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To dissect The Beatles' success, it's important to return to the basics of songwriting, particularly in how songs are structured around major scales. The foundational G Major scale—consisting of seven notes—can produce a series of chords crucial for songwriting. However, modern pop music often restricts itself to these basic chords, never venturing beyond this simplistic framework.
A Critique of Modern Pop Music
Upon evaluating contemporary chart-toppers, I discovered that nearly every song adhered to these same seven chords, rendering much of today’s music formulaic and predictable. The Beatles, however, were pioneers of more complex structures, using a rich tapestry of chord progressions that set them apart from their contemporary counterparts.