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09-29-2006, 04:54 AM
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Why don't German Bow players catch colds?
Even viruses have their dignity.
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09-29-2006, 03:18 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Seattle, WA | | | Actually, the palm up position allows chi to flow freely through the body and allows us to maintain our harmony with the natural world around us.
When the palm is facing back towards the body, it creates an unnatural circuit between chakras that begins an unhealthy spiral of energy flow and lowers the effectiveness of the immune system.
Little known fact.
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09-29-2006, 06:49 PM
|  | 'Woodworker - Witch Doctor - Luthier'
Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | | So how does that work with your left hand then? |
09-30-2006, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers So how does that work with your left hand then? |
Chi Flows through the right hand only ?  |
09-30-2006, 03:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Seattle, WA | | | The ever moving left hand with a complete circuit through the finger tips with the metal strings dispurses chi differently than the largely at rest right hand (with relation to the bow). Metal, of course has entirely different energy properties than the wooden stick and frog as well.
Come on guys, do we need a refresher course? It's all ball bearings now. |
09-30-2006, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Stingrayz Chi Flows through the right hand only ? | What happens to lefties? |
09-30-2006, 09:25 PM
| | 'Woodworker - Witch Doctor - Luthier'
Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | Not to mention lefties on the underside of the Earth spinning in the opposite direction!  |
10-02-2006, 09:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Seattle, WA | | | In that case, it depends on the rosin. |
10-02-2006, 11:45 AM
|  | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by dubblebubble What happens to lefties? | NO CHI! |
10-05-2006, 12:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wellington NZ | | | What's the difference between a French bow and a condom?
One French letter. |
10-05-2006, 02:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wellington NZ | | | I have a friend who plays a French bow and tunes in fifths.
He plays a cello. |
10-05-2006, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by rprowse What's the difference between a French bow and a condom?
One French letter. | Comment? |
10-05-2006, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by TroyK Comment? | It's a joke based on the spirit on the 'Pythagorean comma'.
You know how, if you keep playing untempered perfect 5ths one after the other, you travel from, say, C and eventually get to B# which is gratingly close to the original C, but not the same.
The 'spirit' of the Pythagorean comma suggests that all things (or diciplines) reach a point where their logic or order become a little unstuck.
Hence, the punch line to the condom joke would be a bit like the 13th note (B#).
Only tempering will really bring it in to line... but then, would it lose its oneness with the natural order?
Before you scoff, think about your double bass and what playing in tune really means once you consider the Pythagorean comma!
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10-06-2006, 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by TroyK Comment? | Comment as in quoi? Not as in commentaire. That kind of lettre.  |
10-06-2006, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by PCPlod Comment as in quoi? Not as in commentaire. That kind of lettre. | exactement |
10-06-2006, 08:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wellington NZ | | | Noi parliamo sultanto italiano!
`e un mucchio di merda ma me ne fregga una sega! |
10-07-2006, 12:49 AM
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Originally Posted by rprowse It's a joke based on the spirit on the 'Pythagorean comma'.
You know how, if you keep playing untempered perfect 5ths one after the other, you travel from, say, C and eventually get to B# which is gratingly close to the original C, but not the same.
The 'spirit' of the Pythagorean comma suggests that all things (or diciplines) reach a point where their logic or order become a little unstuck. | Don't you guys (to use American TV talk) get it?
This is bigger than the holy grail to bass players!
I know we live in different time zones (and I apologose for my Italian profanities) but, wake up! Hey, and cut the French linguistical S***, it all comes from Latin.
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10-07-2006, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by rprowse Don't you guys (to use American TV talk) get it?
This is bigger than the holy grail to bass players!
I know we live in different time zones (and I apologose for my Italian profanities) but, wake up! Hey, and cut the French linguistical S***, it all comes from Latin. | You know, not to be disrespectful, but if you had 1/2 a loaf of bread to go with that radiator, you'd be about 2 blocks past April 12th. |
10-07-2006, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by TroyK You know, not to be disrespectful, but if you had 1/2 a loaf of bread to go with that radiator, you'd be about 2 blocks past April 12th. | Good on you, Troy, for having a go.
Let's move past the esoteric statements. Let's learn to define what we say and mean (or what we mean to say). We're bass players, so let's not fall into the trap of 'trumpet player speak'. That's like just playing lots of high notes in a solo. |
10-08-2006, 07:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Seattle, WA | | | Sorry, this thread never made any sense to begin with, so I just went with it. Since it was in the "humor" section, I assumed it was fair game.
If you read my actual music related posts, you'll find them quite logical.
But it just goes to show that you can put a dress on a duck, but.. Oh, wait, there I go again. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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