Let it be the most sweet and charming melody of Beatles. I remember the times when my aunt was in the ICU and she was diagnosed with breast carcinoma, and she was given poor prognosis. But, listening to this reignited her lively wonderful spirit and at instant spread positivity in her body, mind and soul. Now, my aunt is absolutely normal the operation and chemotherapy was succesful. I know it might sound like a fairy tale, but trust me once you trust yourself and God you can MOVE MOUNTAINS. I wish I could meet the band to thank them a lot for preparing such a melodious unique masterpiece. Thank you guys for reading my comment ❤ and thank you Pianote for bringing up the tutorial to play this iconic historical masterpiece . God bless guys ❤💐☮️
@carlbaumeister3439
Жыл бұрын
Interesting that Paul wrote that song after having a dream (or perhaps a vision) of his mother who’d died of breast cancer about 12 years before. He was distressed bc he couldn’t remember much about her, couldn’t really even recall her face. She came to him and said, “let it be, Paul, just let it be.” So how amazing then, that this song lifted your aunt, and that now she’s fine. When my grandmother died at only 55, her daughter, my mother, was quite upset. But my grandmother appeared to her in a baby blue chiffon dress, and said, “oh, Joanie, everything is going to be fine,” and then hugged her so tightly she told me she could hardly breath for a moment. When my dad died, he appeared to my wife (while I slept next to her but I didn’t wake up) and told her he was just fine, to not worry. We were living in another state, and it was 6am, and we hadn’t even been informed that he’d died.
@ryno6101
Жыл бұрын
Lisa makes everything happy, sparkling, positive and adorable -- plus the history and theory ❤❤❤ Motivating Magic Lisa
@scottleehutchins
10 ай бұрын
Beginner piano player here. This explanation of the theory of the song is really interesting. Fantastic video - THANK YOU!
@WillRose3
9 ай бұрын
That Am to Cmaj7/G at 2:51 is simply gorgeous. So simple yet so perfect.
@thailam
11 ай бұрын
Let It Be is actually underrated. Very great content, and thanks for a very significant analysis of Let It be
@judebrown4103
Жыл бұрын
What a great analysis of a great song, thanks Lisa. Really got the old grey matter thinking properly about a song I've played by just reading the music but not understanding what was going on. Thank you for making me think!😅👍
@rednaxelahcitorfaznebo2830
10 ай бұрын
The Beatles were so advanced in their music !
@joanjohnstone7241
10 ай бұрын
George Martin was the brains behind them, they were not that bright!!
@joanjohnstone7241
9 ай бұрын
Only because they were under the guidance of a true musician, ie George Martin. On their own they would have been a nine day wonder. FACT
@tudvalstone
8 ай бұрын
@@joanjohnstone7241 You don't know how they'd have progressed. Probably differently, under different influences. But before they met Martin, they were a fantastic live rock n roll band for years, those early recordings sound astonishing even today.
@DoU12Rock
4 ай бұрын
Right. lol Beatles music is the easiest of all to play. You don’t have to be complicated to be good.
@Gottenhimfella
Ай бұрын
@@DoU12Rock Easy to play, v hard to play anywhere near as well as they did
@PearlPaisley
Жыл бұрын
Love these deep dive song analyses. More please!
@PianoteOfficial
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@matt_phistopheles
Жыл бұрын
My family comes from Hamburg and I also lived there for a long time. Over the years I've talked to many people who have seen the band on stage before they were famous. Nostalgia aside not all was great in retrospective because the guys were constantly trying new things and not all of it worked. But when it worked it was amazing. This gave them something that music theory never could: Experience. A lot of it. When they wrote songs like Let It Be they had literally been thousands of hours on stage and in the studio and thus they just knew intuitively, how music works and how it it connects to people. Of course, being a bunch of genius helps too.
@kdailey4315
10 ай бұрын
Anyone can learn to play the piano or a an instrument but not a lot of people can create a first. The Beatles had a lot of "firsts" that nobody thought of before.
@multitrackers3770
9 ай бұрын
Wonderful explanation! I love your ability to explain it so well and your enthusiasm. Lots of love.
@mikesdrumstudio9312
4 ай бұрын
This is such an amazing song. I just have to say Lisa, your passion for teaching piano is amazing. I'm a drummer/percussionist doing a lot of producing my own music. I've always loved the piano. about 7 years ago I just started playing. Created music. I've played mallets and studied music. So that helped me. But most recently I started to get curious about playing some of my favorite songs and let it be is one of those songs. I've watced a lot of piano tutorial videos. But none as clear and as passionate as yours. So thank you!
@dannygibor
11 ай бұрын
Music theory is cool and I think Lisa is right regarding fitting the right chords to match the downward bass progression. Paul was probably influenced from the song "A Whiter Shade of Pale" that was released in 1967, which was inspired by Bach's "Air on the G String". Bach used the concept of Ground Bass (basso ostinato) - a repeating bass line in many of his works which influenced popular music and jazz. Still, it's a masterpiece by itself and deserves full credit.
@docsavage8640
9 ай бұрын
Or just about a thousand gospel tunes
@erniethefork
9 ай бұрын
Probably influenced by A Whiter Shade of Pale? Probably is a word used when there's some evidence to support the thing expressed... Respectfully, there is *none* here.
@dannygibor
9 ай бұрын
@@erniethefork Whiter Shade of Pale was released in 1967, 3 years before Let It Be, and was a huge hit. I'm not saying they copied the song, just merely stating that both songs start with very similar chord progression, like many other songs (as some noted). It is not unlikely that the Beatles were influenced or inspired from it and from Bach's piece. Play the chord progression of these songs and you will notice the similarity. Using known harmonic movements is something that has been going on for centuries now and of course it doesn't mean that Let It Be (or other songs) aren't original by no means. In short, there is some similarity here that is hard to ignore. I do agree that my description could be misleading to some and it's more accurate to say that the Beatles may have been influenced by other songs and not probably because I don't have any evidence to support this claim and it's just a speculation.
@pedervanroestdahl
Жыл бұрын
Amazingly insightful. Thank you ❤
@PianoteOfficial
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@aBeatleFan4ever
4 ай бұрын
Loved your breakdown of this classic Beatles song.
@ilovemyjob9108
Жыл бұрын
We need more video like this ❤
@danielhkhk7283
Жыл бұрын
Love your videos! And the song of course.
@PianoteOfficial
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@alancurtis9155
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting analysis, thanks.
@PianoteOfficial
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@alexj1897
8 ай бұрын
Wow - interesting and also inspiring stuff here. Much appreciated. Good job on having such a nice speaking voice too, Lisa 👌🏽 😁
@liyakatbawade3546
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful melody by the genius 👌👌👌👏👏👏
@PianoteOfficial
Жыл бұрын
Yes!
@paulallenMacca
Ай бұрын
I seem to hear the chords as C = C-E-G-C and G chord = D-G-B and A minor as C-E-A after I watched the KZitem video Showing Paul at the piano where it shows the Keyboard.
@gozirraizroose
4 ай бұрын
Great breakdown! Thank you.
@rickkaylor8554
9 ай бұрын
I wanted to learn to play piano so I could play this song when I was in high school. It is a very touching song despite being so simple.
@august_astrom
10 ай бұрын
That word "overrated" is awfully close to "Let It Be" in that title... Awesome video, Lisa! 😄
@vmGrymm
4 ай бұрын
I''m only at 0:32 and I just cant hold myself from writing that this is an AWESOME video
@johnboyd6943
10 ай бұрын
Simply put - he is a genius. Nuf said.
@joanjohnstone7241
10 ай бұрын
George Martin was the genius behind this.
@BeatlesCentricUniverse
9 ай бұрын
@@joanjohnstone7241 NONSENSE. Another Martin Apologist.
@joanjohnstone7241
9 ай бұрын
🤮@@BeatlesCentricUniverse
@nigeltufneljunior
8 ай бұрын
Interesting analysis of this iconic song, thanks!
@zitherzon2121
10 ай бұрын
THE original 1 5 6 4 song and the first song every musician learned on the piano. It inspired hundreds of other pop songs using that exact same chord progression. That's genius enough for me.
@rodger7029
10 ай бұрын
Not the original
@zitherzon2121
10 ай бұрын
@@rodger7029 Which pop song was before it?
@mattbrook-lee7732
10 ай бұрын
@@zitherzon2121auld lang syne
@zitherzon2121
10 ай бұрын
@@mattbrook-lee7732 Is that your idea of a pop song that was frequently played on the radio at one time in the past ?
@mattbrook-lee7732
10 ай бұрын
@@zitherzon2121 errrr.....think I'm gonna go with yes
@kevinbrady8533
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for what you do.. you explain it so well..Kev in Dublun, Ireland
@lorendigiorgi
10 ай бұрын
I love the FM7 chord in the intro.
@marisouza2629
Жыл бұрын
Love it, Lisa! ❤
@richardfehlmann4593
Жыл бұрын
One slight correction: Hey Jude (1968) was before Let It Be (1969, published 1970) 😉
@norasuen9083
10 ай бұрын
It’s wonderful lesson ,thank you so much ❤❤
@photographerw.j.smithphoto1214
11 ай бұрын
Just found your channel...your smile and enthusiasm kept me glued to the video. Not to mention I'm a huge Beatles fan and saw the title. New subscriber!
@ferialcalo904
Ай бұрын
I can relate to paul i play music on my keyboard just on my own skills if i know the tune i easily canplay the song
@zealotbr
11 ай бұрын
Fico hipnotizado com suas aulas :D ❤
@KitKat-lp8gn
Жыл бұрын
May I request a tutorial for "Just the two of us" for chord progressions and main melody? 😊
@harto4736
10 ай бұрын
Every Piano learner, and of course every piano player learned this simple harmonies at their beginning of piano playing. They are the basic and millions knows them. BUT : None of this millions was able to make such a song from it. - THAT`S the genius !!!
@pytulyn1
8 ай бұрын
Who is this beautiful woman??!?
@Vtxfurio
4 ай бұрын
Ur weird
@kjh789az
10 ай бұрын
Good and interesting analysis - thanks. Let's keep in mind that LIB was written by the same person who woke up one day with the harmony and melody in his mind for the song that, after some work on the lyric, became Yesterday. My point is that we can deconstruct LIB using technical terms, but its conception is Macca using his ears and musical sense to bring harmony and melody together to express his feelings toward his late mother, Mary. The harmonic complexity of Yesterday is even more amazing as several anayists have suggested. This may help to explain why AI generated songs in the style of X miss the emotional mark that genuine genius brings to mundane, even cliched musical ingredients. There's nothing mundane about LIB. If you watched the Peter Jackson footage of The Beatles working on LIB, when Paul sits at the grand piano and quietly plays this for the first time, George, Ringo and John show by their reactions that they know this is something special.
@albertoandolini7881
8 ай бұрын
thats inspiring ❤Let it be is The Beatles goodbye song...the music is not really sounds emotional... immortality
@17244852
11 ай бұрын
Nice! Thanks for that Lisa.
@17244852
11 ай бұрын
Yay!
@Dan-ne2et
Жыл бұрын
Genius! 🥳
@PianoteOfficial
Жыл бұрын
Completely agree!
@Dan-ne2et
Жыл бұрын
@@PianoteOfficial It is & will always be a brilliant masterpiece. 👏
@tonyc8752
10 ай бұрын
“It shows up everywhere in pop music” I noticed not one of those songs was before Let It Be. How popular was the progression before that?
@lethiapage4767
3 ай бұрын
Im pretty sure its so successful because even if the music gives the theorists something to pick apart, the sound is simple and accessible, conversational, then becomes quite soulful, anthemic, churchy even. And the lyrics are just masterful...meant something to Paul for sure but anyone can plug in their own experience. Its just a beautiful song.
@ArjunAJ-nw7rl
3 ай бұрын
Why didn't you mention the Fmaj7 - F6 progression ??? The best part in the song IMO. ❤
@vansullivan236
Жыл бұрын
Great, thanks ❤
@mmccarrell
Жыл бұрын
Another nice lesson. I really like your videos. Can you do one on England Dan & JFK's "I'd really love to see you tonight"? Really nice piano but there's some unique chords in it.
@lemardu3122
6 ай бұрын
hi can you do a tutorial of Waiting for Your Love by Steve B
@jweyek
10 ай бұрын
I have a feeling that McCartney did think about music theory at least somewhat while composing. George Martin the producer was a classically trained musician, and I imagine that Paul learned a lot from him.
@joanjohnstone7241
10 ай бұрын
Exactly.
@lloydmoss217
6 ай бұрын
Isn't Paul playing E G & C for the C Chord Intro?
@OlivierGeoffrion
11 ай бұрын
Ohhh thank you for playing CM7/G (2:54) in the chorus ! I hear everybody playing à G chord after Am but it's not the right chord ! So People please stop playing à G chord in the chorus !!!!😁😉
@erniethefork
9 ай бұрын
I bought the single within a week or so of it coming out. I was 10 years old :) And, I remember watching the video of them performing it on the Ed Sullivan Show, which was taken from the Let it Be movie which hadn't been released yet. Doubtful that Paul considered applying a mixolydian (or any other scale) while composing this song (or any song)? Let me just put all doubt aside and state emphatically..... NO, he did not. When do songwriters EVER do that... virtually, never.
@IntoTheSky19
10 ай бұрын
Wonderful analysis. One tiny point: Let It Be came after Hey Jude, so perhaps Hey Jude was the more groundbreaking song...
@joanjohnstone7241
10 ай бұрын
Nice tutorial - you used to give us free scores to download, can we get one for this please?
@Jermsybug
10 ай бұрын
@6:38 Didn’t “Hey Jude” come before “Let It Be”?
@rogerlmoore4544
Жыл бұрын
Ironically, none of the Beatles knew music theory. They just knew what sounds good. As the saying goes: rock music comes from the crotch, not the head.
@joanjohnstone7241
9 ай бұрын
They knew nothing about music, they were a bunch of drop out druggies - all music was thanks to George Martin. They just got lucky is all.
@lorendigiorgi
10 ай бұрын
Genius!
@conganigechiranthana8650
Жыл бұрын
Genius ❤🎉
@rednaxelahcitorfaznebo2830
10 ай бұрын
It doesn't matter how many chords are there in a song. What matters is how you come up with a melody that would be a commercial hit.
@ShortFuseFighting
10 ай бұрын
thats literally the worst possible way to think about music
@erniethefork
9 ай бұрын
You're right, the emphasis on how many chords there are ("written w/ just FOUR chords") is absolutely irrelevant for obvious reason. It's as if to say... How could this song be SO good w/ just FOUR chords...? It's the combination of melody and lyric that creates anything a lot of people love to listen to. And guess what...It might only be two chords or one. Yeah, not relevant.
@eldenjr
10 ай бұрын
My favorite Beatles tune. This and, Yesterday are truly amazing.
@marlenebrilz2847
11 ай бұрын
Hi Lisa, How can I get the transcript of Let It Be by the Beatles downloaded to play? I see it but not know how to get it.
@intoodeep001
4 ай бұрын
There may also have been a little nudge from George Martin, "hey Paul, try this...".
@Its-Mahsakiani
Жыл бұрын
It’s a dream for me to learn how to play “no time to die” by Billie Eilish. Please teach us that song Lisa 😿
@xekusion
10 ай бұрын
Am I wrong but does the pentatonic scale sound like the intro for Westworld?
@bindumanoj698
Жыл бұрын
Wow!!!!!
@jchow5966
9 ай бұрын
Genius!!!!!
@timpratt2725
11 ай бұрын
So how often was this chord progression used before this song?
@codetech5598
11 ай бұрын
for about 500 years
@RapEye
9 ай бұрын
at 2:59 you go all the way to C, as you say and show, but your chords charts shows C/E.
@RamingtonSteele
10 ай бұрын
both :D
@ryansmith240992
11 ай бұрын
Hey @pianote can you do a video on Rick Wakeman please 🙏
@ryansmith240992
11 ай бұрын
😁
@mamati4312
10 ай бұрын
✨
@RolandJanssens
10 ай бұрын
j'aime mais j'ai difficile parce que je ne parle pas anglais sorry
@johnniewalker39
10 ай бұрын
Thank you. You're beautiful.
@boosuedon
10 ай бұрын
None of the Beatles had any formal training or education in Music Theory or Music Composition. I believe that, in the end, that helped them in their creativity because they didn't feel "bound" to established rules. The only feedback they received was from George Martin, who was an expert in music theory and composition and their production manager. In my mind, their body of work is genius!
@jugibur2117
10 ай бұрын
Found this interesting quote auf Paul MacCartnery in the Wikipedia: „McCartney's father was a trumpet player and pianist [...]. He kept an upright piano in the front room, encouraged his sons to be musical and advised McCartney to take piano lessons. However, McCartney preferred to learn by ear“
@boosuedon
10 ай бұрын
@@jugibur2117 I think it may have been in the recent documentary about building this song, but Paul said that his father was quite good on the piano and wanted Paul to learn but refused to teach him himself. So Pauls mother set up piano lessons with a classical trained intstructer that wanted to teach Paul how to play classical music, Paul said that he hated it because he had " I had all of this music going around in my head and I just wasn't interested in what he wanted me to play, so I quit. I just "noodled around" on it and taught myself." That was the only experience Paul had with learning to read music, and it was very short lived.
@barakawilliam9209
11 ай бұрын
Hi
@paulrudin5928
8 ай бұрын
Every tutorial needs to start with the instructor playing the song.
@julietacrvnts
Жыл бұрын
This beautiful song is full of wisdom, let it be, whatever it might be, it will pass. Just trust in our Lord our Mother Mary speaks words of wisdom ‘let it be’ His will!
@OzTwanger
9 ай бұрын
McCartney a pure genius
@allgood6760
Жыл бұрын
He got the inspiration from his mother and she said let it be...
@sibbyeskie
Жыл бұрын
Good, but the kids today prefer melodically dense masterpieces like “Shake YA Booty XXX” by Lil’ Stinkky!
@JamesMills-nn4lu
7 ай бұрын
The mixolidion Sclae. He used re-harmonisation.
@davidbalan6571
Жыл бұрын
Lyrically I'm not impressed with ' The Ballad of John & Yoko .
@KS622
6 ай бұрын
Your voice can trigger an ASMR
@Uatu-the-Watcher
10 ай бұрын
“When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me speaking words of wisdom. Let it be.” Easily lifting 40% of the load for why so popular.
@kourosalexandrosnet
10 ай бұрын
2:30 I can't stop hearing an F natural not an F# on the original.. are we sure it's F# ?
@andrewarugay9305
10 ай бұрын
Paul mcCartney is genius
@davidfarmer2049
11 ай бұрын
Please can we sue another word apart from iconic
@innosanto
12 күн бұрын
Genius
@inthegarage342
11 ай бұрын
Just because they used good chords doesnt mean the Beatles dont still suck.
@carramrod8232
11 ай бұрын
Begone hater
@inthegarage342
11 ай бұрын
@carramrod8232 That was the most over rated under talented America hating goofy looking hippies to ever wash up on American soil.
@Liverpool-axeman
6 ай бұрын
In the early days they didn’t know any theory it’s all just happy accidents. I find too much theory to be stunting. Burn the rules and just play with it.
@phoebeel
6 ай бұрын
I find it so funny how everyone realises nowadays that the Beatles were great musically even though back then, they were a poppy boy band with lots of screaming and fainting fangirls. But nowadays, its mostly men who boast their beatle obsession - while at the same time scoffing at Taylor Swift for being "girls music"
@hw343434
10 ай бұрын
It’s rated as what it is. Not the best Beatles song, but still great in a simple beautiful comforting way. Nobody’s pretending it’s “Strawberry Fields Forever” or “A Day in the Life”
@MesiMack
5 ай бұрын
Dear pianotes! How are you doing? I am fine. I like your videos. I was following your channel for many years. But my account was hacked and I opened a new account. Now I continued my following. Please I want to get music instruments and recording materials. Because my financial capacity I am not abled to have it. Please help me I am vocalist(church singer) and musician. Especially I love Guitar. I am living in Ethiopia. Dear pianotes please help me!? If you can't to send all of my question, but think me only for Guitar. I love you!!!
@sebastiancastillo8704
Жыл бұрын
I really do think "Let It Be" is overrated-I say this as a massive Beatles fan and lover of many McCartney tunes. But he has a tendency as a songwriter to blur the line between sentimentalism and schmaltz, and I think this song firmly lands on the latter end of that spectrum. Take his "Here, There, Everywhere"-a totally sublime composition, maybe one of the greatest pop songs ever written, and I think largely because it holds its cards a little closer to the chest. It's confident in its greatness and doesn't need to make a show about it. "Let It Be" on the other hand wants so badly to be read as deep. One fan's thoughts.
@joanjohnstone7241
10 ай бұрын
Paul McCartney certainly did not have the knowledge to know anything about Modes! The genius in the entire set up, was GEORGE MARTIN, who managed the Beatles. He was the ONLY genius in the group!!!
@tomheim9516
9 ай бұрын
George Martin was a very accomplished musician, arranger, pianist, producer. But so are a great number of other musicians. It takes a very unique blend of talent and genius to accomplish what The Beatles did. George Martin's greatest achievement was to recognize their enormous potential. The Beatles without George Martin may not have been quite the success they ended up being (or perhaps they would have). But George Martin without The Beatles would most certainly have led quite a different life.
@mrfester42
6 ай бұрын
Yeah! Really interesting but it's all a waste of time because Paul wasn't thinking of any of this when he wrote this song. Videos like this are nonsense because they are misleading. This video leaves you with the impression that once you grasp all this you'll be able to write a song like this but it aint gonna happen. The song came from below the level of thinking. It came from thousands of hours of experience playing and listening to music. It's all that experience that gives McCartney the ability to write such timeless music. Knowing music theory is NOT how he does it.
@rogercageot-prod
4 ай бұрын
Oh, may I disagree with the enthusiasm flood, here? I personaly feel that it's the marshmallowest song of the Beatles ever, and the end is near to a draft of Mozart aged 3 (that is not so insulting, however)
@MrDavidsur
10 ай бұрын
Too much talking. Playing would be good
@TheMusikpoet
11 ай бұрын
Why do they talk and talk and talk so much? It would be nice if they played a little more so that we could learn. We all know Letit be also the Beatles... Am I here at a lecture? It's just very tiring to listen to... still have fun
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