Favourite Beatles songs to play

tone1

Paperback Writer 

BigPaulie

Dig a pony
Yesterday

Blackbird

I've just seen a face

Get back

Something

You never give me your money

Norwegian wood

Here comes the sun

CMW335

Real Love
A Day In The Life
Help
Cry Baby
I Feel Fine

west

Yesterday my collated solo arrangement utilising a diminished aproach in places and michele like quote here there ...

 i keep meaning to have a go at this,  arranged by alex who used to frequent this board till he sadly passed  .... sublime arrangement ... x

thecolourbox

Penny Lane is very satisfying to play on piano, fits easily under the fingers and moves around nicely.

On acoustic I like playing Piggies, Here Comes the Sun and the version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps from the Love Cirque de Soleil album - which paints me as a bigger Harrison Fan Boy than I actually am, it's just that my voice fits his range better than Lennon and McCartney (and I don't like playing with other musicians to pick up the vocal slack)

Funkfingers

Tommy Emmanuel does some clever reductions for solo acoustic guitar.

Danny1969

I've done just about every song off the first 4 albums over the years. When I was a kid it was all worked out by ear and we got some of it wrong so recently I've been revisiting the old songs and listening more carefully. 

While my guitar gently weeps, works as a solo piece, so does A day in the life and Norwegian Wood and many others. 

Lady Madonna is good fun on the piano with the octave bass line and bluesy notes. 

west

Funkfingers said:

Why Don't We Do It In The Road

you are dudley moore and icmf ...    "why dont we do it in the road , what kind of facking song is that ... !"

26.2

Faves for me:
Hey Bulldog (great solo)
Paperback Writer
I’ll Cry Instead (nice rockabilly feel)
Dear Prudence
It Won’t Be Long (some great chords) 
Penny Lane (ditto)
I Saw Her Standing There
Taxman (never quite got the solo right)
If I Needed Someone
Nowhere Man (great on a Strat)
Day Tripper
Dr Robert 
I’m Looking Through You
Michelle (great chords)
Getting Better
Can’t Buy Me Love
She Said She Said
Ticket To Ride
I’m Only Sleeping
Honey Pie (nice jazz chords)
+loads more

markr76

We play a slightly rocked up version of day tripper in my bands set. Always goes down well. 

Musicwolf

CaseOfAce said:

I Feel Fine - that dominant 7th chord intro where he reaches across with his little finger for a note is absolute Lennon genius. 
I would never have thought to play something like that.
It's not easy to play as well (I'm guessing it was easier for Lennon on a smaller scale Rickenbacker neck?).

I think that John played his Gibson acoustic with mag soundhole pickup through an amp on this one.  I actually find it easier to play on longer scale guitars, my biggest problem is that it makes me want to grip so tightly that I'm going out of tune.  I have to keep telling myself to relax.

notanon

All my loving, especially George's part.

maltingsaudio

Honey Pie fab chord progression and if you play with chord voicings can come up with a jazz cafe ripoff very satisfying 

( If you have a look at it, ignore the introduction, use C7 shape for the Eflat then B7 shape for the E D and A then normal G or Gbarre … works for me)

guitarjack66

thecolourbox said:

Penny Lane is very satisfying to play on piano, fits easily under the fingers and moves around nicely.

On acoustic I like playing Piggies, Here Comes the Sun and the version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps from the Love Cirque de Soleil album - which paints me as a bigger Harrison Fan Boy than I actually am, it's just that my voice fits his range better than Lennon and McCartney (and I don't like playing with other musicians to pick up the vocal slack)

I think the Cirque du Soleil version is excellent. I capo around fret 5 for a higher pitched sound too.

CaseOfAce

Musicwolf said:

CaseOfAce said:

I Feel Fine - that dominant 7th chord intro where he reaches across with his little finger for a note is absolute Lennon genius. 
I would never have thought to play something like that.
It's not easy to play as well (I'm guessing it was easier for Lennon on a smaller scale Rickenbacker neck?).

I think that John played his Gibson acoustic with mag soundhole pickup through an amp on this one.  I actually find it easier to play on longer scale guitars, my biggest problem is that it makes me want to grip so tightly that I'm going out of tune.  I have to keep telling myself to relax.

He did it on acoustic?! I didn't know that...
I heard a story that when he wrote it he wanted to try and fit that riff or something all over the album cos he was enamoured with it...

ronnyb

Michelle.

26.2

One of my favourite chord sequences is the D#Aug, D6, C#7 run in the bridge of It Won’t Be Long (‘Since you left me I’m so alone….’)

bertie

CaseOfAce said:

Musicwolf said:

CaseOfAce said:

I Feel Fine - that dominant 7th chord intro where he reaches across with his little finger for a note is absolute Lennon genius. 
I would never have thought to play something like that.
It's not easy to play as well (I'm guessing it was easier for Lennon on a smaller scale Rickenbacker neck?).

I think that John played his Gibson acoustic with mag soundhole pickup through an amp on this one.  I actually find it easier to play on longer scale guitars, my biggest problem is that it makes me want to grip so tightly that I'm going out of tune.  I have to keep telling myself to relax.

He did it on acoustic?! I didn't know that...
I heard a story that when he wrote it he wanted to try and fit that riff or something all over the album cos he was enamoured with it...

does this cover it ?

26.2

bertie said:

CaseOfAce said:

Musicwolf said:

CaseOfAce said:

I Feel Fine - that dominant 7th chord intro where he reaches across with his little finger for a note is absolute Lennon genius. 
I would never have thought to play something like that.
It's not easy to play as well (I'm guessing it was easier for Lennon on a smaller scale Rickenbacker neck?).

I think that John played his Gibson acoustic with mag soundhole pickup through an amp on this one.  I actually find it easier to play on longer scale guitars, my biggest problem is that it makes me want to grip so tightly that I'm going out of tune.  I have to keep telling myself to relax.

He did it on acoustic?! I didn't know that...
I heard a story that when he wrote it he wanted to try and fit that riff or something all over the album cos he was enamoured with it...

does this cover it ?

Should be a Tennessean rather than Country Gent for the George bits  

(Sorry, I just love Beatles trivia)

bertie

26.2 said:

Should be a Tennessean rather than Country Gent for the George bits  

(Sorry, I just love Beatles trivia)

not sure John ever played a Taylor either,   thank fuck there were no bass parts then