The major flat submediant (bVI) is the tenth most common chord in The Beatles' catalog. It's used 262 times in 45 songs: [2] 'P. S. I Love You' bVI: 6 approach: I x2, V x4 progress: bVII x6 [3] 'Please Please Me' bVI: 1 approach: bIII x1 progress: V x1 [6] 'I Saw Her Standing There' bVI: 4 approach: IV x4 progress: I x4 [7] 'Do You Want To Know A Secret' bVI: 3 approach: ii x3 progress: I x3 [13e] 'Till There Was You' bVI: 1 approach: I x1 progress: I x1 [14] 'It Won't Be Long' bVI: 6 approach: I x6 progress: I x6 [20] 'Don't Bother Me' bVI: 2 approach: iv x2 progress: i x2 [25] 'And I Love Her' bVI: 5 approach: i x5 progress: Ø x5 [27] 'Tell Me Why' bVI: 1 approach: vi x1 progress: V x1 [30] 'I Call Your Name' bVI: 2 approach: II x2 progress: V x2 [33] 'I'll Be Back' bVI: 7 approach: bVII x7 progress: V x7 [35] 'Things We Said Today' bVI: 4 approach: bIII x4 progress: bII x4 [46e] 'Honey Don't' bVI: 10 approach: I x10 progress: I x5, V x5 [62] 'Run For Your Life' bVI: 4 approach: i x4 progress: V x4 [65] 'Day Tripper' bVI: 3 approach: Ø x3 progress: V x3 [68] 'We Can Work it Out' bVI: 4 approach: i x4 progress: V x4 [71] 'Michelle' bVI: 8 approach: i x5, bIII x3 progress: V x8 [73] 'Think For Yourself' bVI: 5 approach: I x5 progress: V x5 [85] 'I'm Only Sleeping' bVI: 18 approach: Ø x4, i x2, bIII x12 progress: Ø x6, i x4, bIII x8 [86] 'Eleanor Rigby' bVI: 10 approach: Ø x1, i x9 progress: i x10 [96] 'A Day in the Life' bVI: 2 approach: I x1, V x1 progress: bIII x2 [100] 'Only A Northern Song' bVI: 4 approach: i x4 progress: II x4 [101] 'Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite' bVI: 12 approach: Ø x1, i x11 progress: V x12 [103] 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds' bVI: 3 approach: I x3 progress: I x3 [107] 'With a Little Help From My Friends' bVI: 2 approach: Ø x1, IV x1 progress: bVII x2 [115] 'Your Mother Should Know' bVI: 6 approach: i x6 progress: Ø x2, I x4 [116] 'I Am the Walrus' bVI: 11 approach: I x3, IV x3, V x1, bVII x4 progress: II x4, V x4, bVII x3 [120] 'Hello Goodbye' bVI: 5 approach: IV x5 progress: I x4, II x1 [122] 'Lady Madonna' bVI: 8 approach: IV x8 progress: bVII x8 [128] 'Blackbird' bVI: 4 approach: vi x4 progress: V x4 [141] 'Wild Honey Pie' bVI: 3 approach: VI x3 progress: V x3 [144] 'Glass Onion' A MINOR: bVI: 17 approach: i x7, bIII x3, IV x6, bVII x1 progress: i x6, IV x7, bVII x4 [145] 'I Will' bVI: 1 approach: V x1 progress: I x1 [149] 'Honey Pie' bVI: 12 approach: I x12 progress: V x5, VI x7 [150] 'Savoy Truffle' bVI: 5 approach: i x5 progress: Ø x5 [154] 'The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill' bVI: 6 approach: bIII x6 progress: bVII x6 [167] 'I Want You (She's So Heavy)' bVI: 14 approach: II x6, IV x4, bVII x4 progress: Ø x4, V x1, V+ x6, bVII x3 [169] 'Old Brown Shoe' bVI: 9 approach: Ø x4, i x1, IV x4 progress: IV x4, V+ x5 [171] 'Oh! Darling' bVI: 4 approach: IV x2, V x2 progress: I x2, V x2 [173] 'You Never Give Me Your Money' bVI: 3 approach: bIII x3 progress: ii° x3 [176] 'Carry that Weight' bVI: 2 approach: bIII x2 progress: ii° x2 [182] 'Mean Mr. Mustard' bVI: 8 approach: I x4, V x2, VI x2 progress: V x6, VI x2 [183] 'Polythene Pam' bVI: 4 approach: I x2, V x2 progress: bVII x4 [185] 'Because' bVI: 10 approach: i x5, V x5 progress: i x5, bII x5 [186] 'I Me Mine' bVI: 3 approach: i x3 progress: Ø x1, i x2 Those 262 bVI chords are approached as follows... Ø: 14 instances (5.3%) in 6 songs
I: 47 instances (17.9%) in 10 songs
i: 71 instances (27.1%) in 14 songs
II: 8 instances (3.1%) in 2 songs
ii: 3 instances (1.1%) in 1 song
bIII: 34 instances (13.0%) in 8 songs
IV: 37 instances (14.1%) in 9 songs
iv: 3 instances (1.1%) in 2 songs
V: 14 instances (5.3%) in 7 songs
bVI: 6 instances (2.3%) in 1 song
VI: 5 instances (1.9%) in 2 songs
vi: 4 instances (1.5%) in 1 song
bVII: 16 instances (6.1%) in 4 songs
... and progress as follows: Ø: 23 instances (8.8%) in 6 songs
I: 39 instances (14.9%) in 11 songs
i: 29 instances (11.1%) in 6 songs
bII: 9 instances (3.4%) in 2 songs
II: 9 instances (3.4%) in 3 songs
ii°: 5 instances (1.9%) in 2 songs
bIII: 10 instances (3.8%) in 2 songs
IV: 11 instances (4.2%) in 2 songs
V: 77 instances (29.4%) in 18 songs
V+: 11 instances (4.2%) in 2 songs
VI: 9 instances (3.4%) in 2 songs
bVII: 30 instances (11.5%) in 7 songs
![]() While the major flat submediant is rather common, the minor flat submediant (bvi) is extremely rare, appearing 3 times in just 1 song: [154] 'The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill' bvi: 3 approach: i x3 progress: Ø x3 Surprisingly, the augmented flat submediant (bVI+) is more common - making the flat submediant the only chord whose augmented uses are greater than its minor uses. bVI+ is heard 8 times in 3 songs: [10] 'From Me To You' bVI+: 1 approach: vi x1 progress: I x1 [15] 'All My Loving' bVI+: 4 approach: vi x4 progress: I x4 [112] 'You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)' bVI+: 3 approach: IV x3 progress: vi x3 Meanwhile, tomorrow evening I'll be visiting Vidalia, LA for another round of "Band of the Sixties":
Thursday, 2 February 2017, 6:00-7:00 p.m. Vidalia Library, 408 Texas St, Vidalia, LA The Beatles: Band of the Sixties Explore the music of The Beatles in this 60-minute multimedia presentation (part history and part musical analysis) spanning the full 1960's: beginning with the band's seminal visits to Hamburg, continuing through Beatlemania, and concluding with Abbey Road. The program will be supplemented with audio clips of music and excerpts from interviews with the band members.
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