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We're doing a game for the iPhone and, being a fan of The Beatles, I'd like to use the opening chord of their "A Hard Day's Night" as a special scoring sound. Probably one of the most famous chords of all time and notoriously hard to replicate exactly.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Hard_Day%27s_Night_(song)#Opening_chord

Wikipedia article on the chord gives an explanation of how it was originally done, using a very complex arrangement that included a piano.

However, another website (www.beatlesbible.com/features/hard-days-night-chord/) says that a very similar sound can be reproduced by just playing a G7sus4/A on a 6-string guitar. A friend of mine tried it and it was good enough to be recognizable (which is what I'm going for here) but we were unable to get a clean recording.

So... My request would be for someone to record a Beatles-ish G7sus4/A with a proper, long fadeout at the end. Anyone here with a guitar and enough time to tackle one of the most notoriously difficult chords of all time?

I had a go at it!
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=72557

Thanks a lot! That's quite good!

You're welcome-just a bit of good fun really.....the original's a musical riot!

More on this chord on a BBC Radio programme, article begins at about 20 mins

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mh27z#synopsis

Thanks Benboncan,
elvers wiki-link(above)also has Jason Browns 2004 discovery using the Fourier transform.I'm lost with maths so it's just fortunate there are different ways to approach these mysteries.Might be of interest to some that i did my version by listening to a loop of the original and just recording and overdubbing the notes,one by one,as i heard them.
It's rather wonderful that a music software program today makes easy work of a chord that no guitarist can play! --"A splendid time is guaranteed for all"-- as the celebrated mr.Kite would say.

My attempt, hope it's any use:

http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=79782

(could be improved adding distortion to the G on top + tweaking level enveloppes... but I'm too lazy)

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" It's getting better all the time"

" It's getting better all the time"

Nice one!