Super cool. The most recognizable opening chord in music history, and yet for decades people have been arguing about what it is. I think the best thing to call it is a D minor 7/11, but that's a semantic argument.
Pretty cool. Here's another take.
When George was asked what chord he played on the opening of Hard Day's Night he replied an Fadd9 on the 12 string guitar, and "you'd have to ask Paul about the bass." Paul said he played a D. John allegedly played Fadd9 on acoustic guitar per the Fourier analysis article.
George Martin played D2, G2, D3, G3 and C4 on the piano
The Fadd9 is a jazz chord major with usually an added 9th or 2nd for dissonance. Very similar the the "mu" chord found on many Steely Dan records: Razor Boy, Rikki Don't Lose that Number, Doctor Wu, Black Cow, Deacon Blues, etc.
So, Dm7add11
A reasoned discussion of the opening chord of The Beatle's song A Hard Day's Night considering the wealth of empirical evidence and verifying assumptions with Fourier Transform analysis.
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Recorded: 16 April 1964 Producer: George Martin Engineer: Norman Smith Released: 10 July 1964 (UK), 26 June 1964 (US) George Harrison: Rickenbacker 360/12 guitar John Lennon: Gibson J-160 6-string acoustic guitar Paul McCartney: Hofner violin bass Ringo Starr: snare drum, cymbal George Martin...
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An explanation of the Steely Dan mu major chord: what the chord is, what it sounds like, how it is built and used, examples of the mu major chord in Steely Dan songs.
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An explanation of the Steely Dan mu major chord: what the chord is, how it is built and used, examples of the mu major chord in Steely Dan songs...
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An explanation of the Steely Dan mu major chord: what the chord is, how it is built and used, examples of the mu major chord in Steely Dan songs ...
www.hakwright.co.uk