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Yesterday Lesson (GuitarNoise )

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Here are the fingerings that I use to play a chord-melody arrangement of John Lennon and Paul McCartney's 1965 standard Yesterday. I play it in the key of C not the original key of F. The song is played in a moderate 4/4 time.

The opening four bars of the "A" section (verse) and the repeated four bars of the "B" section (bridge) were written using Diatonic Circle Progressions as shown below.

A

|C  / / /|Bm7 / E7 /|Am  /  / /|Dm7 / G7 /|
|C  / / /|Am7 / D7 /|G7sus  C /||          

B

|E7 / / /|Am  /  / /|Dm7 / G7 /|C   / /  /|
|E7 / / /|Am  /  / /|Dm7 / G7 /|C   / /  /||

Diatonic Circle Progressions are a form of Circle Progression that are constructed using only those chords from the diatonic scale. The Diatonic Circle Of Fifths includes only the members of the respective diatonic scale. Dominic Pedler in his book "The Songwriting Secrets of The Beatles" talks about the diatonic circle of fifths like this: "If there is one winning formula at the 'poppy' end of popular music, it is those progressions whose roots follow a predetermined movement descending in intervals of a fifth... Applicable to jazz and classical music as well as to pop, the cycle is an unashamedly formulaic system for exploiting the natural tendency of diatonic chords to follow this predetermined path. It provides a very simple way of appreciating how generations of classic pop songs actually work in practice..."

A

 Cadd9 C    Bm11 E7  E7b9   Am9  Am6   FM7 G7  G13 
E---------|--0-2-4-5-7-8-|--7-5--5--|--5-5-3--------| 
B--3-1-1--|--3---3---6---|--5----5--|--5---3-6-5-3--| 
G--0---0--|--2---4---7---|--5----5--|--5---4---4----| 
D--2---2--|--0---2---6---|--5----4--|--3---3---3----| 
A--3---3--|--2-----------|----------|------5--------| 
E---------|--------------|----------|------3---3----| 
 1.        2.             3.         4.

    Csus4   CM7 Bm7     Am7   D7/F#      G11   CM9
E---1---0---0-------|------0---------|------0--0---|| 
B---1-------0---3---|---1-----3------|---1-----3---|| 
G---0-------0---2---|---0-----2---2--|---2-----4---|| 
D-----------2---0---|---2-----0------|---3-----2---|| 
A---3-------3---2---|---0------------|---------3---|| 
E-------------------|---------2------|---3---------||  
 5.                  6.               7.

A

  Am11 Am7  Bm11 E7  E7b9   Am9  Am6   FM7 G13
E---------|--0-2-4-5-7-8-|--7-5--5--|--5-5-3--------| 
B--3-1-1--|--3---3---6---|--5----5--|--5---5-6-5-3--| 
G--0---0--|--2---4---7---|--5----5--|--5---4---4----| 
D--2---2--|--0---2---6---|--5----4--|--3---3---3----| 
A--0---0--|--2-----------|----------|------5--------| 
E---------|--------------|----------|------3---3----| 
 8.        9.             10.        11.

    Do7     CM7 G/B     Am7   D7/F#      FM7   CM9
E---1---0---0-------|------0---------|------0--0---|| 
B---0-------0---3---|---1--1--3------|---1-----3---|| 
G---1-------0---0---|---0--0--2---2--|---2-----4---|| 
D---0-------2---0---|---2--2--0------|---2-----2---|| 
A-----------3---2---|---0------------|---------3---|| 
E-------------------|------3--2------|---1---------||  
 12.                 13.              14.

B

 Bm11 Bb7b5  Am /Ab /G /Gb Dm7/6sus G7susG13  CM7 C6
E--0---0--|--5--7---8--7--5--|--7--5--3--5--|--0--0-| 
B--3---3--|--5--5---5--5-----|--6-----3--5--|--0--1-| 
G--2---1--|--5--5---5--5-----|--5-----5--4--|--0--2-| 
D--0---3--|--7--6---5--4-----|--5-----3--3--|--2--2-| 
A--2---1--|------------------|--5-----5-----|--3--3-| 
E---------|------------------|--------3--3--|-------| 
 15.       16.                17.            18.

Bm7b5E7b9 Am /Ab /G /Gb     Dm6   G7G7b9 C69 Do7CM9
E----0-|--5--7---8--7--5--|--7--5--3--7--|-8-3-1-0-|| 
B-5--3-|--5--5---5--5-----|--6-----3--6--|-8-3-0-3-|| 
G-2--1-|--5--5---5--5-----|--5-----4--7--|-7-2-1-4-|| 
D-3--3-|--7--6---5--4-----|--7-----3--6--|-7-2-0-2-|| 
A-2--2-|------------------|--5-----5-----|-------3-|| 
E----0-|------------------|--------3-----|---------|| 
 19.    20.                21.            22. 

A

 Csus4 C    Bm11 E7  E7b9   Am9  Am6   Dm7 G13 
E---------|----2-4-5-7-8-|--7-5--5--|--5-5-3--------| 
B--3-1-1--|--5---3---6---|--5----5--|--6---5-6-5-3--| 
G--0---0--|--2---4---7---|--5----5--|--5---4---4----| 
D--3---2--|--4---2---6---|--5----4--|--7---3---3----| 
A--3---3--|--2-----------|----------|--5---5--------| 
E---------|--------------|----------|------3---3----| 
 23.       24.            25.        26.

    Csus4   CM7 G/B     Am7   D7/F#      F6    CM9
E---1---0---0-------|------0---------|------0--0---|| 
B---1-------0---3---|---1--1--3------|---1-----3---|| 
G---0-------0---0---|---0--0--2---2--|---2-----4---|| 
D---3-------2---0---|---2--2--0------|---0-----2---|| 
A---3-------3---2---|---0------------|---------3---|| 
E-------------------|------3--2------|---1---------||  
 27.                 28.              29.

Alternate Fingerings

(1) Bars 1 through 4:

   Bm6 Am7  Bm11 E7  E7b9   Am7  Am6   Dm9 G7 
E---------|--0-2-4-5-7-8-|--7-5--5--|--5-5-3--------| 
B--3-1-1--|--3---3---6---|--5----5--|--5---3-6-5-3--| 
G--1---0--|--2---4---7---|--5----5--|--5---4--------| 
D--0---2--|--0---2---6---|--5----4--|--3---3--------| 
A--2---0--|--2-----------|----------|--5---5--------| 
E---------|--------------|----------|------3--------| 
 1.        2.             3.         4.

(2) Bars 1 through 4:

   CM9 FM7  F#m7b5 B13b9    Em7  A7    Dm9 G6  G13 
E---------|--0-2-4-5-7-8-|--7-5--5--|--5-5-3--------| 
B--3---1--|--1---4---7---|--5----5--|--5---5-6-5-3--| 
G--4-5-2--|--2---5---8---|--7----6--|--5---4---4----| 
D--5---2--|--2---4---7---|--5----5--|--3---3---3----| 
A--3------|--------------|-------7--|--5------------| 
E------1--|--2-----------|-------5--|------3---3----| 
 1.        2.             3.         4.

(3) Bars 5 through 7:

    G#o7    Am  G       D9/F# F6 D7/F#   G11  CM7
E---1---0---0-------|------0---------|------0--0---|| 
B---0-------1---3---|---1-----3------|---1-----0---|| 
G---1-------0---0---|---2-----2---2--|---2-----0---|| 
D---0-------2---0---|---0---------0--|---3-----2---|| 
A-----------0---2---|---------3------|---------3---|| 
E---------------3---|---2-----1---2--|---3---------||  
 5.                  6.               7.

(4) Bars 19 through 22:

B11Bb9#11Am Am/G FM7 Em7     Dm7   G7     C69 Dm7CM7
E-0--0-|--5--7---8--7--5--|--7--5--3--7--|-8-3-1-0-|| 
B-2--1-|--5--5--10--5-----|--6-----3--6--|-8-3-1-0-|| 
G-2--1-|--5--5---9--7-----|--5-----4--7--|-7-2-2-0-|| 
D------|--7--6--10--5-----|--7-----3--6--|-7-2-0-2-|| 
A-2--1-|------------------|--5-----5-----|-------3-|| 
E------|------------------|--------3-----|---------|| 
 19.    20.                21.            22. 

(5) Tag Ending #1

     C/G     D/F#            FM7     CM9/E  
E--------0-------------|---------0------------0----|| 
B----1-------3---------|-----1--------------3------|| 
G----0-------2---2-----|-----2------------4--------|| 
D----2-------0---------|-----2----------2----------|| 
A----3-----------------|--------------3------------|| 
E----3-------2---------|-----1------0--------------||  

(6) Tag Ending #2

     Am7 /G  D7/F#           F6     CM7add6/E  
E--------0-------------|---------0------------0----|| 
B----1---1---3---------|-----1--------------0------|| 
G----0---0---2---2-----|-----2------------2--------|| 
D----2---2---0---------|-----0----------2----------|| 
A----0-----------------|--------------3------------|| 
E--------3---2---------|-----1------0--------------||