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Revolver
Guitar Gurus
I always thought that the lead part was all two-note chords, but every cover on youtube seems to be playing the lead in single notes.
What say the guitar gurus? Was the original lead in chords?
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Tough Call
Hard to say for sure but it might have been in a custom tuning to allow that to be played all at once by Harrison. It sounds too well-synchronized to have been overlaid. 1966 was the year I switched from being a Beatles fan to being a Rolling Stones fan when Aftermath came out with "Paint It, Black" and "Under My Thumb" etc. Now, Revolver is one of my favorite albums of all time by anybody, along with Rubber Soul. I switched back to being a Beatles fan for awhile when the White Album came out. That thing is unreal. Then of course, the Beatles broke up and I followed Lennon and McCartney's solo stuff but shoot, The Stones' era of Beggar's Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street, that's a body of work that, in my mind, defines rock music even a little more than the Beatles comparatively brief career.
Tough Call
The Rolling Stones definitly has great music at that time.
I like the Beatles best around 1966...Rain, Paperback Writer, etc, before Lennon got too depressed.
even some of the '65 stuff is good, in "Baby's In Black" George really bends them blue notes purty good.
Thanks Steve.
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Guitar Gurus
The Beatles, and Harrison in particular, often used Rickenbacker 12 string guitars, which influenced Roger McGuinn of the Byrds. But I believe this is two solo tracks. The notes aren't just octave intervals as a 12 string would give on the lower strings. A google search shows this quote from Songfacts.com:
>The signature dual-harmony electric lead guitar parts were played live (without overdubbing) by Harrison and McCartney. Lennon played the rhythm in the "D major" position with the capo on the 2nd fret (to account for the song being in the key of E). John used the 2nd fret capo several times ("Nowhere Man," "Julia," "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" to name a few). (thanks, Barry Kesten - Bellmore, United States)
Guitar Gurus
Thanks DS.
-Steve
Guitar Gurus
Wow, if that's true, that's an amazing piece of guitar harmony. The inflection on the two parts seems identical as if played by the same person at the same time with the same fingers. My theory of a custom tuning on Harrison's guitar is probably wrong, though because I don't think the intervals between the notes are the same throughout the solo.
