Posted on 08/31/2024 3:36:11 PM PDT by CottonBall
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Am I The Only One – Aaron Lewis
This one’s pretty as well, Spunky. It’s the two sisters who rewrote it for Easter.
https://rumble.com/vf8t6h-an-easter-hallelujah-cassandra-star-and-her-sister-callahan.html
Wow. That’s a beautiful thing to do for Cory. His wife and daughters must have been so touched.
Here is a video where a guy is explaining the meaning. First time I have actually seen the words. Interesting.
“What Does “Hallelujah” REALLY Mean? | Lyrics Explained”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU4-QxCDNs0
Interesting, Spunky. Thanks for posting. I always thought it was fairly melancholy.....I group Leonard Cohen in with Bob Dylan.
Me - piano and Hymnology.
Since you studied Composition, what do you think of jazz? I hate it. No structure.
OK, I need any coffee cake recipes you gals have!
I have volunteered to make coffee cakes next week for the rescue personnel in Hampton and Roan Mountain, to go with their breakfasts.
I don’t believe I’ve ever made one before....should be fun.
I could listen to that over and over.
“My favorites are copper and iridium.”
I get the iridium. I fell in love with a ring — iridium, platinum, sapphire and diamonds. Not practical, and very expensive. Hated to walk away from it.
I will get back to you. I have two I really, really like. One, I’ve only done in the standard way, no variations. The other has endless variations. You’ll see.
Here’s where we differ. I love good jazz. It needs to be balanced and in tune. I had those jazz bands who seem to be in a perpetual contest to see which trumpet player can play the loudest and fastest and highest.
I find the rythmns can be straightforwards when based on a 4/4 beat or less often 3/4. They can also be complex such as in “Take Five” by Brubeck.
To be a good jazz player, you need to be very confident in scales and arpeggios as well as the chromatic (I heard someone call it the “charismatic”) scale. Then, you have to have a good ear and even intuition (but it is based on your knowledge of chord arragements and progressions) in order to improvise. It is, perforce, more spontaneous than classical music because there is so much improvisation.
I’ve found most good (although that can be a subjective ranking) music of all types is mathematically balanced. The pieces start and stop with a balanced metric composition. If there are pickup notes at the beginning, the last measure is shortened by that exact amount (holds can change that). The balanced mathematics comes in when determining which note comes next as it all fits precisely within the overtone series. This is true for everything, jazz, Balinese music, classical, etc. However, there is an infinite number of variations and embellishments.
I think jazz is my favorite genre. It gets into my bones and brings a physical response when it is done well.
I will step intentionally on a lot of toes when I say that I find most bands at football games are not really very musical. The musicians play mostly loud and fast. There isn’t much harmony or inner voices. The woodwind players, clarinet and flute are more often shuffled off to being in the flag line. I stopped participating in the alumni band when my part for one song was as complicated as shouting “Hey!” rest, rest, rest for several measures, “Hey!” rest, rest, rest for several measures, “Hey!” rest, rest, rest for several measures, “Gooooooo, Auburn!” Or some such silliness. I did not spend months and years practicing scales and arpeggios to not put the dang reed in my mouth and blow!
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When I got married in 1971, Mom gave me the coffee cake recipe she had saved from my 7th grade Home Ec. Class. It’s really good. I’ll try to remember to post it to you tomorrow.
I Know nothing about music, but I know what I like to listen to. Most Jazz I don’t like. I do like the Glenn Miller Band, String of Pearls and In the Mood etc.
Thanks!
Yes, iridium is pretty, refractory too- very high melting point, so it’s difficult to work with. Probably part of the high cost of that ring
OK, great!
Since I’m making several, it’ll be nice to be able to change it up a bit
I had some internet wonky-ness tonight.
We also had a sad call from our neighbors wife..
He wanted to die at home, and is actively dying.
When I caught got back on here (the rally, I mean)
the opera singer was singing ‘Ave Maria” in memory
of Corey Comperatore, whose family are Roman Catholic.
(I am Catholic, also.)
It just moved my soul to hear it, especially after
finding our dear friend Chris is about to cross over.
I didn’t hear the Leonard Cohen song sung at all.
I agree, Spunky, it was a great rally and memorial!
Oh that’s so sad for you, Ms.B.
How nice that the timing let you hear that beautiful opera singer do the Ave Maria. It was very touching. The Leonard Cohen song was right after that, also moving. What a powerful ending to the rally. And, of course, never forget the Nessun Dorma (or whatever it is). That’s the one that fills me with hope!
Toward the end of Nessum Dorma, the vocal has a rest. During today’s rest, the singer pointed to Donald Trump and said something like, “Donald Trump, the 47th president of the United States.” I thought even that simple introduction was powerful.
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