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♭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.
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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'.

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Songs(13)

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