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Paul McCartney’s isolated bass on The Beatles song ‘Something’ shows a master a work

    Paul McCartney’s isolated bass on The Beatles song ‘Something’ shows a master a work

The Beatles’ iconic track ‘Something’ is an undisputed masterpiece, one that George Harrison usually takes the plaudits for with Paul McCartney’s bass on the track being criminally underrated — until

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The Beatles Classic Sinatra Called 1 of the Greatest Love Songs Ever Written

    The Beatles Classic Sinatra Called 1 of the Greatest Love Songs Ever Written

By 1969, Frank Sinatra had done his best work as a singer and actor. His groundbreaking albums on Columbia, Capitol, and Reprise (his own label) had gone out at various

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Frank Sinatra performing The Beatles song ‘Something’ live

    Frank Sinatra performing The Beatles song ‘Something’ live

In the summer of 1969 The Beatles found themselves in the studio recording material which would make up their eleventh studio album, Abbey Road, which included the George Harrison-written hit ‘Something’. Joined

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The “b7 Minor-Drop” Progression, As Used by Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, Black Sabbath and More

    The “b7 Minor-Drop” Progression, As Used by Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, Black Sabbath and More

In the previous two lessons (February 2018 and March 2018), I covered the standard “minor-drop” progression, which for decades has been famously used and abused by songwriters in a variety

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