time is second to none! Truly amazing and your take is spot on as usual. I had to figure it out as your video was not available yet! LOL
I play a fingerstyle version that is almost exactly like this. I can't flat pick it (yet) and I really appreciate seeing it in detail. This is my favourite Beatles song. Thanks for the effort that went into producing this.
Very nice, thank you. Last year I spent many months preparing for a concert with my chum- he sang this song and played acoustic and I did the lead. I found that F to C to G part to be tricky but you play it so smoothly that I'll have to re-visit it -thanks again for all the help.ps watching your lessons on 8 days a week and Nowhere man gave me key to getting the Revolver tone from my Strat and a couple of pedals.- tanks!
Apart from these things Mike brings us being great leassons theres also the occasional surprise. I've listened to this song for 55 years now and I've always heard the last chord on "the A7 build-up" as actually being a 7. Ie the pinkie on the third fret (counted from the capo) of the first string, not the fifth. Having seen a lot of Mikes breakdowns of Fab4 songs I'm fairly sure he's correct, though. Will have a listen later, to see if it has just been my mind wanting the 7 to be there. Or possibly another instrument, eg the synth, playing a 7 there., Keep'em coming, Mike. These things you do are excellent. Bottom note: Yup, 55 years soon. Truly timeless stuff. Something that not will be said of most of the stuff coming out today [said this surley curmudgeon] 😊.
Mike. Danny here from White Oak, PA. My goodness! Thanks So Much for this cover of Here Comes The Sun. I'm going to love relearning this! Bravo Mike! 💥🎸🎼
Thank you for your work, I did not realize how sloppy I played this amazing song! Also, a shout out to Paul McCartney and his amazing Bass on this song.
That acoustic sounds so good and perfectly emulates the one used on the recording. It's a shame John seemed less interested in George's songs in the latter part of the beatles career... John did utilize him in the early 70's on his songs which was interesting. Anyways, great song. Great vocals, a great bass line from Paul that is totally different from what's heard on something and just love that Moog part.
Mike, this is a great lesson! I downloaded the tabs and they are awesome. I'll be working on this one today. I love the last part where you put it all together too. Vocals also sound amazing. Thank you
I often wonder when a song has been ‘written’ by someone , in this case George how much input and direction he would have had in composing Ringos drum part or whether Ringo was allowed to just play along and devise his clever drumming himself. A brilliant rendition once again Mike of this much copied and famous song . You always have every part played perfectly.
HEY LOVE YOUR BEATLES LESSONS...NOT A GUTAR PLAYER....BUT THE BREAKDOWN AND HISTORY AND OF COURSE THE ALL TOGEATHER PLAYBACKS AT THEEND ARE FANTASTIC...WATCHED YOU MANY YEARS AGO ON V 32....You are indeed a very talented man.... 3 Questins 1 what happened next after you gave Paul your video at the interview back in FLA....DO HE OR RINGO WATCH YOUR RU-vid CHANNEL...?....WHAT DO THEY THINK...THEY SHOULD LOVE THEM THEY ARE THE BEST ON THIER SONGS...VERY PROFESSIONALLY MADE....AND LAST QUESTION....ARE YOU DOING I NEED YOU NEXT...KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK MIKE....
Thanks Mike! I believe the synthesizer “slide” was an accident. I read that some setting stuck and caused the notes to descend and fade. They liked the effect and kept it in. Also when George played Here Comes the Sun on SNL (with Paul Simon) he had moved the capo down to the 5th fret. I guess to accommodate Paul’s vocals?
@TR4 - What you read is absolutely incorrect. The moog had a ribbon controller slider and the descending notes are clearly intentional. On the SNL show - I believe George Capo'd the 5th fret so Paul Simon could use open 1st position chords on the walk-down eg: C - G/B - Am - G which made the parts 'fatter.'
Thanks for another great lesson Mike! Youre videos are so valuable to a beginner like me, hope I can be able to play Across the Universe by the end of the year. Do you plan on ever doing some lessons on a few tracks from Anthology 1?? Id be so stoked if you did a lesson for Hello Little Girl. If not I hope you get around to making a video on the bands cover of Words of Love sometime soon. Anyways Im gonna keep practicing You're Gonna Lose that Girl and give a shot at following this new lesson. Thanks so much again for your work and dedication to making these videos.
Hey Mike do you think you could do a rhythm guitar video on “baby it’s you”, I’d really appreciate it as I love the song and there’s not really any good videos out there about it!
@@MPfrance Thanks Mike! The effect gets really close to the real deal in my opinion anyway. We use your many videos as guidance when we play Beatles music in our humble band :) Thanks. Best regards Thomas
I also liked the introduction of your guitar. I always wonder about your mic selection for acoustics, too - when do you decide to go external mic vs. an acoustic's built-in electronics? Do you acoustics that come with a superior internal pickup compared to your externals?
@Cbcw - I NEVER use "an acoustic's built-in electronics." As far as "mic selection for acoustics" is concerned. I use either a small diaphragm condenser, large diaphragm condenser (cardioid or figure 8 pattern) or a ribbon mic. I happen to know the sonic characteristics of my four (usual) choices quite well (Neumann KM184 & U87, Sontronics Delta & AKG 414 B-ULS) so the choice is easy for me depending on the sound I'm looking to capture.
@@MPfrance We use Taylor's expression series on-stage for our tours because (1) sound quality is adequate; and (2) we pick up Taylors at every stop because they're plentiful and we don't need to protect or guard those - we let leasing stores do that via backstage passes. We try to rent all of our touring equipment and Taylors - from Croatia to S.Africa to Stockholm and back to Austin and Vancouver have the same feel for playability, and adequate sound. But in studio, we use rigs similar to yours. I can't get a 'growl' from a low E bass string, and all strump/pluck percussiveness on built-in electronics is too muted for the recording's final product. Thanks for your response... In the past, you've mentiong HB 12-strings vs. Ricky's - we bought 2 HB-12s, restringing one like a Ricky and it's rather fun to duel with both, but "not worth the trouble" in general.
Mike, I hear some clicking sound when you demonstrate the acoustic guitar! Is it your guitar or my soundcard acting up that's making the clacking sound?
Mike...love your breakdown of Beatles songs. But I must disagree with your assessment of the time signatures in this gem. I don't believe the "weird" section goes into 2/8 or 3/8. I think it's just a measure of 4/4 that is counted "One, Two, Trip-a-let" followed by a measure in three, and a measure in 4. Please consider my suggestion and let me know what you think. Either way, your playing is great and I really appreciate the breakdown.
@bart - There are many ways to notate music. I understand your thinking but (IMHO) it would be harder to notate the music that way. I think my explanation makes it easier to comprehend and notate.
