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Dave W.
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 Posted - 04/11/2011 : 21:54:39 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by H. Humbert
I also have no natural rhythm to speak off. I can't even drum my fingers along to a song with any consistency. |
If it's any consolation, I spent some time years ago writing music software and found that if every note hit with metronomic precision, the result sounded artificial. So I added a feature that would add a random offset to the time each note played. With small offsets (up to about 10 milliseconds) the result sounded much more like it was being played by real people.
Unfortunately for you, larger offsets just made a sonic mess. But the reason I was writing software to make music is that I've got rhythm and other skill problems myself, so I'm right there with you - although I can't resist trying to follow along with the snare drum late in Roundabout whenever I hear it.| I still wonder what, exactly, music sounds like to most people.) |
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Awesome!| It's like cooking. Sure, if you really concentrate when you eat a particular dish, you might be able to pick out individual ingredients. A hint of lemon there. A dash of cardamom there. But mostly we just taste all the ingredients together as a single synthesis. I think that's how it is for most people with music, too. |
Huh. I hadn't thought about that. I'm not a food person (if I could avoid eating, I would), so this analogy makes a lot of sense to me, thanks. |
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Randy
SFN Regular
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Posted - 04/11/2011 : 22:39:00 [Permalink]
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Cool deal. That brought to mind the Yamaha Tenori-on.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SGwDhKTrwU |
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 04/11/2011 : 22:40:04 [Permalink]
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On the thread where I found this, the first joker to reply posted this "song."
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It doesn't have a bad beat, actually. 
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2011 : 22:45:28 [Permalink]
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The top rated comment for that video had me laughing. Cool video. Thanks.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 04/11/2011 : 22:49:21 [Permalink]
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Humbert:
But mostly we just taste all the ingredients together as a single synthesis. I think that's how it is for most people with music, too. |
Oddly, I'm able to do both at the same time. I habitually deconstruct what music that I'm listening to while I'm hearing it, and hear it as a single synthesis simultaneously. Maybe it's because I am a musician, but I can't remember a time when I didn't do that. Good thing too or I would never be able to enjoy what I'm listening to on an emotional level, after deconstructing it. Also, it doesn't matter how many times I've heard a piece, I still do it. Sometimes with the emphasis on other aspects of the music that weren't at first obvious to me. |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 04/12/2011 : 11:20:33 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by H. Humbert
Originally posted by Dave W.
(I recall that at a young age, I was surprised to learn that not everyone could easily pick out the guitar, bass, keyboard (etc.) lines in a regular rock song (for example), at will. Most people, it seems, have to concentrate pretty hard to hear the individual instruments. |
Oh, that's me for sure. Sometimes I try to pick out one instrument in a song, say for air guitar purposes, and depending on the complexity of the tune it can give me real trouble. I'll lose the thread and start focusing on different instrument entirely, then back again... I also have no natural rhythm to speak off. I can't even drum my fingers along to a song with any consistency.
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Chew on this: The Order of the Universe (CD-version) Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (of "Yes")
Edited to add: The intro is a glorious explosion of counter-point/s.
I love this song, I will for ever only dream of playing it with my choice of instrument...
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26020 Posts |
Posted - 04/12/2011 : 16:51:22 [Permalink]
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I like this one:
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26020 Posts |
Posted - 04/12/2011 : 16:55:08 [Permalink]
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| The scale on the Tone Matrix, for those so inclined, is (from the bottom) A, B, D, E, F# and then it repeats all the way up. It's the D Major Pentatonic Scale, according to one of the commenters. |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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26020 Posts |
Posted - 04/12/2011 : 19:31:53 [Permalink]
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This one's cute:
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podcat
Skeptic Friend
435 Posts |
Posted - 04/30/2011 : 22:51:07 [Permalink]
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| ...I know that he's taken some flack lately, but no one is happier, no one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than [Donald Trump], and that's because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter, like 'Did we fake the moon landing?', 'What really happened in Roswell?', and 'Where are Biggie and Tupac?' |
-US President Barack Obama, speaking about the birth certificate non-issue at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/trump-gets-roasted-president-obama-white-h |
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sailingsoul
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Posted - 05/03/2011 : 20:30:28 [Permalink]
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| The ultimate talking dog. SS |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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26020 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2011 : 23:16:06 [Permalink]
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| I heard that Donald Trump was scheduled to drive the pace car at a NASCAR event, but couldn't produce his long-form drivers's license. |
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sailingsoul
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Posted - 05/16/2011 : 10:36:11 [Permalink]
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| Titled "Amazing" . Definitely unique. SS |
There are only two types of religious people, the deceivers and the deceived. SS |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 05/16/2011 : 12:48:33 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by sailingsoul
Titled "Amazing" . Definitely unique. SS
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It's a living I guess... |
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sailingsoul
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Posted - 05/17/2011 : 15:00:12 [Permalink]
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| I love magic. SS |
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