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A note that's a hollow circle is a full note, a filled circle is a half note, a half note with a line above or below it is a quarter, ... Adjacent
A hollow ellipse is a whole note. A hollow ellipse (slightly different shape) with a stem is a half note. A solid ellipse with a stem is a quarter note.quartereighth and shorter notes will tend to run the flags...The first bar of music, next to the clef, will have a fraction, called a tempo....
s/tempo/time signature/g
Tempo is the speed of the music. 6/8 is also a very common time signature; 2/2 is also pretty common. 4/4 and 2/2 are often abbreviated with a C (common time) and C with a vertical line through it, respectively.Very, very limited pedantry in this post. Pray I do not pedant further.
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ignoring my closing sentence
I did see that you were doing it from memory. It was not my intention to find fault, and I apologize if it came across that way; most of the information was mostly right. However, some of it wasn't, and misinformation is misinformation. (Obligatory xkcd; you know which one.)
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Nah, not really--but I flagged you because, for the purpose, whether a note is a circle or an ellipse (etc) isn't really relevant: if Ben wants to use that info to try to produce audio from sheet music, what I got wrong won't stop him. I doubt he's going to suddenly want to learn an instrument, but if he does, then he'll get corrected.
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whether a note is a circle or an ellipse (etc) isn't really relevant
Yeah, if that had been the only problem, I probably wouldn't even have bothered, but the difference between hollow and filled, stem or no stem, is important. That's the main thing I intended to correct.
Also,
I haven't played a musical instrument in close to 30 years
It's somewhat debatable whether I've ever played a musical instrument. I sometimes produce sound from one — primarily (digital) piano — but whether the sound I produce qualifies a music is a bit questionable. I play somewhat less well than I type, and I use backspace a lot when I type. There is no backspace on a piano keyboard; a mistake remains a mistake. Anybody who can (or could) play somewhat well has my respect.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7JqzisqqfA
I love the original, but I have mixed feelings about this cover. I gave you a like anyway.
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4.5/10. needs more pendant.
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I thought it was some type of memory foam
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It clearly says form memory. So it's obviously referring to Autofill.
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4.5/10. needs more pendant.
Why the B*****m is the treble clef upside-down?
Enough?
I said my pedantry in that post was very limited. I could probably write a (short-ish) textbook on the subject, but I have neither the time at the moment, nor sufficient interest from the readership here. If you really want more, feel free to ask, and I'll happily give you as much /pen?dantry/ as you want (within the limits of the time I have available to write it).
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Why the B*****m is the treble clef upside-down?
because if it were right side up it wouldn't look like a heart?
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Right. I didn't even notice that; I was just looking at them as musical symbols.
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Why the B*****m is the treble clef upside-down?
Because you couldn't make the heart shape and the nimrod who made the pendant didn't care, probably.
Also, why is "B*****m" thing even a thing?
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There is no backspace on a piano keyboard; a mistake remains a mistake. Anybody who can (or could) play somewhat well has my respect.
Pros make mistakes too. They just keep going anyway and don't let the errors derail them.
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My pick for 2014/11/01
Offensive? Perhaps. But damn if it isn't catchy.
One of my favourite bits of Beetlejuice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQXVHITd1N4
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i wonder if i have that movie in my plex instance... because i need to watch it now.
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Pros make mistakes too. They just keep going anyway and don't let the errors derail them.
Indeed, but when the wrong notes outnumber the right ones (not quite, but sometimes it seems that way), it's debatable whether I was on the rails to begin with.
Speaking of pianos, I heard a piano-related WTF on the radio today (a few years old, but new to me) that belongs in the security theater topic. So...
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You'd be surprised. Van Halen is my favorite band, and Eddie's always getting called out as one of the best guitar players of all time (which I don't disagree with). However if you listen to his playing, especially some of the new isolated guitar tracks that someone put up on YouTube, he's actually an extremely sloppy player. Occasional sour or missed notes, but awful timing more than anything else. I'm not sure how noticeable it is to others though since I'm a guitar player and pay close attention to what the guitar is doing.
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I'm definitely no Eddie Van Halen. I'm not a good but sloppy player. I'm just bad. Basically, I can play more-or-less at the beginner level. I took a year of piano in college — but I got an F in the last class because I was too busy with more important classes to practice for the final, and didn't bother taking it — and my parents put me in accordion* lessons for a few years when I was a kid.
I've had some theory and other classes, but other than a short-lived attempt by a college roommate to teach me guitar, that's the total of my formal training in playing an instrument. It doesn't help that my practice consists mostly of playing (badly) the one piece I know well for a total of maybe an hour a month.
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<sup><u><span title="I can admit that now; the statute of limitations has long since passed.">*</span></u></sup>
I hoped that the footnote would explain why you spelled it that way. Color me disappointed.
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why you spelled it that way
Because it's been so long since I played it that I forgot how to spell it, and I didn't notice the squiggly red line?
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Indeed, but when the wrong notes outnumber the right ones (not quite, but sometimes it seems that way), it's debatable whether I was on the rails to begin with.
No, the difference is that they keep going. Really. I used to be a decent classical bassist, and there is nothing worse than not keeping going. If you keep going, approximately in time, the audience will forget about your errors and stay thinking about the music. What's more, keeping going means that you get more time playing, and that helps you make fewer errors.
I suppose there are similarities with programming. It's not that I don't make mistakes, it's that I correct them immediately I find them (since a program has to be correct to be valuable, unlike a musical performance, which has to flow) and don't make a big fuss about it.
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No, the difference is that they keep going.
You'll see this with radio personalities too, sometimes. It's a hard lesson to learn at first.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCCuGztL-Uc
@weng is this song intended for 5 year olds or adults? I'm confused in the pants area.
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Yeah man, I dunno. They appear to be singing about... Well. Chicks, cocks, pussies, bitches, sheep (riding sheep at that) etc.
And then there was the thing with the cow and the bull.
Still not sure where the pigeons, goats and turkeys fit in to that line of thought. But Germans are into some shit.
I really, truly, do not understand this. It got pasted into the IRC channel for one of my more international communities and the europeans refused to explain.
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Well there are kids shows in Mexico that have sexy girls on them for no reason at all. Maybe Germany has those, too.
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[19:06] <Weng> Can someone tell me what the fuck is up with that German farm animal video?
[19:06] <Weng> Is that for 5 year olds or adults?
[19:06] <+Adrian> adults
[19:07] <Weng> Okay. So where do pigeons, goats and turkeys fit in to the more obvious innuendo?
[19:07] <+Adrian> in german it's not an innuendo
[19:08] <+Ice> Either that or everything is an innuendo in German.
[19:08] <+Ice> But then again, it's the same in English, if you're dirty enough.
[19:08] <+lws> Weng: europe is weird.
[19:08] <+lws> that's all i've got for you
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It's a German translation of this thing, btw:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3XW6NLILqo
That was painful. They should have agreed on a pitch before they started playing. Both times.Filed under : appropriate amount of cowbell
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZuSaudKc68
I gave this a like, although I'm not sure "like" really describes my response. "Impressed" would certainly be on the list of adjectives, though.
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It made my day. Would give two if I could.
Only downside is the backing: I'm pretty sure there should be a bass line rather than just some rhythm guitar playing power chords.
I suppose Cliff Burton wasn't available.
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Only downside is the backing:
That's the main thing I didn't like, too — not as specific a complaint as yours; just that detracted from the impressive lead guitar. Not everything needs to have a wall of sound behind it.
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Still not enough fails in this thread. The original and the best:
Florence Foster Jenkins - Queen of the Night by Mozart.From the fount of all internet knowledge:
Florence Foster Jenkins (July 19, 1868 – November 26, 1944) was an American amateur operatic soprano who was known—and ridiculed—for her lack of rhythm, pitch, and tone; her aberrant pronunciation; and her generally poor singing ability.The Queen of the Night's aria from Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) is one of the most spectacular bits of coloratura soprano singing in all of opera. I'm not sure I can bring myself to listen to Florence Foster Jenkins committing such a brutal crime against art.
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I'm not sure I can bring myself to listen to Florence Foster Jenkins committing such a brutal crime against art.
I certainly can't bring myself to listen to the whole of it. It's awfulness is legendary.
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I definitely like it. I don't miss a bass line. There is a guitar playing a secondary voice which gets lower. Not quite as much as a bass guitar, I admit.
I do think it's a bit long, but then again I also think the same about the source material, as much as I love it.
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To like New Order you need to get past the quality of the vocals
For the record, clicking my username on your post doesn't expand the post you're replying to.I didn't get a reply notification from your post either.
@discoursebot, where are you?
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I didn't get a reply notification from your post either.
In my confused state (i.e. normality) I replied to the post you deleted from the thread where you're only meant to post songs and not comments. This was probably my fault rather than Discourse's.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4j2I6gLeiw
I like the tense, suspenseful parts. The part when they spaz out, not so much.
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I like the tense, suspenseful parts. The part when they spaz out, not so much.
The contrast is what makes this kind of music work. That said, screamo metal does take it too far for me too.
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Belated reply - sorry.
I think (can't be arsed to check) I heard that she was a really nice woman who was aware (or became aware) the she wasn't very good but continued to perform because she was also aware that she was popular and wanted to please her audience. I also think I heard that she did improve (get lessons or something) to the point where she wasn't terrible anymore and then people stopped going to see her. Quite a sad story.
I don't think if it as her murdering a beautiful song. The song remains beautiful no matter what any performance makes of it. I find it extremely funny to listen to and especially this tune where the singer is echoing the accompaniment. It's like the piano is mocking her: "these are the notes she's supposed to be singing".
And your posting of how it should be sung can wash away any bitter aftertaste. Thank you for that.
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I heard that she was a really nice woman who was aware (or became aware) the she wasn't very good but continued to perform because she was also aware that she was popular and wanted to please her audience.
I had to expand the in-reply-to because I could have sworn you were talking about Rebecca Black.
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Riiight. I can't take more than 20 seconds of that. Is there a recording of her singing without autotune turned up to 11?
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Nope.