Descending bass
A bass line that walks downward through scale tones.
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Walking bass B→A→G under intro/chorus
Yesterday
Bridge: D-C-B♭-A-G chromatic descent
In My Life
Verse bass walk
Michelle
Chromatic descent in intro/outro vamp
For No One
Walking bass under static B harmony
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Verse: A → G → F♯ → F
Fixing a Hole
Chromatic descent in verse
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
Outro descending chromatic bass
I Am the Walrus
Outro Moebius strip A G F E D C B
Hello, Goodbye
Unifies verse and refrain
The Fool on the Hill
Chromatic descent under chorus
Magical Mystery Tour
D-C-B-B♭-A under the chorus
Your Mother Should Know
Cycle of falling fifths under verses: A-D-G-C
Blackbird
Scale-wise bassline motion, often chromatic, under a G drone
Martha My Dear
Chromatic descent in outro
Honey Pie
F♯ → F pivot into bridge
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Chromatic descent under sustained Am
Long, Long, Long
4-3-2-1 across verse
Sexy Sadie
Bridge: A7 - A♭7 - G
Mother Nature's Son
B-B♭-A inner voice on verse close
Julia
b7-6-b6-5 descent in 12-bar verse
Wild Honey Pie
Dominant-7th stream G7-F7-E7-E♭7-D7 in the break
Dear Prudence
Chromatic D-C-B-B♭ under sustained pedal
Old Brown Shoe
Chromatic bass arpeggiations
I've Got a Feeling
Diminished chords over A pedal
I Me Mine
Bassline on Pre-Chorus
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