Music · Scale degree
♭VII7
Chord on the ♭VII7 scale degree - Roman-numeral shorthand for its position in the home key.
13
songs
From 1964 to 1969, it is heard on thirteen recordings. It sits thickest on Abbey Road, five of its seventeen tracks. 'A Hard Day's Night' opens the run and 'She Came in Through the Bathroom Window' closes it. It goes quiet after 1964 and comes back in 1967 for 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'. Paul sings lead on eight of the thirteen, three for John, and the two of them together on two. All four of them take the lead on 'Carry That Weight'. McCartney wrote nine of the thirteen, among them 'The End' and 'Lady Madonna', 10% of his songs against 4% of Lennon's. Of the thirteen, 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' is one of two of their recordings with French horn solo.
See alsoChord degree:iv–♭VII–♭IIIChord shape:C7 → E♭7Chord literal:G → C → AChord degree:iv–♭VIIChord degree:i–♭VI–♭VIIChord literal:D → G → C → AChord shape:C7 → F/EChord literal:G7 → C/B
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Paul McCartney reaches for the ♭VII7 scale degree on 14% of his sole-written songs (9 of 65) - roughly 8.1× the rate at which the other Beatles do (2% average): 'Carry That Weight', 'Lady Madonna', and 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'.
Analysis
By Year
Song count per year
By Songwriter
% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)
By Era
Early1 · 8%
Mid-period3 · 23%
Late9 · 69%
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Songs(13)
Year
Album
Writer
Lead vocal(s)
A Hard Day's Night
1964·A Hard Day's Night·John
F7
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1967·Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band·Paul
F7
The Fool on the Hill
1967·Magical Mystery Tour·Paul
C7 (in D minor)
Your Mother Should Know
1967·Magical Mystery Tour·Paul
G7
Lady Madonna
1968·Past Masters·Paul
G7
Glass Onion
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John
G7
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John
G7 (in A major)
Wild Honey Pie
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul
F7
The End
1969·Abbey Road·Paul
G7
You Never Give Me Your Money
1969·Abbey Road·Paul
G7 (in A minor), G7 (in A major)
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
1969·Abbey Road·Paul
G7
Carry That Weight
1969·Abbey Road·Paul
G7 (in A minor)
Mean Mr. Mustard
1969·Abbey Road·John
D7
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