The music style of The Beatles is rock, specifically psychedelic rock and pop rock.
Music Style
The Beatles' music presents a variety of styles. They use various elements in their music and absorb the style characteristics of other art types. Throughout the Beatles' musical works, fans can hear the beautiful melodies of various instruments, such as the flute in "You've got to hide your love away", the harmonica in "Let it be", and the "Norwegian wood" The sitar in "Yesterday", the strings in "Yesterday" and so on. They added various musical instruments to rock music, which not only enriched rock music, but also made up for the shortcomings of rock music. The great thing about The Beatles is that their styles are constantly evolving, including mainstream rock, symphonic rock, folk rock, avant-garde rock, psychedelic rock, etc.
The Beatles were bold in innovation after their establishment. They were not satisfied with the established rock structure and changed the traditional A+B structure of rock music to A+A structure or A+A+B+A. In terms of music rhythm, their music also breaks the traditional fixed beat. A song often mixes four-three beats, four-four beats or four-six beats. In terms of both structure and rhythm, the Beatles innovated traditional rock music, making rock music no longer stick to a narrow format and leading it to a broader development path. Compared with traditional rock music, the Beatles' music is more dynamic and more fashionable, so their music was welcomed by young people as soon as it appeared. In addition, the Beatles' music has made bold explorations and innovations in terms of harmony and tonality, and there have been many changes (commented by Gu Yong, professor of the School of Arts, Shenzhen University).
The first characteristic of The Beatles' music is that it is relaxed and enjoyable. They used the rhythm of rock music and the mentality of white material youth to make themselves laugh every day to create songs. In addition to the sense of relaxation in the music of the Beatles, their music is also full of the brilliance of genius, but this does not prevent them from taking into account the feelings of the audience when they flash their genius. During their performance in Germany, they could only sleep on the floor and eat bread or nothing every day. Therefore, no matter how avant-garde the Beatles used to record and produce their music, they always insisted on making music that fans loved to listen to. Song (reviewed by "Weekend Pictorial").
The Beatles created many new music styles, inspired many new ideas and concepts, and enriched the form and connotation of popular music. Their musical works can be roughly divided into four periods: the first period is the early stage of development represented by the album "Meet The Beatles"; the second period is the serious experimental period represented by the album "Rubber Soul"; the third period is The first period is the mysterious and psychedelic period represented by the album "Sgt Peeper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"; the fourth period is the mature period revealed by the album "The White Album" (reviewed by "Southern Metropolis Daily").
Between 1956 and 1962, the Beatles absorbed elements of American popular music, such as blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, as well as the music of Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Bill Haley and others, and developed into a dance music style. In 1963, with the release of the song "Please Please Me", the Beatles' music had taken initial shape at this time. Their energetic music catered to the post-World War II British young people's demand for cultural liberation, and thus quickly occupied the British pop music scene. The music market has also driven the development of the entire British culture.