How THE BEATLES wrote the PERFECT chord progression

Summary by Krater

The video analyzes the Beatles song Penny Lane, breaking down its chords, modulations, and modal mixtures to show how Paul McCartney creates unique harmonic progressions.

From the video

Answers: How does the chord progression of Penny Lane by The Beatles work?

• Penny Lane chord progression
• Beatles harmony analysis
• modal mixture in pop music
• pivot chords in songwriting
• borrowed chords analysis

What it concludes

• Penny Lane is written in the key of B major.
• The 1-6-2-5 progression in Penny Lane uses a turnaround to bring us back to the beginning chord.
• The B minor chord in Penny Lane is a borrowed chord from the relative minor key of B minor.
• The E chord acts as a pivot chord going from the key of B major to A major.
• The song uses secondary dominants, modal mixture, and pivot chords to create its unique modulations.