The Beatles, Revolver, Here, There & Everywhere

Question 1

What type of song is Here, There & Everywhere?

Answer 1

Slow ballad

Question 2

Describe the intro

Answer 2

3 bars
Time sig changes every 1 bar: 4/4, 7/8, 4/4
Rubato (free rhythm)
Weird
(structure)

Question 3

Describe the structure

Answer 3

Intro
A = 8 bars, G (Em relative major)
A2 = A repeated
B = from 13, Bflat remote key,
A3 = repeat with additional harmony
B2
A4
Short 6 bar outro

Question 4

How is the chord progression pop typical?
how is it strange/different?

Answer 4

4 chord progression
I, II, III, IV
G, Am, Bm, C
(harmony)

Question 5

What creates directly parallel ascending thirds?

Answer 5

4 chord progression ascends stepwise: I, II, III, IV
(harmony)

Question 6

What is the B section chord progression?

Answer 6

4: B flat, Gm, Cm, D7
B flat -> Gm = perfect cadence
(harmony)

Question 7

How is the sonority not standard for pop music?

Answer 7

Reduced
Drums so reduced, barely audible
No lead guitar
(sonority)

Question 8

What does the guitar play?

Answer 8

No lead guitar
Only backing guitar chords
Emphasises 2nd & 4th beats (unnatural)
(sonority)

Question 9

What is the style of the vocal lines?

Answer 9

Style of American close harmony barber shop influence
(sonority)

Question 10

How are the chords played in the intro?

Answer 10

Arpeggiated
(sonority)

Question 11

Describe the main vocal line?

Answer 11

High as Paul McCartney naturally high (tenor)
Doubled (multi tracking foe voice)
(sonority)

Question 12

How is the leslie speaker used?

Answer 12

Sound fed in & comes out altered
Creates vibrato (not spinning too fast so vibrato not extreme)
(sonority)

Question 13

What creates a mandolin sound?

Answer 13

guitar passed through leslie speaker
(sonority)