Early 1964. Simple sounding song, yet highly sophisticated as you brought forth with Lennon’s advanced strumming patterns and Harrison’s beautiful chord voicings. No intricate shredding. Just feel-good music done tastefully by lads in their early 20’s. Mind boggling how they started with tunes like this and evolved into sounds like Strawberry Fields, Lady Madonna, Obladi Oblada, Helter Skelter, and the list goes on. Thanks for this beautiful lesson Mike!
I have a great memory of my mom, who was definitely not in the Beatles demographic, in connection with this song. I was in high school, starting on guitar, and had the Complete Beatles book open to this one, when Mom walked by and surprised me by scooping it up. Looking at the book for a moment, she said "This is CUTE!" and headed for the piano, where she played it very well. Much later in life, she was watching "Yellow Submarine" with her grandchildren, when- during the heavy, psychedelic "It's All Too Much", of all songs!- she surprised me by saying "They're wonderful...How did I ever not appreciate them?" But it always struck me that the first time she ever perceived the magic of the Beatles it was by staring at dots on a printed page.
As ever with all your other lessons, Mike, you do a great job on another classic Beatles song. Thank you for posting and sharing your gift of breaking the tunes down and helping us to become better guitarists with your knowledge and expertise. James 🎸
Mike is the best thing for Beatles fans since the Fab4 hit the US. He's the best thing for rock fans in general too, even if they don't all know it (yet).
Incredible lesson Mike! This is one of my all time favorites and you absolutely nailed it! Gotta say...your deep dives help us realize just how talented those 4 lads from Liverpool were. Thank you!!!
Brilliant video again Mike - I live in the UK - love The Beatles and you still teach me some history that I don’t know. Obviously the guitar lessons are fantastic. Thankyou 👍
Mike thank you! I hope you are getting the highest awards humanly possible for what you do, audio, video, music history, educationally, ...emmys grammys and what the new award for this kind of work is, you desrve it!
Great video Mike. This song is very sentimental to me. First song I heard on the radio on my first morning in London. August 1964. 60 years ago yikes !!! Re harmonica. Once read that John was inspired by Bruce Channel’s Hey Baby 1962. Still a great record. 🙋♂️👏👏👏🇬🇧
Thanks, and yes, it was Delbert McClinton’s playing on “hey Baby” that Lennon liked. If you haven’t checked out Delbert‘s music do so -he’s a phenomenal artist. It’s been written that Delbert taught Lennon how to play but that’s not true. I spoke to Delbert about that and he told me that they were on the same bill with the Beatles, but there was never a harmonica lesson given.
Love this old song, reminds me back in the day! ...thanks for the heads up on the Harley Benton, must be fun to tune ..Great as usual Mike ...you are the Man!
Yet another fantastic tune by JL! Thanks for all of your hard work breaking down these amazing Beatles tunes for us Mike! Hope that all is well in France! 👍👍
This is one of my favorite Beatles songs ever. The first record I ever bought was a 45 of “A Hard Day’s Night” and this was the B side. It’s pretty and such a feel good song with John Lennon’s self-deprecating lyrics such as “I should’ve realized a lot of things before”. The title itself is mildly self-deprecating. Great lesson.
Fantastic ….hey great vocal on this one on the SA ! Its amazing how the Beatles made such great sounding records with NO STACKING of guitars etc.. of course they only had four tracks I guess but their arrangements, one acoustic, Bass and drums , 12 string in parts,filled it all out .folks these days could learn a lot by listening. The HB 12 does a great job.
One reason why these early Beatles records sound so good is that back then not many generations of tape material were worn out by being noodled up and down again and again for overdubs. Fresh tapes sound fresher. Even if the 'sound' of QUEEN is stunning, the sound of their records is 'shitty'. A thousand times back and forth ... This is hardly noticed today, but 'old hands' know this very well. Read, for example, Bill Schnee: "Chairman at the board".
You are a master instructor, Mike. Love the backstories and your thorough lessons. At 75, I need to transpose a 😊. My voice is crying for a lower key, haha. Keep up the great videos!
Hey Mike, I've been following for quite a while now and your lessons not only did they improve my guitar playing but they made me buy a bass guitar the violin style like Paul. I know you have a few bass lessons running but it would be great to have more. Man I wish I had your talent!!
I really enjoyed your musical talk and play thru’ this ‘gear’ song. So many signposts as to how a simple song can, with a few original enhancements, raise itself up to another level. The harmonica part being a hint of the raw blues sound set in a lighter love song. The sound is transporting, and I feel it fits in a neat pocket of topical pop songs with The Everly Brothers’, “Cathy’s Clown” and perhaps inspiration for The La’s’, “There She Goes”. Not to be teased by a multi-layered treat, the lesson is complete with a sound as a pound, multi-cam rendition.
It’s just impossible to name my favourite Beatle song - too many to choose from but this one would be up there with the other 20 or so. Great lesson and sound alike Mike
Great song, great job breaking it down for us. As I would expect, you caught and performed correctly an important detail about this song: Unlike on the rest of the song, Lennon DOES NOT double-track his vocal part for some reason. I've always read that he wasn't confident about his voice, so he double-tracked a lot of his vocals. I'm not one to second-guess Lennon, but I don't think it was necessary; he always sounded great when it was in single track. This song provides us with a perfect example of a comparison. Thank you for showing us how to play it correctly.
(By the way, you convinced us to buy 2 HB 12s, stringing one like a Rick 'bass on top'.) Then, we ended up with a 3rd 'standard stringing' for use on-stage as a back-stage replacement for broken strings or head-chopping as zombie hordes swarm the stage. There's nothing like having a 2nd set of strings to provide stout chopping action-!! Sure wish these weren't hollow-bodies, though... cleaning is SUCH a pain afterwards.)
Just got my Harley Benton this week (you should have got a commission). As I've just been playing my Hofner 500/1, it might be awhile before I build up enough callouses to play a real guitar again, especially a 12-string. Again, thanks for making these videos!
Having just studied your original video for this song, I noticed a couple of differences in John's part (haven't looked at the new George yet). In the older video you were playing G for 2 beats before switching to the Em. That seems to have gone away, as well as the G7, which you just play as G instead. Anyway, I appreciate all the little new nuances. Thanks.
Hi. I would like to mention a tiny detail that had escaped me since 1964. The first two lines are “I should have known better with a girl like you That I would love everything that you do” Now, in both lines the only notes Lennon sings are D E and B. Here comes the amazing thing: The note he sings at the end of the first line (you) is E. This is very unusual because it doesn’t exactly fit the G chord, making the whole thing sound like Gmaj6 (in Harrison’s solo too). At the end of the second line he sings E too, but this time it’s perfectly normal because it’s an Em chord. Thus, while the two lines have the very same melody, the last note always “felt” different to me (and still does) because of the Gmaj6 effect. I don’t know whether Lennon did this intentionally (maybe Mike knows 🙂), but that’s irrelevant: It’s the beautiful effect that makes these 2 lines so interesting. PS: As you can see or hear when Mike plays the solo at 16.40, the very last chord on the 12th fret is actually Gmaj6! So george picked up John's idea. How cool is that?
HELLO MIKE , GREAT LESSON , WOW YOUARE A GREAT TEACHER , . , IS THERE ANY BEATLE SONG YOU HAD TROUBLE LEARNING ? PLEASE REPLY , JOHN FROM NORTH CAROLINA, ,.,
This is a fantastic lesson. You break it down beautifully. I do have one opine: your comment and your opinion about the Rickenbacker 12-string. IMHO if you had used a Ric 12-string for George's part this would have been perfect. I've played the HB and sir, there is no comparison sound wise.
@peter - With all due respect - I can't stomach that song enuff to spend two weeks with it. And I couldn't come close to George's droning monotonous vocal tone of his early singing...
@@MPfrance completely fair, I appreciate your work so far though! Another cool rhythm guitar song is Happy just to Dance with you, which I think you would have a field day with. Huge Fan!
Did you know there's a different version/take used on the movie A Hard Day's Night than the studio release? I have Criterion Collection of the movie and during the train scene the harmonica and rhythm guitar is pleasingly different. As so is the rhythm guitar on a Hard Day's Night on the opening of the movie. It's different and way more defined! That Lennon how does he come up with these strumming patterns?? You should check it out for sure. I think these versions are way better than the studio release versions. Perhaps you could chime in and tell us what take these are. That would be interesting and why did they choose the not as good ones for the studio release?
Wow, you really don’t like Rickenbacher guitars, tell me what you really think,lol😂 Great presentation of a great classic! Thank you for all you do Cheers
@geryalan - Yeah - he shows up at my house unexpected on a regular basis. I always tell him to "call first" but he never does. SUCH a pain in the butt!! :-)
That’s interesting that the record company wanted John to not add harmonica to songs because it sounded too bluesy. I love those songs. I always figured John gave it up because it was always an overdub and he couldn’t play and sing live. I was waiting to find out what harmonica you used - chromatic or diatonic but I guess we come here for the guitar lessons. Thanks for a great lesson.
Hay Mike, Wondered what you didn't like about the Ricky 12's ? A friend bought one but ended up keeping it when he changed to flat wound strings which got 'the' sound.
This sound alike really nails it!! The previous video you had the G7 in the bridge. That J160E sounds great what strings are you using? I want my J45 to sound like that!! Once again great video🙌❤️
@Timbior - Thanks! The previous lesson (5 years ago) was from an EASY Beatles series. Just a way to get thru the song 'sort of' accurately. In this lesson you'll learn John plays a G whilst George plays a G7. Something J&G did quite regularly. Fattens up the sound. Strings on my J160e are Thomastik-Infeld AC110 flatwounds.
It's not how you play the guitar....it's how you PLAY the guitar. I've always been stickler for how instruments are played on Beatle recordings. I listen very closely and you have captured the correct time signature that John played. You seem to have the same ear I have. It also sounds like there are 2 acoustic tracks. Right after the verse, I never realized a lot of things before, If this is love you gotta give me more, Zoom.... give me more hey hey hey give me more on Em I think There's a zoom sounding strum different from the regular rhythm . Its' there a G7th in there some place? Excellent video.
Can I ask why you didn't like the Ric? I have a RockinBetter 12 string & that does the job. At least I can save for something else now. Great work, as usual Mike, thank you ✌🏻
@bell - 'cuz they are WAY over priced, sound and play like crap. If Harrison hadn't been given a free one - nobody would've played it. I've owned three...
@bell - Over the years - I've had needs for them. First one I got (in the 70's) I didn't know any better. Got rid of it. Then I was in a 'Beatles band' in Chicago so I needed one. When I quit the band I sold it. Third one was for these online lessons - a student of mine wanted it just to hang on his wall - so I let him have it.
It’s funny Mike..during the train scene of “I Should..” it’s in standard tuning but when they play it during the studio concert at the end they are half step down. I’m wondering if this was a slowed down version of the original? Strange indeed
Why was it re-released on the Hey Jude album ? I never understood that as all the other songs on Hey Jude came much later while I Should Have Known Better was from 1964.
Hey Mike, wouldn’t miss one of your Vids. You have changed your interpretation of this song in one crucial part…during the verse you land on the EM on the 1st beat but in your Original Vid of this doing 5 years ago-you land on the EM on the and of 2? You’ve stated that this is the right way not to land on the EM on the 1st beat and that most play it wrong. I’ve listened to The Beatles recording many times and can’t figure out if they land on the Em on 1 or the and of 2? Lol-thanks brother! Stay well 🎸
@dennis - Aww man - with all due respect - I'm getting tired of explaining this. This new video is the EXACT way the record was made. AND on this video lesson I CLEARLY explain that the five year old lesson was for a series on EASY BEATLES. So that FIVE year old EZ lesson was a way to play the song and sound close to the recording. SO AGAIN - the new lesson is the way the Beatles recorded the song.
If there’s any Nirvana fans here.. I think this is the Song that inspired “About a Girl”. The song Kurt wrote after listening to the Beatles for inspiration… the Strumming… the Vocals.. even the Solo 😂 “About a Girl” always reminds me of “I Should’ve Known Better” 😂
@1heybulldog - You can use a C diatonic but you have to use overblow and overdraw techniques (bending and overbending) to get a few extra notes. Easier on a chromatic harp.
Mike - and I thought that this was a simple song - fool I am . Request - what key harmonica is being used . I've asked around and can't get an answer . You're my last hope . Please ? . . . .
@Jack - With all due respect, I'm kinda surprised you "can't get an answer" for such a simple question. Just GOOGLE any Beatles question and the answer will be readily available. Anyroad - like MOST songs - whatever the key of the song is (this one is in the key of G) the harmonica is in a key a 4th higher. So for this song I'm playing a Lee Oskar C diatonic.
How this guy only has 125K subscribers is beyond me - so much better than many other guitar channels.
he will continue growing
He’s really the best Beatles guy on the web
Not all People who play guitar have so much interest in the Beatles. Sadly...
Right! Especially since the kids and people in general who have zero talent and do absolutely nothing all day have millions of subscribers.
I liked this version -- I'll choose him when I have choice
Early 1964. Simple sounding song, yet highly sophisticated as you brought forth with Lennon’s advanced strumming patterns and Harrison’s beautiful chord voicings. No intricate shredding. Just feel-good music done tastefully by lads in their early 20’s. Mind boggling how they started with tunes like this and evolved into sounds like Strawberry Fields, Lady Madonna, Obladi Oblada, Helter Skelter, and the list goes on. Thanks for this beautiful lesson Mike!
I have a great memory of my mom, who was definitely not in the Beatles demographic, in connection with this song. I was in high school, starting on guitar, and had the Complete Beatles book open to this one, when Mom walked by and surprised me by scooping it up. Looking at the book for a moment, she said "This is CUTE!" and headed for the piano, where she played it very well. Much later in life, she was watching "Yellow Submarine" with her grandchildren, when- during the heavy, psychedelic "It's All Too Much", of all songs!- she surprised me by saying "They're wonderful...How did I ever not appreciate them?" But it always struck me that the first time she ever perceived the magic of the Beatles it was by staring at dots on a printed page.
Yep mike should have over a million subscribers. He truly is one of best guitarist 🎸 musician in the world.
Don't ever stop Mike! I can't get enough Beatles, especially the "Mop Top" stage of their career.
One of my all time favorite songs. Thank you.
Been a Beatles fan since 1964 and this is one of my favorite songs.
As ever with all your other lessons, Mike, you do a great job on another classic Beatles song. Thank you for posting and sharing your gift of breaking the tunes down and helping us to become better guitarists with your knowledge and expertise. James 🎸
My pleasure!
The rhythm guitar makes this song.. I think John was a master rhythm guitar player without even realising it. Thanks Mike great job.
Mike is the best thing for Beatles fans since the Fab4 hit the US. He's the best thing for rock fans in general too, even if they don't all know it (yet).
Incredible lesson Mike! This is one of my all time favorites and you absolutely nailed it!
Gotta say...your deep dives help us realize just how talented those 4 lads from Liverpool were.
Thank you!!!
Brilliant video again Mike - I live in the UK - love The Beatles and you still teach me some history that I don’t know. Obviously the guitar lessons are fantastic. Thankyou 👍
Mike thank you! I hope you are getting the highest awards humanly possible for what you do, audio, video, music history, educationally, ...emmys grammys and what the new award for this kind of work is, you desrve it!
Great video Mike. This song is very sentimental to me. First song I heard on the radio on my first morning in London. August 1964. 60 years ago yikes !!!
Re harmonica. Once read that John was inspired by Bruce Channel’s Hey Baby 1962. Still a great record. 🙋♂️👏👏👏🇬🇧
Thanks, and yes, it was Delbert McClinton’s playing on “hey Baby” that Lennon liked. If you haven’t checked out Delbert‘s music do so -he’s a phenomenal artist.
It’s been written that Delbert taught Lennon how to play but that’s not true. I spoke to Delbert about that and he told me that they were on the same bill with the Beatles, but there was never a harmonica lesson given.
Love this old song, reminds me back in the day! ...thanks for the heads up on the Harley Benton, must be fun to tune ..Great as usual Mike ...you are the Man!
"hard to tune": Yep, I've got one too. 😀
Loved the ceiling shot of the drum playing; helpful for the drummers - good idea!
Yet another fantastic tune by JL! Thanks for all of your hard work breaking down these amazing Beatles tunes for us Mike! Hope that all is well in France! 👍👍
This is one of my favorite Beatles songs ever. The first record I ever bought was a 45 of “A Hard Day’s Night” and this was the B side. It’s pretty and such a feel good song with John Lennon’s self-deprecating lyrics such as “I should’ve realized a lot of things before”. The title itself is mildly self-deprecating. Great lesson.
Excellent choice of a song.
thanks mike for all the work and great teachings by far the Gold of beatles tutorials!
Glad you like them!
One of my favorite early Beatle’s tunes. Great hang!!
Great job, Mike, as always. Such a catchy song, simple chords but so good. One of my favorites.😊❤
Mine too!
One of my favourite tracks from the Hard Day’s Night movie.
Thanks so much Mike for all of you lessons they really have helped me grow and get better as a guitarist. You are so knowledgeable and incredible. ❤
You are the spitting image of George.
John's eccentric, high-energy, unpredictable rhythm playing is so integral to the Beatles' instrumental personality.
Love your work Mike…..you lessons have inspired me to play many Beatles songs and here’s another gem
Thanks Mike! Loved it. I do wish there could be more music that's just fun!
Thanks for the update, Mike! One of my fave Fab Four tunes.
My pleasure!
Great job Mike! You really nailed the harmonica……the rest you always nail!!!
Superb as usual Mike. I had no idea how syncopated John’s playing was on this great song until you analyzed it for us
Fantastic ….hey great vocal on this one on the SA ! Its amazing how the Beatles made such great sounding records with NO STACKING of guitars etc.. of course they only had four tracks I guess but their arrangements, one acoustic, Bass and drums , 12 string in parts,filled it all out .folks these days could learn a lot by listening. The HB 12 does a great job.
Thanks for listening
One reason why these early Beatles records sound so good is that back then not many generations of tape material were worn out by being noodled up and down again and again for overdubs. Fresh tapes sound fresher. Even if the 'sound' of QUEEN is stunning, the sound of their records is 'shitty'. A thousand times back and forth ... This is hardly noticed today, but 'old hands' know this very well. Read, for example, Bill Schnee: "Chairman at the board".
You are a master instructor, Mike. Love the backstories and your thorough lessons. At 75, I need to transpose a 😊. My voice is crying for a lower key, haha. Keep up the great videos!
Fab job Mike 🎸🎸🤘🤘
Hey Mike, I've been following for quite a while now and your lessons not only did they improve my guitar playing but they made me buy a bass guitar the violin style like Paul. I know you have a few bass lessons running but it would be great to have more. Man I wish I had your talent!!
Thanks Mike! Danny here from White Oak, PA. It is a happy fun tune. 🎸🎼
Really good lesson Mike and I will be going to your website for the Tab soon..
🌴🌴< < < I TOO SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER BUT I DIDN'T. ANOTHER AWESOME BEATLES LESSON. THANKS MIKE. > > > 🌴🌴
I really enjoyed your musical talk and play thru’ this ‘gear’ song. So many signposts as to how a simple song can, with a few original enhancements, raise itself up to another level. The harmonica part being a hint of the raw blues sound set in a lighter love song. The sound is transporting, and I feel it fits in a neat pocket of topical pop songs with The Everly Brothers’, “Cathy’s Clown” and perhaps inspiration for The La’s’, “There She Goes”. Not to be teased by a multi-layered treat, the lesson is complete with a sound as a pound, multi-cam rendition.
It’s just impossible to name my favourite Beatle song - too many to choose from but this one would be up there with the other 20 or so. Great lesson and sound alike Mike
Another FAB favorite. Now please do Every Little Thing!
Great song, great job breaking it down for us. As I would expect, you caught and performed correctly an important detail about this song: Unlike on the rest of the song, Lennon DOES NOT double-track his vocal part for some reason. I've always read that he wasn't confident about his voice, so he double-tracked a lot of his vocals. I'm not one to second-guess Lennon, but I don't think it was necessary; he always sounded great when it was in single track. This song provides us with a perfect example of a comparison. Thank you for showing us how to play it correctly.
(By the way, you convinced us to buy 2 HB 12s, stringing one like a Rick 'bass on top'.) Then, we ended up with a 3rd 'standard stringing' for use on-stage as a back-stage replacement for broken strings or head-chopping as zombie hordes swarm the stage. There's nothing like having a 2nd set of strings to provide stout chopping action-!! Sure wish these weren't hollow-bodies, though... cleaning is SUCH a pain afterwards.)
They are well-worth the money!
Amazing lesson 👌🏼
Perfect. You nailed it.
Great job as always. I have to get me a Harley Benton.
Just got my Harley Benton this week (you should have got a commission). As I've just been playing my Hofner 500/1, it might be awhile before I build up enough callouses to play a real guitar again, especially a 12-string. Again, thanks for making these videos!
Having just studied your original video for this song, I noticed a couple of differences in John's part (haven't looked at the new George yet). In the older video you were playing G for 2 beats before switching to the Em. That seems to have gone away, as well as the G7, which you just play as G instead. Anyway, I appreciate all the little new nuances. Thanks.
I guess MIke doesn't play the G7 because George plays it.
Awesome lesson
Perfect as usual. And I suppose that the 3-d revision will show us the exact timings in microsecs of John's strokes 🙂 Thank you, Mike!
Thank you Mike
I was waiting to see if you would duplicate the lack of a double tracked vocal on the 2nd bridge. You did not disappoint
Another grreat video 🙏
Hi. I would like to mention a tiny detail that had escaped me since 1964.
The first two lines are
“I should have known better with a girl like you
That I would love everything that you do”
Now, in both lines the only notes Lennon sings are D E and B.
Here comes the amazing thing: The note he sings at the end of the first line (you) is E. This is very unusual because it doesn’t exactly fit the G chord, making the whole thing sound like Gmaj6 (in Harrison’s solo too).
At the end of the second line he sings E too, but this time it’s perfectly normal because it’s an Em chord.
Thus, while the two lines have the very same melody, the last note always “felt” different to me (and still does) because of the Gmaj6 effect.
I don’t know whether Lennon did this intentionally (maybe Mike knows 🙂), but that’s irrelevant: It’s the beautiful effect that makes these 2 lines so interesting.
PS: As you can see or hear when Mike plays the solo at 16.40, the very last chord on the 12th fret is actually Gmaj6! So george picked up John's idea. How cool is that?
HELLO MIKE , GREAT LESSON , WOW YOUARE A GREAT TEACHER , . , IS THERE ANY BEATLE SONG YOU HAD TROUBLE LEARNING ? PLEASE REPLY , JOHN FROM NORTH CAROLINA, ,.,
I wish I could still sing that high
Yesss!
Brillant! Thank you!
This is a fantastic lesson. You break it down beautifully. I do have one opine: your comment and your opinion about the Rickenbacker 12-string. IMHO if you had used a Ric 12-string for George's part this would have been perfect. I've played the HB and sir, there is no comparison sound wise.
Mike can you do Do You Want to Know a Secret? it would fit perfectly into your arsenal!
@peter - With all due respect - I can't stomach that song enuff to spend two weeks with it. And I couldn't come close to George's droning monotonous vocal tone of his early singing...
@@MPfrance completely fair, I appreciate your work so far though! Another cool rhythm guitar song is Happy just to Dance with you, which I think you would have a field day with. Huge Fan!
Great at always Mike. What type of harmonica did you use, including the key. Maybe a "Beatles harmonica" lesson covering serveral songs sometime?
@allen - Thanks! I'm using a Lee Oscar C diatonic.
Great! I’m still waiting for “Do You Want To Know A Secret”
Did you know there's a different version/take used on the movie A Hard Day's Night than the studio release? I have Criterion Collection of the movie and during the train scene the harmonica and rhythm guitar is pleasingly different. As so is the rhythm guitar on a Hard Day's Night on the opening of the movie. It's different and way more defined! That Lennon how does he come up with these strumming patterns?? You should check it out for sure. I think these versions are way better than the studio release versions. Perhaps you could chime in and tell us what take these are. That would be interesting and why did they choose the not as good ones for the studio release?
Wow, you really don’t like Rickenbacher guitars, tell me what you really think,lol😂
Great presentation of a great classic! Thank you for all you do
Cheers
Another great informative video! I wonder if Paul McCartney checks out your channel?
Of course! But Paul will never tell us. 🙂
@geryalan - Yeah - he shows up at my house unexpected on a regular basis. I always tell him to "call first" but he never does. SUCH a pain in the butt!! :-)
That’s interesting that the record company wanted John to not add harmonica to songs because it sounded too bluesy. I love those songs. I always figured John gave it up because it was always an overdub and he couldn’t play and sing live. I was waiting to find out what harmonica you used - chromatic or diatonic but I guess we come here for the guitar lessons. Thanks for a great lesson.
Hay Mike, Wondered what you didn't like about the Ricky 12's ? A friend bought one but ended up keeping it when he changed to flat wound strings which got 'the' sound.
I didn't like the sound the feel the quality and the price. And I've owned three...
Brilliant, thx
This sound alike really nails it!! The previous video you had the G7 in the bridge. That J160E sounds great what strings are you using? I want my J45 to sound like that!! Once again great video🙌❤️
@Timbior - Thanks!
The previous lesson (5 years ago) was from an EASY Beatles series. Just a way to get thru the song 'sort of' accurately. In this lesson you'll learn John plays a G whilst George plays a G7. Something J&G did quite regularly. Fattens up the sound.
Strings on my J160e are Thomastik-Infeld AC110 flatwounds.
@@MPfrance thanks again!!
Great lesson and sound alike is fantastic. What key harmonica do you use for it? Thanks, Paul
Mike… the REAL 5th Beatle!
It's not how you play the guitar....it's how you PLAY the guitar. I've always been stickler for how instruments are played on Beatle recordings. I listen very closely and you have captured the correct time signature that John played. You seem to have the same ear I have. It also sounds like there are 2 acoustic tracks. Right after the verse, I never realized a lot of things before, If this is love you gotta give me more, Zoom.... give me more hey hey hey give me more on Em I think There's a zoom sounding strum different from the regular rhythm . Its' there a G7th in there some place? Excellent video.
The acoustic guitar is double tracked and the 2nd guitar plays the descending line with Paul. I did exactly that during my sound-alike.
Can I ask why you didn't like the Ric? I have a RockinBetter 12 string & that does the job. At least I can save for something else now.
Great work, as usual Mike, thank you ✌🏻
@bell - 'cuz they are WAY over priced, sound and play like crap. If Harrison hadn't been given a free one - nobody would've played it. I've owned three...
@@MPfrance Wow, all that money & they're crap. Can I ask why you ended up having 3 when they're not good?
@bell - Over the years - I've had needs for them. First one I got (in the 70's) I didn't know any better. Got rid of it. Then I was in a 'Beatles band' in Chicago
so I needed one. When I quit the band I sold it. Third one was for these online lessons - a student of mine wanted it just to hang on his wall - so I let him have it.
@MPfrance Apparently they're a nightmare to get spares for too. Even if you can prove that you own one. I'll steer well clear. Thanks Mike ✌🏻
Check out the Italia Rimini 12.
Grandioso
thanks
Brilliant Mike thanks so much
get we have some intel on the type and key for the harmonica.thx
C Diatonic
Thank you so much Mike. You are definitely the 5thBeatle. Is there an instrument you can't play? Fantastic as always.
@cobbett - you are very welcome. I'm not too good on bagpipes. Probably 'cuz the kilts always seem to crawl up me butt! ;-)
It’s funny Mike..during the train scene of “I Should..” it’s in standard tuning but when they play it during the studio concert at the end they are half step down. I’m wondering if this was a slowed down version of the original? Strange indeed
Yeah - the slowed down version sux.
Mike why does this sound different than your last teaching lesson video of this song from a few years ago
Does anyone know why many songs in the film are slowed down a half-step?
@Surfer - Probably merely to fill time. But a real disservice to the songs...
@@MPfrance Thanks, Mike- I was beginning to think I was the only one who ever noticed!
Thanks, great work as usual, more comments to move up the channel.
Another absolutely awesome video Mike. But I'm with the "US powers that be" - I've never been a fan of John's harmonica either.
Why was it re-released on the Hey Jude album ? I never understood that as all the other songs on Hey Jude came much later while I Should Have Known Better was from 1964.
@Ciscoho - The Hey Jude album is one of Beatles' B-sides and non-album singles.
Hey Mike, wouldn’t miss one of your Vids. You have changed your interpretation of this song in one crucial part…during the verse you land on the EM on the 1st beat but in your Original Vid of this doing 5 years ago-you land on the EM on the and of 2? You’ve stated that this is the right way not to land on the EM on the 1st beat and that most play it wrong.
I’ve listened to The Beatles recording many times and can’t figure out if they land on the Em on 1 or the and of 2?
Lol-thanks brother! Stay well 🎸
@dennis - Aww man - with all due respect - I'm getting tired of explaining this.
This new video is the EXACT way the record was made. AND on this video lesson I CLEARLY explain that the five year old lesson was for a series on EASY BEATLES. So that FIVE year old EZ lesson was a way to play the song and sound close to the recording.
SO AGAIN - the new lesson is the way the Beatles recorded the song.
@@MPfrance ok Mike, thanks for the explanation…no big deal really-just curiosity that’s all. Stay well.
Mike does your 12 string have the “main” and octave strings reversed like the Rics do? Yours sounded different than Georges.
If there’s any Nirvana fans here.. I think this is the Song that inspired “About a Girl”. The song Kurt wrote after listening to the Beatles for inspiration… the Strumming… the Vocals.. even the Solo 😂 “About a Girl” always reminds me of “I Should’ve Known Better” 😂
Mike what harmonica is John using on this song?
@1heybulldog - You can use a C diatonic but you have to use overblow and overdraw techniques (bending and overbending) to get a few extra notes. Easier on a chromatic harp.
@@MPfrance ok thank you. I have a C chromatic.
nice
Mike - and I thought that this was a simple song - fool I am .
Request - what key harmonica is being used .
I've asked around and can't get an answer .
You're my last hope .
Please ? . . . .
@Jack - With all due respect, I'm kinda surprised you "can't get an answer" for such a simple question. Just GOOGLE any Beatles question and the answer will be readily available.
Anyroad - like MOST songs - whatever the key of the song is (this one is in the key of G) the harmonica is in a key a 4th higher. So for this song I'm playing a Lee Oskar C diatonic.
@MPfrance thanks. for the response .
I'll look up a diatonic in C . 👍
I’m terrible at playing the rythym guitar on this. I always sound like im playing Cathy’s clown.