<P> McCartney explained on Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road, aired in 2005, that the guitar accompaniment for "Blackbird" was inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach's Bourrée in E minor, a well - known lute piece, often played on the classical guitar . As teenagers, he and George Harrison tried to learn Bourrée as a "show off" piece . The Bourrée is distinguished by melody and bass notes played simultaneously on the upper and lower strings . McCartney adapted a segment of the Bourrée (reharmonised into the original's relative major key of G) as the opening of "Blackbird", and carried the musical idea throughout the song . </P> <P> The first night his future wife Linda Eastman stayed at his home, McCartney played "Blackbird" for the fans camped outside his house . The fingerpicking technique that McCartney uses in the song was taught to him by folk singer Donovan . </P> <P> Since composing "Blackbird" in 1968, McCartney has given differing, contradictory statements regarding both his inspiration for the song and its meaning . In one of these scenarios, he has said he was inspired by hearing the call of a blackbird one morning when the Beatles were studying Transcendental Meditation in Rishikesh, India . In another, he recalls writing it in Scotland as a response to racial tensions escalating in the United States during the spring of 1968 . </P> <P> In May 2002, following a show in Dallas, Texas, McCartney discussed the song with KCRW DJ Chris Douridas, saying: </P>

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