This is a quick video on a simple and effective technique by the true master of songwriting, PAUL MCCARTNEY! Examples include Yellow Submarine, Carry That Weight, Golden Slumbers, Band on the Run, Hey Jude, When I’m 64, and Ob la di Ob la da. #beatles #paulmccartney #beatleschordprogressions
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Dope Video
yeah…billy shears…the best paul macartney ever??
Paul love buddy holly
Charming chap! 🙂
Soo… use the I and V chords? Is that it?
Oh I get it and I'm retarded. Why don't explain the verse? Or can't you.
McCarthy is an such a genius….
"You have to have a good understanding of the major scale." But the Beatles didn't though at the beginning, did they?
Boy ?your gonna stay on the G ?stay on the G til you get to C?
Pretty astute observation, that he uses a I V V I sequence repeatedly. ? And it works so well because V is the furthest you can go from I so the harmonic tension is maximal.
You should sing in a Pavement cover band.
McCartney actually did this ABBA structure to send out a coded message that an unknown vocal group from Sweden would be huge in the 70s. And they would write songs about Dancing Queens and bulls named Fernando. And remember, when you play A-B-B-A backwards, it's still A-B-B-A. Eerie, eh?
Very interesting, one of the most popular songwriters of the past 50 years, used the same harmonic pattern in many songs. AC/DC joked that they kept making the same album over and over. If it ain’t broke, why fix it?
I pooped from laughing
Good to know 🙂 Thanks for the useful information homie
"I've been listening to [McCartney] since I was like five years old, and it just… hasn't stopped. He's basically ruined my life. ¯_(?)_/¯"
And I felt that.
And I thought all Beatles songs had 10 chords and changed keys at least two times, using a mixture between the Dorian and Lydian scale
Thank you! Charming presentation.
You might want to note that Yellow Submarine was Lennon’s composition. Nice observations otherwise.
I love Paul Mcarthy!
He looks like the guy who tried to groom me in highschool
Wow, I would've thought you'd have like 200k subs! Well, you got one more! This is good stuff. Been a musician for many years, never observed this trick! Thanks!
You have similar facial features to Paul, I've always identified with John, and have similar facial features to him ?
I just noticed that Winchester Cathedral (by The New Vaudeville Band) does this.