Music · Arrangement
Flugelhorn
Conical-bore brass instrument, mellower than the trumpet.
3
songs
Three recordings have it, 'Penny Lane', McCartney's, 'Dear Prudence', Lennon's, and 'Martha My Dear', McCartney's, from 1967 to 1968, sung by Paul on the first and the last, and by John on the second, split between the Magical Mystery Tour album and The Beatles (The White Album), cut 29 December 1966, 28 August 1968 and 4 October 1968. Leon Calvert plays it on two of them, with Bert Courtley on 'Penny Lane'.
See alsoChord type:maj7Instrument group:BrassComposition:Rich harmonyMotif:AnimalsLyric shape:the [ADJ]Lyric shape:a [ADJ]Motif:ChildhoodChord type:slash chord
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'Penny Lane' (1967) is the first Beatles record to feature flugelhorn.
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Mid-period1 · 33%
Late2 · 67%
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