Stand by Me was written and recorded back in 1960 after the writer of the song, Ben E. King, couldn’t get The Drifters interested in the song. So King recorded it himself. Stand by Me went on to become one of the most popular and most often covered pop songs of all time. King wrote
“In My Life” was written mainly by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney, the major song-writing duo of the Beatles. Later news reports showed that John Lennon wrote most of the song, and it is clearly “Lennon-ish”, but Paul McCartney and Lennon later disagreed over how much each of the two band members contributed to
This can be a confusing topic, so let me begin by saying a bit about the concepts of “pitch reference points” and “root notes”. First, “pitch reference points”. If you play a musical instrument like a piano or guitar, you are used to playing in what is called “concert pitch”. The reference point for notes
When you’re learning to play the bass guitar – learning arpeggios and bass patterns at different places on the neck is what it’s all about. Learning to read traditional music can be a tremendous help. This is much more the case than with the 6 string guitar because bass notation is much simpler and easy
Here’s our Sugar Sugar practice track – a great old song recorded by a group called The Archies. “Sugar, Sugar” was written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim. This version reached number one in the US on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1969 and remained there for four weeks. It was also number one
This Let It Be practice track is ideal for Beatle fans. The song “Let It Be” appeared on the Beatles’ album by the same name, Let It Be, and was the twelfth and final studio album by the band. It was released on 8 May 1970, almost a month after the group’s break-up. After an
There is an growing number of exercises and easy songs especially for new bass players here: Bass Practice Tracks for new Bass Players We’ve tried to give you commonly used patterns, and in many cases have indicated alternative positions on the fretboard to help you learn different positions. These exercises and songs use traditional notation,
This is a Crash Course in how to play the guitar. This course shows you how to play melodies and chords and will give you an introduction and a bit of exposure to reading standard musical notation – “reading music”. The course includes 10 lessons and moves you step by step. It starts at basics
“I Knew You Were Trouble” was composed by Taylor Swift, along with her producers Max Martin and Shellback. It was recorded in 2012 and became massively popular. Typical for Taylor Swift the song is roughly based on a look back at recent personal relationships (real or imagined). This is apparently the kind of stuff her
