Recently, the world celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' groundbreaking television performance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964. This got me thinking about the Fab Four, one of my favorite groups to listen to, play, and teach, and I decided to write an arrangement of the beautiful Paul McCartney tune "Yesterday." I just learned that he was 23 when he recorded this -- wow!
In the following intermediate level solo piano arrangement, I break up learning this song in three parts: First, we learn the all important melody. Next, we learn the bass notes. And finally, we fill up the space in between the melody and bass notes. You might be thinking -- but I don't have three hands? Well, yes, that's true, but we can make it seem like you do. The trick is to play the melody with the top two fingers of your right hand, and fill in chord tones with with the bottom three fingers of your RH. Sound complicated? Not to worry, I break it all down for you in the video tutorial and sheet music below.
Happy Shedding!
In the following intermediate level solo piano arrangement, I break up learning this song in three parts: First, we learn the all important melody. Next, we learn the bass notes. And finally, we fill up the space in between the melody and bass notes. You might be thinking -- but I don't have three hands? Well, yes, that's true, but we can make it seem like you do. The trick is to play the melody with the top two fingers of your right hand, and fill in chord tones with with the bottom three fingers of your RH. Sound complicated? Not to worry, I break it all down for you in the video tutorial and sheet music below.
Happy Shedding!
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