I have a “Beatles complete” songbook that I have been going through recently, so the timing of this is golden.
Their music is just as mysterious and magical as the yellow bus and the lyrics are. The harmonic progression moves as soon as it’s settled, but you don’t even know you’ve left home. Eleanor Rigby is an English folk ballad dressed…
I have a “Beatles complete” songbook that I have been going through recently, so the timing of this is golden.
Their music is just as mysterious and magical as the yellow bus and the lyrics are. The harmonic progression moves as soon as it’s settled, but you don’t even know you’ve left home. Eleanor Rigby is an English folk ballad dressed under classical cellos sung by a rock band. The “grandpas songbook” chord progression shifts to the new “rock and roll” progression right at the moment Lennon asks Dear Prudence, “won’t you come out to play”. Lucy in the sky with diamonds flips what would be a bass line in most songs to be an octave above the melody (my brains and my hands both rebelled against this, making me feel… so incredibly high). I’m more floored with every song I learn.
Yesterday has become one of my favorite harmonic progressions of all time. So simple - the movement in and out of the OH before “yesterday came suddenly“ . It’s a perfect musical moment in an already exceptional catalogue.
I am especially grateful for this article. Thank you.
I have a “Beatles complete” songbook that I have been going through recently, so the timing of this is golden.
Their music is just as mysterious and magical as the yellow bus and the lyrics are. The harmonic progression moves as soon as it’s settled, but you don’t even know you’ve left home. Eleanor Rigby is an English folk ballad dressed under classical cellos sung by a rock band. The “grandpas songbook” chord progression shifts to the new “rock and roll” progression right at the moment Lennon asks Dear Prudence, “won’t you come out to play”. Lucy in the sky with diamonds flips what would be a bass line in most songs to be an octave above the melody (my brains and my hands both rebelled against this, making me feel… so incredibly high). I’m more floored with every song I learn.
Yesterday has become one of my favorite harmonic progressions of all time. So simple - the movement in and out of the OH before “yesterday came suddenly“ . It’s a perfect musical moment in an already exceptional catalogue.
I am especially grateful for this article. Thank you.