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This is harmonically equivalent to a major second from the root.Ĭhord symbols give no information about the exact placement of any chord tones other than the root. I haven’t listened to the track in question yet, but I have some comments on the harmonic terminology used here.Īn “Add 9” chord is a triad with an additional tone included, a major 9th interval from the root. Surely I’m not just making up that D I hear.)ĮDIT: This is so similar to what the Yahoo guy said, it makes me wonder if he mistyped and meant to say G instead of F. But I’m pretty sure all those notes are there. (I may just be hearing the melody note and moving the D up, and he’s really playing DGB. (My first by-ear piano teacher taught me to always look for the circle of fifths anytime you’re having to make up chords on the spot.) You can also analyze the chord as a Em7/A, meaning it’s following the circle of fifths, and that almost always sounds good. He’s still playing AEA in the bass, I think, like the guy on Yahoo said.Īnd the fact that he made it such a quick suspension makes me think it was indeed a wrong chord, and not just him playing a half chord. I don’t know if that’ll help you.īased on what I hear, though, I’d say he’s playing a G chord in the right hand, a GBD just above middle C, making the chord an Am11. What I do in that situation is just extrapolate from what came before and what comes after. But I still can’t figure out the actual inversion used or what the left hand is playing at the same time. Thanks all for the tips on the Am sus2 (or Am add 9) that extra B added sounds like it may be it.
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Adding one single piano note to slightly change a chord doesn’t exactly fit in with Phil’s “wall of sound” extravaganzas, AFAIK. It was just something McCartney played differently on one particular take. But it wasn’t re-recorded for “Naked”, rather it was one of the original takes recorded for the “Let It Be” album–just not the same one used on the album.Īnd the different chord was not something added by Spector. I’m sure that the piano track on “Naked” was different than both the album, single, and “Beatles One” track.
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For example, the main piano track was used on most versions but with different guitar and organ parts. I think different individual tracks were used on different versions. Do you hear this chord on both of them? If so, that seems like good evidence that it was not a mistake. On the other hand, I am under the impression that the original album and single versions were different performances.
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I thought I had a pretty good ear but I just can’t figure it out! If anyone could identify the exact notes he is playing during this point in the song I would sure appreciate it. I believe that all the other released studio versions have the different chord. An interesting side note: on the* Let It Be… Naked* version McCartney plays the same A minor at 2:59 that he uses in the rest of the song. The one at 2:59 is not at all a “wrong” chord! It’s just not exactly identical to the other repetitions of that fragment, but it can be understood as a more complex harmonization. On the talk page for the Wikipedia entry for * Let It Be* (Song) (subheading: “Wrong Chord”) someone takes umbrage to the suggestion it is a wrong chord: An Fmaj7 sounds almost right to me, but not quite there. The person who answers says he’s pretty sure it’s a mistake and it’s an F major. It may have been a mistake but it sounds like a truly amazing one There’s a certain level of magical dissonance to this one playing of the chord (that “should” be Am but sounds different in Paul’s piano playing) and I’m wondering what Paul is playing during this. On Yahoo Answers, one guy asked the same question and also observed:
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(I don’t know how to make a link go to the exact line of a web page. Some folks say he goofed up and played the wrong chord. I looked all over the internet for the answer and found some interesting stuff. The rest of the verses have a basic A minor at that point, but in this verse it’s not simply a different inversion, but a hauntingly beautiful substitution. The chord in question is on the word “mother” at about 2:59 on most recordings. **During the 2nd half of the third verse of Let It Be (“I wake up to the sound of music / Mother Mary comes to me”) Paul McCartney’s piano part has a slightly different chord than the one used in the other verses.