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"Two of Us" is a song written by Paul McCartney [1] [2] and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The song was recorded by the Beatles on 31 January 1969. "Two of Us" was originally released as the opening track on Let It Be (1970) and a remix of that recording was later included on Let It Be...
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The chord progression D ♭ maj7 – C 7 ♭ 9 – F m7 – E ♭ m7 A ♭ 7 of its intro and verse can be thought of as a double-time modified reordering of the first four bars of the "Sunny" chord progression. [5] "Just the Two of Us" restarts this progression but settles on the minor tonic: D ♭ maj7 – C 7 ♭ 9 – F m7 – %. Its chorus ...
The Beatles ceded to two interruptions during this time. [38] They received their MBEs at Buckingham Palace on 26 October, from Queen Elizabeth II, [39] and on 1–2 November, the band filmed their segments for The Music of Lennon & McCartney, a Granada Television tribute to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership.
The song was initially composed in C, but was played in F on Rubber Soul (with a capo on the fifth fret). The verse opens with an F major chord ("Michelle" – melody note C) then the second chord (on "ma belle" – melody note D ♭) is a B ♭ 7 ♯ 9 (on the original demo in C, the second chord is a F 7 ♯ 9).
The practice of adding tones may have led to superimposing chords and tonalities, though added tone chords have most often been used as more intense substitutes for traditional chords. [3] For instance a minor chord that includes a major second factor holds a great deal more dramatic tension due to the very close interval between the major ...
According to Walter Everett the opening chord has an introductory dominant function because McCartney plays D in the bass: Harrison and Martin play F A C G, over the bass D, on twelve-string guitar and piano respectively, giving the chord a mixture-coloured neighbour, F; two diatonic neighbours, A and C; plus an anticipation of the tonic, G ...
The Beatles did not perform any of the songs from Revolver during their August 1966 US tour. [52] While acknowledging that several of the tracks would have been impossible to reproduce in concert, Unterberger says that guitar-based songs such as "And Your Bird Can Sing" would have been easy to arrange for live performance.