A Conversation for 'A Hard Day's Night' - the Album and Film

Opening Chord to the song "A Hard Day's Night"

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Steve K.

"The song starts when George hits a G7 suspended 4th on his 12-string Rickenbacker guitar."

The plot thickens:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Hard_Day's_Night_(song)#Opening_chord

"One of the interesting things about this chord (as described by Pedler) is how McCartney's high bass note reverberates inside the soundbox of Lennon's acoustic guitar and begins to be picked up on Lennon's microphone or pick-up during the sounding of the chord."

smiley - online2long


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Opening Chord to the song "A Hard Day's Night"

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