Below is the lesson for “Yesterday” by The Beatles.

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Learn one of the most beautiful compositions by Paul McCartney. The story has it that this melody came to Paul in a dream one night. As he woke up, he quickly rushed to the piano to play it to prevent forgetting it.

From a fingerstyle perspective, this piece is best suited for the budding advanced player. It’s not a challenging tune in terms of what our right hand has to do. Rather, the challenge lies in the chord work.

There’s a lot of chords and some of them use unorthodox fingering to fret, requiring a bit of work to get the transitions down smoothly. But fear not, we’ll be covering all the ins and outs throughout both lessons to get you playing this song perfectly!

Part 1 – Performance & Free Lesson

Part 2 – For Premium Members

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