Why is Strawberry Fields Forever in A half-sharp major?

The recording of Strawberry Fields Forever was a long and experimental process, and it was this process that left the finished track meandering between the keys of A and Bb major. This odd, microtonal key centre is a lasting reminder of the ground-breaking studio engineering that pulled Strawberry Fields Forever out of John Lennon's head and into reality!

📌NOTE: After making this video, I realised that the plural of "cent" is "cents". I thought it was more like "percent" but I'm fairly sure that I'm wrong about that now. I guess, living in the UK, I've never had to say the plural of "cent" before 😅 Sorry for any confusion!

The outro song is my original piece “Clap”, and it’s available right now on Spotify: https://sptfy.com/davidbennett

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Martin, G. “All You Need Is Ears”
Electrical Audio, Editing a Multitrack Tape:    • Electrical Audio How-To: Editing a Mu...  
You Can’t Unhear This, The Craziest Edit in Beatles History:    • The Craziest Edit in Beatles History  
George Martin interviewed by Andy Peebles (1982):    • George Martin Fixes Strawberry Fields...  
Paul McCartney demonstrates the Mellotron:    • Paul McCartney  demonstrates the Mell...  
The Story of Strawberry Fields:    • The BEATLES The story of STRAWBERRY F...  
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