Chromatic bass line
Three or more consecutive bass notes moving by semitone in the same direction, often using slash chords to create a smooth descending or ascending line.
The three commonest traits of the Beatles’ bass are Stepwise bass line (94), Chromatic bass line (35), Descending bass (26).
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Songs(34 of 35)
Do You Want to Know a Secret
G♯m↓Gm↓F♯m↓F↓E
If I Fell
F♯m↓Fdim↓Em7, E♭m↓D↓D♭
Tell Me Why
Bm↓B♭↓A7
Any Time at All
Bm↓Gm/B♭↓D/A
Michelle
Fm↓Eaug↓A♭/E♭↓Dm7♭5↓D♭maj7↓C
You Won't See Me
F♯m↓F♯m/F↓F♯m/E↓F♯m/D♯↓D
Got to Get You into My Life
Bm↓Bm/A♯↓Bm/A↓Bm/G♯
And Your Bird Can Sing
G♯m↓Gaug↓F♯m
Strawberry Fields Forever
F7↑F♯dim↑Gm
Penny Lane
Bm6/G♯↓Gmaj7↓F♯sus4
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
A7/G↓F♯m7↓F
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
Dm↓Dm/C♯↓Dm/C↓Dm/B
Baby, You're a Rich Man
B♭↑G/B↑C
I Am the Walrus
A/G↓F♯m7↓F↓E
Hello, Goodbye
C↓B↓B♭
The Fool on the Hill
Dm↓Dm(maj7)/C♯↓Dm7/C
Magical Mystery Tour
D/C↓G/B↓Gm/B♭↓D/A
Glass Onion
Adim7↓A♭dim7↓Gdim7↓F♯dim7, F♯dim7↑Gdim7↑G♯dim7↑Adim7
Sexy Sadie
A7↓A♭7↓G↓F♯7, G↓F♯7↓F
Back in the U.S.S.R.
D↓D/C♯↓D/C↓B7, D↑D♯↑E7
Dear Prudence
D7/C↓Gmaj7/B↓Gm(maj7)/B♭
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Am/G↓D/F♯↓F
Blackbird
C↑C♯dim↑Dadd4↑D♯dim↑Em, Em↓E♭↓Dadd4↓C♯dim↓C
Honey Pie
G↓F♯↓F
Cry Baby Cry
Em↓Em(maj7)/D♯↓Em7/D↓Em6/C♯↓C7
Wild Honey Pie
F7↓E7↓E♭7↓D7
Helter Skelter
E7/D↓A/C♯↓C
Something
Am↓Am(maj7)/G♯↓Am7/G↓D9/F♯↓F, A↓A/G♯↓A/G↓A/F♯↓A/F↓A/E
You Never Give Me Your Money
Gb7↑G7↑Ab7
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
G↑E7/G♯↑Am7, G5↑G♯5↑A
Mean Mr. Mustard
B7↑C7↑C♯7↑D7, D7↓C♯7↓C7↓B7
Dig a Pony
G↑G♯dim↑A
I Me Mine
Am/G↓F♯m7♭5↓F
Free as a Bird
F♯m↓Fmaj7↓E7, Am↓A♭maj7↓G7, F↑F♯dim7↑G, F♯m↓F↓E
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