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Let's spread some musical misinformation
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I say,wasn' that marketed by the band Traffic?I believe the theme song was " That Good Old Fashioned Medicated Goo".p
Which of course was a joke, as it was new-fangled. Suitable for your fandango, it seems, which may shed some light on A Whiter Shade of Pale.
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Hollow-body bass guitars are actually "retro" to renaissance era musical instruments. The original hollow body was fashioned from a gourd and included a mouthpiece so that in addition to fretting plucked notes on two strings made of drawn gut, a (typically lower 5th) could be played by simultaneously blowing int the body of the bass. The instrument was fingered using wooden flute-like holes where the modern "F" holes exist today. This configuration was short-lived as it was quickly realized that most post dark-age bassists did not have three hands, making it impossible for the instrument to be played to it's full potential by a single musician, and two people trying to play the thing just looked plain silly.
That would be 11:8, the natural overtone "tritone" about a quarterone sharp of a pure fourth (4:3). Also played on alpenhorns! It's used in Scandinavian fiddle music, wouldn't be surprised if it happens in Celtic fiddle music as well (it's an overtone, so it is very "natural" to play it).
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You do realise that's not a musical instrument? It was what they used in Victorian times to get small boys to the top of chimneys to clean them, by blowing them up there. The keys may look like ones from brass instruments, but are for setting the height to blow the chimney sweep up to.
And as we all know,a Whiter Shade of Pale is most often brought on by The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys.
Lawrence Welk,damn spell check!!!!!!!!!!!This is also used as the bubble maker on the Lawrence Well show.
That's OK, Well was his real name. Welk was just a typo that the TV station decided to keep because it was already on posters that would have cost $50 to replace, and the show was already over budget.
These things happen. Not misinformation: my grandmother once gave me some tea mugs with teddy bears and the word "woridiove" on them. Burny guitars were also supposed to be "Bunny" originally, which is the reason I still want a pink one.
These things happen. Not misinformation: my grandmother once gave me some tea mugs with teddy bears and the word "woridiove" on them. Burny guitars were also supposed to be "Bunny" originally, which is the reason I still want a pink one.
Nikki Sixx originally wrote "Dr. Peelgood" for a banana commercial.
And as we all know,a Whiter Shade of Pale is most often brought on by The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys.
The only cures being a big dose of Brown Sugar, and Nights in White Satin
They kicked out the one that showed up in satin as they thought he was either too posh or a bit “funny”.
The worlds largest beer bong?
That is a US army experiment. It is the only weapon that has reliably produced the brown sound.
