Jog Your Memory Collected by Sandy Sukhov Cressman Here are snippets of many well-known songs and tunes. The first notes of each snippet correspond to a particular musical interval. Practice these intervals by randomly choosing a starting note from a piano or pitch pipe. Then, thinking of the song clue for that interval, try and sing the prescribed interval up, or down. From Phil Richards of the Westchester County, NY Golden Chordsman Phil added a table that describes an interval's steps relative to tonic, root, or key note. Example: C Major Scale Note: The Minor intervals correspond to the piano black keys, but only in the key of C. Spectrum of Colors Revealed Through Lit String Vibrations British artist, physicist, and all-around science enthusiast Paul Friedlander produces kinetic light sculptures that provide a colorful feast for the eyes. Each piece in his body of work offers a visual medley of light and motion by rapidly rotating a piece of string through white light. The vibrating rope becomes invisible to the human eye, but colors from the light (which would normally be invisible to the naked eye) are revealed in rapid succession. The scientific artist gives insight into the history of his career shift into the arts and explains the science in it all: "I decided to focus on kinetic art: a subject in which I could bring together my divided background and combine my knowledge of physics with my love of light. Check out the video, below, to get an idea of this fantastic visual in motion. Paul Friedlander website via [My Amp Goes to 11]
10 Truths To Keep Your Relationship Healthy I think it's easy to make things more complicated than they need to be. Here are some basic rules of the relationship road that will keep you headed in the right direction 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. There are no guarantees, but couples who practice these techniques have longer and stronger relationships than those who are not proactive in their love. Dr. eMagazine 47 Sites Every Recording Musician Should Visit In a recent “Open Mic” we asked you, “Which music-related sites do you visit regularly?” This article is a summary of the great suggestions given in the comments to that article. You can make the list even longer by commenting on this article. As you’re reading this article, Audiotuts+ needs no introduction. Several commenters mentioned Audiotuts+ - thanks for the support! This is a great Flash site with many resources to help you learn music theory. The site content is split up as follows: Lessons, including topics that cover notation, chords and scalesTrainers, that teach you notes, keys, intervals, triads, keyboard, guitar and brass. Michael comments: “I have found very helpful. This is a site that helps you with scales and chords. The charts are guitar-based, and there are options for various alternate tunings and other stringed instruments. A website that helps you learn musical scales and chords. Joe comments: “Great Ableton/sound design videos.”
Magnetic Putty is Completely Amazing/Terrifying Magnetic putty is just like any other putty in that you can handle it, sculpt it, and squeeze it in a fist as you visualize your enemies. But place it anywhere near a strong magnetic field and it will SPONTANEOUSLY ANIMATE and move to consume anything magnetic in its path like a voracious mutated slug. In fact the putty won’t stop moving until the object has been equally engulfed on all sides. PBS Digital Studios and Shanks FX used the putty in parts of their recent film short SCI-FLY, and just posted this extended cut of special effects shots that explore its heinous capabilities.
Color Psychology by David Johnson Like death and taxes, there is no escaping color. It is ubiquitous. Colors often have different meanings in various cultures. Black Black is the color of authority and power. White Brides wear white to symbolize innocence and purity. Red The most emotionally intense color, red stimulates a faster heartbeat and breathing. The most romantic color, pink, is more tranquilizing. Blue The color of the sky and the ocean, blue is one of the most popular colors. Green Currently the most popular decorating color, green symbolizes nature. Yellow Cheerful sunny yellow is an attention getter. Purple The color of royalty, purple connotes luxury, wealth, and sophistication. Brown Solid, reliable brown is the color of earth and is abundant in nature. Colors of the Flag In the U.S. flag, white stands for purity and innocence. Food for Thought While blue is one of the most popular colors it is one of the least appetizing. Green, brown, and red are the most popular food colors.
100 Websites You Should Know and Use In the spring of 2007, Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH, gave a legendary TED University talk: an ultra-fast-moving ride through the “100 websites you should know and use.” Six years later, it remains one of the most viewed TED blog posts ever. Time for an update? We think so. To see the original list, click here. And now, the original list from 2007, created by Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH.
Chord Theory for the Guitar Folk Guitar Home Page The basic chord is called a triad. It consists of three notes. You need to know what notes will be sharp or flat in the key that is the name of the chord. Major ChordsRoot 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th A B C# D E F# G# B C# D# E F# G# A# C D E F G A B D E F# G A B C# E F# G# A B C# D# F G A Bb C D E G A B C D E F# Minor chords are the same as major chords except that the 3rd is lowered. Minor ChordsRoot 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th A B C D E F# G# B C# D E F# G# A# C D Eb F G A B D E F G A B C# E F# G A B C# D# F G Ab Bb C D E G A Bb C D E F# In a seventh chord, such as C7 and G7, you play the seventh note up from the root in addition to the triad. Seventh Chords (Dominant 7th)Root 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th A B C# D E F# G B C# D# E F# G# A C D E F G A Bb D E F# G A B C E F# G# A B C# D F G A Bb C D Eb G A B C D E F Minor Seventh ChordsRoot 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th A B C D E F# G B C# D E F# G# A C D Eb F G A Bb D E F G A B C E F# G A B C# D F G Ab Bb C D Eb G A Bb C D E F
Is This How Our Ancestors Sounded? Linguist Recreates Proto-Indo-European Language (AUDIO) What did our ancient ancestors sound like? Between approximately 4,500 and 2,500 B.C., the ancestors of much of Europe and Asia once spoke the same mother tongue, a language referred to as Proto-Indo-European, or PIE. Although there is no written record of such a language, linguist Dr. Andrew Byrd recently attempted to reconstruct his own recordings of PIE language for Archaeology magazine, building off three centuries' worth of scholarly work on the topic. Byrd is an expert in ancient Indo-European linguistics, focusing on phonology, and teaches at the University of Kentucky. "The Sheep and the Horses" is an interesting case because it was actually written in 1868 by German linguist Dr. In an interview with The Huffington Post, Byrd said that his recording of "The Sheep and the Horses" was "an approximation" of what PIE originally sounded like and is largely based on our knowledge of the texts of ancient Indo-European languages, such as Latin, Greek and Sanskrit. Also on HuffPost:
Lucid Dreams If you’ve never experienced it then you may find it hard to understand what lucid dreaming is all about. In fact you may be thoroughly sceptical and dismiss the whole thing as silly nonsense. But I can tell you from personal experience that lucid dreams are very real and something that many millions of people regularly enjoy. Note: Due to the huge amount of interest that this post has generated I am now seriously considering writing a book on the subject, and I would welcome input from anyone with an interest. If you have any anecdotes, suggestions, dreams or anything else you’d like to share with me for possible inclusion in the book, please email me. Your contribution can be anonymous and you may change any and all names/characters as you wish. Lucid dreaming is when you experience full consciousness while dreaming. You may also have another question on your mind, along the lines of “What’s the big deal with being conscious while dreaming, anyway?” Experiencing a lucid dream