Let's spread some musical misinformation

[Scooter Johnson]

Abner Doubleday invented the game of BASSball where all players had to carry a Double Bass with them as they run around a stage. Time went by and many of the rules have changed. These days you hardly ever see anything larger than a 1/4 sized cello running around!

 

[IamGroot]

If you slide your finger up a string for 12 frets, you've played all the notes in every scale, plus a few extra.

 

[Count Bassie]

If you slide your finger up a string for 12 frets, you've played all the notes in every scale, plus a few extra.

Well, actually... lol

 

[chea-pass]

I can't go into specifics on this forum but if you play a third above the current Schumann frequency during a waxing crescent, you will have a story to tell.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

If you slide your finger up a string for 12 frets, you've played all the notes in every scale, plus a few extra.

And you should expect to be sued by the Marvin Gaye estate.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Each bassist has a given number of notes he can play before being worn out. Once he hits that number he dies.

Marcus Miller was either given a very generous allocation or is about to croak.

 

[PillO]

If you slide your finger up a string for 12 frets, you've played all the notes in every scale, plus a few extra.

And you should expect to be sued by the Marvin Gaye estate.

Dangerously close to not being misinformation.

 

[PillO]

Alex Lifeson and John Petrucci co-invented power chords by using the Locrian mode.

 

[IamGroot]

Alex Lifeson and John Petrucci co-invented power chords by using the Locrian mode.

They discovered it accidentally when thier fifth developed a flat.

 

[nitrobrother]

And that number is 12. This I why I never play Ab; I have played the other 11 notes. Any song that requires an Ab, I simply substitute G#. Fortunately, no one has ever noticed.

Interesting that you've chosen to self-identify as a GeeSharpian, a religion that is starting to catch on in today's world of woe and strife. Good on you. I myself am a Nonnee - I never play an E and instead substitute an Fb whenever the lead guitarist feigns interest in anything other than himself.

 

[PillO]

Interesting that you've chosen to self-identify as a GeeSharpian, a religion that is starting to catch on in today's world of woe and strife. Good on you. I myself am a Nonnee - I never play an E and instead substitute an Fb whenever the lead guitarist feigns interested in anything other than himself.

Well, we can agree about how much we despise the seeflattians.

 

[nitrobrother]

Oh, don't get me started on THOSE guys!

 

[Pops OB]

I will probably be killed for disclosing this, but Bb Eb Ab Db Gb are actually chords with a hidden third note known only to gnostics.

 

[PillO]

It is interesting that the religious music of the eastern Orthodox churches is written in flat keys and those religions based on roman Catholicism (and the various protestant sects) is written in sharp keys. What is even more interesting is that the further north you go, the quantity of worship music performed in minor keys increases. Notably in Sweden, Norway and Finland it is actually illegal to perform religious music in major keys.

 

[PillO]

I will probably be killed for disclosing this, but Bb Eb Ab Db Gb are actually chords with a hidden third note known only to gnostics.

You can always pick out a gnostic, they have a very distinct look.
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From there it is pretty easy to get the third hidden note (gnote in their vernacular) out of them.

 

[Pops OB]

You can always pick out a gnostic, they have a very distinct look.
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From there it is pretty easy to get the third hidden note (gnote in their vernacular) out of them.

Uh-oh...

 

[mrjim123]

You can always pick out a gnostic, they have a very distinct look.
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From there it is pretty easy to get the third hidden note (gnote in their vernacular) out of them.

Aren't left-handed gnostics a sign of the antichrist?

 

[Pops OB]

Aren't left-handed gnostics a sign of the antichrist?

No, that’s the sign of the Demi-god bassist, Annie Christ.

 

[Scooter Johnson]

in the ancient Egypt hieroglyphic language there is no letter "F" so Guitars and Violins had Owl Holes !!

 

[-Asdfgh-]

It is interesting that the religious music of the eastern Orthodox churches is written in flat keys and those religions based on roman Catholicism (and the various protestant sects) is written in sharp keys. What is even more interesting is that the further north you go, the quantity of worship music performed in minor keys increases. Notably in Sweden, Norway and Finland it is actually illegal to perform religious music in major keys.

Well, anything that might promote any sort of happiness is forbidden in Finland, including any happy music, as it may adversely affect the sales of vodka which the state derives much of its revenue from through the state-run network of liquor stores.