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The rhythm in bar 2 of the sample sheet music seems wrong.
Actually, that entire image is unnecessary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.235.12.19 (talk) 02:33, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Maybe I'm editing too late in the night, but the quote provided seems to conflict with the how the song was written about the civil rights movement. Is the song about a woman or civil rights? ~~Shiri — Talk~~ 07:00, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
The tapping is made by Paul hitting the ground with his boots.See part 8 of "The Beatles Anthology". MrGater 16:49, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
The reference to "Bach's Bouree" is ridiculous. A Bourrée is a 17th-century dance form, and often forms part of Baroque dance suites. Bach wrote many Bourrées.
"The first night Linda Eastman slept over, McCartney played it to the fans camped outside of his house." Can anyone confirm this? Seems a bit off.
First, stop debating the issue in the article itself. Please debate it here.
The Lewisohn citation is accurate; he thought it was a metronome. He may be wrong, but the article should not be edited such that it looks like the citation supports anything other than a metronome. If there is as dissenting opinion, it needs a different citation. I am going to look through my sources and see if I can find one. John Cardinal 13:03, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
If it is a metronome, then it's broken. Because the tempo of the clicks wobbles throughout the song - no steady BPM. - Bay Araya —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.12.40.129 (talk) 16:16, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
I don't mean to dig up an old arguement but if it was his feet, would it be picked up by standard recording equipment? I don't think it would be unless he had a microphone specifically in place to collect that sound. I was under the impression it was put on in post production anyway and it could have been created any number of ways.(Morcus (talk) 17:18, 15 October 2010 (UTC))
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The article says that Paul wrote the song, but the info box claims the writers are John and Paul: did John have any part in it? I don't have a copy of the album handy to check what the official writing credit says - but either way, this article contradicts itself Dom Kaos (talk) 17:06, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
I have a recording of myself playing Borree on a different instrument nylon string guitar. It may be redundant but if the community finds a use for it I Brian Abbott hereby forefeit any and all rights I posses on this performance including copyright. You don't have to put my name just amateur guitarist playing Borree or something. I'll keep the talk page edit or if there are logs let me know and I can delete it. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B386kvTM0LB3bmdGTWwzSzBDOGc/edit?usp=sharing Burnedfaceless (talk) 15:47, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
Listen to this piece by Fernando Sor:
Fernando Sor (Diez)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbBG0ijZO54
Now read the section of this article on the origin of Blackbird and listen to the Bourree piece by Bach. Do you really think the Bach piece could have influenced McCartney to write Blackbird? I can't say for certain that McCartney borrowed from Sor's piece, but obviously that piece sounds a lot like Blackbird. The Bach piece has nothing to do with Blackbird. Either McCartney was misquoted, or this is simply bunk. The text discussing melody and bass in the guitart piece is ridiculous. That describes just about any classical guitar piece. And "reharmonizing" to the relative key of G? Is that supposed to mean transposition into the key of G maybe? Note that that Sor piece is written in G Major, just like Blackbird, so no transposition required!
I believe McCartney borrowed from Sor. But I can't find a source to quote for what is to me obvious. Can anyone else find a reputable source that makes this argument so we can include it here? Also, I call into question the explanation for the Bach origin provided here. It's dubious at best. Even if McCartney did allude to Bourree as an influence for Blackbird, which I find hard to believe, the analysis of how the two are in anyway related makes no sense and should be rewritten by someone who knows what they're talking about. Coastside (talk) 01:49, 23 June 2014 (UTC)
I agree that it was Sor, except you have some incorrect info. The piece wasn't titled Diez, that's an arrangement by Ben Bolt of the original Sor piece. The original piece is Etude, Op. 60, No. 19:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow_BbVxdFSs
I made a reddit post about my finding, here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/beatles/comments/2ig7ca/at_some_point_paul_started_claiming_that/
Also, as seen in my reddit post, Paul admitted that he did not know the title of the piece before he started claiming it was Bourree. This suggests he may have remembered incorrectly when he later claimed it was Bach's Bourree. 129.120.53.184 (talk) 15:16, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
Are those foot taps what I can hear throughout the song? I'd always wondered what achieved that "calm tapping sound". It's very nice! :) -- C.Syde (talk | contribs) 06:42, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
In several bootleg versions of Blackbird (such as the versions on "Watching Rainbows"), Paul can be heard dedicating the song to "Edie". Who is this Edie? Is it perhaps Edie Sedgwick, whom Paul might well have met via Andy Warhol (Andy and Paul met in 1967)? Grutness...wha? 23:32, 1 January 2016 (UTC)
Per WP:NSONGS. Richhoncho (talk) 00:09, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
Section Composition and recording says
References
The last sentence of that paragraph, "Emerick recalls as being mic'd up separately", is incomplete: Emerick recalls what as being mic'd up separately? Presumably the foot-tapping, but that really should be checked in the source before any correction is made. While a book Recording the Beatles is cited as the reference, there's no further information about that book. It may well be
listed by Google Books as by
and published by
-- Thnidu (talk) 04:49, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
I removed the uncited line, "The fingerpicking technique that McCartney uses in the song was taught to him by folk singer Donovan." I believe Don has talked about this in his book, but I know he said specifically in an interview with Vin Scelsa (which I have a tape of), that he taught John Lennon his fingerpicking technique in India. Paul wasn't interested, but John approached it seriously like a student, and then went off and wrote Dear Prudence and Julia, using that style. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.219.103.208 (talk) 06:29, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
See the article below https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/paul-mccartney-meets-women-who-inspired-beatles-blackbird-57076/amp/ 2601:645:8300:78F0:856:6D22:5FAE:B4ED (talk) 22:46, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
Blackbird went gold in the U.K.on 14/01/22 https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/12079-1786-1 Glc19821 (talk) 22:46, 13 November 2023 (UTC)