They watched over me as I bled guitar chords with lyrics that tried to say something important. I wanted the spirit of that 60s counterculture to take up with my present. To become my future. I had officially come of age September 11, 2001, and from the telethons and benefit concerts ...
Arriving without reservations, I found lodging at a pleasant inn; before long, I’d met a few other guests and joined their conversation. When the innkeeper and his wife appeared, cheerful, bubbly, and accomodating as keepers of inns ought to be, they filled us with practical advice for the...
Granda had a ‘thing’ about the church — he was excommunicated during the Irish War of Independence for carrying a gun and that turned his head. Even though Bishop Harty took him back to the fold afterwards and blessed him and everything, Granda never went back spiritually. He just went...
The riffs are mostly some chugging and chords, when they are present at all. There are some little technical instrumental interjections, but these, rather than complementing the main themes, work to interrupt them, as in Under A Glass Moon, serving to prove at once both the band members' ...
Faliks eagerly embraced the challenge of that monumental composer. She opened with his Polonaise in C, which begins with crashing chords, but includes delicate moments. She handled everything deftly, displaying speed and her formidable technique throughout. ...
*** Going Beyond Words 10 Practices for Spiritual Unfolding Lois Huey-Heck Going Beyond Words offers spiritual practices that have their roots in ancient tradition and have been adapted and refined to be relevant and accessible to anyone interested in spiri- tual unfolding. Utilizing word, ...
the entire subject is not played. The first episode uses both new material and a melodic idea from the countersubject. Though the fugue is in minor, it ends with a major chord, a frequent practice in the Baroque period--major chords were thought to be more conclusive than minor chords. ...
I hope one day to be able to fully play the Chaconne. Maybe there is a teacher out there who can help me! The multi-stopping and chords are challenging to say the least. I must study Heifetz’s masterclass, but even that goes right over my head. ...
Across the Pasig River from Intramuros is the Binondo area, home of Chinatown. The district is filled with all things Chinese from Peking duck and Buddhist temples to gold watches, snake soup, and wonder herbs. The high chords of Chinese songs and the permeating smell of incense complete the...
The style of rock and roll itself is a melting pot of music, a combination of sounds that include jazz, country, blues, ragtime, gospel, swing, classical, and ethnic music. It can be a simple variation of three chords to a complex chromatic scale combination. It can convey emotions such...