While_My_Guitar_Gently_Weeps_(Beatles_song_-_sample).ogg (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 22 s, 69 kbps, file size: 184 KB)
- This media file has an associated English-language subtitle file TimedText:While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Beatles song - sample).ogg.en.srt
Summary
Short, relatively low-quality sound sample from " While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by The Beatles.
- Artist: The Beatles
- Songwriters: George Harrison
- Producer: George Martin
- Format: Ogg Vorbis, quality 0 (64 kbit/s)
- Length: 21 seconds (<10% of original 4:44)
- Copyright: EMI
Fair use rationales
| Description |
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| Source |
Album sample |
| Article | |
| Portion used |
21 seconds (<10% of original 4:44) |
| Low resolution? |
It is a sample of less than 30 seconds and no more than 10% of the original recording, and could not be used as a substitute for the original commercial recording or to recreate the original recording. It is also of a lower quality than the commercially available digital versions of the original recording. |
| Purpose of use |
It illustrates an educational article specifically about the song from which this sample was taken. |
| Replaceable? |
It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted sample of comparable educational value. |
| Other information |
This sample will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original recording. |
| Fair use Fair use of copyrighted material in the context of While My Guitar Gently Weeps//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:While_My_Guitar_Gently_Weeps_(Beatles_song_-_sample).oggtrue | |
| Description |
Audio sample from " While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by The Beatles |
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| Source |
Sample from The Beatles (album)
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| Article | |
| Portion used |
21 seconds (<10% of original 4:44) |
| Low resolution? |
Quality reduced to 64 kbit/s |
| Purpose of use |
This rock ballad has been said to demonstrate George Harrison's "vigorous return to form" as a writer, and to be "virtually a declaration of his recommitment to rock" after the group had expanded their stylistic range to include Indian classical music among other styles. Unusually, Harrison himself did not play lead guitar for this recording but asked Eric Clapton to do so, after "failing to get the weepy sound he wanted using a tape-reversed guitar". (Source: Gould, Jonathan (2008), Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain and America. Piatkus. ISBN 978-0-7499-2988-6, p. 523.) The sample presents part of verse two; after Harrison is heard singing and playing rhythm guitar, the verse leads into the guitar solo where Clapton can be heard providing the "weepy" sound Harrison chose for the song. Words alone are inadequate to describe the song, and presenting the sound of this song alongside earlier and later ones is necessary for a complete understanding of its nature and its contrast with material from other periods, and hence of the way the band's music evolved during their career. |
| Replaceable? |
No free alternative for copyrighted audio recording |
| Fair use Fair use of copyrighted material in the context of The Beatles//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:While_My_Guitar_Gently_Weeps_(Beatles_song_-_sample).oggtrue | |
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 | The use of this file in the article(s) While My Guitar Gently Weeps and The Beatles was reviewed by Moe Epsilon on 02:37, 11 May 2011 (UTC) and deemed likely to meet Wikipedia's policy on non-freely licensed content, because it is thought to meet all criteria as described in Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria. This file's use on other pages or in different contexts may require additional review at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. |
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 01:18, 24 August 2002 | 22 s (184 KB) | Lee Daniel Crocker ( talk | contribs) | 21-second clip from Beatles |
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File usage
Transcode status
Update transcode status| Format | Bitrate | Download | Status | Encode time |
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| MP3 | 207 kbps | Completed 06:32, 25 December 2017 | 1.0 s |