All You Need Is Love!
Meet The Beatles
The Beatles are one of the best-selling, most recognizable and popular bands of all time. Their timeless music has entertained the masses for decades. If you’re reading this beautiful book with illustrations by Marc Rosenthal, the you have to learn about the musicians behind the music, including songwriters, John Lennon and Paul McCartney!
Let’s meet The Beatles!
L👀K
Yellow Submarine
We all live…where?!
Help!
I need somebody!
Kids React: The Beatles
What do your kids think about these very different Beatles songs?
Listen
The Beatles-1
A collection of Billboard-topping Beatles tunes.
How many do you know?!
The Beatles: Love Songs
Some you may know, others a little more obscure!
Learn
Who played what?
The Fab Four each had something unique to contribute to the band.
Here is a little bit about each Beatle and his primary instrument.
Electric Guitar
The electric guitar is a popular Rock and Roll instrument. It typically has is strings that are each amplified through the use of pickups-little electronic sensors that send sound signals to an amplifier.
John Lennon
Full Name: John Winston Ono Lennon
Instrument: Rhythm Guitar & Vocals
John wrote more than 70 of The Beatles' 200 songs!
George
Full Name: George Harrison
Instrument: Lead Guitar & Vocals
George auditioned for the Beatles when he was only 15 years old!
Rhythm Guitar: This guitar part is steady and even. There will be lots of repeating chords (groups of notes).
Lead Guitar: This is the guitar that “sings.” It provides the melody (the part you are most likely to remember and sing along with).
Bass Guitar
The bass guitar is very similar to the electric guitar. The main differences are that a bass guitar has four strings and it plays much lower notes. You can see how thick the strings are-and remember-larger objects produce lower pitches.
Paul McCartney
Full Name: James Paul McCartney
Instrument: Bass Guitar, Piano & Vocals
The first instrument Paul learned to play was the trumpet!
Bass Guitar: This guitar part will sound the lowest of all the guitars. The strings are usually plucked one at a time.
Drums
The drum is one of the oldest musical instruments. Drum sets (also called kits) can have many different
combinations of drums, but the main instruments include a bass drum, tom-toms, snare and cymbals.
Ringo Starr
Full Name: Richard Starkey
Instrument: Drums & Vocals
Ringo is left-handed but played on a drum kit set up for a right-handed player!
The drummer is known as the king (or queen!) of the band.
Links to learning
🎶-BritanicaKids.com Article: The Beatles
🎶-Creative Soul Music School Blog: What Are the Main Differences Between Guitar and Bass?