MLT Club Member Chris Weber
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The discussion of the relationship between music and math makes me think of different types of child prodigies.
Music and math are 2 kinds of prodigies.
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Jung,
Thanks for posting that version of Tommy playing Over the Rainbow. Covers can be amazing, but covering a standard, which by definition has been covered a lot, and still having something amazing to say, is special.
I’ve only watched it once, so far, but a couple things jumped out at me.
You’re right, variations on a theme. Just coming up with the arrangement was a major feat in itself.
And the second thing I’m still thinking about was near the end.
He’s holding a barre chord with his left hand, then plays harmonics with the finger picks and his index finger with his right hand.
And the way harmonics sound, it kind of gives you an ethereal sound, that’s appropriate to the song, like Glinda is going to touch down any moment.
Tommy gets his money’s worth out of his guitar.
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Welcome Alex. I discovered them a while back myself, then joined the club recently too.
I’ve been smiling a lot more ever since. Enjoy the club.
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Yuja is amazingly talented. I also thought she needs a good piano to be able to do that too. The action needs to be in good condition to play that fast.
And it reminds me of something I used to tell people.
“If the leader calls a Rock tune, it doesn’t matter if you can’t play Rachmaninoff.” You can play lots of styles of piano really well without ever playing like that, or even playing stride
Too bad you can’t hear some of the old time players, to see how they could play. Looking at the music they wrote, they must have played really well.
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I hope you guys, and everyone else, are okay out there. Been a smoky year for sure.
I check the air quality at airnow.gov almost every day.
Be careful what you wish for though; Hilary is the first tropical storm warning ever issued for southern California, and it is coming your way. A storm like that might dump on you in a big way.
Good luck.
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Speaking of variations on a theme. I see a couple guys play Over the Rainbow, and of course YT wants to show me more.
Yes, those dates in the title mean it’s 4 versions of OTR. It’s not that he played it differently over the years, he played it different every single time. I saw a good piece on YT the other day with Andre Previn and Oscar Peterson. Oscar told a story about how if you plan out your improvisations in advance, that it’s not really honest. Lol.
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I don’t think it’s by accident that Beck’s playing sounds like a Theremin.
When Beck gave up using a pick years ago, and always had the whammy bar in his hand, he had such incredible control of pitch. The whammy bar never leaves his hand. His pitch control was so much better than anybody else that I know of.
A Theremin is very sensitive to pitch changes as well. It seems hard to control.
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Jürgen,
I subscribe to a free service from Bookbub.com that vets and recommends cheap ebooks on subjects you specify.
Yesterday it recommended the book below on the golden ratio.
Seeing that yesterday was the first time I’d heard of the golden ratio. But then I usually guess at answers instead of doing the math…
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What kind of DAW do you have? Are you happy with it? I’ve just got an old one and thinking about a new one. Not looking very hard; I’m at the “think about it” stage.
I saw the Twins use Cubase the other day. Don’t remember where I saw that.
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In the video, you don’t see the power supply it plugs into. If you were thinking about throwing one of these together, here’s a description of how it works under the hood.
Maybe you could get electrocuted by it, it’s grounded. Careful what else you’re holding onto while playing it.
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Yes, slot machine is a good description. It has kind of a mechanical sound to it. Not that much like an organ.
And in the video he said it would cost $600-800.
$600 in 1967 would be $5,413 in current dollars according to this inflation calculator.
https://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/inflation.php?amount=600&year=1967
dollartimes.com
Inflation on $600. How much was $600 worth adjusting for cost of living increases?
Inflation on $600. How much was $600 worth adjusting for cost of living increases?
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And I’ll mention one more thought.
Can you imagine those two toddlers we see in some videos, wandering around at a home with a studio in it, with pro musicians coming and going, growing up that way.
It’s no wonder Mona and Lisa speak music so well.
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Everything he said is true. I can think of a lot of examples. And he said it really well. He is a teacher indeed. Thanks for posting that, Ian.
I’m going to share that vid with other people. So many Ted talks that I’ve seen that move me – that was another great one.
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You said, “Music really is a language.”
Agreed. I’ve always said that.
I think that’s one reason it’s so universal.
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I don’t know if Guinness tracks that, but tempo on songs can be stated as bpm, beats per minute. It might be on the sheet music. So it probably wouldn’t be that hard to track.
