Re : Re: High 3rd and "Can't Buy Me Love"

Darren Burgess:

> Here is my analysis using spectrogram. I converted the MP3 to WAV. The
> error range is +/- 1.3 hertz. I have included the frequency range as the
> software does not identify precise frequencies. The first column indicates
> the frequency obtained at the center of each band. I attenuated the
> amplitude of the sample to narrow the frequency band.
>
> Frequency Range Atttenuation
> 262 htz 259-267 9 dec cant
> 337 332-340 18 dec by
> 405 402-407 18 dec me
>
> Looks like that third very close to 9/7! If anyone doubts the analysis, I
> will send screen shots justifying the frequencies I chose.

Darren: my compliments for what seems to be a very precize analysis. I did
some strumming and singing, like Joe, with the record in my mind, but I
still didn't hear the E as being higher than usual. It felt more as if the C
was much lower. In fact the very first chord which comes in after the words
"Can't buy me" in is E minor and not C major. The first C ("Can't")
McCartney sings is may be attracted downwards to the B in the E minor chord
that follows. If we tune this C upwards from 262 to 270 Hz the C - E - G
triad would be a virtually perfect 4:5:6.

--Wim