Math Prof Uncovers Secret Chord

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."

Comments

I've heard there was a secret chord

[syrinx]

That David played, and it pleased the lord,
but you don't really care for music, do you?

Re:I've heard there was a secret chord

[parkrrrr]

I came here to make exactly that post, and I find that someone's already done it. Kudos to you.

Re:I've heard there was a secret chord

[Wintermute__]

I wouldn't be surprised if quite a few did get it. Even younger music lovers might, that song has enjoyed somewhat of a revival the last few years. And well it should.

It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah...

Re:I've heard there was a secret chord

[bonkeydcow]

Yeah cuase God knows, no one has seen shrek.

Re:I've heard there was a secret chord

[olclops]

The baffled king determined to carry on a joke well past the breaking point.

Not Lost, just Secret

[CelticWhisper]

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

[parkrrrr]

They wouldn't know what to do with it anyway. They're just singers in a rock & roll band.

Re:Simple Solution

[neildiamond]

Too late!

Re:Simple Solution

[Anonymous Coward]

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

[Anonymous Coward]

go ahead and ask him. see what he says.

Just to wait for RockBand to have the song

[0x537461746943]

Then we will know for sure. It is probably the red and blue chord.

Re:The impossible note

[2names]

And apparently even longer to spell it...

Re:You've gotta be kidding me

[Anonymous Coward]

When you get right down to it, why are any of us here?

Re:The impossible note

[bfandreas]

No. Starway to Heaven by Creme Brulee. Great band that. Did all the hits. It's a shit business; I'm glad I'm out of it.

Re:Simple Solution

[mapsjanhere]

well, it's a dead human, that ups the challenge