The 4 Piano Styles of Paul McCartney
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This video is an in-depth look at the 4 main piano styles of Paul McCartney:
1. Slow Rock Style
2. Synchopated Style
3. Music Hall Style
4. Romantic Style
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So inspiring! I always wanted to learn the piano since a young girl. I used to beg and cry myself to sleep because I ALWAYS got the answer "no". My mother who I did love dearly, my dad too but he never involved himself much in us kids.~~ she always said " we can't afford it" . Id ask if I could take lesson's in school, they were offering kids to learn FREE at school~~ my mom would say " you would have nothing to practice on, we can't afford to buy a piano. I used to THINK, would nevrr say, it ti them but " yeah, but you both can afford cigarettes and go buy your liquor in Tijuana every month. Id just go cry & cry I wanted to learn so bad. They did buy me a little 6 chord electric organ one Christmas, and Id bang all kinds of songs out ' by ear"...Im so gkad I had that but it wasn't the same at all. Id go over to 2 friends house's when they would take piano lessons. The teacherswouldd hear me and think I was taking lessons, and Id say no, my parent's say no. The piano teachers were flabbergasted, they both said, " Well sweetheart, you should take lessons, omg, you have such an ear for piano "!!!! Then life, career, marriage, children all kept ne busy. Both children never asked to play an instrument ~ they would have got to in a heartbeat! Now, Im alone, lost my wonderful husband inly 55, healthy the best guy in the world. He had a fatal fall to his head, brain stem, sounal cord contusion 35 years of marriage over in 1 night. Thst was 13 years ago. Its just me & my white Labrador boy 2.5 years old. Guess what, I BOUGHT A PIANO at 72 years young!!! Im getting all my piano books out ( yes, I bought piano instruction books, just to havein case 1 day I could use them!)~~~ well I HAVE!! I just watched this inspiring video!!! Paul McCartney can't read music but he can play piano~~ that gives me mega hope!!!!!!!! Thank you~~ my reply is very long, think 8 needed to vent a little! K, off to the " black & whites"!!!!🥰🎵🎶🎹
Thank you for sharing this! I was so interested to read your story. I'm sure it is true for so many. How great that you kept your dream alive for all of these years. It really is never too late. I'm going to give you a gift to get you started. Just email me at martfinn@gmail.com and I will send you my finger guides for free!
Keep it up Deborah ! You CAN do it !! Practice can get very boring but it's the ONLY way and it works!!!
So many instruments played....yet can't read a lick of music. Genius!
Some people just got it
he couldnt read sheet music but its silly to think he didnt know any theory atleast on an applied level, his father was a great piano player so its no wonder
@@Brian-Hausheer oh for sure
@@Brian-Hausheer Did I say he knew nothing about music "theory"? No. But in the group's case, he and they learned chords, and they took it from there. I've listened to music all my life....doesn't mean I can pick up a guitar and play it.
I’m sure he could learn notation if he wanted to. Not difficult.
I love these breakdown and classification type of videos, really respect people who can organise things in a clear manner. Great job!
I appreciate that! Stay tuned for more.
So simple, yet brilliant. Beatles are great.
Absolutely. I never tire of them!
Way ahead of their time
Paul makes everything look so easy
That's because it is. Paul's genius as a musician is his ability to maximize what he can do to make the simple sound complex. He's not a highly skilled player, but he's a very good player. He has such great feel and his chord progressions are beautiful.
@@Kieop Another great insightful post from you. I agree 10000%.
Because what he plays on the piano is very easy.
@superpotiron
Will we be hearing some of your
more sophisticated compositions later ?? One will do. Thanks !
Thanx. I learned the 11 Chords like a C-Chord with a D Bass. Or even a nice Cmaj7 Chord with a D Bass... from Carole King and Todd Rundgren.
Yes indeed - I've heard so many people refer to that voicing of the 11th chord as the Carole King Chord!
@@martinfinnmusic My Dad said he learned it from Brian Wilson too. Brian used to get Carl to sing it, which made it even prettier.
It get's oddly complicated trying to discuss it. I have a few years of Theory and they insist Chord designations are only in Thirds. I like the mellow sound of a nice E6 cord, which "In Theory" is the E Triad with the 13 added, so it's sorta a E Plus 13... or... sigh...
Cool. I think of PM's "Live and Let Die" would fit your romantic example.
You’re right. It absolutely would suit!
And “Maybe I am amazed” would fit the slow rock style 🙂
McCartney's approach at piano was my music college. Not fully complex but with little intricacies here and there. He imprints a great playing style on his songs. Also his drumming, key to his solo sound.
Great comment, thank you. Yes, he’s style has had a huge influence on my playing too.
McCartney should be a beacon to anyone learning more than one instrument. My sister took piano lessons for YEARS... but now she can only kinda sight read... it was certainly not a waste of time... but she should have been taught chords and music theory. Bass playing anyone should study Paul. Drumming, he's getting it mostly right. His guitar parts were wonderful. And then piano of course. Even Prince who was fluent on so many instruments... I feel like it's sometimes like a party trick where he can play really fast and good on everything, but some of the nuance is lost.
Hello! I'm a Brazillian guy and i can't understand everything you say, but i like this video so much!
Your teaching is great. I just scratch something on the guitar, but your video made me want to learn the piano. There is a lot of beauty in it.
I love The Beatles and i hope to see more of them on your channel!
Hi there! I'm so happy that you like the video and thank you for your kind words. I hope you do start learning the piano. I never get tired of it!
Thank you. Martha and Madonna are my two fave Beatle piano show-off songs - to be able to play.
Great, aren't they? Particularly Lady Madonna for a party.
YEs! - you're always going to get someone to break into a huge smile when starting up with these songs and soon the whole room will feel inexplicably good! That's the power of the Beatles music - still after all these years.
Great lesson - Love the passion for the versatility of the piano, music and McCartney.
Thank you. Passion is the word. I love studying Paul's music!
So happy to see another Beatles fan around doing technical breakdowns. I hope you'll do John Lennon next, Hey Bulldog is a trip!
Thank you. Yes, I'm a huge fan and you must be too! You've just spurred me on to start making the John Lennon equivalent of this video. Stay tuned for more!
@@martinfinnmusicyeah Lennon’s piano style is unique specially in his solo career like on “Oh My Love” and his demos for “Real Love” & “Now and Then”. There’s “Imagine” and “Instant Karma” of course but “I am the Walrus” with The Beatles is truly a one of a kind chord progression
Delightful explanation and demo. I'm a very amateur musician, not a pro. I took 2 years of music theory in high school and loved it. I play piano a bit differently than McCartney. I play chords with my left hand, melody with my right. I'm not surprised to see that McCartney plays primarily a bass line and passing tones with his left and chords with his right. Then he's left to sing the melody with his wonderful voice. He's a one man band, doing three instruments. Thanks for an excellent and fun demo. I'm a fan.
My pleasure. Keep up the playing. Just a tip re playing chords with left - try to space out the voicing. Make it mostly tonic and fifth and try not to double the third too much. :)
Paul being left handed might contribute to his use of the right for chords rather than melody.
The Long And Winding Road has grown on me so much it is now one of my favourite Paul McCartney songs. It is so beautiful.
I know what you mean. I always loved it but since I started to break it down and play it more it has even more beauty for me. ❤
I always wondered how Paul could write Martha My Dear. The movement is perfect and beautiful. I always thought surely It would take a classically trained person to come up with that song. Then I heard the outtakes and Paul is at the piano playing the parts and putting the song together so to speak. It just stuns me that he was capable of composing like that.
Unreal, isn’t it. I love that he always pushed himself to be better even when it seemed that what he was attempting was out of reach. Bowie said you should always aim to be a little out if your depth to create something worthwhile.
@@martinfinnmusic I think Bowie was likely channelling the spirit of McCartney at that point! They're both really, really good and we're all so lucky to have had their work to appreciate and enjoy.
That was an extremely interesting insight into Pauls playing, thank you.
Thank you very much. It was great fun to make and research.
Impressive and insightful!
Thank you very much! Stay tuned for more. :)
Very helpful thanks.
Thank you! Awesome insights!
My pleasure. I'm glad you liked it. :)
Excellent. Clear, precise, useful, to the point, not too short, not too long. Thank you.
Fantastic break down. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful! :)
love it!
Thank you!
Thankyou, I'll be trying these out!
Great stuff. Good luck. :)
Ringo in 'Get Back' "I could sit and listen to him all day". Yep, the music just flowed out of Macca
I know! I could too. :)
Amazing video! You got a new subscriber. Saw Paul live last December and it was magical
Hey, thank you. You lucky duck. I missed that one!
Excellent video, Martin, keep them coming!
Thanks, will do!
Thank you. Excellent breakdown
Thank you again.
Nice breakdown. Thanks.
Thank you very much for this.
Martin, this is terrific! Thank you!
Thank you for the love and support!
Great job! Useful
Thank you. Usefulness is everything in videos!
Bravo, this is truly fascinating.
Much appreciated. Thank you. :)
Fascinating insight - simple and easy to understand - well done
Much appreciated. Stay tuned!
Thanks a lot - great work!!
Thank you very much!!
Brilliant video
Thanks, Jonny!
Great work
Thank you, Carl. Much appreciated. :)
This is an unbelievably helpful video - thank you!
Thank you for this. I'm thrilled to hear that it helps you so much. :)
This is fantastic, thank you. 1 is how I learned to play piano.
You're very welcome! Keep it up.
Excelente, muchas gracias!
My pleasure!
Lovely hurling, Martin. Clear and classy
Ha! Thanks John. My pleasure.
Good clear exposition, Martin. I’ve always been a McCartney guy. And while he’s something of a cosmos on his own, I’m delighted to see his piano work divided into 4 styles. The syncopation explanations are also quite useful for me. Thank you!
Thank you Brian. Yes, for me Paul is number 1. I'm glad the separation of styles helps. Breaking things down into simpler elements always helps me to get inside of how someone plays.
You should do this as a series for other rock pianists! Would love to see one about Freddie Mercury
Absolutely. I may do one on all of Queen piano - Freddie, Brian and John. In the meantime I’ve just posted one on Billy Joel. :)
I learned so much from this video!
I'm so glad! Thank you.
Really interesting video. Thanks.
Thank you for that!
i did enjoy it very much
Thank you. I’m delighted.
Great video. I love syncopation in music
Yes, me too. It’s what makes it all rock. :)
This instructional video is wonderful, many thanks it is really appreciated.
Glad it was helpful! Stay tuned for more like this. :)
Great video - very clear and helpful for a new piano player and long-time Beatles fan such as myself, thank you!
My pleasure! Good luck with your playing.
Thanks!
Hi there. I really appreciate the tip. Thank you so much. If you need help with anything, let me know. :)
Thanks for doing this. It really nails down his styles. Helps me out big time.
My pleasure Frank. I'm delighted. Good luck and stay tuned.
Great job!!
Thank you very much. :)
Great video 😊
Super well-explained! Thanks a lot for creating this abfab material
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the support. :)
First time viewer and subscribed, great video!
Thank you for that. Much appreciated. :)
Great idea for a video. So interesting. Thanks.
Thanks for that. I'd better keep it up so!
Great musical explanation!
Thank you. Always keep it musical!
outstanding piece of video, thank you
Thank you so much. What a lovely comment.
Slow rock style would also include “Come and Get It” and “Maybe I’m Amazed.”
Excellent !
👌
Thank you! Cheers!
Thank you for that brilliant video. unfortunately,(medically) I have a very short attention span, and cannot manage long clips, but I was able to watch all of this clip and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Glad it was helpful! I have ADHD so I find I only put in what I find extremely interesting and delete the rest. :)
Love it, so clearly run through, thank you and . Subscribed too of course👍
Thank you for your kind words and for the sub!
5:00 The interesting thing about the 'middle bit' in "Lady Madonna" is that the walking bass line on the piano pauses in the G and Am sections. The movement you hear in those sections is the bass. I think Paul did this just to create some space for the bass.
I know what you mean. I think that the bass really comes out at that point too. You can be sure it was deliberate. :)
Fascinating! Clearly explained and very well played, I thoroughly enjoyed that.
With appreciation and kind regards, Rik.
Thank you, Rik. I appreciate all of that. Stay tuned for more like this. Working on one about John this week!
This is a really useful way of presenting ideas for beginners and intermediates. Thanks
Thank you so much.
This is an amazing tutorial. Never thought I would ever play like Paul McCartney. Excellent. Thanks for sharing.😊😊😊😊😊
Thank you! I’m delighted that you’re getting something from it. ❤❤😊😊
Amazing video. Paul is the GOAT
The goatiest!!
That was so good, subscribed 😊
Thank you!!!
When you’re describing the chords for long and winding road- I can’t help but think of Elgar. Thanks for the video!
Thank you! I’m a little weak on the classical side of things. I must check him out. Anything in particular you’d recommend?
@@martinfinnmusic the changes in LaWR remind me of Elgar’s Enigma Variations - Nimrod, and the pomp and circumstance March. Both super famous, iconic British classical. There’s something in that shared harmonic language.
Muy bueno❤!🙏
My pleasure
This was a really valuable lesson, Thankyou. I would love to see more of these, especially including the beat and it’s divisions as you did in the first example. Your voice is very nice too so I am looking forward to seeing more of your channel, from this new subscriber!!
Thank you for the feedback. I'm delghted that you got something from it. I will definitely be doing more along these lines and yes, I will try to break it down as much as possible so that people can get a good idea of the general style. One of these for John Lennon is in the works. Thanks for subscribing and stay tuned!
Excellent analysis. I wonder if the more complex bass line vs. the steady right hand chords is more because Paul is left-handed or because he mainly played bass guitar?
Thank you for that, Alan. Very true! It's got to have some effect that he was left handed as well as being a bass player. It didn't even occur to me while making it but great point. :)
If you want complex bass lines listen to Ray Brown or Jaco Pastorius.
I really enjoyed this video and the video you made about John’s styles! I’m a drummer who knows nothing about playing piano, but you really laid out the methods John & Paul employed in a thorough way that was easy to understand! I’m curious to check out your other content plus any future videos you do on other piano player’s styles! Rock on 🤘
Hi there! Thanks for commenting and giving such a great account of where you are at why you like the video. You know, for pop/rock styles like Paul and John’s a drummer like yourself has a big advantage. Yes piano is a percussion instrument and many newcomers to the instrument struggle to make music with it because they lack the rhythm or ability to synch up their hands. Keep all of this in mind when approaching the piano parts shown here!! Good luck with it all. 😊
Very informative and interesting!
Thank you for that. That was the goal.
Great video man!
Thank you!!
Great Video!!!
Thank you very much. Delighted you enjoyed it.
Such a cool video!
Thank you, Michael! Stay tuned for more. There is a John Lennon one now available too..
Finntastic! Lillian and meself just watched the 4 styles of John and Paul, and loved it. Great to hear your voice again after such a long time. Cheers and all the best from good old St. John's. Jim
Jim! Lillian! Of course. I'm delighted you liked the videos. I have such fond memories of St John's in 2005. It was just before my wedding and I consider it to be the best stag party I could have wished for. I miss you all. I remember being fascinated by your description of the colours you see when you hear different chords. I hope you are both well!
Thank you for the good video
Thank you, sir!
Excellent knowledge and explanation! James Deagle
Thank you, James. Much appreciated
You sound SO much like him to my ear. Even when you were humming '64, it really has a definite Paul vibe to it!
I can that a lot! Thanks
Bravo, c est très bien analysé ! MacCartney semble aussi abordable qu' il est génial et même si simple en apparence.
Thank you very much. Stay tuned!!
Bonjour d’Amérique
I found this really insightful and so clear, and easy enough to follow for a beginner like myself. Also, love the way you gave each style a name, making it easy to distinguish and remember them. Thx for sharing.
My pleasure, Gary. Very kind of you. I'm glad that this approach helps you. I would have loved exactly this when I was starting out. Back in the day all I had was the city library and other musicians. Often I couldn't get the answers I needed.
That shows what a genius Paul is. He made hits for the whole world using these not particularly difficult but special techniques. It's quite the opposite of his kind of playing bass. That's why Paul is my favorite musician....as long as I remember since the 60ties...
Yes, he was always brilliant and everything he played whether simple or complex was perfectly appropriate and musical.
A Great tube - thank you
Thank you very much!!
Excellent, thanks. Any Beatles tutorial will be much appreciated. :)
More on the way. Just try and stop me!
This helps me a lot but still tricky to wrap my head around. As I cannot read the bass clef with complete accuracy though getting better, I rely on the guitar tabs above the treble clef to give me the bass notes to play against the melody in the right hand. Often times these are split with the chord on the left played by the right hand, and the note on the right played by the left hand which is sometimes confusing but I'm getting better. As I am self taught, some of these descriptions were something I've never known in 48 years of playing piano but your explanation makes sense to me. Now in my 58th year of life, I keep on the lookout for these tips and tricks to incorporate into my playing which makes me sound even better each time I play. In the left hand, I'm in the habit of alternating the bass notes top to bottom but you say Paul played these parts bottom to top. This is going to be difficult to change as I wired myself to doing the opposite. This proved to be my undoing when I was a boy because none of the piano teachers could work with me which was my downfall and now I'm too old to break form after playing my way for 48 years. I wish I could start over with a proper piano teacher who could think outside the box to work with someone of my caliber.
Hi, I wouldn't sweat these details too much if you have a particular way of doing it that works for you.
Saw Macca on the eve of his 80th birthday at the end of his latest tour in the Meadowlands. Incredible concert . I waited for many years to finally see him in person.
That must have been amazing. Thank you for sharing. Love Paul to bits.
I love this video because most of my early piano learning was figuring out Paul McCartney songs including the ones you demonstrate in this video. I had to use a songbook to figure out “Martha, My Dear.”
My first concert was Paul McCartney in a football stadium, 1990. I was 14. This is the tour immortalized on the Tripping The Live Fantastic album. It was the first time I’ve ever seen a famous person in the flesh, even though I had nosebleed seats so he was pretty far away. There was no famous person at the time I was more interested in seeing than Paul McCartney. I remember my heart racing when he stepped out on the stage, and I was just sort of saying to myself over and over again. “Beatles are real, Beatles are real.” I guess what I meant by that is his music was so powerful and magical to me that it felt like it was not of this world. His voice was so good back then, and he made everything seem so effortless. But for whatever reason what I remember most about the concert was Linda playing the snare drum on “Let ‘Em In” and the Moog part on “Band on the Run.”
I really like the tone of your piano. Clear, bright, tuned well, and snappy muting. What’s the make?
EDIT: I see now that it’s digital. That would explain the fast muting and clear tone - no natural string resonance!
Thank you. Yes, it’s digital. My piano is a Yamaha Aurius but the sound you are hearing is a software synth MIDI’d through GarageBand. It is from Waves and is called Rhapsody Grand. It was used on Adele’s record Hello. :)
magic mate
Thank you 🙏
As a beginner jazz piano player, I thought it was neat to point the 7ths with extensions. Thanks.
Thank you. Yes, I try not to shy away from some of the more technical aspects. There is always someone like yourself who appreciates them!
Good stuff. Liked and subbed.
Thanks for the sub! I promise there will be a lot more like this. :)
the last style 'Romantic' it's way unique in Beatles tunes, but you'll find it in later Macca compositions, Ebony and Ivory for example.
Yes indeed. Great example of this style. Other people have said My Love and Golden Slumbers too and they are right. Thanks!
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Thank you! You too! I have a new John Lennon video up now too!
Brilliant job! I find your descriptions so understandable. I love the way you play 'Martha' so effortlessly and unhurriedly when even McCartney himself says that it was right at the top of his piano level and had considered getting George Martin to play it but he did it because he likes to challenge himself. I'd like to hear you play the whole thing, piano-only.
I bought a keyboard (having zero experience because I'm an acoustic guitar player!) during lockdown, and my goal was to learn the piano part of 'Floyd's Great gig in the sky' I did (sort of!) do it but I'd like to hear that song explained. :) I never could get the final run down, just before the screaming starts! If I could subscribe twice I would. :)
Thank you so much! What a great comment. It’s great to hear your thoughts on the content. Re Martha My Dear - I’ll have to do a whole lot of covers on one video and put all the main Paul songs in there. Re Pink Floyd, I know the piece you’re talking about. Lovely voicings in there. He borrowed one from Miles Davis if I remember correctly. Stay tuned and I may get around to that too. I’m loving that you want to subscribe twice. I might actually use that as one of my testimonials if that’s okay? ❤❤
@@martinfinnmusic Sure, use any parts of it you want. I'll be checking out your other videos now.. :-)
Please do a pure piano cover version of all the songs you played it sounds so awesome ❤
I might just do that. I’ve learned so many of them properly through doing this video!
Interesting video, I subscribed :)
great video
Thanks!
Absolutely brilliant video. That’s crazy really Paul wrote all that not being able to read any music. Incredible.
Thank you very much. I know, Paul is the man. :)
The 60s brought out many musical talents and even some geniuses but Paul was still ahead of everyone. By himself alone he covered so much of musical ground that others were simply insecure (even though John had all the charisma). Sometimes I wonder did he ever switch off (creatively) between '67 and '70?
Yes, he was the all time best in my opinion. He had huge energy, ambition and talent and we got the very best of him I feel.
So simple! Anyone with a good ear for music and some knowledge of piano, can do this.
The cord dangling in the bottom right is like a hair in the film gate! :^)