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Unread post by Swede » Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:48 pm

i like the chord F2
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Unread post by fatjack » Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:50 pm

Swede wrote:i like the chord F2
just like a dumbass swedish person to like something that doesn't even exist

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Unread post by Swede » Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:52 pm

fatjack wrote:
Swede wrote:i like the chord F2
just like a dumbass swedish person to like something that doesn't even exist
like your brain?
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Unread post by fatjack » Wed Mar 02, 2005 8:53 pm

Swede wrote:
fatjack wrote:
Swede wrote:i like the chord F2
just like a dumbass swedish person to like something that doesn't even exist
like your brain?
EXACTLY

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Unread post by Swede » Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:00 pm

fatjack wrote:
Swede wrote:
fatjack wrote:
Swede wrote:i like the chord F2
just like a dumbass swedish person to like something that doesn't even exist
like your brain?
EXACTLY
thank you.
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Unread post by Grandpagotgame » Thu Mar 03, 2005 3:35 pm

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HCHaikuWarrior wrote:Learn to use grammar.

You need a comma or the use of "you".
what a searing jab, considering that i never really bother to punctuate correctly
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and grandpa- good luck with your writing.

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Unread post by jellyfish » Thu Mar 03, 2005 3:57 pm

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but they're so tiny
They were made tiny so they could work with microchips easier.

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Unread post by goodboy85 » Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:18 am

i really think that´s one thing you can´t say because i know songs in D major which really are sad and not funny
depends on so much more

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Unread post by Davy28 » Thu Mar 10, 2005 5:19 pm

Whats an example of a sad song in D major in your opinion?
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Unread post by MWR » Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:22 pm

Davy28 wrote:Whats an example of a sad song in D major in your opinion?
There are plenty of songs in a major keys that are "sad". It's probably Me by Sting and Clapton is in C but it seems pretty sad or meloncholy to me.
It's even possible for a song with all major chords to convey sadness.
The whole minor is sad and major is happy thing is what you're told early on to simplify things.

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Unread post by Davy28 » Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:21 am

One thing I often notice is that songs in keys that are accidental (sharp or flat) tend to be like tears of joy in a way, like the song Be here to love me (Van Zandt cover by norah jones) is in Ab major but the harmony is so cool that I get choked up everytime I sing and play along.
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Unread post by fatjack » Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:56 am

Davy28 wrote:One thing I often notice is that songs in keys that are accidental (sharp or flat) tend to be like tears of joy in a way, like the song Be here to love me (Van Zandt cover by norah jones) is in Ab major but the harmony is so cool that I get choked up everytime I sing and play along.
that has nothing to do with the flats in the key

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Unread post by Davy28 » Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:05 pm

fatjack wrote:
Davy28 wrote:One thing I often notice is that songs in keys that are accidental (sharp or flat) tend to be like tears of joy in a way, like the song Be here to love me (Van Zandt cover by norah jones) is in Ab major but the harmony is so cool that I get choked up everytime I sing and play along.
that has nothing to do with the flats in the key
I mean keys like C# major or D# major

I can see why it is often a curse to be a music major because you cannot let the music just flow over you emoitionally, you have to dig into it and look at the technical, melodic and harmonic aspects as opposed to the emotional.
Forget about the reasons and the treasons we are seeking
Forget about the notion that our emotions can be swept away, kept at bay
Forget about being guilty, we are innocent instead
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Unread post by MWR » Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:52 pm

Davy28 wrote:
fatjack wrote:
Davy28 wrote:One thing I often notice is that songs in keys that are accidental (sharp or flat) tend to be like tears of joy in a way, like the song Be here to love me (Van Zandt cover by norah jones) is in Ab major but the harmony is so cool that I get choked up everytime I sing and play along.
that has nothing to do with the flats in the key
I mean keys like C# major or D# major

I can see why it is often a curse to be a music major because you cannot let the music just flow over you emoitionally, you have to dig into it and look at the technical, melodic and harmonic aspects as opposed to the emotional.
So you're saying that if a song is originally in D major but you play it in D# that that song is instantly more joyful? That just goes to show that you dont' know enough about the "technical, melodic and harmonic aspects".
That's like telling a writer that he's too preoccupied with syntax and grammar.

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Unread post by gumbomadness » Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:44 pm

quit while your behind davy. mwr and fatjack know the shit...
ya.. accidentals.. no one can tell unless with perfect pitch but that isnt what makes it have a "tear jerking" melody. transpose it to the key of C (with no accidentals) and it would be the same way. C D E F G A B may REALLY be C# D# A# but frankly we just labeled them.. music is all relative. its a ratio between the sounds that makes the scales and they cant hold specific moods to them, unless you are talking a different TYPE such as harmonic minor as opposed to major.
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