Math Prof Uncovers Secret Chord 177
chebucto writes "The opening chord to A Hard Day's Night is famous because for 40 years, no one quite knew exactly what chord Harrison was playing. Musicians, scholars and amateur guitar players alike had all come up with their own theories, but it took a Dalhousie mathematician to figure out the exact formula. Dr. Brown used Fourier transforms to find the notes in the chord, and deduced that another George — George Martin, the Beatles producer — also played on the chord, adding a piano chord that included an F note impossible to play with the other notes on the guitar."
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Re:I've heard there was a secret chord (Score:3, Funny)
I came here to make exactly that post, and I find that someone's already done it. Kudos to you.
Not Lost, just Secret (Score:5, Funny)
The Moody Blues have been in search of that little bastard since 1968. Can someone call them and tell them it was finally found?
Re:Not Lost, just Secret (Score:5, Funny)
They wouldn't know what to do with it anyway. They're just singers in a rock & roll band.
Re:Simple Solution (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Simple Solution (Score:5, Funny)
You want to talk to a human -- a musician -- when you could be performing a discrete Fourier transform? You must be new here.
Re:Simple Solution (Score:1, Funny)
go ahead and ask him. see what he says.
Re:I've heard there was a secret chord (Score:2, Funny)
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah...
Just to wait for RockBand to have the song (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I've heard there was a secret chord (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I've heard there was a secret chord (Score:4, Funny)
The baffled king determined to carry on a joke well past the breaking point.
Re:The impossible note (Score:5, Funny)
Re:You've gotta be kidding me (Score:1, Funny)
When you get right down to it, why are any of us here?
Re:The impossible note (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Simple Solution (Score:4, Funny)