Beatles-ness

[Greeny]

One thing I noticed with many Beatles songs, is that they first hit you with the chorus.
Then, then verses, etc...

LG

That's the Burt Bacharach trick too. It's very powerful.

[Hook]

Farrell really nailed it. My 1st thought was the Major/minor change used at the perfect "heartstrings" moment.

[Ted]

Key changes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjIvYdi5cjI

[maxit]

That s cool Ted! Since I m studying this matter I discovered that, strange as it may seem, it was mainly Paul to modulate: left to his own career john pursued simpler (but powerful) songs while paul  continued collecting bunches of key changes in a single song.

[maxit]

(I m still having probs with the major/minor changes lol, i ll stick to this)

[Farrell Jackson]

Ted, that is a great video on the insights of the chords and progressions The Beatles used to create their long lasting songs. Some I knew but some I didn't. Thanks for posting the video up! I book marked it for future reference.

Farrell

[Geir]

Key changes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjIvYdi5cjI

Oh I'm definitely going to try this out in future songs

[maxit]

I add another thing: an original song idea for EACH DAMN SONG lol

[maxit]

I mean: never heard before!

[BerryPatch]

Use of blues (or dominant) 7s is another one to me. Sometimes they'll even descend from the major 7 to the dominant such as the chord progression to Something (C Cmaj7 C7). When someone else does this, it always feels quite reminiscent to the Beatles (Such as the bridge to Bell Bottom Blues by Clapton).

And, if you are trying to do an early Beatles style song, it may be a good idea to stick on "augmented" chord in there a few times. I never really noticed this until watching covers but they seem to use them a lot, especially during middle 8s