Of course. Paul McCartney was the primary bass player for the band, although other members (George in particular) who did play bass for certain songs such as "Hey Jude" and "Helter Skelter"
I don't know if it was a typo or a deliberate misspelling by John Lennon, but in the first issue of Mersey Beat Paul's surname is spelled McArtrey in a story by John about the "Dubious Origins of Beatles."In the fourth paragraph there is this sentence:"After a few months, Peter and Paul (who is called McArtrey, son of Jim McArtrey, his father) lit a Kino (cinema) and the German police said, 'Bad Beatles, you must go home and light your English cinemas'.
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Bass guitar, piano/keyboard, harmonica... Paul McCartney can play almost anything. Paul is a multi-instrumentalist, but mostly he played bass and sang.
He mainly played bass. But he too could play drums, piano, guitar and other instruments.
Paul taught himself how to play. This task was made even harder by the fact that he was left handed and not only had to teach himself to play, but figure out he had to take the strings of and switch them to accommodate this. Never had one lesson and became an inspiration for all bass players since. Hope this helps!
Paul Tutmarc did not invent the electric bass. Leo Fender did in 1951. It was the Precision bass.
He's called a bassist. Paul McCartney played bass for most of the Beatles recordings and performances, although originally the band's bassist was Stuart Sutcliffe and occasionally George or John would play bass - John played bass on Let It Be as it was recorded live and Paul was playing piano.
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