Guitar Lesson - A Hard Day's Night - Beatles

[lukedekacosta]

nice video thanks

[boblpage]

So silly! Why do rank amateurs post stuff like this? If you want to see how anything is played correctly just type in "Buddy Clontz" here on YouTube. He'll show you how to play this the way it's really played -- as well as virtually anything else.

[joriszsz]

The opening chord is a G7sus4, I think...

EADGBe

3535333

[outerrealm]

Close but no guitar. Play the A string open and you've got it

[NakedCatsProductions]

nice guitar i have a similar one except mines black

[pitbulltrex]

Te puedo hacer una peticion no podrias tocar la de father and son de cat stevens

My english is bad,,, sorry you can play the Song Father and Son of Cat Stevens

[74LesPaul]

My take on your opening chord, close but no cigar . .something is missing with your version?

[HeyLookItsAdam]

you have a great voice and are very good at lessons from what ive seen

[EddieVHRocks5150]

Not wanting to start anything, but, I remember reading an interview with George Harrison and he said the opening chord was an F chord with the little finger on the G (1st string 3rd fret). He played the guitar chord and John & Paul (and possible George Martin) played the chord on the piano! Hope this helps!

[jerml21]

Regarding the opening chord -- everyone is wrong. It's a D7sus4th with a G bass (the 4th is played on both the 1st and 6th string). The reason I call it that voicing is because the beginning chord for the lyric is a G. D7 of course resolves to a G. Below is the fingering with the fret position of each string (X means the string is damped):

E - A - D - G - B - E

3 - X - 0 - 2 - 1 - 3

[goldhat3]

@jerml21 I think you are right. Yours is the same as mine except the A note on the second string: 3x0213 versus 3x0013. You can clearly hear the third string A note being picked in the fade out at the end of the song, so it is most likely the same chord at both ends of the song. So what is the most famous chord in rock and roll? You be the judge.

[jerml21]

@goldhat3 The only other comment I have is regarding the Dm7 chord you're playing on the lyric "and I been working". The Beatles played an Fmaj (add 9). A similar chord, except that an F is played in the base - not a D - and a 9th (a G) is played on the 1st string. Here is the chord:

E - A - D - G - B - E

1 - 3 - X - 2 - 1 - 3

[LoudGuitr]

@jerml21 D7sus4 over G is the same thing as Fadd9 over G. Exact same notes.

[jerml21]

@LoudGuitr The two chords are not the same. Fadd9 is composed of the notes F,A,C,G while a D7sus4th chord is composed of D,G,A,C.

[LoudGuitr]

@jerml21 I was referring to the voicing you posted 2 weeks ago. It could be construed either way. I understand the difference between the 2 chords. Your voicing was:

E - A - D - G - B - E

3 - X - 0 - 2 - 1 - 3

That could be either Fadd9/G or D7sus4/G no?

[jerml21]

@LoudGuitr There's no F note in the voicing I posted, and it also contains the open D, so it can't possibly be called an Fadd9. If you lower the G bass to F, and damp the open D sting by playing a C on the second string third fret, then you would have an Fadd9 (which is a chord the Beatles used all the time, e.g., You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, Getting Better, I Don't Want to Spoil the Party, etc.).

[trash266001]

@jerml21 I play it as:

E-A-D-G-B-E

3-5-3-5-3-3

It sounds more right to me.

[NeilFraudstrong]

@jerml21

George himself said it was an Fadd9 with a G on top.

[NeilFraudstrong]

@NeilFraudstrong

At the same time that George played an Fadd9, John played 353533 on his Rickenbacker 325.

[NeilFraudstrong]

Sorry to comment again, but Paul also played the D string at the 12th fret and Ringo lightly hit the snare and ride cymbal. George Martin played an Fadd9 on piano to complete the chord.

[jamiegtr2007]

@jerml21 Try Gsus 4/A 553533, hard to fingwer, but i think nearer, but not up for debate =), just adding my wee bit , cheers, James

[moeandhisguitar]

@jerml21

believe it or not you are actually wrong. the beatles have said before in an interview its an Fadd9, however if you take into account what the bass is playing and all the other notes, and you try to play it by yourself it is a G7add9sus4 or some variant of that nature. its been confirmed with ringo starr that the actual chord played by the guitar (guitar only) is an Fadd9

(6th string to 1st) X X 3 2 1 3

[jimihendrix1975]

@jerml21 yes u are right dude!!!!

[pancakekiller91]

The opening chord is an Fadd9.

[jaymarsden101]

I thought it was different than this

G ... cadd9.....F.....G bridge Bm.....B7 which is where the famous story of them traveling from John house in Woolton over to Bootle in Liverpool to learn the B7 chord can from. Just a different way of playing it.... still sounds cool

[NeilFraudstrong]

Fun fact:

The verse actually goes:

It's been a (G) hard (C) day's (G) night/I should be (F) sleeping like a (G) log. This is supported by concert footage.

[AlexRobinson900]

Hey i have the same guitar, do you have those wrote down somewhere so i can practice cause im somewhat confused on what your saying

[billboatman]

As a friendly reminder, you are incorrect on the opening chord and I suggest you research it yourself to verify. I you investigate John Lennon playing it on several performances you can clearly see it is not the Gsus you are professing. And if you have a tuned ear--it doesn't sound the same as John's chord.

try putiing your fingers in the numbers starting with the big E.

E - A - D - G - B - E

3 - 0 - 3 - 0 - 1 - 3

Give a strum and keep up the good work, bb

[PepperLand1968]

Love the song now I can play it... love it even more thanks you goldhat3.

[IamWearingJeans]

what's the strumming pattern used for this song?

[antovszkithomas]

Hi! I like it as he is a teacher ! This song what play music with the gang ! Look at my side. Thanks!

We adore it the beatles-t !

[daninflorida]

hello goldhat.I love all your videos,your playing is right on track and you make the guitar formula realliy stand out,have you ever worked out the intro of ILL cryinstead,no one has tried thsi one as of thsi letter and the solo of my bonnie thanks,dan,,,,,

[jaynjanna1]

can you please tell me what stumming pattern you are using. Thanks

[hyleanwiimaster]

Skills

[panchogordo1]

a jesus chord

[Kermit4Prezident]

It's a Fadd9. xD

[NeilFraudstrong]

Indeed it is. It sounds okay if you play it with the open G, but the actual chord used was an Fadd9, but it takes multiple instruments to make it sound right. Just on that chord alone they had George Martin on piano, Ringo with a light hit of the snare and ride cymbal, John's 325 and George's 360-12. It was very layered for an opening chord, but as you said, it's an Fadd9. George has even said this which should put the speculation to rest.

[variousthings]

There's an insanely detailed analysis of the chord in Dominic Pedler's book "The Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles". It takes up a whole chapter, and he not only quotes that George Harrison interview, but summarises how other musicologists (Alan W. Pollack, Ian MacDonald, Walter Everett etc) have labelled the chord, uses bootlegs to analyse what was done on every take of the song, and interviews one of the Bootleg Beatles tribute band to ask how they perform it. Like I said - insanely detailed!

[jitoed]

Jolie voix ,de paris :)

[calledPablo]

thanx from spain. Really cool rithem!

[Steve68858]

daninflorida, you right about the opening chord

[valerian9191]

Mdr loulou

[louloufanvonth]

ji arrive paaaa

[guachirengo97]

Well Done

[57458701]

the best master for the beatles songs

[57458701]

you are a really master

[mihoa3]

nice tutorial its so awsome u rock and thx

[viesparemixed]

dur

[OllerMaller]

That was funny: Make me g5.

[diego4815]

nice epiphone! great vid..

[tawtu]

I herd that the chord was an Fadd9

[Endrow78]

Well done dude!

[penspiller]

good playing along

[bill3979]

Beautiful job, goldhat. Just two questions, since you obviously know your Beatles. 1)Did George ever discuss how he came up with that brilliant opening chord? I've never read anything where he talked about it. 2)Do you know how much truth there is to the rumor that John and Paul wrote the song in just a few hours toward the end of filming the movie, when a producer supposedly sheepishly told them the decision had been made to title it "A Hard Day's Night" and they needed a song by that name?

[goldhat3]

1) I haven't heard anything about it either.

2) A Hard Days Night was another Ringo-ism. It was discussed in anthology that they did write the song in a couple hours based on the phrase.

[atlanticus]

great tutorial man, I've got the same guitar, thanks!

[llovdw]

not bad at all

[Bitt50]

Thanks

[artienp]

Very nice, what guitar brand and model is that ? What's the best electric guitar to play just like the album (of course apart from the talent, lol) ?

[goldhat3]

This one is an Epiphone acoustic 150. On the album the Beatles used a rickenbacher 12 string electric guitar and a gibson acoustic.

[grandpalarsen]

I feel the strength of this video is the singing. Also the detailed explication of the opening chord. My only question is, why doesn't the opening chord as you teach it seem to sound anything like the record?

[goldhat3]

The chord on the record was played on a 12 string electric guitar, so it sounds a little different.

[Linkoide]

you rule:3

thanks;D

[PaulBeatles808]

Wow!

Thanks a lot. This is one of my fave songs by them and ive always wanted to play it on my acoustic guitar

Ur great and u help a lot

and u have fun with it 2... which u shud do!

ITS THE BEATLES GUYS! THE BEST BAND EVER!!

not a bad singer either :D:D

[AbbeyRoadRocks]

cool.

[mileycyrusrocks999]

g sus hahaha lol good job!!!!!!!!!!

[stratboy69]

thanks! I didn't know the first chord, and now i do!

[Darylvb]

The famous chord is pretty close to Gsus but just adding that A note makes it D7sus4 like several have said. I've always played it by adding the B on the second string and muffling the sixth sting and hitting all the stings with one blow.

[Darylvb]

I should have stated that I play it by adding the B string on the 'fifth' string and not the second string and muffling the sixth with my thumb. It's a d7sus4 adding the B. Not sure if that's the way Lennon played it but I think it's sounds pretty close.

[shibe123]

sorry dude wrong chord D7 sus4 is the one you want. play it on a rickenbacker 360/12 with an echo effect

[zrexrob]

hey your pretty good at this stuff!

[Rickenbackerpicker]

I hate to say it mate, but you play that 'most famous chord' wrong. It's a D7sus4 (x00213). When you play the beginning of the jangly outro to the song you'll find your fingers in the right position. Have a look at John Lennon's fingers when he plays it live at 'Paris des Sports' or Buddy Clontz's version (both on Youtube).

[pacificspade]

great job man! very cool

[yourmusicteacher]

you should become a youtube partner!

[goldhat3]

Thanks for saying so. I think we all should! If somebody watches your videos, youtube should pay for the content.

[Harregarre]

Don't you think that will result in lots of advertisement because it's not like youtube makes a lot of money right now. So perhaps they'll even put advertisements at the beginning of every video. That would suck big time to be honest.

[Cr154nt0]

muchas gracias gortido!!!! el tema es de lujo

[embran]

i can't agree with you, because the MOST legendary chord in music is that one how finish sgt. peppers album...

[johnfmather]

Hey, I'm just a beginner and I spend a lot of time learning from you. Keep it up!

[yourmomma6794]

Thanks man that helped me alot can you do one of all my loving if you know it?

[shanesperling]

great range man.... you should be doing roy orbison on here ;)

[pmattjie]

thanks!!!!

a lot

[juankFTW]

I see you've become quite a celebrity here

Congratulations, it's very nice to learn from you. U got the charisma

[meimeiidiot]

u're quite cool for a old people.thxs 4 ur lesson!

[Stratocaster106]

how do u play dm7 help!

[spenser330]

Stratocaster, the open Dm7 chord is, from HIGH E to open D, as follows: 1st finger frets the HIGH E and B strings at the 1st fret. The 2nd finger frets the G string at the 2nd fret. The D or 4th string is NOT fretted. so, from High E to Low E - on ONLY the TOP 4 strings the notes you have are F, C, A, and that open D. I hope this helps.

p.s. I'm not shouting when using upper case - just emphasising.

[marycarpediem]

Wow, your videos are awesome, and so are you!

Thanks again!

[goldhat3]

I like the sound of double awesome ;-)

[vibrovirii]

I love your lessons. Thanks a lot! I'm total beginner and can't figure out the strumming pattern by looking and listening. Any chance someone can post that info? Peace, V

[peterng20]

Jeeze judging by the amount of videos you posted, how long does it take you to learn and master a song, or make your own cover and then master it? You're pro man. I takes me quite a while to master a song lol. But awesome job. I enjoy learning from you.

[ribbonspider]

The opening chord is the same as the first arpeggiated chord of the fade. PM plays a D while GH and JL play F A C G on the D,G,B and E strings. Since GH is playing a 12 string we hear F and A in octaves. The voicing we hear is D F A C F G A. The C and G are triple voiced, the lower F A C are doubled and the D and upper F and A are single.

[goldhat3]

Yes, what he said ;) Makes good sense since they ended the song on that chord too.Takes some good ears to get all that out of one mono chord strike. Gsus is a good substitute.

[Initialworth]

but since Paul plays a D, wouldn't that make the voicing D,F#,A,C,F,G,A (F# being the major 3rd of D)?

[BeatleSongPlayer]

Hey Mark, how's it going buddy. Very close on the opening chord LOL!! It is actually a G 7/9 sus 4. The trick is figuring out the proper voicing/inversion. George made me promise not to actually show anyone how to play it, but he said I could give clues LOL!! Also note that it will not sound exactly right unless played on a 12 string Rickenbacker, due to its unique reverse octave strings and a D note on a bass guitar. Great job as usual. BSP

[goldhat3]

Yo BSP. Yup, I would love to have one of those Ricky 12s. Just can't get the real sound without one.

[sj12barney]

thanks very much you makr it easier than most. cheers mukka

[kommanderlum]

um,, a capo makes it higher still.

[bigdjindustriez]

put the capo on er man haha...gonna bust your voice singing that high

[goldhat3]

You got that right. Most people don't realize that the beatles sang quite a bit of high tenor stuff. John in particular did not sound like a tenor, but he was a great one.

[bigdjindustriez]

you should so some videos of "Let it be" and "We can work it out"..those are my 2 favorite beatles tunes. If you could pull that off, it'd be cool.

[sennennoki]

very nice vid!!^^

[tinkerchel]

welcome back goldhat3ヾ(〃￣￣￣￣▽￣￣￣￣〃)ﾉ

its so nice of you to give guitar tutorials..wish i could play like you hehe..

[zoojungleface]

GOLD HAT,

YOU ROCK!