The Beatles

MIDI songs are flexible: you can edit them and play them back an accompaniment to a performance, you can use them for fun, just enjoy listening to them, or, perhaps most importantly, you can use them to learn. With a Yamaha keyboard it's easy to use a MIDI file to learn the piano or keyboard parts to a song, and the Beatles certainly have some great piano parts to learn and play along with. Beatles MIDI files will let you

• Mute the piano part
• Listen to the piano part alone
• Slow down the track

And more, so you can customize each song to fit your learning and practicing needs. Try out some the suggestions below, and check the Online Services Blog for tips on learning with MIDI files.

• Hey Jude ( Listen)
• Let It Be ( Listen)
• With a Little Help From My Friends ( Listen)
• Lady Madonna ( Listen)
• Penny Lane ( Listen)
• More Beatles Songs!

Creating your own performances of Beatles' songs is as easy as loading up a style, playing simple chords (or even bass notes alone) with your left hand, and handling the melody with your voice or right hand. Yamaha's keyboards come with a ton of built in styles, but for the times you can't find the perfect style to accompany the song you want to play, there are Yamaha's Premium Styles , which offer new accompaniments that you can add to your keyboard's library. Check below for some suggestions for styles especially well suited to Beatles' songs. Styles can do a lot, but don't let that scare you off - if you're new to styles, Yamaha keyboardist extraordinaire Peter Baartmans will walk you through the basics in this video.

• 60's Pop Beat
• Twist
• 60's Novelty Pop
• 60's Chart Pop
• Tender Easy

Beatles Lessons, Sheet Music & More

There are even more ways to learn and play your favorite Beatles songs with Beatles sheet music, lessons and play-along CD packs.

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  Lennon & McCartney Hits

  Keyboard Signature Licks

  This book/CD pack in the Keyboard Signature Licks series provides a step-by-step breakdown of the styles and techniques used on 15 hits (A-L) from the legendary songwriting team of John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
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  Best of Lennon & McCartney

  Piano Play-Along

  Play 8 of your favorite songs with sound-alike CD tracks. Each volume in this series comes with a CD of orchestrated arrangements. The music in this book matches these recorded orchestrations. There are two tracks for each - a full performance for listening, plus a separate backing track which lets you be the soloist!
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  Lennon & McCartney Favorites

  Easy Piano CD Play-Along

  This book features custom arrangements for 10 beloved Beatles songs in Easy Piano format and comes with a CD of complete professional performances. With these books you can: listen to complete professional performances of each of the songs; play the Easy Piano arrangements along with the performances; sing along with the full performances; play the Easy Piano arrangements as solos, without the disk. The CD is playable on any CD player, and is also enhanced so Mac and PC users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch!
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  Beatles Forever

  Easy Piano Sheet Music

  Easy piano arrangements of 29 classics from the Liverpool lads, including: All My Loving - And I Love Her - Because - A Day in the Life - From Me to You - Here Comes the Sun - Hey Jude - I Saw Her Standing There - I've Just Seen a Face - In My Life - Martha My Dear - Michelle - Revolution - Rocky Raccoon - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Strawberry Fields Forever - Twist and Shout - With a Little Help from My Friends - and more.
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  The Beatles Fakebook

  Sheet Music

  For the first time ever! 200 of the Beatles' hits arranged in fake book format, featuring guitar chord frames and lyrics.