The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing - Anthology 2 version - tutorial of 12 string guitar part

Ever since I first posted my demonstration of the 12 string guitar part for the Anthology 2 version of And Your Bird Can Sing in January 2016 (now taken off Youtube and replaced by a newer, clearer version found here:    • The Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing ...   ), I have received requests from time to time for tabs and how to play the guitar part. Having reviewed the original recording again, I have come up with this tutorial on how to play the guitar part. Read the notes below! This is not a song that can be easily learned by beginners. I expect those who want to learn this song to already have some knowledge of guitar playing. I’m not also into the habit of spoon feeding people, giving a running commentary on every movement I make with my fingers and giving an exhaustive play by play account. I expect viewers to put into some effort into watching, listening and then copying what I do. Each part is played slowly and twice so there’s plenty of time to see what is going on. In any case, you can use the YT controls to slow down the video if that will help you learn better. There are 8 parts, each part covering 2 measures. Capo on the 2nd fret. All references to notes and chords are in relation to the position of the capo for ease of explanation. Verse - part 1 Regular C major chord and you move the index, middle and pinky fingers as demonstrated. This is the main guitar riff. Verse - part 2 Regular C major chord and you only really need to move the pinky finger as demonstrated. This is a slight variation on the main guitar riff. Verse - part 3 Regular D minor chord and you move only the index finger as demonstrated. Verse - part 4 Regular C major chord, simply repeating the part in Verse - part 1. Bridge - part 1 Regular E minor chord, strum as demonstrated. Then strum E minor (major 7th) chord, where the E note on the 2nd fret of the 4th string changes to the major 7th note, the D sharp note on the 1st fret of the 4th string. Here you see me lift off the ring finger and the index finger presses down on the 1st fret. Bridge - part 2 Regular E minor 7 chord, strum as demonstrated, only my middle finger is on the fret board, on the 2nd fret of the 5th string. Then a chord that I cannot find a name for, but if you have played George’s distinctive jangling descending guitar part in the song Help, that appears to be the sound of the shape being used. So index finger on 2nd fret of 4th string, and ring finger on 4th fret of 5th string. Strum the shape and then soon afterwards play the B flat note on 3rd fret of 3rd string with the middle finger and then play the open E note on 1st string. In my 2016 video, I simply played a regular A7 chord after the E minor 7 chord, mistakenly thinking it would be like the regular version of the song. But after careful listening using Transcribe! software, it certainly does not sound like an A7 chord, something more like open A6 chord (when there is a capo at the 2nd fret). Over the progression of E minor, E minor (maj7), E minor 7 and the unknown chord, there are appears to be an underlying movement from the E note to the D sharp note, then to the D note and then to the C sharp note. It is therefore reasonable to assume that George was playing this strange chord at this point. You may be wondering why I play the B flat note and the E note as well. Careful listening using Transcribe! at slower speeds reveals the sounds of these two notes on the original recording. Bridge - part 3 Regular C major chord with the pinky finger moving as demonstrated. Then the D minor 7 chord with the ring finger moving as demonstrated. You can add a few extra strums on the D minor 7 if you like. Bridge - part 4 D minor 7 chord part repeated again. Then G major chord with the index and ring fingers as demonstrated. To finish off, I then play all the parts together to give a basic idea on how the guitar part should sound like. You will find that this guitar part is not particularly difficult at all to play apart from the strange chord in the bridge as mentioned earlier. Every effort has been made to ensure the guitar part is as accurate to the one in the original recording. However I could still be wrong. Use at your own risk.