The Beatles, a Musical Evolution

1967 Northern Songs accompaniment added sixth album American approx ballad style bass guitar Beatles blues style British Buy Me Love bVII Capitol characteristics chord progression chromatic commercial ballad composed compositions conventional countermelody country and western demonstrate descending dissonant distinctive earlier early effect eight measure four measures George Martin gesture Hard Day's Night Harrison Hearts Club Band influence instrumental John Lennon lead guitar Lennon and Paul Lennon-McCartney Lonely Hearts Club McCartney's meas mediant Mellers melodic-harmonic minor nonharmonic tones Northern Songs Limited ostinato Parlophone Paul McCartney Pepper's Lonely Hearts period phrase piano pop-rock songs pop-rock style popular music psychedelic recording refrain released rhythm and blues rhythmic riff rock and roll rockabilly Rubber Soul scale degree secondary dominant Sergeant Pepper Sergeant Pepper's Lonely single solo song's sound Strawberry Fields Forever stylistic subdominant submediant subtonic syncopated tempo texture third tonic chord unusual uptown rhythm verse melody vocal harmony