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Thread #14219   Message #121508
Posted By: _gargoyle
06-Oct-99 - 08:26 PM
Thread Name: Three-chord songs
Subject: RE: Three-chord songs
To the girl from a Northern State....THANX....this is "classic" in the style of the old DT stuff.

PP - WOW!!!

You took me back to a Freshmen course....the Physics 101 instructor played violin.....to demonstrate "wave theory" he used an overhead projector, with a large glass dish, filled with colored water....on top of a variable vibrator..... the projection produced a widely controlable pattern of moving waves....(we students adopted his methods to some "psychadelic-light-shows" at some band performances at the university.) An additional facination came with the addition of blocks (fretting) and the visual rendering of harmonics. The entire week's lesson ranged from ocean tsunamis to Baetovian finalies....and a solo performance on the violin with the strings portrayed in silloete upon the ceiling......Univerity was new, and classes were below 20 in each room....At the time I didn't have a clue what being given to me.

BTW....Jazz REALLY isn't difficult....it's just taking the long way around to get to the "resolution chord," and having fun doing it. don't mention this outloud....it is another "secret."