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Mystery of Beatle chord solved

London Evening Standard  08/09/12
 
Summary: The clanging, opening chord at the start of the 1964 Beatles hit A Hard Day’s Night is instantly recognisable. Yet, as many musicians have discovered, every attempt to reproduce it seems to sound wrong. Dr Kevin Houston (School of Mathematics) is now closer than anyone else to solving the mystery. used sophisticated software to split up the sound on the opening chords of the 1964 Beatles hit A Hard Day's Night into its component frequencies. Presented on a computer screen, a pattern was revealed showing which notes were most prominent.
Type: Regional publication
Staff: Dr Kevin Houston, Pure Mathematics
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