![]() ![]() "Because" concludes with a vocal fade-out on D dim, which keeps listeners in suspense as they wait for the return to the home key of C ♯ minor. With regard to citing Beethoven's " Moonlight Sonata", musicologist Walter Everett notes that "both arpeggiate triads and seventh chords in C ♯ minor in the baritone range of a keyboard instrument at a slow tempo, move through the submediant to ♭II and approach vii dim 7/IV via a common tone." But while acknowledging the unusual shared harmonies, Dominic Pedler notes that the relationship is not the result of reversing the order of the chords as Lennon suggested. No imagery, no obscure references." Musical structure ![]() I said, 'Can you play those chords backwards?', and wrote 'Because' around them. It appears in what Alan Pollack refers to as the "mini-bridge", and then again at the end of the song.Īccording to Lennon, the song's close musical resemblance to the first movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata was no coincidence: " Yoko was playing Beethoven's 'Moonlight Sonata' on the piano. "Because" was one of few Beatles recordings to feature a Moog synthesiser, played by George Harrison. ![]() The harpsichord is joined by Lennon's guitar (mimicking the harpsichord line) played through a Leslie speaker. The song begins with a distinctive electric harpsichord intro played by producer George Martin. An electric harpsichord similar to the one used for "Because" ![]()
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