how to play "Her Majesty" on guitar by The Beatles | guitar lesson tutorial

[@gretschguy864]

Finally, a teacher who actually plays the song “Before” he teaches it. What a concept! Thank You.

[@labin2213]

True !

[@murphyjohn4988]

Facts. I wanna know what their version sounds like b4 I spend time learning it

[@jaretos]

When I want to learn a song and the teacher doesn't play it before the explanation, I just leave and search for another video.

[@macdaddyo998]

I think some online teachers avoid playing the entire lesson through *at all,* to avoid the algorithm bots that scan all vids for copyright violations. If it's good and accurate, there's a good chance it'll be blocked for sounding too much like the original. I don't know how Shut Up & Play avoids being blocked more often, but not including lyrics or singing at all certainly has a lot to do with it.

[@pureicetea8444]

14 Minute lesson for a 14 second song thats an epic lesson

[@nbeutler1134]

I think it’s like 26 seconds haha

[@anudistsjury]

1:22 "It's 24 seconds long"

[@saffo9078]

​​@2v_5r84 you must be so fun at parties

[@67Pepper]

Only McCartney could come up with such a short, complex, yet simple song. It was really just written as a joke, something to play for John and get a good laugh. Great lesson! Enjoyed the flourish of chord changes, well done as usual!

[@lmao7746]

The song wasn't shot, it was given to Billy after Paul's death which explains the ending. he can't finish the song

[@andrealamelia7847]

..and after a smoke,this song was a joke. I just love the lyrics and all of the song.

[@matteoc3487]

@@lmao7746are you serious?

[@bramsteenhoek2674]

​@@lmao7746evidence? No? Move along pls

[@DJcool-tr1tk]

@@lmao7746we don’t want to hear bs around here.

[@AlejandroMinnelli]

5:25 my favorite lick of the song

[@skone9965]

I've got it about 90% down now but wanted to stop myself and say thank you. Love your tutorials. So well done. THANK YOU!

[@ShutupAndPlayGuitarTutorials]

Thanks Ted. I put a huge amount of time and effort into making these videos. I like to keep them free for those that can't afford it, but if you can, please support what I do, and if you already have, thank you! Cheers, Andy www.shutupandplay.ca/donate.html

[@zander3096]

Honesty the best guitar teacher on youtube no doubt in my mind. The two hardest songs i know are time in a bottle and hopefully this song very soon. These are difficult songs but you teach them so well even a new guitar player could easily learn them, and i really appreciate that your the only guitar teacher on youtube who actually teaches the song how it is really played in the record. Thank you for making me a better musician.

[@minereward4896]

I always love it when you play, it gives me joy listening to songs you play.

[@marcbolan1818]

Simple but effective and the use of the Gm7 is pure genius Paul.

[@championhairpuller]

Hey, that was me who asked for this cool little song! Thanks so much for figuring it out. Now to get to work learning it!

[@Buceadorable]

At the risk of contradicting the advice of the master (and Andy, you are the master), i would observe that for me, it was infinitely easier to wrap my thumb around to reach the A string than to play the D chord in the alternative way. I have regular sized hands and am ordinarily not a fan of the wraparound thumb, but in this instance I couldn’t get a good rhythm going with the alternative D chord (which I took on faith was the better way of playing it) until in frustration and about to give up, I tried wrapping the thumb around, and found it really wasn’t awkward at all. So I would suggest that everyone try both approaches to see which works better. Having said that, another donation coming your way, thanks for another awesome lesson!

[@pauldowney3347]

Wonderful. I used to play this to my kids and they’d singalong. Now I will have to learn it properly for my grandkids! I wish I had your understanding of theory. Fascinating, but you lost me when the d chord was in the key of g - or something like that! Thanks for all the time and effort you put into these videos.

[@elr05]

I just bought my first guitar, finally got the battery inside the tuner, haven’t even tuned or played it yet. Thought “Her Majesty would be a cool life goal to start out” and found your video. Maaaaybe it’s not for a beginner goal, lol. Anyway, I just donated $5 on your website just for making this tutorial that I might one day be able to learn. Thanks for your knowledge.

[@izzly42]

Few can play the six string like you, sir- but fewer still can teach it so naturally. Gifted, indeed. Thanks for the lesson- liked/subbed

[@thomasnelson5758]

Incredible foresight on EMI's part to have that rule of never destroying any Beatles tape. They knew it was like preserving history.

[@sorprebdido6995]

A year ago I thought that playing this song was far out of reach upon the first time watching this video. and today (though the speed and accuracy isnt exactly perfect) I can play her majesty. Thanks so much man

[@ds2td]

These lessons keep me sane through the quarantine :)

[@julianvargo9997]

Thank you so much for this! I'm pretty new to the guitar so this is the first full McCartney song that I've learned. The picking style is so fascinating and learning this song was super fun.

[@marclongstreet3491]

Wow. Always mystified by how to play this. You solved the mystery. Very simple. You are by far the best at providing accurate chords.

[@davenichollsmusiclife]

Just discovered you, because I've searched for Her Majesty, as I wanted to learn it as my tribute to .... errmm ..... Her Majesty! This tutorial is fabulous and having checked out some of your others too, I think I may well be spending the rest of my life here!!!! Thank you very much and keep up the fantastic work! 😊

[@Freakybananayo]

thank you for the lesson and THANK YOU for playing it before teaching it. this is the most important thing because i just watched you play it and that saved me watching the rest of the video!

[@jerryhollis8155]

There is such a lovely purity to your playing. I love your videos.

[@philipthomas8440]

All of your guitar tones sound awesome and your playing/teaching is super good!

[@jaerivus]

Upvoted this video simply because of your knowledge of where this song was originally meant to fit on Abbey Road-- --and for the other usual reasons of admiration too.

[@connerdearing]

Had my eye on this lesson since you uploaded I can play some decently hard stuff but this one always tripped me up lol. Thanks so much I think I’ve finally got one of my favorite Paul tune.

[@ben.reddington]

Hey Diddle by McCartney pretty please!!!!!! 🙏 I've naturally developed up that particular picking style when I was younger before even knowing who McCartney was, I'd still struggle with any other style today.

[@John-ku7mj]

Awesome! Makes me want to shutup and play my guitar right now! 😀. I’ve used a ton of your lessons and they are all great. Thanks dude!

[@echodeltatango8030]

Masterful as always. I'm grateful for your lessons.

[@jessicacosiguitar]

I learned this song today with your video and just posted the cover on my channel! I'm also learning Paul Simon's “Anji” from your channel, and I've already learned half the song. :) You are the best!

[@sonofthedroids]

Ha this is one of the coolest ones yet! What fun! Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@perrypiekarski]

Your lessons are seriously the best. Thank you!

[@mikecf1]

Fantastic lesson! I had no idea where I was going by just looking at tabs. Thank you so much!

[@jderao]

This is my fav channel on youtube to learn these pieces of music. Thanks a ton. Love your work

[@graemethorne4540]

Man thank you so much for this tutorial,going to have to learn this one..you are an inspiration to play guitar..

[@RobMortonMusic]

Fantastic tutorial. I can't tell you how much you helped me figure this out quickly. I'm gonna go buy a mug now.

[@alangriff1]

Awesome and accurate as always Andy. Just love your lessons and posts.

[@hisoverlorduponhigh90]

Fantastic. I love this ditty.

[@nickmeyer1030]

That last open A never fails to make me laugh. What a genius.

[@josemateu8929]

The best one, and they are quite a few really good ones, thanks H

[@MrMichaelk997]

No matter where you fall on your opinion of the Beatles (I personally am IN LOVE with everything they ever did), Lennon & McCartney, & later Harrison, are some absolutely phenomenal song writers. I would consider them among the best popular music composers of the 20th Century & perhaps THE best (and for me that’s going some since I’m also a HUGE Gershwin fan!

[@Knuckleman7]

You're my hero. Perfection, as always!

[@MartinoSolla]

What a brilliant composition! Just for the Her Majesty Jubilee. Thank you very much.

[@waynemc3100]

Brilliant vid, thank you. An absolute little gem of a tune.

[@danielrabbit3899]

Randomly had an impulse to search for this song tutorial today after being disappointed by youtube a few months ago! So pleased!

[@jonnyfish76]

This was written by a "bass player". My goodness. Thank you Sir Paul.

[@frankp.8047]

to me, the best and most accurate one..congrats

[@gyanissimo]

Always brilliant what and how you play!

[@Cam_1776]

Liking the pickup in lessons

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

Holy cow, unexpected and awesome!!!! Maybe I'm Amazed next? Both guitars? From McCartney, NOT the live version.

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

@Harvey Cooke The live version is LAME.

[@jorjorbinks8928]

@@BeatlesCentricUniverse agreed

[@Boyd1875]

Thank you so much for this lesson.

[@Peasmouldia]

I been playing it this way, the correct way I s'pose for a ridiculously long time. Just 'cause it's fun. Recently I've been mucking about transposing to other keys. C works amazingly well. You do have to make a few little alterations, but you get some nice variations. Accurate and useful lesson. Thanks.

[@alfredmartin2093]

Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl But she doesn't have a lot to say Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl But she changes from day to day I want to tell her that I love her a lot But I gotta get a bellyful of wine Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl Someday I'm going to make her mine, oh yeah Someday I'm going to make her mine

[@dominiquelacroix8148]

I think i hear : "Someday I wanna make her mine, oh yeah Someday I wanna make her mine" Dom

[@edwardgarner1299]

@@dominiquelacroix8148 : it's actually: "someday I'm gonna make her mine".

[@MoonDoggie999]

Seriously great lesson! Thank you for this!!

[@macdaddyo998]

Queen Elizabeth went into the clearing at the end of her path the other day, and this lesson on "Her Majesty" appeared in my email, thanks to your mailing list. What a fine tribute from Sir Paul himself and my favorite online guitar teacher! As always, I'm totally amazed by the simplicity, clarity, and accuracy of your lesson. Maybe I'm becoming accustomed to all that, but this the first time that I am also amazed by the sound of the guitar itself, aside from the lesson content. Would it be impolite of me to ask for a few words on the signal chain and settings used on the guitar track(s)? It sounds to me like a stereo image, but I do not know how to create that pure acoustic excellence in my own recordings. Mic placement...? Digital delay/reverb...? A deal with the devil...? I've looked for clues in the link to your Gear Page; I'm sure I'd be fascinated by a tutorial on your basic signal processing and recording techniques that result in getting that Taylor acoustic sounding so wonderful. Thanks for all the wonderful lessons; Best Wishes to you and yours...

[@sophia_comicart]

Besides just being geniuses, do you know anything about how they acquired their musical knowledge? Because that chord progression is wild. I just found your videos though playing America stuff. Horse with no name makes just a gigantic difference than the ‘two chord’ version. Seeing Croce here made me so happy. ‘New York’s not my home’ was a song I learned to teach myself picking way back in the late 90s. Amazing videos, beautiful played and explained. Thank you so much. Have a wonderful week!

[@ShutupAndPlayGuitarTutorials]

I think a lot of it was instinctual, but the rest was definitely hanging out with George Martin, who may not have been a genius songwriter but he was certainly a genius musician and producer. He left his mark on many of the Beatles songs. Cheers, Andy.

[@mikeglasgow9618]

SHUT UP IS THE BEST TEACHER ON THE INTERNET. I WISH I COULD SUB TWICE. BTW . GEORGE HARRISON CHORDS ARE EASY. YOU JUST HAVE TO STRETCH 7 FRETS AND CATCH LOW E WITH YOUR NOSE. PIECE OF CAKE.

[@Griddiho]

Another really good, really helpful tutorial. Three thumbs up.

[@westfield90]

Thank you. Magnificently played at the start but wow such a busy song

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

????

[@poodleguiderpeyes7388]

Dig'n the Beatles lessons, thank you! Learned I couldn't do that thumb-hang with the 414ce but could easily with the D-28(both 1.75 nuts). - surprising

[@Sami-uz6is]

Great lesson! Thanks!

[@Xorked]

Thanks for another amazing lesson. It would be great if you could also find the time to teach 'I'm looking through you'.

[@user-ys9to2ie7k]

I couldn't wait to watch the video when I saw the title. Here's a suggestion... The song is kind of like the cars just what I needed because of all the guitar parts and it is a Chris LeDoux song Hooked on an 8-second ride. I'd love to see what you do with it!

[@randyferuer2267]

Thank you for this, and everything else you do on U Tube.

[@snowglobe74]

Great tutorial. Thank you

[@alexdiachok6597]

Please do a lesson of Little Lamb Dragonfly and The Light That HAs Lighted The World

[@pandorski35000]

Parfait, encore une fois, merci !

[@nateds7326]

How a song so short could be so complex mistifies me.

[@ShutupAndPlayGuitarTutorials]

🎵 For more information on this lesson and the TAB: www.shutupandplay.ca/her-majesty--acoustic.html

[@ClassicKrusty]

Always enjoyed this diddy. Thx 🙏

[@lamgefyoutoob]

You keep getting better.

[@jamesroyale2723]

Beautiful song.

[@damianstenberg3761]

Im not new to Mcartneys picking style.....but im still like "what the hell"lol...great lesson as always...and love the track info and history,thankyou👌🏻🎸

[@luisulloa9908]

Great lesson man!

[@tejas3818]

That initial descending line sounds a LOT like GD's Friend of the Devil to me. Very nice job, thanks!

[@danielvaughan1047]

same chord progression that begins Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

[@mikogale]

"what a nice little song, can't be that hard!" then i remember the guitar part was written by paul mccartney

[@mr1zog]

I heard it was Harrison who made sure Martin kept it.. What a geezer 😄💪

[@freedomlovingamerican6567]

Could you do lessons on photographs and memories and also operator, all by Jim Croce?

[@nyatete]

Thanks a lot. Very helpful as always. The chord you told D7 (on 11th bar?) might be D9. I think I can hear top E note.

[@cesarabilon8913]

Great lesson! It's a bit difficult to play but I'm hoping you could teach us Martha My Dear next time. Cheers!

[@M5guitar1]

Awesome learned from pretty much the intro full song. Love it! thanks a million.

[@mr1zog]

Thank you for the video sir ☺️🤘

[@klaustoth6982]

beautiful ☮

[@labin2213]

Awesome lesson! But, you're telling me that Sir Paul McCartney wrote this song as a joke, and, probably played it at that tempo, that easily, that too 17 chords?! He's a living legend!

[@chuckthedog6725]

Thank you, man

[@anthonycarollo]

Thanks Andy. Good Stuff

[@richardhunt944]

Brilliant,thankyou

[@lufuc]

Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo 👍

[@nicholasbotato425]

Can you do some more Lindsey Buckingham stuff? Shut us down, red rover, or go insane are all really great finger picking songs that I haven't really been able to find a tutorial for. Keep up the great videos man 👌.

[@kaythia-s9h]

The McCartney picking pattern is painfully difficult to get right! Does anyone have any tips?

[@demonrouge3338]

Do you know I watch all of your new lessons and I just love them. But I have to watch them upside down. Isn’t there anyway you can put the camera over your left shoulder pointing at the neck where your fingers are. That way we could see them from a guitarist perspective? At least give it a try on one and see what people think? Anyway thank you and it’s just a suggestion you’re a great player and I love your stuff.

[@Roy66802]

Her majesty's a pretty nice song but it's so hard to learn how to play Her majesty's a pretty nice song with chords like E7 and A Want to learn all the 17 chords but I can't no matter how hard I try Her majesty's a pretty nice song some day I'm gonna play it right, oh yeah Some day I'm gonna play it right.

[@ShutupAndPlayGuitarTutorials]

😀

[@jessicacosiguitar]

best comment 😂😂😂

[@CS-fh2qh]

Dragonfly by McCartney- please! Underrated gem

[@portercarr7197]

If anyone has trouble playing the D/B the McCartney way and his way. I'd recommend barring the whole second fret with your index finger.

[@mikebarnard2689]

I just had to comment today on the sad news of the death of Her Majesty. Great lesson , great song

[@mvp019]

Thank you.

[@pierreolivier1486]

Parfait, comme toujours!!! A quand "Be Bop link" (Wings Wild Life)?

[@edwardsindustries-20yearsa54]

Can you do one for "Down To The Waterline" by Dire Straits plz

[@lewispoore3553]

yes please

[@marshallkurtz1896]

Terrific lesson as always! Is it possible that the Gm7 is actually Gdim?

[@ShutupAndPlayGuitarTutorials]

You'd need a flat 5 (C#) to make it G dim. I didn't hear that, the G is the prominent bass note. I guess you could call it Gdim without the 5, but I think Gm6 is the most logical name for it. Cheers, Andy.

[@marshallkurtz1896]

Makes sense. Thanks!

[@lenmil8421]

Do the Rolling Stones Moonlight Mile please.

[@georgebrignal6622]

Can you teach Day and Age by Julian Lage

[@Wolf2u2]

Try D chord with fingers 2-4, index finger on 5th string second fret as mentioned by Tunes. Secondary dominants, oh no, still trying to figure these out.