Opening chord

Name: The Beatles Tag Database
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

values

218

total uses

Unsurprisingly, the tonic (I) opens more Beatles songs than any other chord (144). The runner-up is more telling: i opens 18.

Values Over Time

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#	Value	Songs	% of total
1	I Songs whose opening chord is the I scale-degree chord of the home key.	144	66.1%
2	i Songs whose opening chord is the i scale-degree chord of the home key.	18	8.3%
3	V Songs whose opening chord is the V scale-degree chord of the home key.	12	5.5%
4	ii Songs whose opening chord is the ii scale-degree chord of the home key.	10	4.6%
5	vi Songs whose opening chord is the vi scale-degree chord of the home key.	8	3.7%
6	IV Songs whose opening chord is the IV scale-degree chord of the home key.	8	3.7%
7	II Songs whose opening chord is the II scale-degree chord of the home key.	6	2.8%
8	♭VII Songs whose opening chord is the ♭VII scale-degree chord of the home key.	5	2.3%
9	♭VI Songs whose opening chord is the ♭VI scale-degree chord of the home key.	2	0.9%
10	iii Songs whose opening chord is the iii scale-degree chord of the home key.	2	0.9%
11	VII Songs whose opening chord is the VII scale-degree chord of the home key.	1	0.5%
12	♭II Songs whose opening chord is the ♭II scale-degree chord of the home key.	1	0.5%
13	V+ Songs whose opening chord is the V+ scale-degree chord of the home key.	1	0.5%