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Baroque pop

Pop music incorporating harpsichord, strings, and other Baroque-classical textures.

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It turns up on fourteen recordings, from 1965 to 1969. It begins on 'Yesterday' and finishes on 'Because'. More of them come from 1967 on than from the first four years, nine against three. Paul owns the singing here, eight of the fourteen, two for John, and the two of them together on three, with George on one. All four of them take the lead on 'Carry That Weight'. Three of them share it on 'Because'. McCartney wrote ten of the fourteen, such as 'Eleanor Rigby' and 'Penny Lane', 11% of his songs against 4% of Harrison's. On 'All You Need Is Love': marseillaise fanfare in Baroque style with trills and harpsichord. On 'Martha My Dear': brass and string score. Of those, 'Michelle' is in F minor, one of only two of their recordings in that key.
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Beatles baroque-pop tracks cluster harder around F major than any other key - 4 of them are in that key.

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