Beatles Stylings. 2 2
I hope you have great fun practicing all your favorite Beatles 3 3
songs using the rhythms in these first four books. 4 4
There are some stylings we haven't covered that can make all the difference 5 5
to your sound. 6 6
Even something as simple as using sevens. 7 7
They use sevens a lot. 8 8
Play any chord slowly and then move your thumb to the major seventh or 9 9
the seventh and you'll hear a Beatles song in your head. 10 10
Try a split chord rhythm, 11 11
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half beat punch, 13 13
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You get that authentic Beatles sound. 15 15
They also made great use of bass drums. 16 16
Try this following tune in the style of Penny Lane and then go and 17 17
listen to the original song and try to figure it out for real. 18 18
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You can do something similar with the song, Fixing a Hole. 20 20
Notice the chords, C, C minor, there's an F7. 21 21
So play F middle, and then put the 7th on. 22 22
C minor 7th, so there's C minor, there's a 7, back to the F7. 23 23
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Beatles covered a lot of blues and rock and roll songs and 25 25
wrote many of their own. 26 26
So see how many blues rhythms you can match up to Beatles songs. 27 27
You could try the Blueberry Hill Rhythm with Oh Darlin. 28 28
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Or you could try the 12/8 Jerry Lee Lewis style Boogie Rhythm with Back in the USSR. 30 30
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Try this tune in the style of Lady Madonna and then work out the real song. 32 32
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