RIP JOHN LENNON - What He Taught Me about Guitar

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Remembering John Lennon. Was he a great guitarist or a mediocre one? This video answers that question with examples of Lennon's guitar parts from classic Beatles songs.
Spoiler: I probably learned more about music and songwriting from John Lennon than any other musical artist, and he has a lot to teach you, too.
Discover my most important "Lessons from Lennon" as I play snippets from some of John's. most interesting and intricate guitar parts and melodies including Ticket to Ride, Help, Lucy in the Sky, I'm Only Sleeping, Girl, And Your Bird Can Sing, I Am the Walrus, Dear Prudence, Happiness is a Warm Gun, and Julia.
Ultimately, John taught me THREE major lessons. Watch to the end to discover all three, then apply them to YOUR OWN playing and singing.

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[coreyhiggins]

Wow! Fantastic arrangement of Julia. What a beautiful song. Thanks for breaking down some of Lennon's song writing styles. Things, that after being pointed out seem obvious, but are actually hidden in the larger scheme of John Lennon's artistry. Great video!

[cjandthevindicators]

George Harrison probably got it right. He once said in substance that Lennon was as good as he needed to be to peform his own compositions -- and that was more than good enough. He was a gifted vocalist and a talented rhythm guitartist. Rhythm guitar is a lost art these days since it seems everyone wants to “shred” instead of focusing on artistry, melody and musicality. More importantly, John was first and foremost, a brilliant composer— truly a generational talent.

[lindaross]

He was so unique. He's voice, his songs.I listen to No Reply a couple times a week. No one like him. Love Come Together.

[javiermgtaoism]

McCartney is getting most if not all the credit today. I remember when playboy magazine had regular interviews with Lennon before his death. Lennon had a hypnotic approach to writing his songs, they linger in you mind after the song ends. I do love McCartney's songs but Lennon surely does it for me. Rain, Nowhere man, If I feel, No Reply, I'm a loser and the ever trance inducing rhytmic 'Mind Games.'

[josegalang]

John is my hero Im 72 . My youngest is name after Lennon . Fantastic vocals and the best song writting

[JMA]

John was not a guitarist in the usual sense in rock music.
He put his guitar playing at the service of his creative genius.
The songs you choose are perfect examples. Julia and Dear Prudence, two masterpieces totally underestimated. I also love Cry baby cry and the entire white album ... Christmas day 68, I was sixteen.
Thank you for talking about John with love and expertise.

[barneyrubble]

Lennon was a great guitarist, Dear Prudance and Julia have to be the most beautiful and unique travis picking songs ever. No mediocre guitarist is going to come up with that perfection, that intro on dear prudence is heavenly, Julia is sublime. Nice cover

[davidcamacho]

Thank you. Love how you presented the brilliance of John. A little mention...., not only did he play guitar but he had to sing and in harmony. With no, no monitors, poor pa systems. How did he do it. His singing and harmonies were also brilliant. Thank you. Appreciate your channel.

[anglodutch]

Thank you for this excellent take on John Lennon as a guitarist and as a composer. McCartney tends to steal the limelight today but you've reminded us all that John was as much the author of the sound and soul of The Beatles as Paul was. He was a phenomenal musical force. You really made that clear.

[meteor]

So much lost music with him gone; 43 years. The world a sadder place indeed.

[ArthurPhipps]

John Lennon was a musical genius, PERIOD!! Thank you for breaking down John's playing. Especially Revolution and Dear Prudence. He employed the drop D tuning and did amazing appegiating with his fingers. Great stuff.

[scurfie]

Paul was being a pain over the opening of Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da. John walked up the piano and banged out the opening in one take. Genius.

[OktoberFilms]

Great video. John was a musical genius, as we know. You play his parts flawlessly, but unlike a lot of YouTubers, your voice fits it all perfectly. Well done!

[goodgulfgas]

You're spot on! Lennon is one of the most underrated guitarists. The Get Back documentary is good for seeing just how good a guitarist he is. You showed lot of examples, but that All My Loving strumming pattern is super difficult. I bet that very few guitar players have REALLY tried to learn it the way he plays it.

Another thing, it's hard to play and sing at the same time. When you are doing both you have to keep it simple.

And Lennon gets underrated as a guitarist the same way the Ringo gets underrated as a drummer.

[jaspercain]

John in interviews would say " its just a song " did John really know how gifted he was ? His melodies are timeless, he brought so much joy, without John the beatles would not have existed, guitar virtuoso maybe not, the best song writer in modern day music history, absolutely thanks for the video friend 🙂👍🇭🇲

[dean-phww]

I love everything John did on The White Album. Julia is amazing, both the lyrics and the melody.

[johnfrewin]

Thanks again - I hadn’t noticed the prevalence of single note melodies before, and it made more sense to me when I thought of what I do as a backing vocalist, ( and of course the Beatles really showed us, perhaps better than anyone, that a vocal melody benefits from teamwork) where the simple / conservative note choice often sounds best to me( much like when the bass sticks near the root)- the Beatles really were awesome at refraining from overplaying individually to serve the song.in my head this video is as if my coach is saying “ keep it simple, serve the song”- so thanks for that👍🎸🇬🇧

[mouradrouchdy]

My love of music is rare in that I also dissect choice of chords, chord changes, variations in rhythms. Anything out of the ordinary that also pleases is rare but I have many examples of course. Your dissection of the genius of John Lennon is exactly what I appreciate. Thank you Robert.

[hanksmiththemusicman]

...I remember listening to John while he was alive and got a sense that he knew how great he was but never took it seriously... Listening to you reminds me how wonderful that time was... ♥️

[eliotoole]

In John Lennon's own words, he said. "I'm not very good technically but I can make it f'ing howl and move".