Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Question 1

What time signature is the verse in?

Answer 1

3/4

Question 2

What time signature is the chorus in?

Answer 2

4/4

Question 3

What instrument is heard at the beginning?

Answer 3

The Lowrey DSO Heritage Deluxe Electronic Organ

Question 4

What other meaning does the title have?

Answer 4

It is widely thought to be, although The Beatles deny it, named after a drug - LSD of which Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds could be an acronym of…

Question 5

What does psychedelic mean?

Answer 5

Bright and colourful - but also slightly weird and dreamy…

Question 6

What is the effect of the verse?

Answer 6

Dreamy

Question 7

What notes are most used in the verse?

Answer 7

I, II, and III (A, B, C#)

Question 8

What did John Lennon do to enhance his own voice?

Answer 8

He used ADT as oppose to DT.

Question 9

What’s the difference between ADT and DT?

Answer 9

Automatic Double-Tracking (ADT) is different to Double-Tracking (DT).

DT is a method of backing up one’s own voice in order to gain a richer sound. They do this by recording the same melody twice. This can be very hard and tedious so, instead, they used….

ADT. This is the same thing as DT and has the same effect apart from the fact that the melody is recorded once and copied again a split fraction of a second later.