All My Loving lesson with tab

All My Loving featuring John's rhythm gtr and George's solo.

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[guitarobsessed85]

I don't get this. This could fall into two keys: E or A except that if it were E than the D would have to be D# and if it were A the B7 would have to be Bm. B7 falls into the key of E because it contains a D#. So it's either some sort of hybrid key or I guess you could say it's the relative minor of E with an accidental thrown in? You can change keys midway but this is a quick change if so. Who can answer?

[gtrdoc911]

@guitarobsessed85 It's definitely in the key of E. The only chord that doesn't fit that key is D which, in the E major scale, should be D#dim as you rightly point out. But, being the great songwriters they were, the beatles would often throw in chords that don't fit the classic theory major scale progression to make the melody more interesting. Especially John would toy with switching between major and minor tonalities in the same song. Check out the chord progression to "I'll Be Back". Cheers!

[gtrdoc911]

good question! the strum rhythm alternates between down, up, down and up, down, up for each successive triplet. In another words, once you've finished the first triplet your hand is down so the first beat of the second triplet is an upstroke. The key is machine-like steadiness and speed. Start slowly to get the hang of it. Really helps to use a metronome to improve steadiness. Remember just play the high 4 strings. This song proves Lennon was a rhythm guitar god among other things.

[stepott]

I love your guitar!

[gtrdoc911]

@stepott thanks. It's a Yamaha steel string acoustic with a pick up. Good value for the cost.

[AshAlmond]

Good work mate.

[gtrdoc911]

@AshAlmond: thanks Ash, rock on.

[Chubracabra99]

im confused about the triplet rhythm. is it -down down down, up up up

or -down up down, down up down

or just -down up down up down up?

thanks for the help! this will be the first song ive ever learned on the guitar once i get it down!