The Beatles Bible - Topic: "It's so fine, it's sunshine..." (The Word question)

Into the Sky with Diamonds on "It's so fine, it's sunshine..." (The Word question)

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:50:08 +0000

Thanks for breaking that down.

I'm currently working on playing Paul Simon's version of Anji, but will check into the Word. Always liked that song, and for better or for worse, was Lennon's first preachy song (and the precursor to All You Need Is Love).

It's remarkable how much time they devoted to those harmonies. Kinda lost from the White Album on (except "Because")...

RunForYourLife on "It's so fine, it's sunshine..." (The Word question)

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:27:27 +0000

I agree, the overdriven harmonium really makes it stand out, but I'd have to say my favorite part are the odd harmonies, especially during the "It's so fine, it's sunshine" bits. I've discovered that if you play that G-A-F-G bit on the guitar just using an F-shape (i.e. make the F chord on the 3rd fret instead of the first so it's a G) and slide accordingly, you can actually figure out the 3 part harmony by playing single strings...

(Make these chord shapes, but only play the red note)

John's harmony:

e----3----5----1----3

B----3----5----1----3

G----4----6----2----4

D----5----7----3----5

Paul's harmony:

e----

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:27:27 +0000

Yup! Run for your life is right.

The chords are | G A | F G | to that bit. Whatever instrument the Beatles or anyone else plays it on.

Also hilarious is that one can learn from both the good and the bad books that Lennon has read! Deep!

Best bit of the tune is the GHM Harmonium contribution. Fierce!

RingoStarr39 on "It's so fine, it's sunshine..." (The Word question)

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 02:25:44 +0000

Well, I just took a listen to the rock band multitrack, and it turns out that during that specific part the piano stops playing.

So when they're singing: "It's so fine, it's sunshine, it's the" there is no piano. The piano comes back right as they sing "word".

RunForYourLife on "It's so fine, it's sunshine..." (The Word question)

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 01:46:32 +0000

I've tried that, but the piano is still "buried" under bleed-through from the cymbal crashes and guitar.

Holsety on "It's so fine, it's sunshine..." (The Word question)

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 01:44:51 +0000

If you took apart the Rock Band file it should give you the results you need. You've probably figured it out by now, though.

RunForYourLife on "It's so fine, it's sunshine..." (The Word question)

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 02:17:56 +0000

So far, I've determined that during this part...

- The guitar is doing 4 descending notes (D-Db-C-B)

- The bass is playing that funky A-D-B-A, G-C-D-G bit

What exactly is the piano playing? When playing along, I play G-A-F-G on the "So" (G) "Fine" (A) "Sun" (F) "Shine" (G) though I'm not sure if that's what is actually on the record.

On a quasi-silly note, is John trying to say that "the word" (love) is "so fine and sunshine" or it is "so fine that it is sunshine"?