In My Life SOLO tutorial, Part 2

[WalrusMuffins10797]

hardest thing i've ever played. surprisingly easy to remember just verryyyy tricky. thanks a lot!

[pianojohn113]

@WalrusMuffins10797 It is tricky but once you get it, you'll remember it forever. :-)

[plpeak]

i was thinking that maybe employing the alberti method on the left hand might make a bridge to the baroque playing of George Martin ( damn he is good) if i get the nerve and some practice i will have to make a video

[pianojohn113]

@plpeak Let me know if you do, I'd love to see it.

[08ciana]

Wow! Take good care of those hands!

[themaster1154]

You sound like alex delarge in the end of the vid :)

[uvaldoaldape]

Hey man Congratulations this is a great job, let me tell you this, I don´t play piano but I have been seeing your tutorials and you explained very well, Thanks a lot for they, and show us how can we play, these songs, This is one of my favorite song of this band, and I beg you if you could teach us the left hand straight...(like the original) I know that you can do it for us... and how can combine both hands in the solo part... Thanks for your time..

[pianojohn113]

@uvaldoaldape Glad you liked this one, thanks. Teaching the extra left hand part of thsolo, the original, is a little more difficult to do on a video, but I might post something at some point. I just need to make it both quick and easy to follow.

[Beatles199]

So... Where's the real one?

[pianojohn113]

@Beatles199 The original's on the recording itself.. I didn't make a tutorial for that one.

[mrflameman2000]

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[ikomplex]

man youre probbly the best piano teacher on the web, thanks a lot, just one thing, it is played with an electric piano right?

[pianojohn113]

Thanks! It was actually played on a regular piano, but was sped up on the recording, which gave it a kind of electric-piano sound to it.

[migullible]

it sounds like a Bach piece. I really like how you show us a demo then break the song down to parts. Good Luck

[pianojohn113]

You're right, it does have a kind of classical touch to it, which shows George Martin's training.

[masonhi]

yea can u do the original left hand :)

[theredapple94]

hey my spanish teacher absolutely LOVES this song and i showed him a video i took of me doing the right hand, but thats it! can u PLEASE post a video of the legit left hand part? i know you can play it, u played the whole thing in part 1.

thank you!

[pianojohn113]

I may be able to do that for you.. It's tough to teach the original one on a video, though!

[hipopianomx]

Hi John. I'm from Mexico and your tutorial has been great for me. I play the piano with 2 violinists and I hadn't found this piece with the piano solo. Thank's a lot. Greetings from Cuernavaca.

[pianojohn113]

I'm very glad you liked it. Greeting to you in Mexico!

[zandr99]

do you use sheet music for all of these or is it all by ear?

[pianojohn113]

I haven't found sheet music for this one yet, but I do use sheets as reference at times. Most of it is inaccurate, though, so I don't rely on it very often.

[LeevidPiano]

ahhhh.. you should have also done a tutorial for the other bass line. i would have liked to learn it that way, as it is the original piece. good job tho.

[pianojohn113]

I may still post one on the original piece.. It's a lot more difficult to teach on a video without any chords to show, though.

[LeevidPiano]

ahhhh; i will keep a look out for that then. thank you. :]

[cath901]

Hello John, yes, me too ... Having had a kind of classical background on the piano, I may be able to do so, without being presomptuous. Now, to get back to the rythm after the solo, this is another thing! But I would like to try as well. Many thanks again for this wonderful piece! Take care

[pianojohn113]

Let me know how it goes, cath! :-)

[cath901]

Well John, better and better day after day .... Take care, cath

[cath901]

Whelllll, outch! I have not dared yet to show to my friend pianist..... Needs a lot of working!

[juanma88ct]

Thank you so much. Could you try Paul Mccartney's Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey?

[lenglain]

great vid, though when I play it on the piano I find that I like to play the c# bass after you do the d to "F natural" because thats the bass in the original solo. Do you think that works as well?

[pianojohn113]

Hmm, could be.. give me a time stamp on the video so I can be sure which part you're talking about.

[lotzova]

2:42 .

The way I hear it, the original solo goes D - A and then moves to a C#--> A although the guitars in the background I think move to A like you do. I prefer the C# octave to the A chord (or whatever chord that is, I don't know chord names)

[pianojohn113]

Okay, I got it. I don't specifically hear a C# there, but it couldn't hurt to play it. It would break up the three A chords in a row, which is a nice variation.

[rnpcarter]

Thanks for uploading! You're videos are great! Could you perhaps upload the entire song of this please? And what about Paul McCartney's "Pipes of Piece" - I REALLY want to learn that one please.

Thank you

=)

[ruskybalboa]

Thanks for uploading this song John, the main part isn't hard at all but the solo I would give an 8/10 for difficulty. Great tutorial. This song defines Rubber Soul, and might even define the Beatles career!

[korgtri]

Really realy good. Thankyou

[mikka1963]

Thank you much. Always wanted to learn this solo. Could you upload "Skyline pigeon" one of these days? Cheers

[ferminle123]

John, you are the best, I've been trying to learn it by ear, but i got stuck.

Thanks very much, best whises from Argentina

[crashnburn753]

Excellent tutorial. And if I may make a request, I would really like to learn "Tomorrow is Today" by Billy Joel. Great song. Look it up if you haven't heard it before

[pianojohn113]

Thanks, I'll check it out.

[segould]

Yes. I agree. I've been practicing that one for awhile. "Everybody Loves You Now" would also be good.

[liveontheclassics]

Yay! You got In My Life! :D LOVE that song and my dad keeps on telling me I should learn to play that song on the piano

[pianojohn113]

Great, enjoy!

[Jerry96587]

i like the alternate bass notes that you played in part one of this tutorial better, but this is hard enough and still sounds cool!

[pianojohn113]

It does take some practice, but it's worth it!

[fdannen]

John - You are a giant

[aceslowhand]

I second that !!!

Many thanks again, John. Simply the best. :)