The impact of The Beatles
Rock 鈥檔鈥 roll
A music style in the 1950s that includes guitars, drums, vocals and double bass. Often orientates around the 12-bar blues. influenced a whole generation of teenagers who previously had listened to the same music as their parents. This style of music gave teenagers a sense of identity. In the US, parents believed rock 鈥檔鈥 roll was misleading teenagers but as teenagers had more access to TV than ever before and money to buy records. The new type of music developed a huge following.
The Beatles
The Beatles moved quickly from rock 鈥檔鈥 roll songs to more experimental musical styles. Eleanor Rigby was released in 1966 and controversially had classical and Traditional music from a particular country.聽 influences. Paul McCartney wrote the song in a A scale with the intervals, T, st, T, T, T, st, T (T represents tone interval and st represents a semitone interval). . A sequence of notes that have varying intervals between each degree of the sequence. were used in folk songs such as Scarborough Fair. The song features a string quartet, which meant it was never performed live and in the production, microphones were placed very close to the instruments to achieve a raw sound from the instruments.
The Beatles鈥 eighth studio album, Sgt. Pepper鈥檚 Lonely Hearts Club Band, demonstrates that they were extraordinary musical pioneers. The album includes of a full A long composition for the orchestra, typically featuring four movements. orchestra, the mellotron - an early An electronic keyboard that allows the player to change the sound. - influences from Indian classical music, such as the An Indian stringed instrument with two sets of strings. One plays a drone and the other a melody. and An Indian drum played with the fingertips. Usually played as a pair., as well as new studio developments. The Beatles produced the first song to use The noise you get when to stand too close to a speaker with microphone or guitar. Often used on purpose in rock music. with I Feel Fine. Paul McCartney also attended lots of avant-garde concerts and asked a whole symphony orchestra to play from their lowest note to the highest note on their instrument in A Day in the Life.
The Beatles鈥 songs are a lasting legacy. They have been covered by artists from The Who to Stereophonics. The songs appear in films, for example The Rain Man, where Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise sing I Saw Her Standing There. Ultimately, the band changed how Music which has general appeal and is often linked to styles of the 1950s. Driven by a strong rhythmic element. was made.