This week I started working on some of the parts of “Here Comes the Sun” by The Beatles. This song has lots of various different components from picking to strumming and singing. For this reason, I have split up the “doing” of the song over two weeks.
This video features 3 of the tricky sections that are featured in Here Comes the Sun:
- The chorus? This part uses quick chord changes, and uses some picking as well. I figured out the picking part by ear.
- The bridge picking part. This picking piece gets played right after the verse and before the chorus. I also figured this out by ear.
- The intro picking. This gets played at the beginning of the song before anything else. I learned this from one of the guitar tabs featured on https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the-beatles/here-comes-the-sun-chords-1726934
As you can see, I like to figure out new things, and adapt, so that it works for me. I always like to play around with different picking and strumming patterns and find something I like. My old ukulele teacher would call this “noodling” (since I would always do it when she was talking….haha oops). Most of the strumming patterns and chords I am getting from Ultimate Guitar, while most the picking I have just figured out. I am also not utilizing everything on Ultimate Guitar. Since I am still very beginner, I am changing the arrangement and making it fit for me and my needs. I also have ukulele sheet music for Here Comes the Sun. This has also been of value to me.
I am a bit concerned that this song is too difficult for me at the moment; however, I will make it work. For the final product, I might have to record different pieces of the song separately, and then edit it together. This would allow me to play several “imperfect” takes, but still use pieces of them. This is a song that I really enjoy listening to, singing, and playing, so I look forward to embracing the challenge in the last remaining weeks.
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Hey Teagan,
Your “noodling” comment made me laugh. Just reminds us how hard it it for even us to not play an instrument when it’s right in front of us.
I really liked watching your video this week. Here comes to sun is such a classic song but I can imagine that it would be a difficult one to learn and requires a lot of different techniques. So far it sounds good to me, like you said you still have a few more weeks to fine tune it but try and not be too hard on yourself. You’re better than you think.
Can’t wait to see the rest of your progress and your final product. You got this!
Hi Teagan!
Gosh this sounds so pretty and even though your still working through the song, I know it will sound awesome. I can’t wait until the full song is complete, I will for sure be coming back here to check it out.