Beatles - A Hard Day's Night Lead Guitar Secrets

Beatles guitar lesson Solo 0:43 Outro 1:45

While mixing I applied heavy compression to the opening chord. On the original Beatles studio track the solo was recorded with the master tape at ½ speed and an octave lower along with George Martin on piano. For this video I played the solo at normal speed and at the same pitch as the recording. I eq'd the original to leave just the piano for backing. The opening chord, solo and outro were separate edit pieces like the original track. Based on the sound of the Ric 360-12 many think George was strumming the higher strings but in reality he was mostly strumming the lower strings whose octave strings are just as high. This gives more emphasis to the combination of highs and lows and produces the sound you hear on the studio track.

I eliminated the first bridge and third verse. This is a 1977 Rickenbacker 360 12 played through a Vox AD15VT set to AC30TB w/ no effects. Min Bass, Min Mid, Max Treble. Rickenbacker strings. The amp was close-mic recorded with a DR07 digital recorder and then mixed with the backing tracks created from the original recording. No tabs. No profanity in comments please.

My videos are really intended for accomplished guitarists who want to polish up their Beatles repertoire and can benefit from "seeing" how a song is played - I am not a guitar teacher and do not provide tabs. I welcome specific questions. If the various chords that I am playing are not familiar to you then I would suggest that you visit some of the many free guitar chord sites. I had to learn these songs by listening to vinyl records and watching live performances on tv.

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