One of these is Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight Sonata’ and the other is the Beatles ‘A Hard Days Night’ (with the drum track removed). Can you guess which one is which?
And who says pop music is overly simplistic? Oh.
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Beethoven or Beatles?
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May 30th, 2006 at 9:22 am
‘Moonlight Sonata’ I think it’s called. I wonder which is which??
May 30th, 2006 at 10:06 am
Oops…
May 30th, 2006 at 10:36 am
Just ensuring that you don’t get struck down by petty muso types…
February 13th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
Not that I don’t love the Beatles, but what does the complexity of a sound map prove? A child playing with pots and pans can make a complex-looking sound map. Also, you’ve mapped one of the least complex of Beethoven’s works - try the final movement of the ninth symphony. Most of Beethoven’s music is built from three or four note ideas, which is quite simplistic. However, what he does with the stuff is significantly more complex than anything in modern pop music (or in Beethoven’s contemporary pop music). The reality is that they are two entirely different styles that really have nothing to do with each other - though it could be argued that the Beatles wouldn’t sound like they do if Beethoven didn’t do what he did 150 years earlier.
February 13th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Indeed, yes. It was supposed to be sort of a joke. Ha ha.
February 13th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
Sorry. I sound hoity-toity don’t I?
February 14th, 2007 at 11:52 am
A little bit. No hard feelings though, eh?