{"id":145773,"date":"2024-11-24T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/?p=145773"},"modified":"2024-11-19T13:26:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T21:26:17","slug":"learn-to-play-the-beatles-ballad-and-i-love-her-as-interpreted-by-pat-metheny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/learn-to-play-the-beatles-ballad-and-i-love-her-as-interpreted-by-pat-metheny\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn to Play the Beatles Ballad \u201cAnd I Love Her\u201d as Interpreted by Pat Metheny\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Pat Metheny - And I Love Her (The Beatles)\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MYcZ6s3z1jg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The music of John Lennon and Paul McCartney has long been a rich source of inspiration for jazz musicians. In the acoustic guitar realm, an excellent case in point is Pat Metheny\u2019s interpretation of \u201cAnd I Love Her,\u201d as heard on his 2011 solo album <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/40U1sde\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>What\u2019s It All About<\/em>.<\/a> Metheny manages to capture the wistful vibe of this Beatles classic while casting it in a bossa nova\u2013inspired setting and updating it with his intricate sense of harmony and phrasing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The original song is in the key of E major, with a modulation to F at the beginning of the guitar solo. In his arrangement for solo nylon-string guitar, transcribed here, Metheny plays the song entirely in the latter key. This allows him to use the open fourth and fifth strings, respectively, for the root notes of the vi (Dm7) and iii (Am7) chords\u2014convenient for adding melodies and shifting chord shapes above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Pat Metheny - And I Love Her\" width=\"1290\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t9E3G1Z0D-4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the notation captures Metheny\u2019s performance note for note, the best way to use it isn\u2019t to learn the arrangement as such but to study the chord voicings the guitarist uses and how he works around them to create the impression of multiple instruments. The ultimate goal is to understand the concepts and apply them to your own interpretation of this or any other tune. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Due to copyright restrictions, we are unable to post notation or tablature for this musical work. If you have a digital or physical copy of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/store.acousticguitar.com\/collections\/back-issues\/products\/no-327-march-april-2021\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/store.acousticguitar.com\/collections\/back-issues\/products\/no-349-nov-dec-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">November\/December 2024 issue<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<\/em>Acoustic Guitar<em>&nbsp;magazine, you will find the music on page 51.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/store.acousticguitar.com\/products\/no-349-nov-dec-2024\" name=\"magazine\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 150px; height: 198px; margin: 0px 20px 10px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/001_349_Cover-150px.jpg?w=1290&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Acoustic Guitar magazine cover for issue 348\"><\/a>\n<p style=\"font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px 0px;\">This article originally appeared in the <a href=\"https:\/\/store.acousticguitar.com\/products\/no-349-nov-dec-2024\">November\/December 2024<\/a> issue of <em>Acoustic Guitar<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metheny manages to capture the wistful vibe of this Beatles classic while casting it in a bossa nova\u2013inspired setting and updating it with his intricate sense of harmony and phrasing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":145775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"Metheny manages to capture the wistful vibe of this Beatles classic while casting it in a bossa nova\u2013inspired setting and updating it with his intricate sense of harmony and phrasing.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"The Beatles ballad 'And I Love Her' as interpreted by Pat Metheny\u00a0","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1654,1151],"tags":[1954],"ppma_author":[1541],"class_list":["post-145773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fingerstyle","category-instrumentals","tag-november-december-2024"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Pat-Metheny_photo-Jimmy-Katz.jpg?fit=1200%2C818&ssl=1","authors":[{"term_id":1541,"user_id":24,"is_guest":0,"slug":"adam-perlmutterstringletter-com","display_name":"Adam Perlmutter","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Adam-Perlmutter.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Adam-Perlmutter.jpg"},"user_url":"","last_name":"Perlmutter","first_name":"Adam","job_title":"","description":"Adam Perlmutter holds a bachelor of music degree from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro and a master's degree in Contemporary Improvisation from the New England Conservatory. 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