new competition..see post

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 9:16 pm

which is the shortest UK ( and probably US also ) no1 single

Redno5 · Post by **Redno5** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 9:49 pm

"If" by Telly Savalas

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:32 am

no...but it was no1 march 75

alun · Post by **alun** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:47 am

What do you want,

by Adam Faith

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:32 pm

bob on... 1 min 43 secs

alun · Post by **alun** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:17 pm

I remember it well,

Redno5 · Post by **Redno5** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 9:44 pm

polyal wrote:no...but it was no1 march 75

But it's very short, only 2 letters!!!!

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 1:45 pm

well call that quits and null and void..... so what is englebert humperdinks real name? ( if englebert humperdink isnt )
for a tie breaker

alun · Post by **alun** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 1:55 pm

How sad is this

My Mum loved him,

His real name is, Arnold Dorsey.

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 7:28 pm

your go

alun · Post by **alun** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 8:48 pm

What musical instrument's sales escalated from 228,000 in 1950 to 2.3 million in 1971?

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 8:55 pm

harmonica

alun · Post by **alun** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 7:22 am

Try again,

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 12:30 pm

cant be synths cause they werent around in the 50.s....git is too obvious..give us a clue

alun · Post by **alun** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 1:45 pm

Obvious it is? Your turn,

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 2:02 pm

if tempered tuning was ignored how many keys ( notes/hammers ) would a grand piano need to be 'in tune'
(as in perfect pitch ) no matter
which key any given song was to be played in

+who ' invented ' the bass git...just want to know

found this
http://www.charliecardozo.com/Tutmarc.htm

alun · Post by **alun** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 4:07 pm

OK, I surrender

The stuff about Charlie Cardozo is proper interesting though,

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:27 pm

this is out of a physics book: the pitch of the note C in the key of C has a slightly different Hz than the C in the key of E ( cant remember the exact notes/frequencies etc )so on a piano you would need say 5 middle C's 4 A's and so on to play perfectly in tune ( what a nightmare that would be ) in any key...it also goes on to state that 229 keys ( or thereabouts ) would be required to achieve this aim.....viva temperate tuning.eh
ps please dont shoot the messenger
good trivia for the pub this one...harder than arney dorsey

alun · Post by **alun** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 7:50 am

Wow!!

I need to go and lay down for a while,

Post by **olly** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 3:22 pm

polyal wrote:this is out of a physics book: the pitch of the note C in the key of C has a slightly different Hz than the C in the key of E ( cant remember the exact notes/frequencies etc )so on a piano you would need say 5 middle C's 4 A's and so on to play perfectly in tune ( what a nightmare that would be ) in any key...it also goes on to state that 229 keys ( or thereabouts ) would be required to achieve this aim.....viva temperate tuning.eh

I never knew any of this!

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 4:20 pm

http://timberens.com/essays/tuning.htm
another ' trick ' is to shorten the scale length of the ' G ' string from the nut end by about 1/8"( plain G only)
for sweeter sounding chords.. this is something i do to all my gits but is not common proceedure..sometimes the G is tuned slightly flat....a good tuner is an essential tool for any guitarist esp if playing with other
musicians

Post by **olly** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 7:45 am

That is a really interesting article!

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 10:24 am

i think ill post it as a new thread