Hey John, I have to thank you again for this great lesson, and all of the others just as great !
I have a question about this one, when you play the middle part and you say we have to practice the beats with the right hand to follow the word, is that just the way you play it, to fill with kind of a melody ? or is that the way Paul plays it on the record too ? Because I thought in the original record, the rhythm at this moment was just going 1-2-1-2... Though I may be wrong...
@rayanzian I do fill in the melody somewhat in the right hand, but again, this is my own arrangement of the song. Paul plays it differently on the original record. The chords are the same, but I added my own fills and RH notes. Is that what you're asking?
@pianojohn113 Yes, got it ! Well I guess if you play it this way it's because it sounds better like that when you don't have bass, guitars and voices with you ! So I'll keep it like that, thanks again !
@Rboybot use the pedal on each chord, but release with each chord change. Lots of pedal work in this one, and it's necessary because otherwise the notes sound staccato with the constant chord changes. I don't have sheets for it, sorry!
Pleeeease could you Email or post me the sheet music, because I want to play this for my GCSE performance piece but I dont have the sheet music which I need for my teacher to mark it?
Wow, thank you very much. I have this -- and a fair other Beatles songs -- on sheet. And although I CAN read music sheets, there is something about a video tutorial that really allows me to learn more efficiently.
Do you have any advice on incorporating the solo parts in the original song? Just mess around with the existing chords in free hand?
@shazzatpm Tha'ts exactly what I do on the solo parts - just some improv, freehand, adlibs, etc. The piano on the original song is just chords on the beat, with the saxophones taking the lead, so you do just have to make something up. But that's the fun part of this song, IMO. Learning by ear is mostly just recognizing chord patterns and hearing not just major/minor, but 7ths, 6ths, aug, dim, etc. For some it's natural, others takes some practice!
Cheers a load bud, bought my self a keyboard and your videos are helping me learn really quick!! Also all I listen to at the moment is the White Album so thanks again!!
@pianojohn113 I think he's just saying that in the recorded version, the piano doesn't play the C natural there, but rather the simpler, C#-C# octave. But you're not doing a note-for-note transcription of the piano off the record, and that C natural is definitely emphasized by other instruments, so it's all cool. Everyone plays this a bit different.
@pulykamell Well, I think I actually played C#-C# in this one, or at least I did on one of the segments. Some say the C natural is there on the recording, others say it isn't. I'm fine either way - I like that everyone has their own interpretation.
@pianojohn113 This video does have the C passing tone in it but, like I said, you do clearly state that this is your version and you're not trying to copy the recording. I almost never play the same song the same way twice, so I'm not complaining.
You would think that a guy that can fly an F16 could play a little old piano, however that has been my biggest struggle. i admit it I am a hack.Your tutorials have allowed me to progress leaps and bounds. i never thought I would ever be able to play songs like this and I am just about getting Lady Madonna nailed. BTW where can I find the missing Desperado Tutorial? Tussand Tak JP
@ujprjpr That's great, I'm glad the vids have been helpful to you. I think that even with instructions, I would never, ever be able to fly an F16, so you're way ahead of me. I will message you with a link to the Desperado tutorial - stand by.
Hi again John. I finally cracked this tho you did warn that you had made it far more complicated probably the hardest of all your tutorials I have attempted ( as you know, Lovely Rita scared me off lol ) . I got the impression you had either just started these vids or was a bit fed up, it shows in your presentation. Having said that, thanks to you its another beatle track I can tick off my list. Also, Your honey pie tutorial was dead easy to follow once I got the swingy rhythm. :)
@chalyminx Actually, I just kind of threw this one in with some others I'd done at the time, since I'd been messing around with a few different arrangements of it. I probably could or should have done a more "exact" version, but I had so much fun playing it this way that I just decided to do it as is. Glad you got it, though, and it wasn't too confusing. :-)
I have to admit. This is a bit harder than your other tutorials. I just can't seem to get the hands together, during the verses. They are two different tempos.
Hi John, I just want to say that I love your videos and have learned a lot from them but I am a little disappointed with this tutorial. I realise that you say "this is the way I play it" but you seem to have left the attention to detail out of this video that is present in most of the other youtube Beatles hits. The opening verse and the ending in particular are missing a couple of grace notes and it changes the sound of the song. I'm not trying to be critical just an observation.
@zarzoff62 This is one that I put up originally as a response to a request from someone who saw me play it on stage a few years ago. The "live" version here includes a bass part on piano, but you're right, it leaves out some details of the original, which has a much simpler piano part. But I think this version is much more fun to play.
Really hard for me, but I think I finally got. If anyone is having trouble, just play it a lot in a row, getting fast each time. To get the beat right, I just played the melody notes on the "Lady Madonna, children at your feet..." part until I knew how it went. Hope that helps someone, just trying to add to another one John's already AMAZING video! You rock John!
your tutorials are the best that a Beatles fan can find, but I have a request called "All Those Years Ago" by George Harrison: may you post the part of the e. piano? Thanks a lot,
Thank you very much John for your video tutorials I find them extremely helpful ( for us non-pianists ).. I am currently working as Paul Mc Cartney in a tribute band and have found your tutorials the best on you tube ! Please keep up the good work..just one request !!.. I need to learn , back in the USSR and currently there are no tutorials available...PLease ..it would help me immensly if you could show the world this fantastic song. Much appreciated my friend if you could..
When you start with the right hand on the verse you are playing a full A chord when you should leave out the "E" in the middle and just play the C# and the top A. Try it that way and it will sound better - more like the Beatles version. Sometimes less is more. Not being critical - just saying.
@acruda Yes, there are several good ways to play it. You can also start on the C natural on the first note instead of the C-sharp. This of course is my own quick version of the song.
the bass line in this is wrong i just asked my music teacher he said its aa c c# dd f# a then aa c c# dd ee ff gg a. its not played in an octave only single notes from a low a the first space in the bottomo fthe bass clef
@LuminousScope I remember that same issue giving me fits as well when I first started learning this song.. Really, the best thing to do is to just work at it a little bit more, and it will come to you. Go slowly at first if you have to, but you'll get it more quickly than you might think.
My hands are just barely big enough to reach the octaves so me and my friend play it as a duet (I'm on bass and she plays the melody) it's alot easier that way!
BTW. McCartney plays the bass line like this: A A C#C# D D, you can see him do this in many Youtube videos (the WINGS performance and some new videos).
Try this. The first note on the right hand is a c and a at same time. The progression with the a being played continuously is C C# C B A. C# C# B A B. Try it...it blueses it up, and I believe this is what was played. Remember the A note is continuous with pinkie finger on right hand.
@Taccati Yes, in fact that's really probably the better (more accurate) way to play it. The C natural gives it the bluesy style, and Paul actually does that on the original recording. I really put this up to show how I have come to play the song, sort of my own semi-arrangement, but I would advise folks to try it with the opening C as you suggested.
I see. Hmmmm...because when you play along with the recording, it is without question being sung/played in B flat. My electronic piano is at A440 tuning, and there is no doubt that the key is B flat. So, I can only assume you are using sheet music that puts it in A, or you know it is supposed to be A and the original recording was sped up enough to sound the music in B flat. The actual music that we hear does not lie, eh?
@sportsmediaamerica This song is unequivocally written and played in A major. The blues scale notes of the flat third and seventh are C and G respectively and are heavily used in this song. Perhaps the recording you're listening to is off, or your piano is not in tune.
wow i am very impressed with how good you did this tutorial. I dont have a piano so i write down everything on a peice of paper and then learn it when i get to one. I already can tell im going to be able to learn it no prob. Thankyou so much. I am traditionally a guitarist but have been playing piano for two years. Your tutorials have been such an inspiration to me because i LOVE the beatles. Im getting very good at the piano because of this inspiration and i wouldnt be at this level without you
Tomorrow I am playing this song at one of my school's performance show. I already knew the first part but was drastically searching for the second verse. This really helped me out and I give my greatest thanks to you.
I've been learning from all of your tutorials. The first one I learned i didn't even know how to play piano. The first one was the end medley, that took me 2 weeks to perfect. After learning much of the others, I learned this one a couple of hours ago and I already got the whole thing down, including the singing, I'm considering playing this for my high school talent show so people will start noticing me hahaha. Thanks to your help, I can now play 5 instruments!
Nicely done - very clear demonstration! But here are a couple suggestions to match the version on the original Beatles recording:
(1) first two chords in RH should be: B-C-A (mash the B natural and C natural together with your thumb), followed by C#-A. No one else on YouTube seems to get this right either!
(2) In the LH, instead of playing C and C# octaves, try walking it- ie play low C natural with the 5th finger, followed by C# an octave above with the thumb.
@ShirleyURJoking Yes, this is really just a tutorial of my "brief demo," which doesn't necessarily try to match the original version.. it's kind of an ad-libbed performance of the one I did on the other video. I just have so much fun playing this one that it evolved into my own version of the song! I like the LH suggestion, though, I hadn't thought of doing it that way.
Definitely a fun song to play! And of course McCartney never plays it live the way he did on the Beatles' recording. On the first chord, that minor 2nd (B + C natural together) gives it that dissonant bluesy sound that makes the original sound so cool. But I like your version a lot as well, and really appreciate the xcellent tutorial.
@pianojohn113 What about the tutorial for "Hey Bulldog"? Are you dissatisfied with the result? But I don't want to bother you. I know you're a very busy man.
John, I can´t belive it: I -an absolute musical nerd- can play Lady Madonna from start to end!!!! I'm much more than happy. I tryed for years to play that song with no results, but with your tutorial and practicing five days non stop hour after hour I did it!... Now, my wife and neighbours hate me, hate my piano and hate The Beatles, but I do not care. Bless the day I founded you in Internet. Thanks from the bottom of my heart!. Next stop: Strawberry Fields Forever.
@montmorg67 It's kind of hard to explain, but it's mostly just hitting the notes of the chord on the half beat. Sometimes I break up the chord into individual 16th notes, but that happens at random places. I'm not explaining it very well, but that's kind of what I do there.
Sos un excelente profesor ! gracias a tus lecciones aprendi ademas Imagine y Let it Be, aca te mando un video que grabe hace poco de Lady Madonna al cual le hice unos agregados, espero tus comentarios. Te mando un saludo. Carlos
@Natashaismycodename2 This one takes some work, at least the way I show it here.. It's not impossible, of course, but it's a little higher on the difficulty scale. With some extra practice, it will hit you sooner rather than later.
I've been a Beatles-fan all my life and a musician as wel, so I just love your vid's, saves me a lot of work, thank you so much! All the best, Vanessa
@gino066 What happened on Saturday was that it's the only day of the week with three syllables, thus sealing its demise as a participant in this song's lyrics.
Loving the contradiction and the immediate cover up @1:05! Its typical of a guy vs girl teaching. hehe Great video's btw way. You have a fun and Straighforward teaching style. Keep it going
@MamaPeaches I don't have the sheet music, but I know there are some decent ones on the digital music websites. There are some bad ones out there too, though, so check them out ahead of time if possible!
I only meant that I've been playing this for over 30 years and take pride in listening carefully to every note, especially when it comes to The Beatles music - whether it's guitar or piano or bass. I painstakingly learn what they are doing and I don't feel it's impossible to achieve. I am not perfect. I've learned from videos like this and found that I was doing things incorrectly! Sorry to piss everyone off! Keep on tutoring!
4bluesoasis, i appreciate you may be a perfectionist, but this is a really good video which teaches a simple, but affective, version of the piece to amateur pianists. it sounds close enough to the original and is impressive to an average audience. if you dont like the video then you don't have to watch it.
how on earth anyone copuld criticise this video I do not know. It is 100% right. If I went to a party having learnt to play Lady Madonna from this video then I don't think I'd be going home alone.
Thank you so much for your postings! I'm learning an Elton song. Hadn't played in years but it's all coming back now. Well done. Pay no mind to naysayers. If they can do it better, best of luck to them. Thank you for your time, generosity, and gift.
SORRY, but this is incorrect...listen closer to the recording, you are missing notes and doing incorrect voicing and leaving out the grace note c natural going into the c sharp. Don't mean to be mean but if you're going to go through all this trouble to teach, you really should do it right or not at all!
@4blueoasis It is not incorrect. This tutorial shows how to play the song the way I played it in the demo video, NOT the original recording. I made that clear in the video notes and in my initial narrative. If you watch the demo video you'll see that I don't grace note the C, and I add my own voicings and octaves in both hands. So this video is 100% accurate. Please don't comment unless you know what the video is all about. Thanks.
@4blueoasis I did some research, it is almost impossible to play the exact notes from "Lady Madonna (Take 1, Orignal piano notes)", so is this is one of the most accurate version on the internet today, so burn!"
@ruins252 Which part are you referring to, specifically? If your fingers are too short, you can usually fix it pretty easily by leaving out either the upper or lower note.
@echle2 Hmm.. kind of hard to explain in writing.. I'm just playing the melody notes that go from C# down to the A with the thumb, while also playing the rest of the A7 chord with the other fingers above.
@rkyrooty Thanks, Rick.. yes, that is a good way of doing it. I use that "bluesy" technique once in a while when I do this song, giving it a nice edgy feel to it.
@pianojohn113 ha, im pretty muisical and can play the guitar to a fairly high level. my intention is to buy a piano and just learn a load of songs by this type of method...do u think i will be able to manage it??
@michaelvkelly1 Yeah, that can work really well, depending on what skill level you're at musically. Since you know chords, you've already got that part down, so I think you'll be able to manage it just fine.
@pianojohn113 thats good to hear. im pretty determined when i put my mind to learning something so im sure i will get it eventually. i love learning new instruments and techniques and stuff but for some reason i hav an aversion to actually learning to read music so i never want to take lessons in anything!!
Hahaha...I watched ur video and i said...Im going to try this song....And then i started to learn it...and guess wat...it was too hard for meright now ..u made it look so easy lol ....once again, thank u John for everything...take care and have a nice sunday.
Many months after the first time I've watched this video, I'm still amazed by your ability with piano!!! Also, I need to improve my personal version of "Lady Madonna" :D Thanks for your video, I would have never learned this song without it :D :D :D
Great tutorial as always thanks :) have u ever considered a tutorial for Paul's nineteen hundred and eighty five ?
shaneb7457 6 days ago
@shaneb7457 Yes, good piano song, and I'll get to it eventually.
pianojohn113 5 days ago
Could you please do a tutorial for I'm down.
NAFIANNA10 1 month ago
Sorry my english is not perfect, I hope i made my question clear :p Cheers!
rayanzian 1 month ago
Hey John, I have to thank you again for this great lesson, and all of the others just as great !
I have a question about this one, when you play the middle part and you say we have to practice the beats with the right hand to follow the word, is that just the way you play it, to fill with kind of a melody ? or is that the way Paul plays it on the record too ? Because I thought in the original record, the rhythm at this moment was just going 1-2-1-2... Though I may be wrong...
rayanzian 1 month ago
@rayanzian I do fill in the melody somewhat in the right hand, but again, this is my own arrangement of the song. Paul plays it differently on the original record. The chords are the same, but I added my own fills and RH notes. Is that what you're asking?
pianojohn113 1 month ago
@pianojohn113 Yes, got it ! Well I guess if you play it this way it's because it sounds better like that when you don't have bass, guitars and voices with you ! So I'll keep it like that, thanks again !
rayanzian 1 month ago
Sos genial John! tus tutoriales me hicieron tomar la decisión de querer tocar el piano! Muchas gracias!
KTignanelli 1 month ago
@KTignanelli Gracias a usted, me alegro de que te gusta el video!
pianojohn113 1 month ago
And another thing, sorry to pester you, when would you use the pedal in this song?
Rboybot 1 month ago
@Rboybot use the pedal on each chord, but release with each chord change. Lots of pedal work in this one, and it's necessary because otherwise the notes sound staccato with the constant chord changes. I don't have sheets for it, sorry!
pianojohn113 1 month ago
Pleeeease could you Email or post me the sheet music, because I want to play this for my GCSE performance piece but I dont have the sheet music which I need for my teacher to mark it?
Rboybot 1 month ago
Hello, what sort of grade would you say this music is?
Rboybot 2 months ago
@Rboybot I'm not sure of the grade level, but it's up there on the difficulty scale if you're going to play with LH and RH octaves.
pianojohn113 1 month ago
Wow, thank you very much. I have this -- and a fair other Beatles songs -- on sheet. And although I CAN read music sheets, there is something about a video tutorial that really allows me to learn more efficiently.
Do you have any advice on incorporating the solo parts in the original song? Just mess around with the existing chords in free hand?
Also, any advice on how to learn by ear?
Thanks again.
shazzatpm 2 months ago
@shazzatpm Tha'ts exactly what I do on the solo parts - just some improv, freehand, adlibs, etc. The piano on the original song is just chords on the beat, with the saxophones taking the lead, so you do just have to make something up. But that's the fun part of this song, IMO. Learning by ear is mostly just recognizing chord patterns and hearing not just major/minor, but 7ths, 6ths, aug, dim, etc. For some it's natural, others takes some practice!
pianojohn113 2 months ago
Does anyone else think this guy sounds like Cave Johnson?
Lol Great vid. Learned this in a day thanks to you.
scribblewriter 2 months ago 2
@scribblewriter Great, good job learning it so quickly!
pianojohn113 2 months ago
Cheers a load bud, bought my self a keyboard and your videos are helping me learn really quick!! Also all I listen to at the moment is the White Album so thanks again!!
HearlessSeymour 2 months ago
@HearlessSeymour Cool, glad it helped you!
pianojohn113 2 months ago
God you make it look easy.
dagoelius 4 months ago
very good, i understand every thing, although I'm a german guy
jakob2512011 5 months ago
There is no C in the baseline during the intro/vers-part. EVER!
vrakspade 5 months ago
@vrakspade C natural is part of the A blues scale. It's in the bass line of every verse I play. Always!
pianojohn113 5 months ago 3
@pianojohn113 I think he's just saying that in the recorded version, the piano doesn't play the C natural there, but rather the simpler, C#-C# octave. But you're not doing a note-for-note transcription of the piano off the record, and that C natural is definitely emphasized by other instruments, so it's all cool. Everyone plays this a bit different.
pulykamell 3 months ago
@pulykamell Well, I think I actually played C#-C# in this one, or at least I did on one of the segments. Some say the C natural is there on the recording, others say it isn't. I'm fine either way - I like that everyone has their own interpretation.
pianojohn113 3 months ago
@pianojohn113 This video does have the C passing tone in it but, like I said, you do clearly state that this is your version and you're not trying to copy the recording. I almost never play the same song the same way twice, so I'm not complaining.
pulykamell 3 months ago
You would think that a guy that can fly an F16 could play a little old piano, however that has been my biggest struggle. i admit it I am a hack.Your tutorials have allowed me to progress leaps and bounds. i never thought I would ever be able to play songs like this and I am just about getting Lady Madonna nailed. BTW where can I find the missing Desperado Tutorial? Tussand Tak JP
ujprjpr 5 months ago
@ujprjpr That's great, I'm glad the vids have been helpful to you. I think that even with instructions, I would never, ever be able to fly an F16, so you're way ahead of me. I will message you with a link to the Desperado tutorial - stand by.
pianojohn113 5 months ago
Hi again John. I finally cracked this tho you did warn that you had made it far more complicated probably the hardest of all your tutorials I have attempted ( as you know, Lovely Rita scared me off lol ) . I got the impression you had either just started these vids or was a bit fed up, it shows in your presentation. Having said that, thanks to you its another beatle track I can tick off my list. Also, Your honey pie tutorial was dead easy to follow once I got the swingy rhythm. :)
chalyminx 5 months ago
@chalyminx Actually, I just kind of threw this one in with some others I'd done at the time, since I'd been messing around with a few different arrangements of it. I probably could or should have done a more "exact" version, but I had so much fun playing it this way that I just decided to do it as is. Glad you got it, though, and it wasn't too confusing. :-)
pianojohn113 5 months ago
this is amazing!
is there any way that you can put up sheet music though? cause that'd be even more amazing!
thanks tons! :D
mydisneyworld 6 months ago
@mydisneyworld Glad you liked it, thanks. I don't have the sheets, but someone might transcribe it at some point.
pianojohn113 5 months ago
Is it just that you have a crappy camera or was there an alien present with you.. I kept hearing this electronic gibberish ... Lol
yola2345 6 months ago
@yola2345 Both.. an alien recorded this on 8mm film.
pianojohn113 6 months ago
I have to admit. This is a bit harder than your other tutorials. I just can't seem to get the hands together, during the verses. They are two different tempos.
1dgbass1 6 months ago in playlist Beatles tutorials
Hi John, I just want to say that I love your videos and have learned a lot from them but I am a little disappointed with this tutorial. I realise that you say "this is the way I play it" but you seem to have left the attention to detail out of this video that is present in most of the other youtube Beatles hits. The opening verse and the ending in particular are missing a couple of grace notes and it changes the sound of the song. I'm not trying to be critical just an observation.
zarzoff62 7 months ago
@zarzoff62 This is one that I put up originally as a response to a request from someone who saw me play it on stage a few years ago. The "live" version here includes a bass part on piano, but you're right, it leaves out some details of the original, which has a much simpler piano part. But I think this version is much more fun to play.
pianojohn113 7 months ago
you guys always talk to much. just play it. then give an explanation. all that talking and talking.
FlimmerTV 8 months ago
Brilliant, best demo dude, thanks a million.
MrAjjdonnelly 8 months ago
Hello John, have you done a paul mac warm and beautiful tutorial?
chalyminx 8 months ago
@chalyminx No, haven't done that one yet!
pianojohn113 8 months ago
Great video for a guitar player to learn the piano. Keep posting you make it enjoyable to learn.
randym335 8 months ago
Really hard for me, but I think I finally got. If anyone is having trouble, just play it a lot in a row, getting fast each time. To get the beat right, I just played the melody notes on the "Lady Madonna, children at your feet..." part until I knew how it went. Hope that helps someone, just trying to add to another one John's already AMAZING video! You rock John!
KJHOnYoutubification 8 months ago
Dear John,
your tutorials are the best that a Beatles fan can find, but I have a request called "All Those Years Ago" by George Harrison: may you post the part of the e. piano? Thanks a lot,
Dario (17)
ps. sorry for the bad english...
rael3554 9 months ago
Thank you very much John for your video tutorials I find them extremely helpful ( for us non-pianists ).. I am currently working as Paul Mc Cartney in a tribute band and have found your tutorials the best on you tube ! Please keep up the good work..just one request !!.. I need to learn , back in the USSR and currently there are no tutorials available...PLease ..it would help me immensly if you could show the world this fantastic song. Much appreciated my friend if you could..
T3BASSMAN 10 months ago
@T3BASSMAN Got it on the list!
pianojohn113 10 months ago
This was fabulous! Thanks so much for the tutorial - it's a lot easier than picking it up by ear x)
Good job!
CarolineTheSinger5 11 months ago
When you start with the right hand on the verse you are playing a full A chord when you should leave out the "E" in the middle and just play the C# and the top A. Try it that way and it will sound better - more like the Beatles version. Sometimes less is more. Not being critical - just saying.
acruda 11 months ago
@acruda Yes, there are several good ways to play it. You can also start on the C natural on the first note instead of the C-sharp. This of course is my own quick version of the song.
pianojohn113 11 months ago
THank you so much for making these songs so accessible. This one is great.
surgimo 11 months ago
Ton of fun but getting hands to work together takes time, also that bass bit kills the pinky but great tutorial!
Drago1141 11 months ago
That Is Cool.
SmokeBojangles 1 year ago
Are your tutorials the original writings?
haydenfx 1 year ago
@haydenfx Yes, although this one is my own version of the song.
pianojohn113 1 year ago
AMAZING, your a great teacher! Love your videos. Maybe some queen songs would be cool from you.
Dudex11a 1 year ago
the bass line in this is wrong i just asked my music teacher he said its aa c c# dd f# a then aa c c# dd ee ff gg a. its not played in an octave only single notes from a low a the first space in the bottomo fthe bass clef
halofreak60 1 year ago
@halofreak60 he saids the way he plays it. I think it sounds great still, so what there are little changes, play it as you like it, have fun!
Dudex11a 1 year ago
thank you!! 04:35
lucinari 1 year ago
I can easily play both hands but the different paces of the hands really messes me up. Any tips?
LuminousScope 1 year ago
@LuminousScope I remember that same issue giving me fits as well when I first started learning this song.. Really, the best thing to do is to just work at it a little bit more, and it will come to you. Go slowly at first if you have to, but you'll get it more quickly than you might think.
pianojohn113 1 year ago
My hands are just barely big enough to reach the octaves so me and my friend play it as a duet (I'm on bass and she plays the melody) it's alot easier that way!
Rileewyliecoyote 1 year ago
@Rileewyliecoyote Nice - that's a great way to do it. :-)
pianojohn113 1 year ago
Thanks a million John!!!
BTW. McCartney plays the bass line like this: A A C#C# D D, you can see him do this in many Youtube videos (the WINGS performance and some new videos).
Again, thanks John!!
Barry
barrydegooijer 1 year ago
@barrydegooijer Yes, Paul does play it differently than my version here, I just embellished it a bit. Glad you liked it!
pianojohn113 1 year ago
Try this. The first note on the right hand is a c and a at same time. The progression with the a being played continuously is C C# C B A. C# C# B A B. Try it...it blueses it up, and I believe this is what was played. Remember the A note is continuous with pinkie finger on right hand.
Taccati 1 year ago
@Taccati Yes, in fact that's really probably the better (more accurate) way to play it. The C natural gives it the bluesy style, and Paul actually does that on the original recording. I really put this up to show how I have come to play the song, sort of my own semi-arrangement, but I would advise folks to try it with the opening C as you suggested.
pianojohn113 1 year ago
I see. Hmmmm...because when you play along with the recording, it is without question being sung/played in B flat. My electronic piano is at A440 tuning, and there is no doubt that the key is B flat. So, I can only assume you are using sheet music that puts it in A, or you know it is supposed to be A and the original recording was sped up enough to sound the music in B flat. The actual music that we hear does not lie, eh?
sportsmediaamerica 1 year ago
@sportsmediaamerica This song is unequivocally written and played in A major. The blues scale notes of the flat third and seventh are C and G respectively and are heavily used in this song. Perhaps the recording you're listening to is off, or your piano is not in tune.
pianojohn113 1 year ago
wow i am very impressed with how good you did this tutorial. I dont have a piano so i write down everything on a peice of paper and then learn it when i get to one. I already can tell im going to be able to learn it no prob. Thankyou so much. I am traditionally a guitarist but have been playing piano for two years. Your tutorials have been such an inspiration to me because i LOVE the beatles. Im getting very good at the piano because of this inspiration and i wouldnt be at this level without you
3isallwesee 1 year ago
@3isallwesee I appreciate the kind comment, thanks. Enjoy this one!
pianojohn113 1 year ago
BEST ENDING EVA
papaaPARAAA PAPA PAP Paaaaaaa yeaaaa...
toyama14 1 year ago
thank you really helped
hamkid99 1 year ago
Tomorrow I am playing this song at one of my school's performance show. I already knew the first part but was drastically searching for the second verse. This really helped me out and I give my greatest thanks to you.
Sneezey12 1 year ago
where did you learn this?
hello5925 1 year ago
@hello5925 I learned it mostly from listening to it over and over through the years.
pianojohn113 1 year ago 5
@pianojohn113 its really good!
hello5925 1 year ago
@pianojohn113 it's in B-flat, not A
sportsmediaamerica 1 year ago
@sportsmediaamerica The song is in A.
pianojohn113 1 year ago
You make piano a breeze for me. You rock!
VioletParkerVault 1 year ago
I've been learning from all of your tutorials. The first one I learned i didn't even know how to play piano. The first one was the end medley, that took me 2 weeks to perfect. After learning much of the others, I learned this one a couple of hours ago and I already got the whole thing down, including the singing, I'm considering playing this for my high school talent show so people will start noticing me hahaha. Thanks to your help, I can now play 5 instruments!
IgnorancEnArrogance 1 year ago
@IgnorancEnArrogance That's fantastic, to be able to learn this one and The End w/o having played before is remarkable. Kudos to you! :-)
pianojohn113 1 year ago
Nicely done - very clear demonstration! But here are a couple suggestions to match the version on the original Beatles recording:
(1) first two chords in RH should be: B-C-A (mash the B natural and C natural together with your thumb), followed by C#-A. No one else on YouTube seems to get this right either!
(2) In the LH, instead of playing C and C# octaves, try walking it- ie play low C natural with the 5th finger, followed by C# an octave above with the thumb.
Anyway just my $0.02
ShirleyURJoking 1 year ago
@ShirleyURJoking Yes, this is really just a tutorial of my "brief demo," which doesn't necessarily try to match the original version.. it's kind of an ad-libbed performance of the one I did on the other video. I just have so much fun playing this one that it evolved into my own version of the song! I like the LH suggestion, though, I hadn't thought of doing it that way.
pianojohn113 1 year ago
Definitely a fun song to play! And of course McCartney never plays it live the way he did on the Beatles' recording. On the first chord, that minor 2nd (B + C natural together) gives it that dissonant bluesy sound that makes the original sound so cool. But I like your version a lot as well, and really appreciate the xcellent tutorial.
ShirleyURJoking 1 year ago
@pianojohn113 What about the tutorial for "Hey Bulldog"? Are you dissatisfied with the result? But I don't want to bother you. I know you're a very busy man.
EltonJohnLennon7 1 year ago
@EltonJohnLennon7 I'm not really satisfied with it, but will post it anyway, I think.
pianojohn113 1 year ago
@pianojohn113 very good. thank you!
EltonJohnLennon7 1 year ago
John, I can´t belive it: I -an absolute musical nerd- can play Lady Madonna from start to end!!!! I'm much more than happy. I tryed for years to play that song with no results, but with your tutorial and practicing five days non stop hour after hour I did it!... Now, my wife and neighbours hate me, hate my piano and hate The Beatles, but I do not care. Bless the day I founded you in Internet. Thanks from the bottom of my heart!. Next stop: Strawberry Fields Forever.
askergor 1 year ago 11
Woohoo! I can play me a bluesy boogie-woogie thing!! XD Phew! Thank you so much! I can't believe I can play this now!! Can't wait for Hey Bulldog! :D
PudgyPooch 1 year ago
good song. great tutorial. but 'Hey Bulldog' would be another great one to do.
EltonJohnLennon7 1 year ago
Been wanting to learn this song for over ten years...you've made it very easy to learn. Thank you
trider23 1 year ago
Nice to see a true musician at work. respect
stellpoons 1 year ago
you make it sooo easy!!
tumuchtym 1 year ago
@montmorg67 It's kind of hard to explain, but it's mostly just hitting the notes of the chord on the half beat. Sometimes I break up the chord into individual 16th notes, but that happens at random places. I'm not explaining it very well, but that's kind of what I do there.
pianojohn113 1 year ago
I have the whole first part completed now!!! So happy! Whenever my mom hears me play it she's like "Wow!!"
BeatlesFanCharsh 1 year ago
@joshtbailey I've written a few, but they all sound like something that's already been done before.. so I just stick with arrangements now. :-)
pianojohn113 1 year ago
How are you.
I'm japanese.
You are best teacher for me!
Thank you so much!
46492347 1 year ago
Thank you for making this video. I'm an amateur when it come to the piano, but I'm slowly getting better, thanks to you!
TroyKBarnes1 1 year ago
Wow you are my hero
nzSkitzo 1 year ago
hey, can you do a "how to" for the intro to soft parade by the doors?
echle2 1 year ago
thank you
samptamtonio 1 year ago
This is soo awesome!! This is way better than paying $600 a year for piano lessons! Thank you!!
betbakes 1 year ago
it was very helpful!!! thanx from Brazil
Xandarling 1 year ago
Sos un excelente profesor ! gracias a tus lecciones aprendi ademas Imagine y Let it Be, aca te mando un video que grabe hace poco de Lady Madonna al cual le hice unos agregados, espero tus comentarios. Te mando un saludo. Carlos
Tecladator 1 year ago
love this video! self taught myself to play the piano for years and your videos have always helped me thnx!
~bryan
volcom1513 1 year ago
This is an excellent tutorial! I'll be checking the rest out soon.
devino64 1 year ago
I understand this wonderfully, but how in the WORLD can I play with both hands?
Natashaismycodename2 1 year ago
@Natashaismycodename2 This one takes some work, at least the way I show it here.. It's not impossible, of course, but it's a little higher on the difficulty scale. With some extra practice, it will hit you sooner rather than later.
pianojohn113 1 year ago
I've been a Beatles-fan all my life and a musician as wel, so I just love your vid's, saves me a lot of work, thank you so much! All the best, Vanessa
Nesh16041972 1 year ago
Couldn't really under stand most of it but that's because I'm freakin stupid
ffCademan 1 year ago
Good tutorial mate, I've wanted to learn that for ages.
Cheers!
LSDLOVER85 1 year ago
Lady Madonna is always confusing, what happened on Saturday?
gino066 1 year ago
@gino066 What happened on Saturday was that it's the only day of the week with three syllables, thus sealing its demise as a participant in this song's lyrics.
pianojohn113 1 year ago 2
Great, just don`t teach Lady Ga Ga or you will be torturing people
JamesTKirkCobain 1 year ago
@JamesTKirkCobain Pleeease, don't do anything that will force us to have to see Lady GaGa. that drunken, bird flippin, ' skeezer is no lady.
sohooded 1 year ago
Loving the contradiction and the immediate cover up @1:05! Its typical of a guy vs girl teaching. hehe Great video's btw way. You have a fun and Straighforward teaching style. Keep it going
satriani32 1 year ago
Great tutorials! Spent hours this weekend learning some Beatles classics. Thanks :)
damo87araimo 1 year ago
less words man, but excelent lesson thaks !
ludaxz 1 year ago
Thank you SO much! I promised someone i would learn this song by the end of the week and I've learned it in two days thanks to you!
sebjackets52 1 year ago
Thanks for the tutorial! It's great! Now I can play the song!
Greetings from Argentina!
sunshines8709 1 year ago
Thanks for the tutorial! It's great! Now I can play the song!
sunshines8709 1 year ago
Thanks for the tutorial! This really helps! Do you happen to have the sheet music?
MamaPeaches 1 year ago
@MamaPeaches I don't have the sheet music, but I know there are some decent ones on the digital music websites. There are some bad ones out there too, though, so check them out ahead of time if possible!
pianojohn113 1 year ago
I only meant that I've been playing this for over 30 years and take pride in listening carefully to every note, especially when it comes to The Beatles music - whether it's guitar or piano or bass. I painstakingly learn what they are doing and I don't feel it's impossible to achieve. I am not perfect. I've learned from videos like this and found that I was doing things incorrectly! Sorry to piss everyone off! Keep on tutoring!
4blueoasis 1 year ago
your tutorials are great,!!!!! Thanksssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
lukatherknopfler 1 year ago
@lukatherknopfler Glad you liked it. :-)
pianojohn113 1 year ago
excellent tutorial! Thanks a lot..
fredcarlyle769 1 year ago
@fredcarlyle769 Glad you liked it. :-)
pianojohn113 1 year ago
4bluesoasis, i appreciate you may be a perfectionist, but this is a really good video which teaches a simple, but affective, version of the piece to amateur pianists. it sounds close enough to the original and is impressive to an average audience. if you dont like the video then you don't have to watch it.
well done pianojohn!!!!
boz1882 1 year ago
@boz1882 Thanks very much!
pianojohn113 1 year ago
how on earth anyone copuld criticise this video I do not know. It is 100% right. If I went to a party having learnt to play Lady Madonna from this video then I don't think I'd be going home alone.
Keep up the good/excellent work.
imajez 1 year ago 14
@imajez lol, thanks, I appreciate the comment. :-)
pianojohn113 1 year ago
there is actually an error in the middle section. try it on Dm7 and it will sound quite better
Dircio007 1 year ago
Thank you so much for your postings! I'm learning an Elton song. Hadn't played in years but it's all coming back now. Well done. Pay no mind to naysayers. If they can do it better, best of luck to them. Thank you for your time, generosity, and gift.
highflyer584 1 year ago
@highflyer584 Thanks, I appreciate the support! I'm glad the vids have been helpful.
pianojohn113 1 year ago
SORRY, but this is incorrect...listen closer to the recording, you are missing notes and doing incorrect voicing and leaving out the grace note c natural going into the c sharp. Don't mean to be mean but if you're going to go through all this trouble to teach, you really should do it right or not at all!
4blueoasis 1 year ago
@4blueoasis It is not incorrect. This tutorial shows how to play the song the way I played it in the demo video, NOT the original recording. I made that clear in the video notes and in my initial narrative. If you watch the demo video you'll see that I don't grace note the C, and I add my own voicings and octaves in both hands. So this video is 100% accurate. Please don't comment unless you know what the video is all about. Thanks.
pianojohn113 1 year ago 8
@4blueoasis I did some research, it is almost impossible to play the exact notes from "Lady Madonna (Take 1, Orignal piano notes)", so is this is one of the most accurate version on the internet today, so burn!"
ruins252 1 year ago
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ShirleyURJoking 1 year ago
nice job.
fpz2006 1 year ago
@fpz2006 Thank you.
pianojohn113 1 year ago
I have to play this song for my talent show, but my fingers are to short, i strain when i play the a-f part, what shold I do?
ruins252 1 year ago
@ruins252 Which part are you referring to, specifically? If your fingers are too short, you can usually fix it pretty easily by leaving out either the upper or lower note.
pianojohn113 1 year ago
@pianojohn113 Thanks , I managed to play most of the song, thank you!
ruins252 1 year ago
How do u play the part at 3:15
or 3:16, its somthing that you didnt show and i really want to know
echle2 1 year ago
@echle2 Not sure how to describe it.. are you talking about the RH part?
pianojohn113 1 year ago
yup
echle2 1 year ago
@echle2 Hmm.. kind of hard to explain in writing.. I'm just playing the melody notes that go from C# down to the A with the thumb, while also playing the rest of the A7 chord with the other fingers above.
pianojohn113 1 year ago
@pianojohn113 Thanks, I'm still gonna be practicing till I'm like 20... but i would like to take lessons, so hopefully that will help lol
echle2 1 year ago
John- in your right hand, instead of playing the A major chord, when you sing "Lady", try rolling from left to right C-C#-A ( thumb-index-pinky).
That gives it that honky tonk sound that's missing from the original recording.
Rick
rkyrooty 1 year ago
@rkyrooty Thanks, Rick.. yes, that is a good way of doing it. I use that "bluesy" technique once in a while when I do this song, giving it a nice edgy feel to it.
pianojohn113 1 year ago
Hey I love Bad Penny Blues
steveconn 1 year ago
@steveconn That's one I'd like to learn next. There would be no "Lady Madonna" without it.
pianojohn113 1 year ago
thank you!!! i need to bring my keyboard out to the pc and watch and do it at the same time as you are
roadrunner29788 1 year ago
@roadrunner29788 Glad it works for you! :-)
pianojohn113 1 year ago
it's one of those songs where once you get "the hang of it" --i it's quite easy.
Thanks John!
davidllz9253 1 year ago
@davidllz9253 That is correct!
pianojohn113 1 year ago
Such a funny song to play! Thanks again! :)
00music0is0life00 1 year ago
@00music0is0life00 You're very welcome. :-)
pianojohn113 1 year ago
the guy teachin this sounds like ray manzarek!!
michaelvkelly1 1 year ago
@michaelvkelly1 I actually sound like Jim Morrison doing an impersonation of Ray Manzarek.
pianojohn113 1 year ago
@pianojohn113 ha, im pretty muisical and can play the guitar to a fairly high level. my intention is to buy a piano and just learn a load of songs by this type of method...do u think i will be able to manage it??
michaelvkelly1 1 year ago
@michaelvkelly1 Yeah, that can work really well, depending on what skill level you're at musically. Since you know chords, you've already got that part down, so I think you'll be able to manage it just fine.
pianojohn113 1 year ago
@pianojohn113 thats good to hear. im pretty determined when i put my mind to learning something so im sure i will get it eventually. i love learning new instruments and techniques and stuff but for some reason i hav an aversion to actually learning to read music so i never want to take lessons in anything!!
michaelvkelly1 1 year ago
What key is this in?
Sodahpop96 1 year ago
@Sodahpop96 This song is in A major.
pianojohn113 1 year ago
It switches a lot, but it's mainly in C and A. I think it ends on A
kneeslapper1 1 year ago
Great video :) Can you teach the instrumental like you did in the demo?
Mandelbrot13 1 year ago
@Mandelbrot13 I've thought about that, but I'm not sure I can slow it down enough to analyze what I was playing there, lol :-)
pianojohn113 1 year ago
That's fine, I can play it all and I'm sortof making up my own solo (not as good as yours) to go with it :)
Mandelbrot13 1 year ago
It's now 1 week that i'm working on this song and I almost can play it ...
Thank so much John
from ITALY!
rulez7000 1 year ago
Cool.. glad it worked for you! Greetings to you in Italy from California, USA. :-)
pianojohn113 1 year ago
i just wish there was someone who would teach it exactly the way paul plays it without extra notes or chords
RockNFknRoll 1 year ago
Hahaha...I watched ur video and i said...Im going to try this song....And then i started to learn it...and guess wat...it was too hard for meright now ..u made it look so easy lol ....once again, thank u John for everything...take care and have a nice sunday.
DKlassicsG 1 year ago
No problem, DKlassicsG, this one's a lot higher on the difficulty scale for sure!
pianojohn113 1 year ago
Many months after the first time I've watched this video, I'm still amazed by your ability with piano!!! Also, I need to improve my personal version of "Lady Madonna" :D Thanks for your video, I would have never learned this song without it :D :D :D
funzi159 1 year ago
Thanks, funzi159, I appreciate it! I'm glad the video helped you to learn the song. Have fun with it! :-)
pianojohn113 1 year ago