"A Hard Day's Night" mystery solved?

This is a segment called Jay's Journal from the Monday, September 22, 2008 episode of "Daily Planet." It tries to explain that 'mystery chord' that begins the song "A Hard Day's Night" by The Beatles. Pretty interesting.

I have a capture card, but it's not working properly, so I just recorded this with my camera. Oh well. :p

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[GeorgeGeorge7]

and the chord is a F w/ a high G note. George played a G11 on a Rickenbacker 360 /12.

Paul played a D and G Bass notes in synchronization on his Hofner Bass and Ringo struck his snare. And George Martin hit the notes on the pianeo D,G,DF,CGreat ! okay folks here it is, No mystery to it at all . John played his Gibson J160e. there is an overdub of George playing the same chord as John as well. There it is folks Thats it No more Mystery . Now go play it all together and enjoy the Magic of Beatles

[Ripplin]

@GeorgeGeorge7 I hate to ask, and I'm not questioning your musical ability, but is this something you were able to figure out by playing it yourself, or did you get this from some official source? I figure by now, one of the surviving Beatles or someone involved in the recording has spilled the beans. :p

[GeorgeGeorge7]

I think the Mathematician should stick to numbers and leave music to musician's. That's VERY WRONG ! sorry.

[Ripplin]

@GeorgeGeorge7

And what is your take on it, then?

[Ripplin]

@GeorgeGeorge7 I'll ask again; what is your take on it? You seem to know what it is, so spill the beans. Saying 'that's very wrong' means absolutely nothing if you don't explain. ;)

[dadi1511]

wouldnt it have been easier to just ask one of the beatles how it was done? instead of wasting time and resources like that...?

[Ripplin]

They're scientists. They never do anything the easy way. ;)

[jeesh999]

@Ripplin Search YouTube for "Randy Bachman chord" best explanation I've heard.

[alexmcginness]

Totally wrong here. Randy Bachman gives us the actual guitar notes played after listening to the original multi track. Here it is. George plays an F chord with a G on top and a G on the low E string and a C on the 5th, on the 12 string. John plays a D sus 4 and Paul plays a D on the bass. Thats it.

[ws74rq111]

OMG ! So much debate and argument over ONE chord. Great, Love it. This could only have been created by The Beatles...Ahhh, The magic lives on and on and on and on...........

[cwcwful]

@GeorgeGeorge7 Very wrong, why? explain yourself, please.

[martinwilson6000]

you are ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss­ssssssssssoooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooo wrong its 3 notes



[trailkeeper]

I aways thought it was some sort of Dm7 up on the 5th fret or something. Nonetheless, maby we should also consider the live versions of the song.

[MrLennon231]

the chord is an fadd9!!!! Look at nocall911's lesson in it, and Floridaboy7777's video on it

[SydbarF]

georgegeorge7 is correct

[plfdjack]

search for The Beatles - The REAL First Chord of "A Hard Day's Night" this is from Giles Martin listening to the original separate tracks.

[horowizard]

This is all BS and it doesn't sound at all like the chord.