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Index
Cover
Title Page
Contents
Introduction
Chapter One: Tension, Resolution and the Power of V
Chapter Two: The Three-Chord Trick and the Blues
Chapter Three: The Minor Pop Chords
Chapter Four: ‘Supercharging’ a Song with Secondary Dominants
Chapter Five: ‘Exotic birds’ … and the Great Aeolian Cadence Mystery
Chapter Six: Relative and Parallel Minor Switches
Chapter Seven: ‘Borrowing’ … and the Rise of Rock
Chapter Eight: The Modal Connection
Chapter Nine: Descending Bass, Inversions and ‘Aug’ Chords
Chapter Ten: Middle Eights and Mega Modulations
Chapter Eleven: Diminished: Songwriting Sleight-of-Hand
Chapter Twelve: Tritone Substitution and Other Mystery Chords
Chapter Thirteen: The ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ Chord – Rock’s Holy Grail
Chapter Fourteen: Melody – Intervals, Motifs and Phrasing
Chapter Fifteen: Harmonisation in Focus
Chapter Sixteen: ‘I nicked it!’ – Derivation, ‘Plagiarism’ and Pop
Chapter Seventeen: And in the End … Lyrical and Tonal Movement
Coda: ‘She Loves You’ – Anatomy of a Perfect Pop Song
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Appendix 1: A Beginner’s Guide to Music Theory
Appendix 2: Beatles Chords in Practice
Appendix 3: An Introduction to Harmonisation
Appendix 4: An Introduction to Beatles' Song Form
Appendix 5: Science, Surprise and the ‘Tingle’ Factor
Appendix 6: A Summary of Early Beatles' Influences
Appendix 7: Song Index
Further Reading
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Copyright
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