Dig It by The Beatles
Piano chords, voicings & structure breakdown · 16 steps · 3 unique chords · 1970s
F7
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Harmonic Analysis & Structure
Overview
Key: F major · Chords used: 3 · Sections: 3
Form: Chorus → Chorus → Chorus
Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). This page shows that transcription as-is: the analysis below is generated directly from it by code, not written by AI. Consecutive repeats of a chord are shown once, and the piano voicings are our playable arrangement of each chord symbol, not a note-for-note transcription.
Section by section
Chorus 1
- F7 – B♭ – C – B♭ (×2)
I7 – IV – V – IV - F7 – B♭ – C
I7 – IV – V
Chorus 2
- B♭ – F7 – B♭ – C (×3)
IV – I7 – IV – V
Chorus 3
- B♭ – F7 – B♭ – C (×4)
IV – I7 – IV – V - B♭
IV
Chord vocabulary
| Chord | Roman numeral | Role | Heard in |
|---|---|---|---|
| F7 | I7 | Secondary dominant (V/IV) | Chorus |
| B♭ | IV | In the key | Chorus |
| C | V | In the key | Chorus |
Harmonic highlights
- F7 acts as V/IV: it resolves to B♭.
Sources & accuracy
- Chords and sections: the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London). Expert chord and structure annotation of the original recording (CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo).
- Not verified: only one expert transcription of this song is available so far.
- Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.
Sources & Accuracy
Every chord on this page comes from the expert transcription listed first below. Piano voicings are our arrangement of the reported chord symbols, not a note-for-note transcription.
- the Isophonics reference annotations (Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London)Expert transcription
Annotated from the original recording by trained musicians for a published research dataset.
Expert chord and structure annotation of the original recording (CC BY 4.0 via ChoCo).
All Piano Voicings
| # | Section | Chord | Left hand | Right hand | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chorus 1, part 1 (×2) | F7 | F2, C3 | C4, E♭4, A4 | — |
| 2 | Chorus 1, part 1 (×2) | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | D4, F4, B♭4 | — |
| 3 | Chorus 1, part 1 (×2) | C | C2, G2 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 4 | Chorus 1, part 1 (×2) | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | B♭3, D4, F4 | — |
| 5 | Chorus 1, part 2 | F7 | F2, C3 | A3, C4, E♭4 | — |
| 6 | Chorus 1, part 2 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | B♭3, D4, F4 | — |
| 7 | Chorus 1, part 2 | C | C2, G2 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 8 | Chorus 2 (×3) | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | B♭3, D4, F4 | — |
| 9 | Chorus 2 (×3) | F7 | F2, C3 | A3, C4, E♭4 | — |
| 10 | Chorus 2 (×3) | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | B♭3, D4, F4 | — |
| 11 | Chorus 2 (×3) | C | C2, G2 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 12 | Chorus 3, part 1 (×4) | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | B♭3, D4, F4 | — |
| 13 | Chorus 3, part 1 (×4) | F7 | F2, C3 | A3, C4, E♭4 | — |
| 14 | Chorus 3, part 1 (×4) | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | B♭3, D4, F4 | — |
| 15 | Chorus 3, part 1 (×4) | C | C2, G2 | C4, E4, G4 | — |
| 16 | Chorus 3, part 2 | B♭ | B♭2, F3 | B♭3, D4, F4 | — |