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Lennon v. McCartney

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dc.contributor.authorKroetch, Kimberly
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-25
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-31T01:50:51Z
dc.date.available2022-05-31T01:50:51Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractIn this analysis, the chord progressions used in songs by the Beatles are modelled as Markov chains to identify potential differences between songs for which John Lennon had more influence and those for which Paul McCartney had more influence. A preliminary comparison of random samples of songs from each artist did not identify noteworthy differences between Lennon and McCartney; most pieces resulted in regular Markov chains. This analysis then focusses on two songs from the Beatles – “Norwegian Wood”, primarily written by John Lennon, and “Good Day Sunshine”, primarily written by Paul McCartney – which deviated from this pattern. Similar patterns were found between the two songs despite major differences in the chords that made up each state space. In general, however, McCartney’s song had more variety in terms of the number of chords used and the paths taken between tonic chords.
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dc.identifier.citationKroetch, K. (2020). Lennon vs. McCartney: Analysis of Chord Progressions in the Music of The Beatles. MacEwan University Student EJournal (MUSe), 4(1). https://doi.org/10.31542/muse.v4i1.1956
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.31542/muse.v4i1.1956
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/2595
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectMarkov chains
dc.subjectchord progressions
dc.subjectBeatles
dc.titleLennon v. McCartneyen
dc.typeStudent Article

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