Saturday, November 1, 2008

The Beatles's Hard Day's Night Chord Mystery

Did you know there was a Beatle's Hard Day's Night Mystery? Me either. But apparently, scientists and musicians alike have been trying to figure out how they did the opening chord to "Hard Day's Night" without multi-tracking. Here's the chord in question:

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The secret, it turns out, is that producer George Martin played five notes on the piano.

You can read the complete article here.

Fascinating.
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