Beatles- Revolver

• How many people were in the Beatles

  4
• What are the names of the 4 members

  John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr
• Where are they from

  Liverpool
• Who wrote the majority of the Music

  Paul Mcartney
• When did the form

  1960
• John Lennon sung , Paul McCartney played the bass giutar and sung, George Harrison play drums and Ringo Starr played drums and gituar
• Who was George Martin

  Studio Producer and studio recorder
• When was Revolver released

  1966
• Who inspired the Beatles

  Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and The one and only King, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry
• They incorperated

  Folk, Indian, Psychedelia and hard rock, classical and traditonal pop
• What styles influnced them

  Early Rock and Roll, Blues, Rhythm & Blues, Country & Western, girl groups, Phil Spector's Wall of Sound, and Broadway show tunes
• Musical Style of the Beatles


  modal harmonies and close harmony featuring open fourths and fifths
• Wider Listening for Beatles: Beach Boys ‘God Only Knows’, Within You,  Beatles ‘Stawberry Fields Forever
• Features of Beach Boys ‘God Only Knows’:

  • conjunct
  • Close Harmony
  • High Tessitura
  • Syncopation
• Other Wider Listening From A0S2:Feeling Good- Nina Simone, Respect Aretha Franklin, Running Up that Hill, When the Party’s over