Music · Time signature
3/4
Waltz time - three quarter-note beats per bar. Creates a lilting, flowing feel.
18
songs
It turns up on eighteen recordings, for nearly the whole run, 1963 to 1970. More of the Let It Be album has it than any other album, three of its twelve tracks. 'A Taste of Honey' opens the run and 'I Me Mine' closes it. More of them come from 1967 on than from the first four years, twelve against five. John sings lead on eight of them, Paul on five and George on three.
See alsoTime signature:4/4Time signature:Time signature changeTime signature:12/8Ending chord:iiMelody:HemiolaChord literal:Em → DmChord literal:Dm → AmLyric shape:been [WORD]
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Top time signatures by writer (setting aside the obvious near-universals) - Lennon: 3/4 (7), 6/8 (5), Time signature change (5); McCartney: 3/4 (3), 12/8 (1), 2/2 (1); Harrison: 3/4 (3), 3+ time signatures (2), Time signature change (2).
Analysis
By Year
Song count per year
By Songwriter
% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)
By Era
Early1 · 6%
Mid-period5 · 31%
Late10 · 63%
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Songs(16 of 18)
Year
Album
Writer
Lead vocal(s)
Baby's in Black
1964·Beatles For Sale·John
No meter change occurs anywhere in 'Baby's in Black' - the whole song stays in triple/waltz meter.
I've Just Seen a Face
1965·Help!·Paul
We Can Work It Out
1965·Past Masters·Paul
She Said She Said
1966·Revolver·John
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
1967·Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band·John
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
1967·Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band·John
Long, Long, Long
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·George
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John
Blackbird
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul
Only a Northern Song
1969·Yellow Submarine·George
Mean Mr. Mustard
1969·Abbey Road·John
The End
1969·Abbey Road·Paul
Dig a Pony
1970·Let It Be·John
Dig It
1970·Let It Be·John
I Me Mine
1970·Let It Be·George
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