Beehave Yourself is one four-chord progression — B – E – G#m – F#, or I – IV – vi – V in B major — written three ways. Three original parts, one set of changes. The texture thins as it goes: six strings, then two notes, then one.
The key isn't only there for the pun. In B, only E is open — B, G#m, and F# are all barres — so the rhythm part doubles as a barre-chord workout whether you came for one or not. Each Thread reinforces those same four chords while teaching a different skill: barre-chord changes, then harmonizing in thirds, then melodic phrasing. All three share standard tuning, 4/4, and ♩ = 95.
Thread 1 — Rhythm (The Four-Chord Engine in B). The harmonic anchor, and the way in. You strum the changes in full — a syncopated pattern with eighth rests punched in for bounce — and the loop closes on a held B.
Thread 2 — Thirds (Harmonize the Progression). The same four chords rebuilt as two-note diatonic thirds: sixteenth-note dyad runs moving in parallel, one chord per bar, resolving to a held B/D#. The biggest technical step of the three.
Thread 3 — Lead (The Same Four Chords, One Note at a Time). The thinnest lens. A single-note melody that spells the chords as they go by — Bmaj7, Emaj7, G#m7 — before landing home on a held B.
Work straight through and you'll meet the same progression three times, thinner on every pass — or take whichever part fits your week. The four chords don't change.
