Sections

Name: The Beatles Tag Database
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The parts a song is built from and how many of each, which is where its shape becomes countable.

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1245

total uses

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Book

All the Songs

Margotin & Guesdon

Book

The Beatles: Complete Scores

Hal Leonard

Sheet music

Musicnotes – Beatles Piano/Vocal/Guitar

Musicnotes

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#	Value	Songs	% of total
1	Standard verses (2-4) A standard number of verses (2-4).	193	15.5%
2	Has outro Song ends with a distinct outro section, often a fade-out or instrumental wind-down.	172	13.8%
3	Has intro Song begins with an instrumental or vocal introduction before the first verse.	169	13.6%
4	Standard choruses (1-3) A standard number of choruses (1-3).	142	11.4%
5	Has solo Song includes an instrumental solo section.	109	8.8%
6	Has bridge Song includes a bridge (or middle eight) - a contrasting section that departs from verse and chorus material.	79	6.3%
7	Many choruses (4+)	57	4.6%
8	No chorus	55	4.4%
9	Has refrain Verse contains a repeating hook phrase or line (a refrain), distinct from a separate chorus section.	46	3.7%
10	Has interlude The song contains an interlude section.	36	2.9%

11	Many verses (5+) The song has many verses (5+).	35	2.8%
12	Multiple bridges (2+) The song has 2+ bridges.	32	2.6%
13	Has coda The song contains a coda section.	23	1.8%
14	Has instrumental The song contains an instrumental section.	22	1.8%
15	Multiple solos (2+) The song has 2+ solos.	18	1.4%
16	Has riff The song contains a riff section.	14	1.1%
17	Multiple instrumentals (2+) The song has 2+ instrumental sections.	10	0.8%
18	Multiple interludes (2+) The song has 2+ interludes.	9	0.7%
19	Single verse The song has a single verse.	8	0.6%
20	Multiple pre-choruses (2+) The song has 2+ pre-choruses.	8	0.6%
21	Has pre-chorus The song contains a pre-chorus section.	8	0.6%