Eleanor Rigby (arr. Will Rowsell) by The Beatles Sheet Music for Piano Solo at Sheet Music Direct

Product Details

Artist The Beatles

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer John Lennon Paul McCartney

Arranger Will Rowsell

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 5

Arrangement Piano Solo

Publisher Will Rowsell

Level 3

Product ID 1683716

Genre Jazz

Instruments Piano

Product Description

This is an intermediate jazz piano arrangement of 'Eleanor Rigby' by Lennon & McCartney.
'Eleanor Rigby' is a song first recorded by the Beatles on their 1966 album Revolver. The writing credits were shared equally between John Lennon and Paul McCartney as was usual for the band.
Although Lennon and McCartney provide vocals, none of the Beatles actually play an instrument on the original recording. The instrumental backing was provided by a string octet arranged by their producer George Martin.
The lyrics are all about the theme of loneliness and this piece of music clearly shows a more artistic side of the Beatles' songwriting that they weren't originally known for.
It was written around the chords of E minor and C major, while this jazz arrangement takes the original chords into brand new harmonic territory.
Structurally, it can be thought of as having a refrain: "Ah, Look at all the lonely people...", a verse "Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice in a church where a wedding has been..." and a chorus "All the lonely people, where do they all come from?". I have noted these sections with rehearsal marks.

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