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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 8, in George Martin's layer cake metaphor, what was the fourth layer in a four-track recording?
2. How does George Martin describe the result, when a recording is overcompressed?
3. Why did George Martin ultimately agree, in 1976, to score the "Sergeant Pepper" film featuring the Bee Gees and Peter Frampton?
4. How, according to George Martin, does a computer multiply 17 by 32?
5. Why did George Martin leave EMI, even though they ultimately agreed to pay him a commission as he requested?
Short Essay Questions
1. What aspects of Dick Lester's direction does George Martin most admire, in the Beatles' film, "A Hard Day's Night"?
2. For the film, "The Family Way", what sort of tune did George Martin ask Paul McCartney to write, and what strategy did he employ when Paul McCartney was slow to comply?
3. In the song, "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite", how did George Martin achieve his complex hurdy-gurdy effect?
4. Describe the early founding of AIR, Associated Independent Recording.
5. How is a click track used in scoring a film?
6. Which is the only Beatles film not scored by George Martin, and why?
7. As explained in Chapter 13, how does George Martin respond when asked how to become a successful record producer?
8. What sites did George Martin consider for AIR's second studio, a residential complex, and where was it ultimately constructed?
9. Briefly describe the controversy surrounding John Lennon's comparison of the Beatles and Jesus.
10. Briefly summarize George Martin's predictions for the future, as of 1979, regarding the use of digital recording.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What creative techniques, employed by George Martin and the Beatles, caused "Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" to be regarded by many as the best album of all time?
Essay Topic 2
How does George Martin string together the various periods of his life, both professional and personal, and how does he interweave more technical discussions about music, architecture, filmmaking, and technology? Chapter by chapter, how does the book flow to create a cohesive autobiography?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the phenomenon, as explained by George Martin in Chapter 6, of two stereo speakers creating the illusion of sound emanating from a central point, in addition to the left and right. How did he use this phenomenon to its best advantage in his recordings?
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