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."
Well, this isn't total crap (Score:4, Insightful)
Umm... (Score:5, Insightful)
Why didn't anyone just ask Harrison?
Re:Umm... (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:You've gotta be kidding me (Score:3, Insightful)
I don't get it. Why did it take me less than 30 seconds to figure out how to make anything Idle related disappear from the index, even though I'd never tried before? Please, leave the pointless bitching out off the commends. You know it's lame, we know it's lame, since it is a complete waste of time. Why let it be a complete waste of disk space, cycles and bandwidth?
Re:Well, this isn't total crap (Score:5, Insightful)
the problem is that /. designates idle to be full of crap. all of the good articles get shoehorned into other categories. For example, the article about how Heinlein responded to fans with a preformed checklist was under entertainment. Something like that is much better suited to idle and it would make the section worth reading.
Re:Well, this isn't total crap (Score:3, Insightful)
This is interesting, but the CSS used is still obnoxiously bad.
Re:I've heard there was a secret chord (Score:2, Insightful)
Jeff Buckley was born to sing that song.
Unfortunately, he died shortly after.
Anyone else cringe when they heard that sublime work of Cohen used in a silly movie like Shrek?
Re:Well, this isn't total crap (Score:3, Insightful)
What about live performances? (Score:3, Insightful)
What did he play in concert?