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

"If" by Telly Savalas

no...but it was no1 march 75

What do you want, by Adam Faith

bob on... 1 min 43 secs

I remember it well,

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

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

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

How sad is this My Mum loved him, His real name is, Arnold Dorsey.

your go

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

harmonica

Try again,

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

Obvious it is? Your turn,

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

OK, I surrender The stuff about Charlie Cardozo is proper interesting though,

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

Wow!! I need to go and lay down for a while,

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!

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

That is a really interesting article!

i think ill post it as a new thread