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“fact, the whole point of the trick’ is that knowledge of just these three chords enables the novice musician to play thousands of songs in dozens of genres. Whether”
― Dominic Pedler, The Songwriting Secrets Of The Beatles

“songwriters learn just one concept beyond the Three-Chord Trick from this book it should surely be the ii-V–I progression.”
― Dominic Pedler, The Songwriting Secrets Of The Beatles

“I Want To Hold Your Hand’ ‘I Saw Her Standing There’ Voice leading in the Plagal cadence Here is a summary of the action in a IV–I change (in the key of C), highlighting the important ‘inner’ voice leading.”
― Dominic Pedler, The Songwriting Secrets Of The Beatles

“All music is rehash. There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme’. John Lennon1”
― Dominic Pedler, The Songwriting Secrets Of The Beatles