Paul McCartney's Piano Lesson

Paul McCartney teaches a piano lesson. The Beatles' singer/songwriter shares his approach to learning and writing songs on the piano. John Lennon used this approach when writing "Imagine" as has John Legend when writing some of his songs. He's speaking with Rick Rubin. From McCartney 3, 2, 1.

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Chapters
0:00 - Paul can't read music
0:20 - Middle "C"
0:55 - Moving the chord shape
1:15 - Permutations
2:00 - Learned it from Jerry Lee Lewis
2:22 - Harmonies
2:50 - Experimentation - Imagine
3:03 - On John Legend (not Lennon)
3:33 - Bach is their favorite composer
3:50 - Paul likes the math
4:29 - Outro

[johnnywhite]

I think Paul's ultimate gift is being able to come up with the best melodies from the simplest chord patterns or progressions.

[bonnieralston]

I studied piano for ten years and this man can't even read music. Yet he understands music more than I ever will.

[patrickbrowne]

Paul Mac can grab a melody out of the air that we breathe.... the same as his old mate John.... and we are all the richer for these wonderful four guys sharing their gifts 👍

[You.r.overdue]

"Our favorite composer in the Beatles was Bach." That made my day.

[alisoninchausti]

Bob Dylan: “I’m in awe of McCartney’s sense of melody”. And that’s the real key, isn’t it? You may have the simplest or most complex of chord sequences but if you don’t have a nice melody to go with it, you don’t have a song. And Paul is one of the greatest melody makers.

[leokimvideo]

Imagine this piano teachers hourly rate, but hell it would be worth it

[teotammivuori]

Oh, what a world we're living in! Sitting here on our couches and taking lessons from the great masters of our time! Thank You very very much to everyone involved!

[diggerthegroundhog]

Rick Rubin was so respectful during this wonderful show. You can see he is absolutely spellbound

[ScottMasson]

Music just oozes from his soul. He’s so locked into the cosmos, he doesn’t even try or understand how gifted he is. 😆 It’s beautiful.

[flyte_flyte]

The man is a genius. He bypassed the drudgery and went straight to the music.

[NoName-ziqs]

This guy is good. He should be in a band.

[kathrynlayfield]

I'm so glad Paul McCartney is still here with us. Listening to him talk about the beginings of his musical career and the relationships with George, John and Ringo really opens up what was going on in their lives. We see and hear the end results of lots of studio time and personality glitches that they lived through. You've got four different men wanting to succeed and dealng with their personal problems and ambitions. It makes me love them all even more! I would love for Paul and Ringo to stay healthy and happy and have loved ones in their lives! And, keep making music!
God bless their wives and children, please give them good health, joy and happiness for many years to come.

[ClueSign]

I like how Paul gets into some kind of long-winded explanation for the simple fact that he was born a musical genius.

[twocows]

This is exactly how I learned piano and I always try to tell people, “trust me, it’s not hard”. You have to do it a lot to be good but if you enjoy it and you’re having fun, spending hours in a day doing it is really easy.

[ProfessorKenneth]

Paul is absolutely brilliant. I love that he's explaining his brilliance in a subtle way.😅👍🏻💯

[SThompsonRAMM_]

This series with Paul was so good, and way too short for my liking, as I didn’t want it to end. I could listen to this for hours and hours.
I’ve been lucky enough to see Paul in concert back in the Wings days, arguably the best show I’ve ever seen. He didn’t just get up there and sing songs and play. He entertained, and in doing so he himself seemed to be enjoying himself.

[lundsweden]

I've gotta say it, Paul McCartney is still cool after all these years!

[maelinjoli]

what differenciate McCartney from other songwriters is the quality of his melodies---there are tons of songwriters out there but to be able to write something as good as Maybe I'm Amazed or Let It Be is another ball game---and most songwriters can't even approach that---it takes a very high level of melodic genius and Paul is a phenomenon at that

[mjt]

I find it interesting how he plays the triads without his thumb. I learned recently that he had taken some lessons when he was a kid. Such a genius.

[eziosfara]

I figured out the same relations in the piano starting form rockabilly tunes, when I was a child, but actually stopped there. There is an enourmous gap between we mere mortals and the creative genius of Paul McCartney. We are so lucky to live in this era, witnesses of a musitian whose legacy will live on for centuries. Thank you Sir Paul.