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And whilst on this topic of odd meters: Q. How many post modern composers (avant gardé musicians) does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A. 7 ... in the time of 13.
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Quote: Originally posted by crazychester ...[snip]... But I've seen musos do this sort of fudging too. If you're familiar with Cattle and Cane by The Go-Betweens it's 11/4 and to me the pattern is clearly 5/4 + 6/4 but I'm yet to see it nota…
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Quote: Originally posted by Amorph I can understand why. It has a waltzy lilt to it. Yeah - I'll give you that... I think I was just wearing my pedantic muso hat when I made that comment. Quote: Originally posted by Amorph Yeah, but "Tak…
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OK ... here's some further MUSIC MATHS data. *I am not an expert on this stuff - just putting it out there for those that are interested* Code: INTERVAL overtone ratios Unison 1:1 (1/1) Octave 1:2 (2/1, 6/3, 8/4) Fifth …
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OK - I've gone back to some old notes of mine and this is what I found: The equal tempered scale is divided into 12 equal parts (as discovered above). Mathematically this is the 12th root of 2 (let's say: 1.059463). To get the next semitone y…
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I'm *defineitely* not an expert on tuning temperaments or just intonation, but I think that the current Western tuning system also has a bit to do with summation and difference tones interacting, so that notes can be in harmony with each other when …
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Quote: Originally posted by Noleli2 ...[snip]... But that's where it stopped working. The closer intervals did not follow the natural harmonic series. At dinner tonight I was talking to my dad, and he said he remembered vaguely something havi…
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^ That comment about dancers not being concerned with counting as accurately as musicians may be true - but I'm sort of at a loss to really understand how a dancer - for whom the interpretation of rhythm and melody should be a rudiment of their craf…
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Quote: Originally posted by crazychester A brief history of equal temperament: http://www.channel4.com/learning/mai...d100666049.htm The series "Howard Goodall's Big Bangs" is well worth a watch if you can get a hold of it. (The Big Bangs r…
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Quote: Originally posted by Noleli2 You might be thinking of Blue Rondo a la Turk as that 10/8 tune. Great tune. As for Take 5 feeling like a waltz, maybe it just a "raggy" waltz. Hi Noleli2 and everyone else. I don't want to bog this t…
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Quote: Originally posted by 709 I had lost all hope, honestly (BadFlamingo was a mess) and didn't bother to check back until April 2002. BadFlamingo - now there's a name I haven't heard in a LOOONG while. I just typed in www.badflaming…
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Quote: Originally posted by CosmoNut A lot of people give quagmire a hard time here, but I cut him a lot of slack because he's 14 and I'm 24. He hasn't experienced high school, college, or having a full-time job. In the same light, I am always …
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Great thread - some really useful ideas/input here. CosmoNut: that's a perfect example of how the Mac can truly be the digital hub... if only Apple would advertise the sheer elegance/simplicity/usefulness and "safety" of running a Mac like this a…
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Quote: Originally posted by Paul pro would make things a bit easier... when viewing the QT file there should be a triangle in the lower right... the "save movie to disk" option is greyed... but will be available with pro... Thanks Paul - I sh…
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Hey Brad - thanks again for all your help! It worked. Now, for the learning part... could you please explain to me a) how you figured out they were sniffing to see my connection speed & b) how you actually found the correct address to g…
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Quote: Originally posted by Brad Often, you can view the source of the web page, search for something.mov, copy and paste that URL into the address box, load it, and choose Save As from the file menu. Have you tried this? I don't think you're …
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I like this community spirit! (nice going Paul)