Surely one of you will know! Once someone
answers that question correctly, I will go on with the
next part (which will teach more about musical
expression)! he he.. Let's see who
answers this one correctly first!
Teo, maybe you'll know the answer
to this one: "Forte" is pronounced with one syllable in
all languages that use the word. Except music. In music
it is pronounced "for-TAY". How come?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm old.
Everything I know only applies to the way things used to
be!
Wuzzat "for
Tay-O?" he he.. I may have that
answer soon, I'm looking up musical terms as we 'speak.'
We are mezzo-stuck-on-our-selves, an octave above
everyone else...
BBSam, come on, you are great at
helping my experiments, no insult at all meant, I could
say you are a grea "Egor" like the guy who helped Dr.
Frankenstein but you would like that less I bet! I'm just reeeally
glad you had the answer and shared it perfectly! Ta-Da!
Afro-Caribbean musicians have definite
rules about where the clave goes, and often tell people
to "turn the clave around" meaning they are playing a
3-2 instead of 2-3; I've seen arguments start because of
this!
You can play one (either 2-3 or 3-2) in
one hand on one leg, and the other on the other leg, you
would be playing 2 opposing clave patterns, and what you
get is the Tac tata tac tac continuously! I think it
sounds neat anyway.
The 3 side is
considered to be "up" and the 2 side "down." Most music
can be analyzed this way, and musicians find a "space"
for complimentary musical phrases using this system.
Would you like me to tell you more about
clave patterns?
Good
music often has a statement, or melody, or phrase, then
complimentary or secondary statements, in conversation.
In this post I wanted to "call" or "make a statement,"
and if it was "responce'd" or "complimented" well, then
I would continue my melody, harmonizing, continue my
topic. Waiting for someone to answer "daa daa" was
fun!
Would you like me to tell you more about
clave patterns?
Then there was the Smothers
Brothers skit about the Catholic church with the big
bronze bell that went "DONG" and the Episcopalian church
down the street with the two brass bells that went,
"ding ding" and the nearby Lutheran church with two
chimes that went "dong dong" and the Jewish synagog
where they had two silver bells that went "ding ding".
And every evening they would all ring:
DONG ding
ding dong dong ... ding ding
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm old.
Everything I know only applies to the way things used to
be!
quote:
Originally posted by The Original Cin: What the
heck are you guys passing around in here? And hows
come it hasn't gotten to me yet?
Just NOTES
Uncle Blob, this is
the first time I believe your end of the world doomsday
predictions.. that IS the end of the world.. While I'm funnin'
ya', I just love those dancing brocoli, you probably
wound't remember, but the oooold Soul Train TV show used
to be a "sea of Afros," all these people with huuuuge
afro hair styles, all with their cool bop. What later
happened is they became sponsored by Johnson Products,
who makes, guess what? Hair goo!
It used to be
tough, watchin' all the fly babes shake their stuff,
pick up some dance steps, but then the commercials
fortold DOOOOOM!
Luckily us
graemlinists, and discussionist, can relive the great
days of "Sta-Sof-Fro" and "K-Cutters" aaaaahhhh.....
