Music · Instrument group
String
Beatles songs with a scored string section (violins, violas, cellos, double bass) - from the Yesterday quartet to full orchestral strings.
28
songs
28 recordings have it, from 1965 to 1970. 'Yesterday' opens the run and 'I Me Mine' closes it, with the Magical Mystery Tour album leaning on it hardest, six of its eleven tracks. More of them come from 1967 on than from the first four years, 24 against one. The singing splits Paul on ten, George on six, John on five and Ringo on two. All four of them take the lead on 'Carry That Weight'. Harrison has it on 24% of his songs, including 'Piggies' and 'Here Comes the Sun', and McCartney on 14% of his. Among them, 'Eleanor Rigby' is in E minor, and only four of their recordings are.
See alsoInstrument group:GuitarsInstrument group:KeyboardsInstrument group:BrassArrangement:CelloArrangement:ViolinArrangement:ViolaArrangement:Double bassOrchestral scoring:George Martin
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The instrument groups the Beatles reach for most are Guitars on 206 songs, Keyboards on 127 songs, and String on 28 songs.
Analysis
By Year
Song count per year
By Songwriter
% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)
By Era
Early0 · 0%
Mid-period11 · 42%
Late15 · 58%
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Songs(28)
Year
Album
Writer
Lead vocal(s)
Yesterday
1965·Help!·Paul
Eleanor Rigby
1966·Revolver·Paul
Penny Lane
1967·Magical Mystery Tour·Paul
Strawberry Fields Forever
1967·Magical Mystery Tour·John
She's Leaving Home
1967·Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band·Paul
A Day in the Life
1967·Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band·John
Within You Without You
1967·Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band·George
All You Need Is Love
1967·Magical Mystery Tour·John
Hello, Goodbye
1967·Magical Mystery Tour·Paul
I Am the Walrus
1967·Magical Mystery Tour·John
Blue Jay Way
1967·Magical Mystery Tour·George
Hey Jude
1968·Past Masters·Paul
Martha My Dear
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul
Glass Onion
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John
Don't Pass Me By
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Ringo
Piggies
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·George
Good Night
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Ringo
Carry That Weight
1969·Abbey Road·Paul
The End
1969·Abbey Road·Paul
Something
1969·Abbey Road·George
Golden Slumbers
1969·Abbey Road·Paul
Here Comes the Sun
1969·Abbey Road·George
Let It Be
1970·Let It Be·Paul
I Me Mine
1970·Let It Be·George
The Long and Winding Road
1970·Let It Be·Paul
Across the Universe
1970·Let It Be·John
Real Love
1996·Reunion singles·John
Now and Then
2023·Reunion singles·John
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