A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles | Guitar Lesson

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Learn how to play A Hard Day's Night, as performed by The Beatles released as the title track for their 1964 album (and film). This is a super fun song to play even on just one guitar, but the lesson will break down what John plays on his 6 string acoustic part and what George plays on his 12 string electric parts. We'll cover the all important opening chord, rhythm and lead guitar parts, how they recorded the guitar solo, and the 12 string outro part.

I've linked some videos that have track separation that really let you hear what each of them are playing in the song. Also a great analysis / breakdown of the opening chord by Chris Buck's Friday Fretworks.
Chris Buck''s video    • The Most FAMOUS Chord EVER? | Friday ...  
Deconstructed Hard Days Night (all instruments)    • Deconstructing The Beatles - A Hard D...  
Original recording of the guitar solo (George H & George Martin)    • The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night - Or...  

00:00 Introduction / What to expect
02:03 How they did the opening chord
03:10 John's approach to his parts
04:30 Lesson - Johns acoustic guitar parts
09:10 George's approach to his parts
09:47 Lesson - George's 12 string electric parts
14:29 Lesson - the guitar solo section
17:36 Lesson - George's outro part
19:17 Final thoughts

Gear used in this video (if you purchase via these links I will earn a small commission):

Yamaha 6 string acoustic https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Jzjak7
Epiphone G1275 6/12 string
TC Elec. Hall of Fame Reverb: https://imp.i114863.net/5bdEX2

If you want to find the guitar models they used, you can find those here
Rickenbacker V63 12 string: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/q40qDb
Gibson J-160E (check for those on reverb or from gibson.com)



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