Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band(Track)

Tonality

G major

Metre

4

Tempo

Moderate

Style

1960s rock with classical elementsInst

Instrumentation

Lead guitar, bass guitar, rhythm guitar, drum kit and 4 French horns

Form

Intro-verse 1-interlude 1-chorus-interlude 2-verse 2-coda

Intro

Bars 1-4 , ten seconds of tuning and audience noise, strong rock influences with strong back beat on drums and lead guitar melody

Verse 1

Bars 5-12, four 2 bar phrases features repeated notes, melodic repetition and syncopation. Monotone vocals and homophonic texture

First interlude

Bars 13-27, tonality modulates to F major then returns to G. French hors are played in contrapuntal style and texture is polyphonic

Chorus

Bars 18-29, guitars and drums establish rock sound, vocal line halves speed (semiquavers to quavers), vocal harmonies in 2 and 3 parts, descending arpeggio of D7 on horns

Second interlude

Bars 30-34, Key change to F and back to G, same harmonies repeated from first interlude, solo vocals are added, horns play sustained dotted minims then quavers

Verse 2

Music of verse 1 repeated with different lyrics

Coda

Chords are vamped over descending bass line which leads to second song on album “With a little help from my friends“