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The Beatles, Wider Listening - Coggle Diagram
The Beatles
About band
1960:
Formed in Liverpool
Writing style
Initially influenced by R&B performers
(e.g: Chuck Berry)
Developed OWN style by the time of
Revolver
Known for innovation and use of technology to develop music in the 60s
e.g: overdubbing in Rubber Soul (1965)
Included elements of Indian, Classical music & Psychedelic rock
Producer
George Martin
crucial to their success
Classical training influenced instrumentation in songs like
'Elanor Rigby'
Impact on music/culture
Lyrics were protests
One of the first 'supergroups' due to
'Beatlemania'
Appearance on
Ed Sullivan Show
helped export British music to America
Timeline
Revolver (1966)
Wider Listening
Tomorrow Never Knows
Badge
- Cream
Use of
Leslie Cabinet
for guitar
Breathing underwater
- A.Shankar
Use of Sitar
In my Life
- The Beatles
Use of overdubbing in
'Rubber Soul'
album (new technique)
Warszawa -
David Bowie
Psychedelic music --> drone effect
Modal tonality
I Want To Tell You
Let's Dance
- David Bowie
Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy
- Queen
Close harmonies
Fade-out --> trance-like state
Eleanor Rigby
Psycho
- Hermann
Use of string ensemble
Here, There and Everywhere
Pet Shop Sounds -
The Beach Boys
Non-standard harmonies & sonorities
Spirits in a Material World -
The Police
Block chords & fixed rhythm in synth