Stepwise bass line
Three or more consecutive chords where the bass note moves by step (semitone or whole tone). Creates smooth, Bach-style voice leading.
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(92 of 94)
P.S. I Love You
A↑B♭↑C↑D
Please Please Me
E↑F♯m↑G♯m↑A, A↑B↑C♯m
Ask Me Why
E↑F♯m7↑G♯m7↑Am, A↓G♯m7↓F♯m7↓E
Do You Want to Know a Secret
G♯m↓Gm↓F♯m↓F↓E, C♯m↓Bm↓A, A↑B↑C♯m
She Loves You
C↑D↑Em
Don't Bother Me
Bm↓Am↓G
It Won't Be Long
A↑B↑Cmaj7, G♯m↑A↑B
I Want to Hold Your Hand
B↑C↑D
Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand
B↑C↑D
If I Fell
F♯m↓Fdim↓Em7, E♭m↓D↓D♭, D↑Em↑F♯m
Tell Me Why
Bm↓B♭↓A7
A Hard Day's Night
Bm↑C↑D
Any Time at All
D↓F♯m/C♯↓Bm↓Gm/B♭↓D/A, A/E↑Bm/F♯↑A/G
I'll Be Back
Am↓G↓Fmaj7↓E7
When I Get Home
F↑G↑Am
I'm Happy Just to Dance with You
F♯m↑G♯↑A↑B, A↑B↑C♯m
She's a Woman
C♯m↑D↑E
I Feel Fine
Bm↑C↑D
I'm a Loser
F↑G↑Am7
I'll Follow the Sun
D7↓C↓Em/B
No Reply
Fmaj7↓Em↓Dm7
Every Little Thing
Bm↓Bm/A↓E/G♯
Ticket to Ride
G↓F♯m↓E
Yesterday
Dm↓Dm/C↓B♭↓Dm/A↓G7
The Night Before
F↑G7↑A7, G↑A↑Bm
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
D↓Csus2↓G/B↓D/A
I've Just Seen a Face
F♯m↓E↓D
Think for Yourself
E♭↓D7↓C
We Can Work It Out
Bm↓Bm/A↓G↓F♯7sus4, Bm↓Bm/A↓Bm/G↓F♯7
Michelle
Fm↓Eaug↓A♭/E♭↓Dm7♭5↓D♭maj7↓C
Nowhere Man
G♯m↑A↑B
You Won't See Me
F♯m↓F♯m/F↓F♯m/E↓F♯m/D♯↓D
I'm Looking Through You
Cadd9↓G/B↓Am
Girl
E♭↓Gm/D↓Fm/C↓B♭7
Here, There and Everywhere
G↑Am↑Bm↑C
Taxman
F7↓E7↓D7
And Your Bird Can Sing
G♯m↓Gaug↓F♯m
I'm Only Sleeping
Am↓Am/G↓Fmaj7, G↑Am↑Bm
Got to Get You into My Life
Bm↓Bm/A♯↓Bm/A↓Bm/G♯, C↓C/B↓Am7
For No One
B↓B/A♯↓G♯m↓B/F♯↓E
Strawberry Fields Forever
Ddim↑E♭↑F↑G7, F7↑F♯dim↑Gm
Penny Lane
Bm6/G♯↓Gmaj7↓F♯sus4
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
A↓A7/G↓F♯m7↓F
A Day in the Life
C↓C/B↓Asus2↓G
With a Little Help from My Friends
F♯↓E↓D, C↑D↑E
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
Dm↓Dm/C♯↓Dm/C↓Dm/B↓A, Dm↓Dm/C↓B♭↓A7
Getting Better
C↑Dm↑Em↑F
She's Leaving Home
E↓D↓C♯m
All You Need Is Love
G↓D/F♯↓Em7↓G/D
Baby, You're a Rich Man
B♭↑G/B↑C
Hello, Goodbye
C↓B↓B♭↓A♭↓G
I Am the Walrus
A↓G↓F↓E↓D↓C↓B↓A↓G↓F↓E↓D↓C↓B↓A↓G, A↓A/G↓F♯m7↓F↓E, B↓B/A↓G↓F↓E, F↑G↑A, C↑D↑E
The Fool on the Hill
Dm↓Dm(maj7)/C♯↓Dm7/C
Magical Mystery Tour
D↓D/C↓G/B↓Gm/B♭↓D/A, F♯m↑G♯↑A↑B
Hey Jude
B♭↓B♭/A↓B♭/G↓B♭/F
Cry Baby Cry
Em↓Em(maj7)/D♯↓Em7/D↓Em6/C♯↓C7
Blackbird
C↑C♯dim↑Dadd4↑D♯dim↑Em, Fadd9↓Em↓Dm↓C↓B♭6↓A7, Em↓E♭↓Dadd4↓C♯dim↓C, G↑Am7↑G/B, Cm↓G/B↓A7, C↓G/B↓A7
Wild Honey Pie
G7↓F7↓E7↓E♭7↓D7
Dear Prudence
D↓D7/C↓Gmaj7/B↓Gm(maj7)/B♭
I'm So Tired
A↓G♯aug↓F♯m
Back in the U.S.S.R.
D↓D/C♯↓D/C↓B7, D↑D♯↑E7
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Am↓Am/G↓D/F♯↓F
Martha My Dear
E♭↓E♭/D↓E♭/C↓E♭/B♭
Rocky Raccoon
C↓C/B↓Am7
Long, Long, Long
B♭↓Am↓Gm↓F
Piggies
B♭m↑C7↑D♭↑E♭, D♭↑E♭↑Fm
Honey Pie
G↓F♯↓F
I Will
B♭↑C7↑Dm
Glass Onion
Adim7↓A♭dim7↓Gdim7↓F♯dim7, F♯dim7↑Gdim7↑G♯dim7↑Adim7
Helter Skelter
E7/D↓A/C♯↓C
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
F↑G↑Am
Sexy Sadie
G↑Am7↑Bm7↑Cmaj7, A7↓A♭7↓G↓F♯7, G↓F♯7↓F, Bm↑C↑D
Good Night
C↓C/B↓Am7, Bm↑C↑D7
Carry That Weight
C↓G/B↓A
The End
A↓A/G↓F↓Em↓Dm
Something
A↓C♯m/G♯↓F♯m↓A/E↓D
You Never Give Me Your Money
G↑A↑B7
Here Comes the Sun
D/F♯↓A/E↓D
Octopus's Garden
A↑B↑C♯m
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
F↑G↑E7/G♯↑Am7, G5↑G♯5↑A
Mean Mr. Mustard
B7↑C7↑C♯7↑D7, D7↓C♯7↓C7↓B7
Polythene Pam
E↓D↓C♯↓B, B↑C↑D↑E
Her Majesty
D↓D/C♯↓D/B↓Asus4
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
F♯m↑G↑A
Let It Be
F↓Em↓Dm↓C↓B♭↓F/A↓G↓F, G↓F↓C/E↓Dm7↓C, Am↓Am/G↓Fmaj7, Am↓C/G↓F
Dig a Pony
G↑G♯dim↑A
The Long and Winding Road
Cm↓Cm/B♭↓A♭↓E♭/G↓Fm7
Two of Us
C↓C/B↓Am7↓G
I Me Mine
Am↓Am/G↓F♯m7♭5↓F
Free as a Bird
F♯m↓Fmaj7↓E7, F↑F♯dim7↑G↑A, Am↓A♭maj7↓G7, F♯m↓F↓E
Real Love
E♭↓Gm/D↓Cm↓Baug, A♭↑B♭↑Cm
Now and Then
Am↓Em/G↓F↓E7
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