File:George Harrison's guitar solo from "Something" by the Beatles, 2 May 1969.ogg
George_Harrison's_guitar_solo_from_"Something"_by_the_Beatles,_2_May_1969.ogg (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 18 s, 64 kbps, file size: 142 KB)
Summary[edit]
| Description | An 18 second excerpt from George Harrison's guitar solo from "Something" by the Beatles, recorded 2 May 1969. |
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| Author or copyright owner |
George Harrison |
| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | Original publication: 6 October 1969 Immediate source: Abbey Road by the Beatles, 2009 remasters. |
| Date of publication | 9 September 2009 |
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | George Harrison |
| Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | The article engages in serious critical commentary regarding this particular piece of guitar work, and words cannot explicate what an audio sample could. Harrison's playing on Abbey Road, and in particular on his song "Something", marked a significant moment in his development as a guitarist. The song's guitar solo shows a varied range of influences, incorporating the blues guitar style of Eric Clapton and Indian gamakas.(Leng, Simon (2006) [2003]. While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music of George Harrison. SAF Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-4234-0609-9, p.42) According to author and musicologist Kenneth Womack: "'Something' meanders toward the most unforgettable of Harrison's guitar solos ... A masterpiece in simplicity, [it] reaches toward the sublime".(Womack, Kenneth (2006) [2002]. "Ten Great Beatles Moments". In Skinner Sawyers, June. Read the Beatles: Classic and New Writings on the Beatles, Their Legacy, and Why They Still Matter. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-303732-3, p.89) |
| Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
No free alternative exists. |
| Not replaceable with textual coverage because (WP:NFCC#1) |
Prose alone would not serve the same encyclopedic purpose as prose with an accompanying audio sample. |
| Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | The sample is both less than 18 seconds long and less than 10% of the original 3 minutes and 1 second. |
| Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
The sample is of a reduced, non-commercial quality 64 kBs and 22050 Hz, with fades in and out. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of George Harrison//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:George_Harrison%27s_guitar_solo_from_%22Something%22_by_the_Beatles,_2_May_1969.oggtrue | |
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| current | 05:33, 6 April 2013 | 18 s (142 KB) | GabeMc (talk | contribs) | Uploading a non-free file using File Upload Wizard |
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| MP3 | 171 kbps | Completed 04:05, 25 December 2017 | 1.0 s |