Yes

Yes

Recurring idea

Four-note motif

The descending melody 6̂-3̂-1̂-7̂, played on a short-short-short-long rhythm, appears in four different Yes songs from the early '70s.

The album Tales From Topographic Oceans also contains musical references to other prior Yes songs.

Transcript of a line from Yes's 1970 song Then.
Transcript of a line from Yes's 1971 song Heart of the Sunrise.
Transcript of a line from Yes's 1972 song Close to the Edge.
Transcript of a line from Yes's 1973 song The Revealing Science of God.

Submitted by @marshmallowturnip. Close to the Edge example contributed by @ed.g00dwin.

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