For instance, check out the first four bars of the progression and listen to how the rhythm section treats the dominant chords in the example below: By “tritone subbing” the V7 chords you create adescending half-step root motion, moving from F# all the way to D in the 3rd and 4th b...
It’s whiplash to go from the scrappy, orchestrated new wave-pop of “We Exist” to something this anemic, as if the only lesson they took from dance music is that songs should, above all, alternate between two chords. Arcade Fire used to be goobers whose bombast and sanctimony were ...
Actually, I have a lot to say. I’m not exaggerating when I tell you this was the most profoundly emotional musical experience I’ve ever had. It broke me, and then it changed me. For now I’m just going to focus on the music (if it can be called that) and its immediate effects...
It turns out, her past year of docile compliance was just a cover: she has been taking notes, identifying weaknesses and formulating a strategy. As of this week, she has decided she will NOT stand for being locked up in a baby-safe containment area (or, crate, as I call it) while I...
Ten notes could be played at once, allowing for amazing creativity with chords. This made it popular, and although it was considered a feminine instrument, composers such as Mozart and Beethoven wrote pieces using the Glass Armonica. Producers of the instrument made about 5,000 of them before...
Two basic racecourses in a sailboatregattaareWindward-LeewardandTriangle. These types can be changed so as to suit specific needs for arace, however, are the standard courses used. TheWindward-Leewardcourse consists of two marks placed in thewater, held down byanchors, with thewindwardone direct...