Pop - Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows - MELODY/HARMONY

Question 1

Describe the melody of Tomorrow Never Knows

Answer 1

• melody is phrased 4 + 2 + 2 bars
• opening bars outline tonic broken chord with powerful elemental effect
• last 2 phrases move from 5th degree of scale UP to falttened 7th and THEN tonic
• flattened 3rds can be heard in tape loops

Question 2

Describe the harmony of Tomorrow Never Knows

Answer 2

• C drone

- two chords - Bb moving to C