The Beatles, a Musical Evolution

1967 Northern Songs accompaniment added sixth album American approx ballad style bass guitar blues style British Buy Me Love bVII Capitol characteristics chord progression chromatic commercial ballad compositions conventional countermelody country and western demonstrate descending dissonant earlier 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 LP release McCartney's meas mediant melodic-harmonic minor nonharmonic tones Northern Songs Limited ostinato P.S. I Love Parlophone Paul McCartney Pepper's Lonely Hearts period phrase piano pop-rock songs pop-rock style popular music psychedelic recording refrain Revolver rhythm and blues rhythmic riff Ringo rock and roll rockabilly Rubber Soul scale degree secondary dominant Sergeant Pepper Sergeant Pepper's Lonely solo song's sound Strawberry Fields Forever stylistic subdominant submediant subtonic syncopated tempo texture third tonic chord unusual uptown rhythm verse melody vocal harmony