Last post wins!!!!!

[visitor]

trying to count the number of muscles i use when i react to this

[perfect_pitch]

Visitor - why did you have to start a new thread with THAT on top...

That is WRONG!!! WRONG I TELLS YA!!!

(But I dare not click it), sorry - but it looks too weird for my tastes.

[Bob]

I watched about half, intending to watch the whole but.... Life's short.  I'm keeping that extra minute.



This thread, essentially...

[perfect_pitch]

There's a scary image - Aquaman staring at Supermans arse...

[walks away]

[outin]

trying to count the number of muscles i use when i react to this

Wow, that's deep!







Or not...contemplating...

[perfect_pitch]

Given the thumbnail - I don't think there's too much going on philosophically, or even metaphorically...

Japan does however just have a solid record for coming up with weird sh*t.

[Bob]

There's a scary image - Aquaman staring at Supermans arse...

[walks away]

Torso, I'd say.

Anyway.... Cheers, dudes. 

[Bob]

And dang, I'd say. 

[visitor]

suddendly the Kyoto Tachibana prefacture s h s female marching band parades through the thread

[Bob]

[perfect_pitch]

As a fellow piano player - I have to take fault that the Hedgehog was not really playing those notes.

This bunny however is quite cute:

[goldentone]

suddendly the Kyoto Tachibana prefacture s h s female marching band parades through the thread

The theme appears to be saxophonish.  The language that appeared suddenly like a rash when the Anglo-saxons invaded Britannia, and whom, according to scant history, Arthur bravely fought off.

I am not aware that Arthur ever visited the orient.   

[outin]

As a fellow piano player - I have to take fault that the Hedgehog was not really playing those notes.

My first thought as well.

This bunny however is quite cute:

I do prefer his/her more modern compostitional language.

I should ask my cats to perform something for you

[perfect_pitch]

I should ask my cats to perform something for you

I don't think cats are very good musicians...

...their singing is awful.   

[outin]

I don't think cats are very good musicians...

...their singing is awful.   

So you must be a good singer to be a good player?

[perfect_pitch]

I'd like to think that because of the instrument - professional pianists probably can sing better in tune than those who don't. They may not have a great voice, but their tuning is probably pretty good.

Although, I have perfect pitch so I'm biased.   

[outin]

I'd like to think that because of the instrument - professional pianists probably can sing better in tune than those who don't. They may not have a great voice, but their tuning is probably pretty good.

Although, I have perfect pitch so I'm biased.   

Why would you assume that my cats don't have perfect pitch?

[perfect_pitch]

Because if they could, they would sing better.

[outin]

Because if they could, they would sing better.

Really? First of all you have not heard them sing. And secondly, not everyone with perfect pitch can sing. Sometimes they do not have the physical skill to produce the right sounds.

[Bob]

I'd like to think that because of the instrument - professional pianists probably can sing better in tune than those who don't. They may not have a great voice, but their tuning is probably pretty good.

Although, I have perfect pitch so I'm biased.   

Yeah, you have to explain this more.  Pianists have a couple things working against them.  They don't have to use their ears to listening for tuning (/can't adjust the pitch), so it's not something they're focusing on.  And the piano itself, even when tuned, is equal temperament, so pianists aren't hearing things as in tune as they can be.

I've got my own ears/experience as an example on the crappy side (although I've worked to improve that).  I also remember meeting a pro pianist who couldn't really tell flat or sharpness between two pitches.  That guy had perfect pitch so he knew the notes but he didn't know which was x-cents higher or lower or which instrument needed to adjust. 

Vocalists and esp. string players though... Look out. 


It depends who the person is that we're comparing a pianist to also.  If you take a pianist with basic ear training vs. someone who's never sung, the pianist would win out most likely I would think.  The other person has never used their voice or their ears much.  There would be the except of the person who just hears or sings better though.


I never considered a piano that helpful for tuning.  Even for ear training it's just giving you the pitches.  It's limiting the musician that way.  Actually using the voice/ears or a string with the ears, definitely pushes the issue/forces the issue of having to adjust that pitch.  I've thought something electronic might work, but haven't run across something that's as easy as a string or the voice to slide along to adjust pitch.

Trombonists too... They tend to have good minute tuning abilities since they can very easily do that kind of adjusting.  I suppose lower pitched instruments in general would have good basic interval hopping tuning ability since they would get reamed more by the conductor for doing something like moving a fifth or fourth without being very in tune.  They can throw the rest of the ensemble off.

[perfect_pitch]

Wow... seems I've gotten onto a delicate subject... I'll explain further in detail later when I'm done winning...

...plus it's early in the morning here.

[lostinidlewonder]

Some animals have far better hearing that humans, a dog for instance can hear frequencies that a human will never be able to percieve. We are feeble creatures if it were not for our brains. 

[outin]

Wow... seems I've gotten onto a delicate subject... I'll explain further in detail later when I'm done winning...

...plus it's early in the morning here.

Oh, you don't really need to bother. We can just stop this discussion right now. To this post. We can leave and continue in another thread.

[lostinidlewonder]

The lyrebird laughs at humans perfect pitch lol.

[outin]

The lyrebird laughs at humans perfect pitch lol.

Why does the stupid human talk over the performance???

[perfect_pitch]

The lyrebird laughs at humans perfect pitch lol.

I'll admit, I scrolled quite quickly through the video, but I didn't hear any laughter.

[Bob]

I still wonder if that's real or a joke.  I've seen some videos that continue on with that until it gets ludicrous.

*Bob still finds a lyre bird to shoot lasers at people on the thread.*

[lostinidlewonder]

I'll admit, I scrolled quite quickly through the video, but I didn't hear any laughter.

It's ok you don't speak lyrebird. It is also a bit saddening for those who think human perfect pitch is such a powerful tool when a bird with a brain much smaller kicks your ass out of the stadium.

I wonder why you always have to tell people if you watched the video or not, like its very important to let people know ahah

[perfect_pitch]

It's ok you don't speak lyrebird. It is also a bit saddening for those who think human perfect pitch is such a powerful tool when a bird with a brain much smaller kicks your ass out of the stadium.

A Lyre bird just imitates - it doesn't understand. Maybe that's why our brains are so much bigger.

What we need now is a Lyre bird that sound like R2D2 and we can...

Oh well, looks like the lyre bird is out of a job.

[outin]

A Lyre bird just imitates - it doesn't understand.

Isn't that what many piano students do? 

What we need now is a Lyre bird that sound like R2D2 and we can...

That guy is so annoying he needs to watch out or someone's gonna break his neck...

[perfect_pitch]

That guy is so annoying he needs to watch out or someone's gonna break his neck...

WHAT??? I would LOVE to have a Budgie like that...

[visitor]

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[perfect_pitch]

we will return after this word from our sponsor

And this is how most music in the 21st century is created...

...I weep for humanity.

[visitor]

And this is how most music in the 21st century is created...

...I weep for humanity.

to the rescue !
[ Invalid YouTube link ]

[perfect_pitch]

to the rescue !
[ Invalid YouTube link ]

And yet, another person who fails to post because of poor ICT skills.

[visitor]

And yet, another person who fails to post because of poor ICT skills.

odd says invalid, copy pasting the link into browser opens it right up fine, some odd embed /tech fail maybe

[perfect_pitch]

Yeah - I can assure you that the video didn't need any more attention that it already has.

The fact that it has almost 4 million views is a sad reality that people will watch absolutely any old sh*t!!!

We now live in a generation where oddities and banal videos are posted as viral - and people with great talent go unnoticed.

Makes you sick to be part of the human race.

[Bob]

I made it 42 seconds into that video.  I was just thinking no had made a really bad video with that acapella technique video style.   

[perfect_pitch]

I made it 42 seconds into that video.

That's 39 seconds longer than I got to...

[Bob]

[perfect_pitch]

Are we in a dancing mood? Okay...

[Bob]

Here's that square dancing that we trained for in elementary school, seen so often in everyday life. 




I wonder what goes through the mind of the teacher who teaches everyone square dancing.  This still goes on.  It's real.  It's out there.



"It teaches a lot of transferable life skills."

[perfect_pitch]

I remember the high school kids went through a rodeo phase... that was just sad.

[Bob]

Is that an Australian thing, a rodeo phase?


*Bob takes back the win after taunting it for a few days, while also trying to cover up that he didn't see someone replied to this thread again.*

[perfect_pitch]

Is that an Australian thing, a rodeo phase?

No - it was a sh*t 'how can we PE teachers make our students suffer any more' phase...

Getting back onto the topic of music - found myself just burning calories watching this:

I've never thought about the beautiful combination of combining trampolines and music...

[Bob]

I googled insane trampoline, but then immediately got burned out by the click baity titles and the amount of videos I found.

[perfect_pitch]

I swear - all click bait and reaction videos should be redacted from the internet.

It would be a nicer, kinder internet.

[Bob]

[outin]

I swear - all click bait and reaction videos should be redacted from the internet.

It would be a nicer, kinder internet.

Did you hear that the Russians are planning to separate their internet from the rest of the world? It's a great idea, because they can then make it as nice and kind as they want. But since Russians love cats, there won't be any less cat videos I think

[Bob]

Well then.  Russian fox.



I wonder how possible that is, to completely take down the internet.