The Beatles Bible - Topic: A Hard Days Night Opening Chord 'Solved' http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/ Simple:Press Version 5.2.6 Von Bontee on A Hard Days Night Opening Chord 'Solved' http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57795 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57795 Never heard his radio show, no. And The Guess Who were great because of Cummings AND Bachman.

]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:59:49 +0100 mr. Sun king coming together on A Hard Days Night Opening Chord 'Solved' http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57794 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57794 Zig - I want to say he played with Ringo in 1996, but I'm not sure.
Von - obviously you've never heard his CBC show, have you? It's the worst thing I've ever heard. And, The Guess Who was good because of Burton Cummings.
(Zig - just dialed up my Guess Who greatest hit CD on my iPod.)
Edit: Bachman played with Ringo in 1995. Burton Cummings played with Ringo in 1993

]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:23:19 +0100 Zig on A Hard Days Night Opening Chord 'Solved' http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57790 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57790

Von Bontee said
I wouldn't trust a thing that comes out of Randy Bachmann's mouth.

What kind of Canadian are you?! BTO rocks!

So did The Guess Who. He also played guitar with Ringo's ASB at one point, right?

]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:13:47 +0100 Von Bontee on A Hard Days Night Opening Chord 'Solved' http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57787 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57787 I wouldn't trust a thing that comes out of Randy Bachmann's mouth.

What kind of Canadian are you?! BTO rocks!

Truthfully, I can't view the video here. What exactly does Bachman say?

]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:37:55 +0100 meanmistermustard on A Hard Days Night Opening Chord 'Solved' http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57785 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57785

Jackson said

meanmistermustard said

Zig said

...and then there is discrete fourier transform - a mathematical process which determines the audio frequencies present in a recorded signal.

I wish I had this kind of time on my hands.

If someone discovers "ahs" in the opening chord, I will put a bullet in my head.a-hard-days-night-ringo-14

Maybe if someone analysed ADITL with all this fancy technology and its ahs we might finally get an answer. At the very least the machine could be used for smashing over peoples heads when the debates kick off afterwards.

I must have missed that one, is ...]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:42:26 +0100 mr. Sun king coming together on A Hard Days Night Opening Chord 'Solved' http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57783 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57783

Inner Light said

Check this out regarding the opening chord for 'A Hard Day's Night'

I wouldn't trust a thing that comes out of Randy Bachmann's mouth.

]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2012 02:56:57 +0100 Jackson on A Hard Days Night Opening Chord 'Solved' http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57781 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57781

meanmistermustard said

Zig said

...and then there is discrete fourier transform - a mathematical process which determines the audio frequencies present in a recorded signal.

I wish I had this kind of time on my hands.

If someone discovers "ahs" in the opening chord, I will put a bullet in my head.a-hard-days-night-ringo-14

Maybe if someone analysed ADITL with all this fancy technology and its ahs we might finally get an answer. At the very least the machine could be used for smashing over peoples heads when the debates kick off afterwards.

I must have missed that one, is the debate ...]]> Fri, 14 Sep 2012 02:52:04 +0100 Inner Light on A Hard Days Night Opening Chord 'Solved' http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57713 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57713 Check this out regarding the opening chord for 'A Hard Day's Night'

]]> Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:14:29 +0100 meanmistermustard on A Hard Days Night Opening Chord 'Solved' http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57692 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57692

Zig said

...and then there is discrete fourier transform - a mathematical process which determines the audio frequencies present in a recorded signal.

I wish I had this kind of time on my hands.

If someone discovers "ahs" in the opening chord, I will put a bullet in my head.a-hard-days-night-ringo-14

Maybe if someone analysed ADITL with all this fancy technology and its ahs we might finally get an answer. At the very least the machine could be used for smashing over peoples heads when the debates kick off afterwards.

]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2012 22:43:26 +0100 fabfouremily on A Hard Days Night Opening Chord 'Solved' http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57672 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57672 Yeah looking at the link that Joe posted I´ve remembered. He said it on his website after a fan asked him. So, if he´s said what chord it is, why are people saying that they´ve 'solved it'? If it was 'solved' then.

]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:29:40 +0100 Zig on A Hard Days Night Opening Chord 'Solved' http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57669 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57669

...and then there is discrete fourier transform - a mathematical process which determines the audio frequencies present in a recorded signal.

I wish I had this kind of time on my hands.

If someone discovers "ahs" in the opening chord, I will put a bullet in my head.a-hard-days-night-ringo-14

]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:15:02 +0100 meanmistermustard on A Hard Days Night Opening Chord 'Solved' http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57665 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57665 I remember the last expert who claimed to have solved the chord, didnt have a clue what he was  talking about and i dont here. Just thought it would be worth a thread.

 

And yes in 6 months time another individual will have dissected it again thru the most modern technology and the results will be slighty different but similar. Expect a post about that too.

]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:17:38 +0100 Joe on A Hard Days Night Opening Chord 'Solved' http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57662 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57662 This comes up surprisingly often. Whenever some musicologist with a computer publishes a research paper, certain parts of the media seem to go "Ooh, an expert! He's used something called Fourier Transform," without really understanding any of it, or questioning whether it breaks new ground.

Here's my take on it: http://www.beatlesbible.com/fe.....ght-chord/

No doubt someone else will use computer analysis in six months, publish another article, point out a minor difference and the cycle will begin again. FWIW this is the best account I've yet read: https://sites.google.com/site/ahdnchord/ (have a good look around the various pages to see ...]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:19:49 +0100 fabfouremily on A Hard Days Night Opening Chord 'Solved' http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57657 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57657 I thought that George said in an interview in the 60´s what the mystery chord was. Maybe he was talking about something else.

]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:33:55 +0100 Into the Sky with Diamonds on A Hard Days Night Opening Chord 'Solved' http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57618 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/a-hard-days-night-opening-chord-solved/#p57618 Considering how often this topic has come up since the day the record was released, I'm surprised that none of the principal parties has put his baby to rest!

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