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Book Description
Given the phenomenal fame and commercial success that the Beatles knew for the entire course of their familiar career, their music per se has received surprisingly little detailed attention. Not all of their cultural influence can be traced to long hair and flashy clothing; the Beatles had numerous fresh ideas about melody, harmony, counterpoint, rhythm, form, colors, and textures. Or consider how much new ground was broken by their lyrics alone--both the themes and imagery of the Beatles' poetry are key parts of what made (and still makes) this group so important, so popular, and so imitated. This book is a comprehensive chronological study of every aspect of the Fab Four's musical life--including full examinations of composition, performance practice, recording, and historical context--during their transcendent late period (1966-1970). Rich, authoritative interpretations are interwoven through a documentary study of many thousands of audio, print, and other sources.

About the Author
Walter Everett, Associate Professor of Music, University of Michigan.

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The time line (table 1.2) shows an obvious curtailment of activity compared with preceding years. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
green slop pie, compositional draft, matter custard, descant vocal, descant part, carry that weight, mono mix, pentatonic minor scale, glass onion, structural voice, heard center, basic track, dot inlays, rooftop concert, bass descent, paperback writer, savoy truffle, rosewood fingerboard, warm gun, guide vocal, stereo mix, fourth track, backing vocals, heavy echo, fields forever Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United Kingdom, Northern Songs, Strawberry Fields Forever, United States, Abbey Road, Les Paul, George Martin, Penny Lane, Hey Jude, Tomorrow Never Knows, Another Kind of Mind There, Mean Mr Mustard, Polythene Pam, Yellow Submarine, All You Need Is Love, Carry That Weight, Magical Mystery Tour, Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Honey Pie, Lady Madonna, New York, Sun King, Eleanor Rigby, Rubber Soul, Don't Let Me Down New!
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