Comments on: The opening chord of “A Hard Day’s Night” http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/10/13/the-opening-chord-of-a-hard-days-night/ The blog of John D. Cook Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:25:59 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Beatnik http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/10/13/the-opening-chord-of-a-hard-days-night/comment-page-1/#comment-30285 Beatnik Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:25:44 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3421#comment-30285 It's imtresting that Jason should go to all that trouble, and he may be right about the piano, but what I reckon is being played is indeed not one instrument but THREE. I always played the opening chord as a sort of F9, but listening back on the new stereo remaster version, I hear a Gsus (probably open, on John's Gibson acoustic, an F9 on what sounds like a Rickenbacker 12-string as used in the film, and Paul's bass plays a D to confuse things even more. That first chord is hit really hard, which would lead to a piano-like envelope. So add another theory to the mix. A really interesting set of posts. Keep 'em coming! It’s imtresting that Jason should go to all that trouble, and he may be right about the piano, but what I reckon is being played is indeed not one instrument but THREE. I always played the opening chord as a sort of F9, but listening back on the new stereo remaster version, I hear a Gsus (probably open, on John’s Gibson acoustic, an F9 on what sounds like a Rickenbacker 12-string as used in the film, and Paul’s bass plays a D to confuse things even more. That first chord is hit really hard, which would lead to a piano-like envelope. So add another theory to the mix.

A really interesting set of posts. Keep ‘em coming!

]]> By: Rocknerd » Blog Archive » The opening chord of “A Hard Day’s Night.” http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/10/13/the-opening-chord-of-a-hard-days-night/comment-page-1/#comment-26477 Rocknerd » Blog Archive » The opening chord of “A Hard Day’s Night.” Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:09:42 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3421#comment-26477 [...] out there wasn’t just guitars in the studio, but a piano as well — as determined by mathematical analysis of the [...] [...] out there wasn’t just guitars in the studio, but a piano as well — as determined by mathematical analysis of the [...]

]]> By: John http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/10/13/the-opening-chord-of-a-hard-days-night/comment-page-1/#comment-25882 John Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:56:28 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3421#comment-25882 MaJJ, thanks for the list of math podcasts. Here's another math podcast: Peter Rowlett's <a href="http://www.travelsinamathematicalworld.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Travels in a Mathematical World</a>. MaJJ, thanks for the list of math podcasts. Here’s another math podcast: Peter Rowlett’s Travels in a Mathematical World.

]]> By: MaJJ http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/10/13/the-opening-chord-of-a-hard-days-night/comment-page-1/#comment-25873 MaJJ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:02:14 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=3421#comment-25873 Thanks a million for the podcast :) By the way, there are plenty of interesting math talks on iTunes U (U for the University). For example: Infinity - Mathematics Maths as others see it Maths Challenges The Rainbow analysed The sound of silence Sounds Harmonious Spotlight - Public Lectures (not entirely about the math, but there is one talk about "Structure and Randomness in the Prime Numbers") Thanks a million for the podcast :)

By the way, there are plenty of interesting math talks on iTunes U (U for the University). For example:

Infinity – Mathematics
Maths as others see it
Maths Challenges
The Rainbow analysed
The sound of silence
Sounds Harmonious
Spotlight – Public Lectures (not entirely about the math, but there is one talk about “Structure and Randomness in the Prime Numbers”)

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