Short phrases trigger the memory and suddenly the dying moments of ‘Hey Jude’ were heard before a silence and the whole cycle started again.

Gradually, as the shortest track comes to an end (‘From Me to You’ at 1 minute 56 seconds), followed by the end of the next and the next, individual chords became recognisable.

The sounds blurred into an indistinguishable white noise. Another song was added after a few seconds and gradually more were added until all 27 tracks were playing simultaneously. In this way, the longest song (‘Hey Jude’ at 7 minutes 4 seconds) started to play and continued uninterrupted until almost four minutes later when ‘Come Together’ began. Taking the top 27 Beatles songs (from the album The Beatles 1, released in November 2000), Meireles layered one track on another around the central note of each. Merseybeat, the Beatles and their birthplace, Liverpool, inspired one of Brazil’s most significant living artists to create a new project for International 04. Although they attracted international attention, none of these artists had the incredible global impact of the Fab Four: John, Paul, George and Ringo. Meanwhile 1960s Brazil was subsumed by the samba and bossa nova rhythms of artists such as Vinícius de Moraes, Gilberto Gil and Carlos Jobim, who blended musical styles from Africa, India and Portugal. August 1960 marked a significant change: the Beatles hit the headlines, and from that day to this Liverpool has been known worldwide as the birthplace of the most famous pop group of all time. A major retrospective of Meireles’ work opened in 1999, organised by MOMA, New York, in association with the Museums of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.Īt the height of the British Empire Liverpool’s reputation as an international port marked the city’s geographical location and its place in history. For several decades Meireles’ work has been included in the most significant international surveys, from the landmark Information exhibition at MOMA, New York, in 1970, to the XXIV Biennial of São Pauloin 1998.

If you are a beginner, then buy yourself, or make a Capo to play in a key to suit your natural warbling.A pioneer of installation art since the 1960s, Cildo Meireles (b.1948, Rio de Janeiro) is best known for his dramatic and politically charged walk-in environments, which often incorporate sound, smell and touch alongside an all-encompassing visual experience, requiring the viewer’s full perceptual involvement. This has to be my favorite song EVER and it's so easy to play in this key of Dĭon't try to sing in a key that doesn't suit your voice. D Major is one of the easiest keys to be playing in for beginners.

Hey jude chords on staf