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Viola

Viola player on this song.

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Fourteen people play viola on nine Beatles recordings. John Underwood plays viola on five of them, ahead of Keith Cummings and Kenneth Essex on two each. Most of them are credited on one record only, nine of the fourteen, among them Ayvren Harrison (on 'Now and Then'), Henry Myerscough (on 'Martha My Dear') and Gwynne Edwards (on 'A Day in the Life'). The Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album shows more of them than any other album for its length, five of the fourteen across its twelve tracks. More of them were written by McCartney than by anyone else, six of the nine.

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Book

Writings on Music, 1965-2000

Steve Reich

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All the Songs

Margotin & Guesdon

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Waves Abbey Road J37 Tape

Waves Audio

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#	Value	Songs	% of total
1	Uncredited Unnamed session musicians played the viola on this recording.	6	21.4%
2	John Underwood Violist credited on a Beatles recording.	5	17.9%
3	Stephen Shingles Violist credited on a Beatles recording.	2	7.1%
4	Keith Cummings Violist credited on a Beatles recording.	2	7.1%
5	Kenneth Essex Session viola player at EMI Studios who played on Beatles recordings including Yesterday.	2	7.1%
6	Leo Birnbaum British violist active in 1960s London session work.	2	7.1%
7	John Meek Violist credited on a Beatles recording.	1	3.6%
8	Gwynne Edwards Violist credited on a Beatles recording.	1	3.6%
9	Henry Myerscough Violist credited on a Beatles recording.	1	3.6%
10	Linnea Powell American session violist.	1	3.6%

11	Drew Forde American session violist and music educator.	1	3.6%
12	Caroline Buckman American session violist.	1	3.6%
13	Ayvren Harrison American session violist.	1	3.6%
14	Ken Essex Violist credited on a Beatles recording.	1	3.6%
15	Bernard Davis Violist credited on a Beatles recording.	1	3.6%