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A common type of three-chord song is the simple twelve-bar blues used in blues and rock and roll. Typically, the three chords used are the chords on the tonic, subdominant, and dominant (scale degrees I, IV and V): in the key of C, these would be the C, F and G chords. Sometimes the V 7 chord is used instead of V, for greater tension.
The quick transition from G chord to a flat-III (B ♭) is unusual, especially as its F-natural note is melodically sustained against the following D-major chord (with its concomitant F ♯) creating what musicologist Alan Pollack terms "the most bluesy moment of the entire song". [2] The verse opens with three repetitions of a simple four-note ...
"She Said She Said" is in the key of B ♭ Mixolydian, based on three chords: B ♭ (I), A ♭ (♭ VII), and E ♭ (IV). [38] The key centre shifts to E ♭ major during the bridge sections by means of an F minor (v) chord, a pivot chord that the Beatles had used to modulate to the subdominant before on "From Me to You" and "I Want to Hold ...
"The End" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album Abbey Road. It was composed by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney.It was the last song recorded collectively by all four Beatles, [2] and is the final song of the medley that constitutes the majority of side two of the album.
The Beatles regularly played the song live throughout 1964 and 1965. During his 2016 One on One tour, Paul McCartney played the song for the first time as a solo artist and for the first time by a Beatle in half a century. The Beatles played it for the last time on 31 August 1965 at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California. [42]
The song begins with a distinctive electric harpsichord intro played by producer George Martin. The harpsichord is joined by Lennon's guitar (mimicking the harpsichord line) played through a Leslie speaker. Then vocals and bass guitar enter. "Because" was one of few Beatles recordings to feature a Moog synthesiser, played by
The unusual chord progression is an example of the Beatles' use of chords for added harmonic expression, [28] a device that Harrison adopted from Lennon's approach to melody. [29] Musicologist Walter Everett describes the composition as "a tour de force of altered scale degrees ".
The song is in the key of C and the chorus ("Here comes the Sun King") involves a I (C)–Imaj 7 (Cmaj 7 chord)–v 7 (Gm 7 chord)–VI 7 (A 7 chord) progression against a C–B–B ♭ –A vocal harmony. [4] It also features 7th and 6th extensions which author Dominic Pedler described as "psychedelic". [5]