Beatles - Good Night tutorial

[pnoynoir]

hello... who plays piano when it was recorded by the fabs? john, paul or george martin?

great stuff as usual, pianojohn! i've heard a take of this song with just the piano accompaniment. 

[pianojohn113]

@pnoynoir Usually Paul or George Martin played piano, although John did add his keyboard skills to several songs too.

[Hibari9420]

I don't even have a piano but i enjoy your videos...

[RickMunchkin]

in the demo from the Anthology album there's a part when the piano gets a bit higher, can you show how to do that in a part 2 or something? it's at the 1:30 mark on Anthology 3. thanks

[aquaiz]

Thanks again John! I STILL play this after learning it here! Wish I had time to learn more! (I don't write music at all).

Do you know how/why RIngo got the nod for the lead on this song? Thanks!

[pianojohn113]

@aquaiz Glad you liked it! I'm not sure why Ringo was given this song, other than to guess that a) they needed another song for him to sing, and b) John didn't think his voice sounded quite right on this composition. It would be intersting to find out, though.

[samenzwering]

Great, I love your way of teaching and I've learned quite some songs with the help of your vids. Just one question about this one: you're playing it in 6/8 measure, right? While the original sounds to me like an 4/4 measure. Am I correct? If so, why is your version different?

[pianojohn113]

Yes, you ARE correct.. and I didn't catch that until about six months after I'd done this video, too late to change it. I play these songs by ear, and thus rely on memory to call them up and play them. Well, sometime in the last 35 years, my mind shifted it to 6/8. And while I think it works in that tempo, it is not true to the original. I guess now that YouTube has an annotations editor, I should clarify/note that somewhere on the video. Thank you for the reminder on that!

[pianoomar100]

The chord in the right hand looks more like a C Major chord that has been half-diminished with a G octave in the bass.

[rsmko]

nighters evrybody evrywhere nighters

[pianojohn113]

This song was written by John.

[DIVENTNA]

it's by john for his son julian.

[robjomik]

hello John. Thanks for letting me in - its great in here.

[pookiecatblue]

love it. so good it can make me cry.

[Jerry96587]

loved it!!! Great Work!

not too easy though

[aquaiz]

Thanks John! I don't read music, but got this song down! And maybe a month+ to do it. This was the 1 Beatles song I didn't know about till 2 years ago! And I am huge fan! So again, thank you!

[Dodo251]

wow a month? It takes me about a couple of hours to learn any song from John and even I can't read music.

[3pairsofunderwear]

lol me too

[SENgrace]

My favourite song from Beatles... very special for me.

[pianojohn113]

I like this song too, very soothing and relaxing.

[Jonaskollmer89]

This song written Paul,not John

[pianojohn113]

Actually, John wrote it.

[Johntheson1]

John, I know with all those that come here, you get many "thanks you's"; but I just wanted to say that The Beatles were not just a musical group to me, but have been a big part of my life since even before Feb.9,1964. I've been in Beatle's groups my whole playing life(started playing at age 9, and am now 56), but it's all been guitar up until now. I just bought my first Roland keyboard, and what you have helped me to accomplish is unbelievable. Thank you so much my friend. I am grateful

John

[pianojohn113]

Hey, that's great! You are a charter member of the Beatles fan family.

I'm glad my videos have been so helpful to you... thanks for the kind words. Keep up the great work on the keyboard!

[amboncuyy]

thx man

[monusername]

I have got this one not that bad, but don't play as well as you. The D scale is so hard

[monusername]

I am sorry John, but it's not " very easy to learn "

Great tutorial as usual

[harpman1876]

Lennon's most beautiful melody of them all. Thanks.  All your tutorials are excellent.

[amtrakboy37]

WOW!!!!!!! I CAN PLAY THAT TOO. I will post a vid.

[albertoisetan]

please do free as a bird & real love john lennon version. thanks for all your videos! doooooooooo! ok,alright.

[Zoegirl99]

Music is the Universal language. Peace to you and Thank you for the gifts you give us all.

[aquaiz]

I'm getting it!! :) THANK YOU! :)

[aquaiz]

This is the one song video this non music reading Beatles fan is going to use this video to learn it! THANK YOU!

[ronickwillis]

When I hear this song in order after listening to "number 9, number 9, number 9..." it FREAKS ME OUT! I don't want to say goodnight. Thank you so much for all these tutorials. I am new to piano (guitar player) and some of these beatles songs are AWESOME expansion for what I know. YOU ARE THE BEST.

[alexisherenow]

Great song! Thank you for this song and all the rest you have done for us. It's great your guidance and patience on creating musicians all around the world. Would you please make 'Because', which is from the Beatles too? Thank you!!!

[beatles5909]

thhank you so much for this song. Its very fun and easy to play. i play it pretty much everynight. me and my band also plan on playing this as our last song one night. When you get a chance could you do God by John Lennon. ive had it on record and my computer and never really listened to it and its a great song.

[Guitar4Life2007]

who played this on the album paul?

[beatles5909]

geoorge martin i believe

[Guitar4Life2007]

Im confused.. i heard that george martin played the rita solo too.. how much piano playing did he do on the beatles records.. didnt paul play a lot of piano?

[beatles5909]

george martin did play alot with them. he was refered to as "the 5th beatle" I imagine that george martin would play if there was 2 pianos in the song or if there was rhythm and lead guitar along with bass

[dharmaboy108]

A lot of people are refered to as "the fifth Beatle" although George Martin was certainly in the top few.

[beatles5909]

im aware

[3pairsofunderwear]

i thought it was john?

[mike11jens]

Great, learning so fast happiness all-around.

Hear the whole orchestra in your baby grand.

Hans.

[DesmonJones]

You deserve to be paid for the work you do serisouly. Do you teach students? I love the teaching methods for the songs you do. Thanks agina John.

[pianojohn113]

Thanks, I appreciate it! I still teach students on occasion, although not regularly anymore, since I just don't have the time with my work schedule.

I'm glad you enjoy the vids!

[bshredder]

Great Job.. as always!

[pianojohn113]

Thanks!

[Pachyderme]

I'm going to learn and to play it for my children ! Good job ! Thanx... again and again !

[pianojohn113]

You're very welcome.. it's a nice "bedtime" song for kids!

[shcorporation]

Beautiful song indeed, you played it perfectly, now I'm going off to learn how. Thanks again John.

[Norty840]

Beautiful

[pianojohn113]

Thanks!

[Guitar4Life2007]

thanks i love this song..

[pianojohn113]

I've always loved it too. Glad you enjoyed the vid!