Pop - Beatles - Here, There, Everywhere - TEMPO/METRE/RHYTHM

Question 1

Describe the tempo and metre of Here, There and Everywhere

Answer 1

• moderate 84 crotchets/minute
• quadruple time
• intro includes 1 bar of 7/8 time
• intro is rubato before steady pulse established in verse

Question 2

Describe rhythm in Here, There and Everywhere

Answer 2

The word setting has a conversational quality (speech-rhythm)

This leads to:

• notes carried over start of beats
• scotch snaps
• gentle syncopations