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5.11pm
1 December 2009
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13 Beatles/solo songs that have rising or falling arpeggios
1. Mother Nature’s Son (at 2:25)
2. Hard Day’s Night (fade)
3. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (piano break between 2nd and 3rd choruses)
GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
10.17pm
7 November 2022
Offline 1. Mother Nature’s Son (at 2:25)
2. Hard Day’s Night (fade)
3. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (piano break between 2nd and 3rd choruses)
4. A Day In The Life (piano after “dragged a comb across my head”)
Now today I find, you have changed your mind
12.17am
11 June 2015
Offline 13 Beatles/solo songs that have rising or falling arpeggios
1. Mother Nature’s Son (at 2:25)
2. Hard Day’s Night (fade)
3. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (piano break between 2nd and 3rd choruses)
4. A Day In The Life (piano after “dragged a comb across my head”)
5. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (intro)
You and I have memories
Longer than the road that stretches out ahead
3.19am
7 November 2022
Offline 1. Mother Nature’s Son (at 2:25)
2. Hard Day’s Night (fade)
3. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (piano break between 2nd and 3rd choruses)
4. A Day In The Life (piano after “dragged a comb across my head”)
5. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (intro)
6. Rock Show (guitar riff leading into “What’s that man holding in his hand?”)
Now today I find, you have changed your mind
5.39am
11 June 2015
Offline 13 Beatles/solo songs that have rising or falling arpeggios
1. Mother Nature’s Son (at 2:25)
2. Hard Day’s Night (fade)
3. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (piano break between 2nd and 3rd choruses)
4. A Day In The Life (piano after “dragged a comb across my head”)
5. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (intro)
6. Rock Show (guitar riff leading into “What’s that man holding in his hand?”)
7. My Sweet Lord (solo overdub @2:45)
You and I have memories
Longer than the road that stretches out ahead
12.47pm
24 March 2014
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13 Beatles/solo songs that have rising or falling arpeggios
1. Mother Nature’s Son (at 2:25)
2. Hard Day’s Night (fade)
3. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (piano break between 2nd and 3rd choruses)
4. A Day In The Life (piano after “dragged a comb across my head”)
5. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (intro)
6. Rock Show (guitar riff leading into “What’s that man holding in his hand?”)
7. My Sweet Lord (solo overdub @2:45)
8. Julia
"I Need You by George Harrison"
3.32pm
14 December 2009
Online 13 Beatles/solo songs that have rising or falling arpeggios
1. Mother Nature’s Son (at 2:25)
2. Hard Day’s Night (fade)
3. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (piano break between 2nd and 3rd choruses)
4. A Day In The Life (piano after “dragged a comb across my head”)
5. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (intro)
6. Rock Show (guitar riff leading into “What’s that man holding in his hand?”)
7. My Sweet Lord (solo overdub @2:45)
8. Julia
9. A Taste Of Honey (George’s guitar part during verse)
Paul: Yeah well… first of all, we’re bringing out a ‘Stamp Out Detroit’ campaign.
8.51pm
7 November 2022
Offline 1. Mother Nature’s Son (at 2:25)
2. Hard Day’s Night (fade)
3. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (piano break between 2nd and 3rd choruses)
4. A Day In The Life (piano after “dragged a comb across my head”)
5. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (intro)
6. Rock Show (guitar riff leading into “What’s that man holding in his hand?”)
7. My Sweet Lord (solo overdub @2:45)
8. Julia
9. A Taste Of Honey (George’s guitar part during verse)
10. Band On The Run (after the 2nd “if we ever get out of here”)
Now today I find, you have changed your mind
6.46pm
11 June 2015
Offline 13 Beatles/solo songs that have rising or falling arpeggios
1. Mother Nature’s Son (at 2:25)
2. Hard Day’s Night (fade)
3. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (piano break between 2nd and 3rd choruses)
4. A Day In The Life (piano after “dragged a comb across my head”)
5. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (intro)
6. Rock Show (guitar riff leading into “What’s that man holding in his hand?”)
7. My Sweet Lord (solo overdub @2:45)
8. Julia
9. A Taste Of Honey (George’s guitar part during verse)
10. Band On The Run (after the 2nd “if we ever get out of here”)
11. HELP! (overdub before the verse “When I was younger”)
You and I have memories
Longer than the road that stretches out ahead
7.56pm
1 December 2009
Offline 13 Beatles/solo songs that have rising or falling arpeggios
1. Mother Nature’s Son (at 2:25)
2. Hard Day’s Night (fade)
3. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (piano break between 2nd and 3rd choruses)
4. A Day In The Life (piano after “dragged a comb across my head”)
5. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (intro)
6. Rock Show (guitar riff leading into “What’s that man holding in his hand?”)
7. My Sweet Lord (solo overdub @2:45)
8. Julia
9. A Taste Of Honey (George’s guitar part during verse)
10. Band On The Run (after the 2nd “if we ever get out of here”)
11. HELP! (overdub before the verse “When I was younger”)
12. Dear Prudence (fingerpicked guitar part)
GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
2.31am
11 June 2015
Offline 13 Beatles/solo songs that have rising or falling arpeggios
1. Mother Nature’s Son (at 2:25)
2. Hard Day’s Night (fade)
3. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (piano break between 2nd and 3rd choruses)
4. A Day In The Life (piano after “dragged a comb across my head”)
5. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (intro)
6. Rock Show (guitar riff leading into “What’s that man holding in his hand?”)
7. My Sweet Lord (solo overdub @2:45Sea)
8. Julia
9. A Taste Of Honey (George’s guitar part during verse)
10. Band On The Run (after the 2nd “if we ever get out of here”)
11. HELP! (overdub before the verse “When I was younger”)
12. Dear Prudence (fingerpicked guitar part)
13. Because (comment in spoiler)
13 Beatle’s lyrics containing the often used word “never”. How about we go for one lyric per album, with extra credit if we post the lyrics in order of release.I could not find an example on the Yellow Submarine Soundtrack, which is ironic since I assume Pepperland is a word play on Neverland.
Please Please Me (1963)
With The Beatles (1963)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Beatles For Sale (1964)
Help ! (1965)
Rubber Soul (1965)
Revolver (1966)
Sgt Pepper ’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Magical Mystery Tour (1967
The Beatles (White Album ) (1968)
Abbey Road (1969)
Let It Be (1970)
Past Masters (1988)
1. Please Please Me (1963) – You’ll never know how much I really care
@Sea Belt I feel your pain regarding our replies. When I try to verify my song choice, I usually encounter this type of verbiage. Not sure what to make of it…
Question: Does the Beatle’s song Because contain any arpeggios?
Answer: Diminished arpeggio with Major 3rd in Beatles song Because
Comments:
Godette502
3 yr. ago
So I did an arrangement of the beautiful Beatles song “Because ” and was surprised at an arpeggio that happens at 58 seconds. The progression goes from D Major to D diminished but over the diminished it does an arpeggio that’s D Ab D F# F. It definitely has a diminished sound tonality wise but I was surprised to see the Major 3rd preceding the minor 3rd. Any idea what sort of function this would be? Thanks for your help
SceneIsClean
3 yr. ago
So cool. I mean, the Beatles are just the absolute hippest, are they not? Who knows how they were actually thinking about it, but I suppose it could be justified as sort of substitute for Ab7, which is the V of the chord following the diminished line in question; C# minor. Think not just of a diminished chord, but of the dominant diminished (sometimes called half-whole) scale, which is 1, b2, b3, 3, #4, 5, 6, b7. That scale contains both a b3 and a 3. Also, remember that there really only are 3 diminished scales, so D dom diminished is the same exact scale as Ab dom diminished. In that way of thinking about it, it’s essentially just a cool sounding shape/set of notes from the Ab dominant diminished sound, taking us neatly back to C#min.
Jongtr
3 yr. ago
Alan Pollack struggled with that chord too: http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/b4.shtml
I agree with SceneIsClean – it’s acting as a WH dim harmonisation from the vii chord of C# minor, or the HW dim of the V7 (same thing). The full scale would contain Bx(C) D Eb F Gb Ab A B (enharmonics dubious obviously).
I.e., from the perspective of the V7 (G#7), the arpeggio is the b5, root, b7 and 13.
the-postminimalist
3 yr. ago
I’d say biio of the following chord, but also the Beatles don’t really use functional harmony in the traditional sense, so it might not always provide something useful to analyze it using traditional functional harmonic analysis.
Zarlinosuke
3 yr. ago
I figure that in this case the F-sharp is a G-flat (though obviously echoing/referencing the F-sharp in the preceding D major chord) acting as a chromatic upper neighbour to the F-natural in the D diminished chord. At least, it’s one view!
Da_Biz
3 yr. ago
This strongly implies D lydian #2 (F# harmonic minor). A diminished scale technically fits vertically but makes much less sense in context.
Harmonic minor is prominent throughout iirc, including a G#7(b9)(b13) from C# harmonic minor shortly afterwards.
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6 May 2018
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13 Beatle’s lyrics containing the often used word “never”. How about we go for one lyric per album, with extra credit if we post the lyrics in order of release.I could not find an example on the Yellow Submarine Soundtrack, which is ironic since I assume Pepperland is a word play on Neverland.
Please Please Me (1963)
With The Beatles (1963)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Beatles For Sale (1964)
Help ! (1965)
Rubber Soul (1965)
Revolver (1966)
Sgt Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
The Beatles (White Album ) (1968)
Abbey Road (1969)
Let It Be (1970)
Past Masters (1988)
1. Please Please Me (1963) – You’ll never know how much I really care
2. With The Beatles (1963) – The music will never stop
Great idea, @sigh butterfly! 
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12.20pm
4 August 2015
Offline 13 Beatle’s lyrics containing the often used word “never”. How about we go for one lyric per album, with extra credit if we post the lyrics in order of release.I could not find an example on the Yellow Submarine Soundtrack, which is ironic since I assume Pepperland is a word play on Neverland.
Please Please Me (1963)
With The Beatles (1963)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Beatles For Sale (1964)
Help ! (1965)
Rubber Soul (1965)
Revolver (1966)
Sgt Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
The Beatles (White Album ) (1968)
Abbey Road (1969)
Let It Be (1970)
Past Masters (1988)
1. Please Please Me (1963) – You’ll never know how much I really care
2. With The Beatles (1963) – The music will never stop
3. A Hard Day’s Night (1964) – I never realized what a kiss could be
You are all my friends.
3.32pm
1 December 2009
Offline Please Please Me (1963)
With The Beatles (1963)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Beatles For Sale (1964)
Help ! (1965)
Rubber Soul (1965)
Revolver (1966)
Sgt Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
The Beatles (White Album ) (1968)
Abbey Road (1969)
Let It Be (1970)
Past Masters (1988)
1. Please Please Me (1963) – You’ll never know how much I really care
2. With The Beatles (1963) – The music will never stop
3. A Hard Day’s Night (1964) – I never realized what a kiss could be
4. Beatles For Sale (1964) – There is one love I should never have crossed
GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
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Offline 13 Beatle’s lyrics containing the often used word “never”. How about we go for one lyric per album, with extra credit if we post the lyrics in order of release.I could not find an example on the Yellow Submarine Soundtrack, which is ironic since I assume Pepperland is a word play on Neverland.
Please Please Me (1963)
With The Beatles (1963)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Beatles For Sale (1964)
Help ! (1965)
Rubber Soul (1965)
Revolver (1966)
Sgt Pepper ‘s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
The Beatles (White Album ) (1968)
Abbey Road (1969)
Let It Be (1970)
Past Masters (1988)
1. Please Please Me (1963) – You’ll never know how much I really care
2. With The Beatles (1963) – The music will never stop
3. A Hard Day’s Night (1964) – I never realized what a kiss could be
4. Beatles For Sale (1964) – There is one love I should never have crossed
5. Help ! (1965) – Love you all the time and never leave you.
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6 May 2018
Offline 13 Beatle’s lyrics containing the often used word “never”. How about we go for one lyric per album, with extra credit if we post the lyrics in order of release.I could not find an example on the Yellow Submarine Soundtrack, which is ironic since I assume Pepperland is a word play on Neverland.
Please Please Me (1963)
With The Beatles (1963)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Beatles For Sale (1964)
Help ! (1965)
Rubber Soul (1965)
Revolver (1966)
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
The Beatles (White Album ) (1968)
Abbey Road (1969)
Let It Be (1970)
Past Masters (1988)
1. Please Please Me (1963) – You’ll never know how much I really care
2. With The Beatles (1963) – The music will never stop
3. A Hard Day’s Night (1964) – I never realized what a kiss could be
4. Beatles For Sale (1964) – There is one love I should never have crossed
5. Help ! (1965) – Love you all the time and never leave you.
6. Rubber Soul (1965) – Though I know I’ll never lose affection
And in the end
The love you take is equal to the love you make
1.05am
11 June 2015
Offline 13 Beatle’s lyrics containing the often used word “never”. How about we go for one lyric per album, with extra credit if we post the lyrics in order of release.I could not find an example on the Yellow Submarine Soundtrack, which is ironic since I assume Pepperland is a word play on Neverland.
Please Please Me (1963)
With The Beatles (1963)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Beatles For Sale (1964)
Help ! (1965)
Rubber Soul (1965)
Revolver (1966)
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
The Beatles (White Album ) (1968)
Abbey Road (1969)
Let It Be (1970)
Past Masters (1988)
1. Please Please Me (1963) – You’ll never know how much I really care
2. With The Beatles (1963) – The music will never stop
3. A Hard Day’s Night (1964) – I never realized what a kiss could be
4. Beatles For Sale (1964) – There is one love I should never have crossed
5. Help ! (1965) – Love you all the time and never leave you.
6. Rubber Soul (1965) – Though I know I’ll never lose affection
7. Revolver (1966) – If she’s beside me I know I need never care
You and I have memories
Longer than the road that stretches out ahead
8.49am
7 November 2022
Offline Please Please Me (1963)
With The Beatles (1963)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Beatles For Sale (1964)
Help ! (1965)
Rubber Soul (1965)
Revolver (1966)
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
The Beatles (White Album ) (1968)
Abbey Road (1969)
Let It Be (1970)
Past Masters (1988)
1. Please Please Me (1963) – You’ll never know how much I really care
2. With The Beatles (1963) – The music will never stop
3. A Hard Day’s Night (1964) – I never realized what a kiss could be
4. Beatles For Sale (1964) – There is one love I should never have crossed
5. Help ! (1965) – Love you all the time and never leave you.
6. Rubber Soul (1965) – Though I know I’ll never lose affection
7. Revolver (1966) – If she’s beside me I know I need never care
8. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) — never a thought for ourselves
Now today I find, you have changed your mind
12.34pm
17 June 2021
Online 13 Beatle’s lyrics containing the often used word “never”. How about we go for one lyric per album, with extra credit if we post the lyrics in order of release.I could not find an example on the Yellow Submarine Soundtrack, which is ironic since I assume Pepperland is a word play on Neverland.
Please Please Me (1963)
With The Beatles (1963)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Beatles For Sale (1964)
Help ! (1965)
Rubber Soul (1965)
Revolver (1966)
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
The Beatles (White Album ) (1968)
Abbey Road (1969)
Let It Be (1970)
Past Masters (1988)
1. Please Please Me (1963) – You’ll never know how much I really care
2. With The Beatles (1963) – The music will never stop
3. A Hard Day’s Night (1964) – I never realized what a kiss could be
4. Beatles For Sale (1964) – There is one love I should never have crossed
5. Help ! (1965) – Love you all the time and never leave you.
6. Rubber Soul (1965) – Though I know I’ll never lose affection
7. Revolver (1966) – If she’s beside me I know I need never care
8. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) — never a thought for ourselves
9. Magical Mystery Tour (1967) — He never listens to them
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4 August 2015
Offline 13 Beatle’s lyrics containing the often used word “never”. How about we go for one lyric per album, with extra credit if we post the lyrics in order of release.I could not find an example on the Yellow Submarine Soundtrack, which is ironic since I assume Pepperland is a word play on Neverland.
Please Please Me (1963)
With The Beatles (1963)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Beatles For Sale (1964)
Help ! (1965)
Rubber Soul (1965)
Revolver (1966)
Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
The Beatles (White Album ) (1968)
Abbey Road (1969)
Let It Be (1970)
Past Masters (1988)
1. Please Please Me (1963) – You’ll never know how much I really care
2. With The Beatles (1963) – The music will never stop
3. A Hard Day’s Night (1964) – I never realized what a kiss could be
4. Beatles For Sale (1964) – There is one love I should never have crossed
5. Help ! (1965) – Love you all the time and never leave you.
6. Rubber Soul (1965) – Though I know I’ll never lose affection
7. Revolver (1966) – If she’s beside me I know I need never care
8. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) — never a thought for ourselves
9. Magical Mystery Tour (1967) — He never listens to them
10. The Beatles (White Album ) (1968) – But it never really mattered
You are all my friends.
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