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To: fidelis

From WIki: According to Walter Everett the opening chord has an introductory dominant function because McCartney plays D in the bass: Harrison and Martin play F A C G, over the bass D, on twelve-string guitar and piano respectively, giving the chord a mixture-coloured neighbour, F; two diatonic neighbours, A and C; plus an anticipation of the tonic, G – the major subtonic as played on guitar being a borrowed chord commonly used by the Beatles, first in “P.S. I Love You” (see mode mixture), and later in “Every Little Thing”, “Tomorrow Never Knows” and “Got to Get You into My Life” (in the latter two against a tonic pedal).[20]


19 posted on 07/10/2024 1:11:28 PM PDT by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: mfish13

I stand corrected. Thank you.


26 posted on 07/10/2024 2:36:27 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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