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- Is it true that the Beatles couldn't read music?
- What was the message of the Beatles music?
- What chord progressions did the Beatles use?
Is it true that the Beatles couldn't read music?
The Beatles
And not one of them could read or write music. As incredible as it may seem, “The Fab Four” managed to mesmerize the entire world without this simple ability. In a 1980 interview with Playboy magazine, John Lennon said, “None of us could read music… None of us can write it.
What was the message of the Beatles music?
Many of the Beatles' early songs were conventional stories of young love and attraction. As the band matured, the stories grew darker and more true to life. "Norwegian Wood", from the 1965 album Rubber Soul, described an affair Lennon was conducting with an unnamed girl during his first marriage to Cynthia.
What chord progressions did the Beatles use?
The harmonic language of the Beatles mainly uses the chords I, IV and V (in C major: C, F and G major) and the relative minors vi and ii (A minor and D minor).
