Beatles songs to recognise chords by ear

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Keep practicing your ear training with ToneGym: tonegym.co/?aff=2104 🎵👂👂

[@rockstarjazzcat]

Egads. ToneGym uses a pitch on every answer--no thanks! Not sure how that wouldn't be an obvious problem to a company providing ear training tools.

[@yohaizilber]

@@rockstarjazzcat Uses a pitch...??

[@NomeDeArte]

0 BS on this. I get to know it for you, use the free version for almost a year (which have intervals, chord progression and one more that I cannot remember now). Use it every day, stick with it and made amazing progress. Now I have for an year the pay version and use it every day. What did for me (not only the app but being constant every day) was AMAZING. I never be most sharp on music and keep growing every day. Thank you very much David, is really a one of a kind channel. Best regards from Argentina!

[@720jsh]

Can you do something similar with zep?

[@mikem922]

Happiness is a new David Bennett Beatles posting. A brilliant concept and takes my love of Beatles music to a whole new level of understanding.

[@multisplace3783]

I thought happiness was a warm gun.

[@marcoguiotti]

@@multisplace3783 most underrated comment ever

[@SongSecretsMomNeverTaughtYou]

Fantastic! This should be included in any music education curriculum haha. Here's some more intervals that I would love to see in a sequel video: In Major keys: bII: Do You Want To Know A Secret, Things We Said Today Vm: Strawberry Fields VI: Strawberry Fields bVI: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds VIIm: Yesterday VII: Sexy Sadie, I'm So Tired In Minor keys: I: I Am The Walrus (borrowed major tonic in minor key) IIdim: You Never Give Me Your Money (half diminished instead) bII: I'm Only Sleeping VIm: Come Together, Penny Lane bVIIm: Glass Onion

[@stevensantora2976]

Thank you so much.

[@R.Akerman-oz1tf]

Well reasoned list. Thnx

[@migueldospachangas7716]

I''ve been watching, subscribed and somehat avid about this. Musician for 40+ years on the side, been retired as a fireman for 4 years- had to afford my extravagant lifestyle as a musician, nevermind the family. I am hampered by a stroke-and don't play every day now, which is a bummer, I hope to return to my previous level, but it's difficult. Self taught through study and been the beneficiary of many hugely qualified along the way, and this includes yourself. This is the area where I fall short, the recognition of the theory- which is, as you so rightly say- a very important aspect of it all. As I say, it's the crux of the biscuit. After so much time, I recognize several changes, though not all. Tone deaf, poor singing voice- I'd managed some proficiency on guitar. As I could read I'd learned some cool pieces, Stars n Stripes Forever, Mozarts 40th, Eric Johnson songs etc. The Beatles are among what I am very familiar with, so this struck me as delightfull, and a cool way of learning. Previously I'd hear a change and equate it to, say, the b2nd in Misirlou, or Hey Joe by Deep Purple (has a very Spanish intro ) so it must go like... This solidified it for me very nicely and more comprehensively covers most every change, so Thank You. Feel free to go in depth, with more examples to identify, and changes in minor keyed Beatles songs, for example. Advanced content, well explained- is appreciated. Best of luck to you with the channel and in being a musican. In life, too ! Say Hey when you come thru Texas, amigo. Now then, where is that confounded bridge ?

[@JC20XX]

As someone who knows every Beatles song like the back of their hand but not in a technical level this is great.

[@Princeps-k6y]

I love how you’re trying to teach people how to recognize courts by changing the key and showing them the first cord than the fifth cord than the fourth cord

[@robertharkins5737]

I've loved the Beatles since I was a child. Most of this is beyond me. However, your explanations make me at least grasp why one never gets sick of listening to the Beatles. The songs are pleasant to the ear because of their different meter and development. The ear and mind love it without knowing why. Your excellent videos try to explain the why to people. If that makes sense.

[@JasmineJiang2012]

I was one of the people who voted for this video title!

[@tomasruckett]

I think it would be helpful to have a "different levels of ear training" video or something similar. A lot of times it's easy to hear chords played on a piano with all the intervals clearly audible, but in some songs, different instruments are playing different notes of the chord or the tones can get quite muddy. Going through that from easy to difficult would be interesting

[@davegogo6131]

Another example of the IV is the plagal cadence ending of She's Leaving Home. It's a IV on the last "bye" then it resolves to I.

[@PaulChaplo]

Amen to that lol

[@sourisvoleur4854]

This is great! Really brings home how they were NOT a 3-chord group, even from the start.

[@PaulChaplo]

Truth. Steely Dan too.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

@@PaulChaplo They got jazzy really fast. Our local jazz station (not lite jazz but the real stuff) plays Aja (the song) on a regular rotation.

[@lp-xl9ld]

The thing about "For No One" is that at the very end, it DOESN'T resolve. If you listen to the first times Paul sings "...cried for no one, a love that should have lasted years", you'll hear (what I now know to be) the G sus 4 and G but then you hear another chord which leads into the next line he sings. But the last time, you hear the G sus 4, the G, and then...fadeout. Which, given the words and the overall "feel" of the song, is a great effect. But it still seems like it's left hanging. Which might very well have been the idea...

[@davidmcauliffe8692]

Musical allusions to the singer's feelings. "Is it over? as she turns away. We're expecting the warm resolution and the singer is wanting her to turn back around.

[@hectorpascal]

Strangely, although I have no formal musical education, I find this "secret language" absolutely fascinating! Many thanks for introducing me into another world David...

[@cjay2]

And THIS folks, is why the Beatles were the best group ever. Period. You put on ANY Beatles album, and you've got a lesson in the greatest music ever made.

[@ruhtra7635]

Ow! One of the best videos of music theory in KZbin! Others "Beatles' chords" that I remember: The Eadd9 in the Paul's part of "A Day in the Life", The E7b9 in "I Want You" III7 in "All You Need is Love" G#/A# in "The Long and Winding Road"

[@animaction7351]

I think an ear training video with Queen songs would be awesome

[@UnshavenStatue]

15:46 made me think of one of the pieces of the abbey road medley: "once there was a way... to get back homeward..."

[@quochuyle1771]

When I started to play the guitar 10 years ago, almost all of what I listened to and practiced along (nearly on a daily basis) were Beatles songs - they truly are excellent musical material ^^!

[@OldSkoolUncleChris]

Cannot wait for Volume 2

[@paulhancock1530]

This is exactly how I recognise chord moves. Superb video.

[@groovindaily]

Thank you kindly David! Ive been on this music theory journey for years and your videos have added such fun structure to my learning. Blessings!

[@condolcezza5850]

This video is heaven sent. I have a college audition for Shenandoah next Saturday and ear training is part of it

[@DreamsongsProductions]

Anything Beatles related and I'm all in. Great job explaining all the chord variations....

[@Heathaze813]

Very inspiring video David. This gives me motivation to write music, with more understanding.

[@danielsalij]

You rock David! Thank you.

[@Wavetune]

These ear training examples have been perfectly timed practice for my Grade 8 Aural in a couple of weeks. Thanks!

[@DavidBennettPiano]

😀😀😀😀

[@AaronLS.]

I love these ear training videos with relevant songs that we all know

[@ordjk4797]

For a band to use all the different types of chords and still make them all sound good is truly a challenge, and yet for them it was easy peasy

[@katkong281]

Man you are simply fantastic. I love how you appreciate actual MUSIC instead of simply technical ability like most KZbinrs involved in music, simply by your taste in artists: the Beatles and Radiohead, for example

[@davidwalker41]

Love the analogy of IV-iv "sounding" like the sun is going behind the clouds.

[@Ellieandmasonmusic]

That in my life was beautiful 5:15

[@RDRussell2]

If you might be trying to establish perfect pitch for yourself, start with Middle C. How do you sing Middle C to yourself? Just sing Paul's opening note ("Hey") from "Hey Jude." How convenient for us all that he starts on Middle C! The key of the song is F, so you can probably "hear" the F major chord easily enough as well.

[@statueofliberty1132]

Another version of middle c is In Royals where she says "we don't care"

[@hellnightmer]

I feel like this could become a full on course on learning music theory, and it would work great tbh.

[@stevealkana3422]

Helpful, thx

[@dominikkolouch3621]

I've seen a lot of Pink Floyd examples in your videos, they produced fantastic music and I'm also a big fan. So my suggestion for next training is Pink Floyd! 🤩

[@Darryl_xtx]

I’m so glad that the KZbin algorithm has put you on my feed.

[@ElliotRobertsVideos]

Really informative, thanks David!

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Thanks Elliot!

[@gsuderman]

What an excellent approach. Very helpful to hear what you are talking about in relation to a song I know. Thanks.

[@B3ATLFAN]

Amazing video that you obviously put effort into. I learned more music theory from you than in the class I took at school for it.

[@rebeccastadie5772]

The second you played C for the I chord example, I knew it was gonna be Let it be.

[@jacksonsay37]

This is a very clever video. You're a genius!

[@dylanthekoreanteacher]

This is so great. Thanks for this amazing video! Learned so much from it! ❤

[@garethevans2650]

My college band played this in 1980. It's a nice explanation for someone playing on solo guitar. In my view a lot of it's charm is how the timbres of each band instrument blend. It's a bit like how a barbershop quartet works. These days a looper plus octave could handle bass with guitar on higher register?

[@ChadDippyDora]

I’m a bit of a novice and this video was so instructive. Best ear tracing I’ve seen (for me)

[@kitty-alicefrench1199]

You are such an amazing young man! I love your videos, what a talent! I am in the first year of a music degree at 37!! I'm hoping to become a tutor, and with your excellent instructions, I started to believe I can x ❤

[@sandybarnes887]

Not quite as young as you may think 😋 '93

[@kitty-alicefrench1199]

@@sandybarnes887 wow! I never would have guessed! My brother was born in 1993, and he hasn't aged quite so well! 😂 (Sorry Andy) 😂

[@paulmontarnal5320]

Yes David please do it with every band !!! that is so usefull Thanks a lot for everything you do :) love your videos

[@MrGmooney]

Excellent music knowledge there David, well done

[@pauljacksonfxsta]

Really like the coverage of the non-diatonic chords; II, bIII, III (not covered today), bVI, bVII. Another good Beatles song for bVI is P.S. I Love You.

[@beatle_jake]

Beatles did me very well in my own ear training! I developed pretty accurate relative pitch by knowing the key of every Beatles song!

[@jcarty123]

Part of why V7 wants to resolve to I so much, is because its 7 note brings in a IV-ish sound. It's as if V7 combines IV and V, heading back to I with extra weight.

[@tonygreenstein3950]

Thanks David! As always, brilliant!

[@adammono1839]

More beatles ear training please!

[@marshwetland3808]

Really enjoyed that and will be rewatching. Beatles fan since the mid-1960s when I was a little kid.

[@ric8248]

This is a great video because The Beatles are well known all around the world, whereas in other videos you tend to go with very obscure sources for anyone who is not from an English speaking country, as if they were the most popular artists ever.

[@silver-97]

Wow, a beatles video! Nice to see you doing something different... nah just kidding I love these videos. Keep posting :)

[@DavidBennettPiano]

😂😍😅

[@electropainted]

illuminating! ive always thought of the "50's" progression as the one four five with the 'relative minor" thrown in but i understand it now as the minor sixth...many people will know it from leonard cohen's song hallelujah

[@shawnlennon1947]

This is a perfect video and perfect band for it! Thanks a lot for sharing David!

[@danreichart4829]

Great video. Thanks David. Can you go over the altered and rare chords the Beatles use. Like the 9thchord in Getting Better, flat 9 in I Want You, the Hendrix chord in Taxman, and the Hard Days Night opening chord? Im sure im forgetting others but you get the idea. Greetings from Chicago!

[@GizzyDillespee]

That would be a good part 2... even if there aren't as many examples as in this video

[@kevingrove2594]

I think it is such a distinct advantage when trying to understand music to have such a vast baseline like the beatles discograph… thanking my younger self

[@clintonthe4th245]

Thanks Mate, loved it

[@kempcky]

Loved this video!

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Thanks!!

[@PaulChaplo]

Awesome video and lesson! Subscribed! Do some Carol King and Jackson Browne!

[@giambronefilms1668]

Thanks, David.

[@Blyeat2]

Great video! Also love the Beatles very much and wanted this particular video to be made by you )

[@NomeDeArte]

Love this chord progression videos, please give us more!

[@astroyt5950]

This video really helped me out

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Excellent!

[@АпПпр-ь5м]

Thank you very much! It would bevery interesting to repeat something similar with King Crimson' songs.

[@mysongs3850]

Very interesting video. Makes me want to go listen to all those songs.

[@Lawproto90]

I'd love a Ear training with Queen songs. Thanks for the video!

[@tangotommi]

Great David. Thanks❤ for

[@losiv44]

thats brilliant idea for series

[@FinnBjerke]

Best possible approach brilliant, may I suggest Bach, Baccharach and Mozart same approach... Chords chords chords

[@littlemay86]

yess, Radiohead ear training pleasssseee! Thanks for your great videos!

[@axlhyvonen461]

I don't have a particular favourite band/artist, but of course undeniably The Beatles is great, everyone simply must agree on it, but maybe Pink Floyd could be that, but when I took singing lessons in Warsaw in 2021 2 of my favourite songs my teacher Katarzyna taught me to sing were no more and less than Yesterday and Let It Be.And additionally that ToneGym is awesome, been using it daily for about 2 years now thanks to some of Your vids in the autumn of 2021 :)

[@SeemsLow]

Loved it!! Cheers

[@ewertooo]

I'm going against the rule of not commenting before seeing the video, but I'm just so excited and I know it's going to be good ! 😲😁

[@everydayispoetry]

The repeated 6th chords opening "Fool On The Hill" is almost identical to the opening of "Golden Slumbers', to my ear. Also, the rolled augmented chord that opens "Oh, Darling" sounds very similar to the opening of Lennon's "(Just Like) Staring Over."

[@David-po9we]

I love the beatles and these videos!

[@Metamathmatics]

QUEEEEN EAR TRAINING! omggg yesss or more beatles zepplin heavens.. i'd enjoy Lady Gaga &/or Ke$hs

[@isi7098]

Hiii, I love your videos so muuuuuuch

[@nathanlewiswilliams8985]

I love this! Such a fan of your theory and the Beatles so what's not to love! But even though I'm sure you're right about the key - I can't help hearing Love Me Do as if it was in C, with the G leading "home" to C on the word do - if you listen to the low vocal (Lennon) it sounds particularly as if it's coming home. I often like to think of chord IV as being a whole new tonic, that kinda makes the tonic subservient to it - turning it into the dominant of the new key. I think "Love Me Do" exemplifies this principle perfectly, and I for one have often found it a uniquely confusing song to determine the tonic of. "Can't Buy Me Love"'s 12 bar-ish tonic to subdominant progression on the verse is much easier to recognise as a 1-4 than "Love Me Do" IMO... but then that's easy for me to say from my armchair! Wonderful video.

[@dhpbear2]

10:14 -Would this not be F Mixolydian? 12:01 - Lydian Mode?

[@dachziegel2647]

I think you could do such a video for Queen or Pink Floyd songs

[@Sammmuel8]

I love those videos on chords progression ! It would be nice to have a video analyzing the chords progression by Nirvana, i feel like there are some interesting stuff happening

[@halfindy]

I’d be a sucker for an Ozzy Osbourne ear training. Crazy train is all over the place between minor and major. Would be cool to hear what you make of it. Unfortunately Ozzy‘s catalogue s not really for ‚the regular‘ piano player probably… in that case, I‘d go for Elton John! ❤

[@musicappreciate]

If you make another video of this sort, discuss the dissonant chords of Harrison’s work. They’re usually not considered pretty, but they illustrate frustration.

[@Or.BenHaim]

Great vidoe!

[@mikl2345]

would be cool to hear you talk about avicci's chord progressions & music sometime.

[@thomassouliere7613]

For me Sir George is and always will be the fifth Beatle. They just simply weren't possible without him.

[@batya7]

I really enjoyed this. Would like more complex chords, 9, 11 etc and use in jazz. How do you explain lydian, aeolian, phrygian etc modes? (my fave is aeolian with augmented 7th)

[@michaelhammond4150]

That was great I think you could do a lot more Beatles because almost everyone knows their songs and because helps knowing the beat and rhythm.

[@colinhall9616]

Great tutorial David, you certainly know your Beatles 🎉

[@JoeKell365]

i had a question that's more Beatles-related than ear training-related, but i felt it was worth asking anyway "1" is a collection of all the Beatles songs that went to number 1 on the charts, but it doesn't encompass ALL the best Beatles songs. in fact, it's not even close. if there were to be a "2" album that was like a "best of the rest" compilation, what would you put on it? this would probably be a good video idea if you wanted it

[@tomasmugicamoreno8499]

The Beatles Loooove the flat 7. It's used in all sorts of their songs, especially in coordination with the 4 as in hey jude. help from my friends, she said she said, Get Back, Let it be (if you allow for passing tones). I don't know if it has a name, I've heard double plagal cadence but I might be wrong. I love the sound the flat 7 gives it. Maybe Paul just loves mixolydian who knows

[@danielplainview2584]

Great stuff David! I hope you have one of these planned with Radiohead. ;)

[@benoitrenaud519]

She loves you has great examples of 6th and diminished chords.

[@stewart2449]

Radiohead seem to big fans of sevenths and B minor. And, in There There, they come together in the most beautiful way.

[@JohnSpo]

I remember when I was first starting out on guitar and trying to learn songs by ear (which i'm still mostly terrible at) I found beatles songs particularly hard to hear and then I'd see other people play them and they seemed so easy. As I got older and more experienced I realized that they were so difficult to learn because most of the recordings I was listening to were not tuned to A440 and so my ear could not decipher if a chord should have been an E or F for instance.

[@Texy88]

There was quite a bit of speeding-up and slowing-down of tape speeds back in the day, which was often the cause of such pitch offsets in studios recordings and this was still happening even in the 1990s (the original recording of the 1992 The Cure song _Friday I’m in Love_ being pitched to A456, for example).

[@jesusmtz29]

This is great

[@MatthewAnderson-l8j]

I would love for you to do a video on the harmony of Steely Dan