File:While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Beatles song - sample).ogg

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[edit]

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[edit]

Non-free media information and use rationale true for While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Description	Artist: The Beatles Songwriters: George Harrison Producer: George Martin Format: Ogg Vorbis, quality 0 (64 kbit/s) Copyright: EMI
Source	Album sample
Article	While My Guitar Gently Weeps
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 useFair 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

Non-free media information and use rationale true for The Beatles
Description	Audio sample from "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by The Beatles
Source	Sample from The Beatles (album) Artist: The Beatles Songwriter: George Harrison Producer: George Martin Copyright: EMI
Article	The Beatles
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 useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of The Beatles//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:While_My_Guitar_Gently_Weeps_(Beatles_song_-_sample).oggtrue

Licensing[edit]

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the sample is being used for commentary on the recording in question;
the sample contributes significantly to the encyclopedia articles in which it is used (listed under the heading "File usage" below) in a way that cannot be duplicated by other forms of media;
the sample is short in relation to the duration of the recorded track, and is of inferior quality to the original recording;
no other samples from the same track are currently used in Wikipedia;
there is no adequate free alternative available.

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To the uploader: If this is a free, non-copyrighted audio recording, please post it to Wikimedia Commons instead. Fair use

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.

File history

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
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

The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):

While My Guitar Gently Weeps
File:Beatles gently weeps.ogg (file redirect)
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Transcode status

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Format	Bitrate	Download	Status	Encode time
MP3	207 kbps		Completed 06:32, 25 December 2017	1.0 s

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Software used	Xiph.Org libVorbis I 20020717