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Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 12:51
PM
Subject: Re: Piano lessons advice
(O.T.)
Mmmmm! Whole tone scales! Mmmmm. Tasty! (and "mysterious" and
damned easy to play!)
And also, what that infamous ol' "Devil's Triad", eh? (AKA-
"Tritone")
'According to tradition, the tritone was called the Devil's Chord or the
Diabolis in Musica, a sound so dissonant and so puissant it
was believed to be capable of raising the Lord of Hell himself. For this
reason, in it's irrationality, the Roman Catholic Church banned the Devil's
Triad, on pain of excommunication. Today, of course, bands such as
Metallica and Black
Sabbath use the tritone on a regular basis with no adverse
effects.' (Har! Funny!)
Cheers,
Rev.Fever
Portland,OR
On Jan 6, 2011, at 11:38 AM, Rainer Straschill wrote:
Louie Angulo schrieb:
the one thing i love about black keys is that
when you stick to them
only,they never sound wrong;-)
It's because all those keys are part of melodic
minor (if going from C# as the root). They've used it for centuries, did
always work. Same as the blues, only more antique.
