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> but they somehow did it year after year instead of just a few times And without ever learning to read or write sheet music. It’s just trivia, but it never c
by ElFitz 3y ago
> but they somehow did it year after year instead of just a few times
And without ever learning to read or write sheet music.
It’s just trivia, but it never ceases to amaze me.
- tomcam 3y agoAll four of them had keen ears, and could pick up anyone’s songs, almost effortlessly. That was thanks to their years playing 8 hour shifts in Hamburg. In their later work much of the time they didn’t know the names of the chords they were playing. And they didn’t really write down much at all. It’s very hard for me to reconstruct in my head how they could’ve created some of those crazy harmonies without at least scribbling down a bunch of note names.
- nerdponx 3y agoI think some people have a better head for it than others. I have a friend who at the age of 13 would learn songs on guitar by playing them back in his head while he sat in school during the day, and then go play it in the evening. I had nowhere near that kind of ability, with about the same number of hours of music training up to that point in our lives.
- tomcam 3y agoI think I’m in your camp, but how much better would we be if we played music for a full shift every night, every summer?
- sambapa 3y agoThe most important Beatle could - George. George Martin of course.