In this lesson we're looking at the lead guitar playing style of The Beatles. These guys produced so much music in a relatively short space of time, so in this Player Study we'll look at some of the key points of their playing style across their career.

Lesson aims

1. Learn to improvise over the Let It Be style chord progression
2. Try the Paperback Writer-style riff
3. Experiment with Pedal Notes

Example 1a - Riff and progression in the style of The Beatles

This riff and progression shows the blues influence on many Beatles songs and riffs. We're using a 12 bar blues as our outline, but replacing the common blues riff with a pentatonic based riff using hammer ons.

Example 1b - George Harrison Style Lead

C major pentatonic scale

Use the C major pentatonic scale to improvise over the Let It Be style chord progression.