Interesting that they peg "The Word" on McCartney. I'm pretty sure I remember a quote from Lennon where he used it as an example of how he (Lennon) liked to drive one note home. Lennon's sticking on one note is a point made in the article, using "Help" as their example. In "The Word" there are plenty of other notes, the song keeps on stressing the one note where he sings the word "word":
Say the word and you'll be free /
Say the word and be like me /
Say the word I'm thinking of /
Have you heard the word is love?
In the first three lines "word" is by far the most stressed note, and they are all the SAME note. In the last line the stress is on "heard", which rhymes, and is again the same note.
I think there's something wrong with their model where they aren't looking for repetitions of stressed notes, which would actually be totally consistent with their existing characterization of Lennon's melodies.
Say the word and you'll be free / Say the word and be like me / Say the word I'm thinking of / Have you heard the word is love?
In the first three lines "word" is by far the most stressed note, and they are all the SAME note. In the last line the stress is on "heard", which rhymes, and is again the same note.
I think there's something wrong with their model where they aren't looking for repetitions of stressed notes, which would actually be totally consistent with their existing characterization of Lennon's melodies.