With a Little Help From My Friends tutorial

[WalrusMuffins10797]

the things i had NO idea how to play piano until i started watching your tutorials. i mean, i always knew my way around it, but I'm really starting to understand chord progression and stuff. not to mention, my fingers have gotten A LOT stronger.

thank you soooooooooo freaking much for these tutorials. i love the beatles

[pianojohn113]

@WalrusMuffins10797 That's fantastic, WalrusMuffins, I'm really glad the tutorials have been helpful to you. Keep up the good work on the piano!

[SteveB822]

I like your arrangements, piano john. Are you still taking requests?

[pianojohn113]

@SteveB822 I do still take requests, although I can't always find time to get them done.

[kotek1]

Thumbs up, man.

I found it interesting that the song starts off with that C-D-E sequence to bridge into it from Sgt Pepper's, and then ends off with C-D-E for the sustained high note that Ringo sings. The Beatles songs seem to have such a natural shape and symmetry sometimes.

[pianojohn113]

@kotek1 You're right, and I sometimes wonder if they consciously tried to do that, or if it just turned out that way because they liked how it sounds. Either way, we get a great composition.

[brandonlace]

BIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLYYYYYYYY SHEARSSSSS!!!!!

[TheBird1888]

I LOVE YOU

[dudelikescheese123]

This is amazing i just had trouble since i mean its a very descent tutorial but you show us the chords and well not what to play in between each cord in what order or how to play it. I dont know if you wanted us to observe your fingering but i found just that small part complicated but real nice.

[pianojohn113]

@dudelikescheese123 Yes, sometimes it's easier to just show how to move the fingers around than to explain it.

[HowPettyful]

i think John Lennon's daughter sang this, it was quite a nice audio clip :D

[pianojohn113]

@HowPettyful Did Kyoko sing this one? Not sure if that counts as John Lennon's daughter, but maybe...?

[HowPettyful]

Wait... my friend lied >:(

[carfreak0723]

@HowPettyful It wasn't John Lennon's daughter. He didn't have one. It was Sean Lennon when he was a young child

[keenonwatching]

Cool!! I am really amazed

[TheMrBeaton]

Dude, hats off to you! Not only for your impressive skill, but also for your incredible generosity. You enable those of us that have a set of keys but not too much green to learn how to play the piano properly. Thee world needs more people of your caliber. I am trailing by a continent or two skills wise, but thanks in a large part to your videos I'm gaining ground day by day. If you're ever in Cork, Ireland the beer is on me!

[kellerbees03]

Pianojohn- all of your lessons are really improving my skills! I learned this one in 30 minutes! Thanks for all your help!

[Stevesk0011]

pianojohn lennon113

[pianojohn113]

@Stevesk0011  lol, I like it. Ha! :-)

[Silfarionx3]

Hey, John, is this song in the key of C or E? I've heard people say both of them, so just curious. (:

[pianojohn113]

@Silfarionx3 It's in E, although there are probably some sheet music versions that transpose it into C just to make it easier for people to learn it.

[strawberEfieldz4ever]

@Silfarionx3 the song is is in Fb major lol

[TheOskar96]

Im so pleased you do this John, so the web has an awesome pianoteacher...

[SamOnella1]

I know this is probably getting repeptitive for you to read this, but you are no less than a god. I love all of your beatles tutorials, this one and while my guitar gently weeps in particular. You help me so much with my playing. keep it up!

[PudgyPooch]

All of your tutorials are simply amazing!! :D Thank you!! I am in my early teens and I have learned so much on the piano!! My friends think I am some type of piano guru! ^.^ Beatles forever!! Thanks again letting me into the world of piano!

[pianojohn113]

@PudgyPooch Your friends are right, you are a piano guru! I'm glad the videos have been helpful to you. Rock on! :-)

[ollierules11]

@pianojohn113 we have had to do a song for music at school, i picked this and learned it from you and got an A , your AWESOME!

[ollierules11]

omg i love you!, fave song in the world!

[Korwia]

oh my goodness i love you john! this is wonderful and so easy to understand!

[Crazydude8644]

Thank you so much for putting this video up :) this helped me so much with learning this song (which is probibly on my small list of singable beatles songs for me) your the best John :D

Btw you should put up an ob-la-di ob-la-da tutorial

[DukeOfPenguin]

This is one of my favorite Beatles songs, and now thanks to you I can play it myself! It's a fun song to play and sing along with. Thanks a million for the great tutorial! (:

[Caxpern]

Yeeaah thank you!! I love to play this song :D

[Kevinx22]

Thank you very much for all your tutorials!

This is one of my favorite songs, and the tutorial is fantastic & very clear. Thank you so much.

[wigglez28]

I've learned 5 beatles songs so far thanks to you John. I should think they will come in handy for 'wooing' chicks at uni this year : ] your a great man doing this for everybody.

[hahaha140]

'uni'? would that, by any chance, mean unistar?

[wigglez28]

university, college, whatever

[BeachBoysGuy1]

I'm sorry. That was not a very nice comment from me. Keep up the good work.

[BeachBoysGuy1]

try "Mary Had A Little Lamb"

[Korwia]

LOL mary had a little lamb

[Korwia]

@BeachBoysGuy1 LOL nice!

[tyleryesta1]

this is one of his easier lessons try hello, goodbye.

[music4reality]

you expect us to learn this

[arturborucfan]

@music4reality

yeah okay its diffiuclt to get to know i tried to learn how to play his excellen version of day in the life

u need to practice

plus if u dnt want to learn it then dnt watch his video

pianojohn113 rules

[pukarla]

it isn´t that hard!! just try! :)

[atilennon]

thank you John for this song that you shown us. Really learn a lot from you. Could you teach the song Oh Darling? very grateful to you. You´re the best in piano lessons!!!

[warman2020]

Nice.

[ryan7942]

if u listen u can here som1 singing

[BMOPwnsTD]

Haha this tutorial is awesome now i can be just like stephen harper!

[CRpianoman]

i would like to learn how to play luck in the sky on piano that would be pretty epic.

[pianojohn113]

I'll try to get to that one soon.

[joeshmoe123456789101]

thanks john im covering this song today and i learned this really quick

[pianojohn113]

Great! I hope the performance goes well.. Rock on!

[TheYellowSubmarine13]

PianoJohn you AMAZE me! AGAIN! And people this is most definitely THE BEATLES. It's track two on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Written by Lennon/McCartney. Just so ya know!

[pianojohn113]

Thanks! Yes, it's side 1, cut #2.. for those of us who still have the old vinyl records...

[victoriaorange08]

This is by far my favorite tutorial :D

I'm performing this song for my music ensemble concert :D

[ZMmanifestdestiny]

You should do Eleanor Rigby.... in my opinion its McCartney's best song next to yesterday. there are other tutorials but id rather have you do it b/c your way better.

plz respond back

[tobyrhino]

This looks like a great song to learn. It re-uses a lot of classic Lennon chords, which is handy if you know other beatles songs.

[rsmastr]

i'm pretty sure the beatles wrote it, and he covered it after, but the which one of the beatles, most likely either john or paul

[trumpetmaster5505]

Yep

[Jerry96587]

No, it's the Beatles! They're the originals anyway.

[beatlesjglv4evr]

man this is magic..!!

[KevCoStudios]

i'm just starting out on piano, and you have so many of my favorite songs on here that are really helping me learn. i just want to shoot a whole-hearted thank you your way. you're really helping me.

[Gus1236]

Very nice tutorial as usual. How abotu Happiness is a Warm gun..?

[pianojohn113]

I may do that.. The first part of "Warm Gun" is easier to play than the middle and last half, but it's a fun song to play.

[gerryard]

so good man  very fun.... nice tutorial congratulations!

[Coffeeshop246]

I love this song! You've done a stupendous job teaching it! I can't wait to play it! Thanks so much!

[pukarla]

sure!! i would like a lucy in the sky of diamonds tutorial!!

thanks John!

[liberal0irony]

Great! Oh and I'm with the others would Love to see a Lucy in the Sky tutorial

[twhallag]

im gettin a keyboard for xmas

i allready play piano, but the piano in the living room is unbelievably out of tune

im gonna learn this 1 when i get the keyboard

[hastrasaudre]

I GOT ONE TOO!!! Great Minds think alike, right?

[tbrown9000]

yes! im gonna transpose this and play it in C. Very nice. I wish i could play in all keys like you. Oh well. i use a digital anyway so i'll just push a couple of buttons and be right there. Has anyone ever requested "back in the ussr"? That would be awesome to hear your take on that classic. I would do one, but yours would blow mine away and i would have to learn the same song twice. So far, i've learned three of your songs. thanks for your time and for sharing your knowledge.

[Simoncanada]

i love these..i've already learned the let it be intro and all of hey jude! can't wait to try this! thanx!

[andy1w5jobas]

Another great tutorial !! What about live and let die by Paul mcCartney?

[littleitaly811]

please do lucy in the sky with diamonds next

[bRiD0T07]

YES! Lucy in the sky Please do it!

[sergi092]

I know how to play lucy in the sky, but i'm a piano-noob haha, so it would be great to have a tutorial made by john :)

[victoriaorange08]

beautiful!!! :) I love your tutorials so much! Thank you for spreading your splendidness to the world! haha :D

[maratta46]

These tutorials are amazing man. It takes me days to learn sheet music but with you, I'm learning all my facourite songs within a couple of hours. Thanx so much. P.S I'd like to request Good Day Sunshine, it one of my favourite Beatles songs and it's a great song for piano.

[RobachicosX]

thanks for this tutorial, is very easy to learn, by the way i ask for the eleanor rigby's tutorial long time ago,

what happen?

[pianojohn113]

Eleanor Rigby should be up eventually.. It's still on the list.

[SongfromBohemia]

w00t! I've been waiting for Eleanor Rigby!

[SKIMFOLK]

The hardest part i have is playing the beat quickly like you. I can play out the chords and sing it slow and it sounds good but i wanna go it fast at one part and am struggling. Oh well great vid!

[pianojohn113]

Playing with the rhythm can be difficult, but you should get it after a while.. that should come once you're really familiar with the chords. Glad you liked it!

[lenglain84]

oh and..*ahem* - I've been requesting Real Love since last december, do you think it'll happen next list? I've seen a bunch of other people requesting it.

[pianojohn113]

Yes, and actually there were three or four others that I didn't have time to get to as well.. It should be on the next set.. Hoping it won't be another six weeks before I can get them up here!

[lenglain84]

Not only can we learn to play beatles songs through your vids, but as someone a bit more interested in the musical aspect of the beatles myth rather than their personality cult/celebrity, your tutorials are an invaluable insight into their use of chords and melody. Thanks a million!

[pianojohn113]

Thanks very much, I was happy to do it. Glad you enjoy the vids!