It's a damn dirty shame that the Beatles couldn't have stayed together longer, because Mr. Preston would have made a fantastic permanent addition to them. Bless his name.
Great work. I love that Preston used the same weird 4th and 5th voicings that the Beatles used in their harmonies in In My Life, Don't Want to Spoil the Party and all those
When you watch what they were doing before, it really does feel a lot less emotional in a way. My father had told me for years Billy Preston was an honorary Beatle but until the docu series came out I had no idea. Biggest role is hard to say, undeniably a phenomenal piano player, and maybe the best organ player in recent history. Changed the entire vibe of the album, only for the better, it would be so strange without him.
0:32 - Never caught this before, but this sounds exactly like the chorus or refrain from John Lennon’s “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)” from Double Fantasy
Yeah Lennon was heavily influenced by asian music, probably because of Yoko, and he used the pentatonic scale to catch that as they are commonly used in some asian cultures. I guess he sort of found his own kind of melodies in that scale :)
This is very eye-opening. I never realized how many whole notes there were in this part. As musicians were often tempted to just play constantly all the time throughout the song. Nice to know playing this reserved still works.
People give me shit for calling Preston one of the greatest of all time but look at parts like this. His spectrum of play style is fantastic. Go look at the kids and me, the big song on there “Nothing from nothing” get absolutely decimated by “Struttin”. Truly a genius
Most artist's music would suffer when broken down into its component parts (isolated vocals, isolated bass, etc). But the Beatles come off as even greater geniuses than we first thought. Even the people who guest on their recordings (this one with Billy Preston on Rhodes, Eric Clapton;s guitar solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, George Martin's baroque piano on In My Life, etc) seem to rise to a whole other level in their creativity. It's like it rubs off on them
I’ve learnt every instrument for this song left this to last because I thought it would be the hardest to learn as I’m not a natural piano player but got it a lot quicker than thought. Thx for this helped heaps
Dude thanks so much for putting this up and having the ability to slow it down I've been able to learn up to the 30 seconds of the song. But that was still 30 seconds I didn't know last week and wouldn't have know since there isn't any good tutorials on how to really play a certain part of this song
Don't let me down, don't let me down Don't let me down, don't let me down Nobody ever loved me like she does Oh, she does, yeah, she does And if somebody loved me like she do me Oh, she do me, yes, she does Don't let me down, don't let me down Don't let me down, don't let me down I'm in love for the first time Don't you know it's gonna last It's a love that lasts forever It's a love that had no past Don't let me down, don't let me down Don't let me down, don't let me down And from the first time that she really done me Oh, she done me, she done me good I guess nobody ever really done me Oh, she done me, she done me good Don't let me down, don't let me down Don't let me down
Great video. I'd love to know what settings to make to achieve this electric piano sound in a plugin. Most electric pianos sound brutal but your settings are excellent.
Brilliant transcription. Looks like you're on a Nord E2/3? Good Rhodes sound.. I could never get on with mine so I sold it some years back. Even try slaving it up to a midi controller with weight action but that never felt right either. I've been flirting with the idea of getting the Crumar seven, but I hate the knobs on the front panel.. and I'm afraid they'll come out with a mkII as soons as I buy it.
Is your keyboard stand an AC30 or AC30 cab? I see the blues and the tolex. What's happening? I want to know what the hell is going on. Also, great playing. Billy's part is killer.
Between 3:24 and 3:27 did you play an accidental on that D Note ?? I only ask because it kinda sounds like this happened on the actual record and if you recreated that on purpose then I’m super impressed. ❤
So great to see that. I can only read music or try to follow along with your hands, but it's hard for me. I saw a Billy Preston concert in the 70's (not with the Beatles though, unfortunately!). Even their "Beatles Recorded Keyboard Book" is nowhere near your transcription. So awesome (although you could use a better Rhodes sounding keyboard -- sorry!).
It's shelf liner Con-tact covering, cherry woodgrain from Home Depot. I played in a CCR tribute band and used the Nord. The bright red was unacceptable for shows and the band leader wanted to build a massive box we lug around to make it look like an upright piano, I did this instead and he was cool with it.
Guys stop asking for transcriptions, chords, sheet music, tutorials, etc,... They have the internet on computers now. You can download the 'Guitar tab' app for less than $3.00. The sheet music for the rhodes is available right there.
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It's a damn dirty shame that the Beatles couldn't have stayed together longer, because Mr. Preston would have made a fantastic permanent addition to them. Bless his name.
That's exactly what I've been thinking when listening to this song a lot recently. Maybe it's for the best to keep us wanting more.
Ehhhhh if that case with the 16 year old boy is trie then maybe he wasn’t such an innocent soul.
He original was going to be the 5th Beatle but Paul didn't want him in because he knew it was near the end of the group's time together
@@thebookofeli849 thats just wrong
@@Gas2311 not exactly, he said in the get back documentary it’s difficult enough keeping the four of them on the same page
3:04 and on is just pure genius! Thanks for sharing.
Great work. I love that Preston used the same weird 4th and 5th voicings that the Beatles used in their harmonies in In My Life, Don't Want to Spoil the Party and all those
Aren't you the former keyboard player of Dream Theater?
wow bily preston plays the biggest role in this masterpiece
I think ringos drumming played a massive roll as well and the vocal harmonies also played a huge roll
When you watch what they were doing before, it really does feel a lot less emotional in a way. My father had told me for years Billy Preston was an honorary Beatle but until the docu series came out I had no idea. Biggest role is hard to say, undeniably a phenomenal piano player, and maybe the best organ player in recent history. Changed the entire vibe of the album, only for the better, it would be so strange without him.
0:32 - Never caught this before, but this sounds exactly like the chorus or refrain from John Lennon’s “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)” from Double Fantasy
Yea she does...
Leeane Dominic I see what u did there
good catch!!!! same thing!
Yeah Lennon was heavily influenced by asian music, probably because of Yoko, and he used the pentatonic scale to catch that as they are commonly used in some asian cultures. I guess he sort of found his own kind of melodies in that scale :)
@@possibletrees- Whole song I'm a Jealous Guy is pure pentatonic scale.
This is very eye-opening. I never realized how many whole notes there were in this part. As musicians were often tempted to just play constantly all the time throughout the song. Nice to know playing this reserved still works.
Billy’s ability to just play something that works so well is unparamount
My favourite Beatles song. Billy Preston was amazing.
Beautiful job. Preston’s work on this track is so smooth, classy, and understated. He was really something.
People give me shit for calling Preston one of the greatest of all time but look at parts like this. His spectrum of play style is fantastic. Go look at the kids and me, the big song on there “Nothing from nothing” get absolutely decimated by “Struttin”. Truly a genius
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONT IVE WAITINF FOR THIS
Most artist's music would suffer when broken down into its component parts (isolated vocals, isolated bass, etc). But the Beatles come off as even greater geniuses than we first thought. Even the people who guest on their recordings (this one with Billy Preston on Rhodes, Eric Clapton;s guitar solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, George Martin's baroque piano on In My Life, etc) seem to rise to a whole other level in their creativity. It's like it rubs off on them
I wonder which planet the Beatles came here from.
kevin byrne - Im not sure of the planet, but Id guess Zeta Reticuli or Alpha Centauri for the star system
They came from the Earth.
Liverpool
I often wonder that too
Peperland
I've just noticed yesterday that mistake at 01:56 and Even you replied here. I was not expecting so many precission
Make a version with the rooftop solo!
I know it
HoliTeni Pololi scour knows it
@@tangyorange6509 whos scour
@@holiteni.pololi we never did find out who scour was after all
rooftop version of everything is so much better when it comes to this song tbh
Beautiful and Soulful phrasing from Billy Preston.
Such wonderful stuff. Thanks for uploading
RIP Billy Preston
It's such a long shot that such talent could be in one town. It's mind-boggling that they found each and formed a band.
0:58 why is this satisfying to hear
heaven plays. Good thank for Billy Preston. True musician. Always love it.
Billy Preston was just great. When I've first heard Don't Let Me Down, I was straightaway nailed to this piano line and wondered who was on it.
Thank god someone did this. Thanks so much everyone else just did the vocal lines and now I can play with my band.
Praise you mate 😀
Yes Billy Preston was amazing. So thanks for the piano or whatever it is called. Love that song that was sung on the roof.❤
Absolutely amazing! Watching you play gave great insight into Preston's magic.
Finally someone REALLY playing the piano of the song and not the copy-paste of the vocals and guitar.
I really love u for this.
Billy really did a stellar job on this track. Masterful
I’ve learnt every instrument for this song left this to last because I thought it would be the hardest to learn as I’m not a natural piano player but got it a lot quicker than thought. Thx for this helped heaps
The finale of this song is amazing❤
Dude thanks so much for putting this up and having the ability to slow it down I've been able to learn up to the 30 seconds of the song. But that was still 30 seconds I didn't know last week and wouldn't have know since there isn't any good tutorials on how to really play a certain part of this song
Don't let me down, don't let me down
Don't let me down, don't let me down
Nobody ever loved me like she does
Oh, she does, yeah, she does
And if somebody loved me like she do me
Oh, she do me, yes, she does
Don't let me down, don't let me down
Don't let me down, don't let me down
I'm in love for the first time
Don't you know it's gonna last
It's a love that lasts forever
It's a love that had no past
Don't let me down, don't let me down
Don't let me down, don't let me down
And from the first time that she really done me
Oh, she done me, she done me good
I guess nobody ever really done me
Oh, she done me, she done me good
Don't let me down, don't let me down
Don't let me down
I need the sheet music part:(
Gorgeous!
thx 4 the post, Billy filled in the holes of this song perfectly
Billy preston was a genius...
Wonderful
this gives me the goosebumps
watching this should make people want to buy/play the keys. Thanks for sharing
Love Billy's playing, he nailed on Rhodes and Hammond
WONDERFUL
Love your stuff. Now I can work on playing this on my Rhodes :')
Finally someone did this justice! Great job, very important that this exists.
Mrs. Featherbottom - Thank you! It took a long time to figure out, memorize and play
@@AblyHouse I was thinking this is archival quality, too. Just awesome to see it.
AMAZING
Pretty damn impressive 🙌 excellent performance
Amazing job !
Stellar job!!
Loved this thanks
Holy shit! You play it pretty much 100% like Billy Preston. And you even play the ”wrong notes”. Amazing job.
Great video. I'd love to know what settings to make to achieve this electric piano sound in a plugin. Most electric pianos sound brutal but your settings are excellent.
Have you got by any chance a transcription of the solo? Thank you. And very well played!!
Love this
Keep up the good work my man! 👍🍻
😍😍😍😍😍😍
AMAZING!
Thank you so much for this sir.. this is a public service.
Thank you for making this video.
do you have the transcripts for the keyboard part?
What’s wrong with your Nord?It looks infected with 70’s furniture. Great playing
Its part of the design
That Nord's looking good with the veneer.
Awesome man!
Nice job!!! I like it so much the electric piano in that song. Do you have the sheet music of this?
billy y los beatles, lo más grande que hay
That is 100% correct!
Nice work.
Thank you men
do you have any sheets for this? it sounds amazing
Is there sheet music available for this?
Lay it on me baby, I can dig it, It's groovy to many ways ,it makes me feel it!!,thanks for that,baby,solid. Seriously,it's great.
hfs! nicely done!
key of E scares the hell out of me on keyboard
Are you using an AC-30 as a keyboard stand? I use a Leslie cabinet as my makeshift stand. Great job playing!
I noticed the Blue AlNiCos too :-)
Brilliant transcription. Looks like you're on a Nord E2/3? Good Rhodes sound.. I could never get on with mine so I sold it some years back. Even try slaving it up to a midi controller with weight action but that never felt right either. I've been flirting with the idea of getting the Crumar seven, but I hate the knobs on the front panel.. and I'm afraid they'll come out with a mkII as soons as I buy it.
What keyboard is this? Looks like a Nord but I can't figure out what model. lol
Nord Electro 3 or something with a custom woodgrain sticker or overlay.
Would you mind making rooftop's version please :') ?
I like
Ótimo
Someone have the links to buy this piano?
what is the device above the keyboard?
Such a fantastic part of the song. Trying to figure out how I can translate it over to guitar.
1:23 dam heartbreaking
Please, how can I have the partition ?
Whats is the Name of this effects on keyboards?
Lindo
Is your keyboard stand an AC30 or AC30 cab? I see the blues and the tolex. What's happening? I want to know what the hell is going on. Also, great playing. Billy's part is killer.
Nice 👌
Between 3:24 and 3:27 did you play an accidental on that D Note ?? I only ask because it kinda sounds like this happened on the actual record and if you recreated that on purpose then I’m super impressed. ❤
witch keyboard is this? very nice cover btw! love the feeling
Matthaus Costa - Thanks! Its a Nord Electro 3 with 61 keys
So great to see that. I can only read music or try to follow along with your hands, but it's hard for me. I saw a Billy Preston concert in the 70's (not with the Beatles though, unfortunately!). Even their "Beatles Recorded Keyboard Book" is nowhere near your transcription. So awesome (although you could use a better Rhodes sounding keyboard -- sorry!).
😮👌 wow, well done and definitively not easy to play it exactly like BP did it
why would anyone take the effort to thumbs down this video? not sure what there isnt to like about it, if you made it here
Someone have the PDF score?
The keyboard makes this song.
beautiful brown Nord Electro 3 :D I want that same !!!
My Home In Cracow - Thanks, the wrap is contact paper from home depot!
Can i use this on my video ?
unreal
Can totally hear billy preston’s gospel influences
But, how did you do it to your Nord?
The Nord looks great! What did you do to it?
It's shelf liner Con-tact covering, cherry woodgrain from Home Depot. I played in a CCR tribute band and used the Nord. The bright red was unacceptable for shows and the band leader wanted to build a massive box we lug around to make it look like an upright piano, I did this instead and he was cool with it.
please make the piano part of Revolution
wow
Hello! I just wanted to know what your keyboard set up is? Is this a midi controller?
It's a Nord piano with a skin on it by the looks
Guys stop asking for transcriptions, chords, sheet music, tutorials, etc,... They have the internet on computers now. You can download the 'Guitar tab' app for less than $3.00. The sheet music for the rhodes is available right there.
Where can i get notes