I finished up going to Himatangi yesterday.
The place is looking surprisingly good.
There is someone who might be interested in buying the place so I dropped some keys off in Foxton and did a quick little tidy up of the 'showroom'.
That meant that I only practised my violin for an hour.
However, it was a good hour's practice. I put on a backing track and played a blues in every key. It's a good way to get familiar with your scales and chord changes. It's all part of my careful exploration of the four diatonic scales (and their modes) on the violin.
Soon I'll start planning what we're having for dinner tonight.
I won't be telling you, dear readers, because that has got to be the worst topic to write about. I know many imbeciles people on Facebook who are always taking photos of what they are about to eat. Why do they think that I give a toss? It's the same on blogs. If all you've got to tell us about is the food you're eating, why not just settle down with a Cleanskin and give writing a blog a miss?
Here are some other topics you should avoid blogging about...
- Masturbating.
- Fancying certain statues.
- The view from your window.
- A trip to the supermarket.
- A cricket match.
- Gardening.
- Going to an Op Shop.
- Putting cream on a rash.
- Fixing a door.
- A large chunk of writing that you copied from somewhere else.
27 commenti:
"It's all part of my careful exploration of the four diatonic scales (and their modes) on the violin."
I guess that explains why no 'careful exploration' of the correct way to write post headings came into play. You were busy elsewhere.
Sorry, I don't understand.
Richard (of RBB)
No?
Well, luckily I saved the original heading. It's in my latest post if your memory needs refreshing.
Come on! I know how clever, and deceitful, you 1964 3P boys are on a computer!
Richard (of RBB) who was in 3G in 1966 and therefore quite a bit younger
I already did, quite a while back. I didn't think that anyone was taking it seriously.
Richard (of RBB)
Oh, I thought it was a non-sugar version of tonic water made by Schweppes.
Diatonic refers to the distinct seven notes that make up the major scale (ionian mode) and its six other modes - ie. C the major scale notes from D to D, E to E, F to F, etc.
The harmonic minor is not really diatonic because it has an altered note if played from the 6th note of a major scale. Eg. A B C D F G# A. The way I understand it, in C major, the diatonic notes are C D E F G A B C. When I am talking about the seven fingerings on the violin, I am talking diatonic but this doesn't mean that I can't adjust to include the other five notes. I certainly do that all the time.
Diatonic is not just a big word for major and minor. In fact, it's not a big word. I learnt it when I was at primary school.
Oh, and it has nothing to do with Schweppes.
That's a shame - that boring treatise needs a bit of fizz in it.
Okay, I lied. It's a Schweppes diet tonic water.
Are you happy now?
Richard (of RBB)
A happy curmudgeon?
That's an oxymoron Shirley.
Zeussh!
Richard (of RBB)
What do you call an Australian ox who is a moron? Oxymoron.
You should be on the stage.
Seriously, you should be on the stage.
It leaves town at ....
All Blacks ... Robert, look away now .... are playing Argentina tomorrow morning. I bought a Sky Pass and now just have to remember to set the alarm to wake up in time. 4AM on a Sunday!
Mind you, Robert will have been up for at least four hours by then, cooked breakfast, lunch and dinners for his household, cleaned a few heathen churches and attended the one true and Jesus approved church with the big tick local Catholic establishment, ingested a few bits of the aforementioned Jesus, gotten a buzz from that, photographed the Virgin Mary's legs (statue - steady on) and taken out the doors , windows and floorboards in his house, sanded and varnished or painted them before reinstallation before listening to Trent Horne's latest message.
Really, It puts me to shame.
Wow! That Champagne I've been sipping must have gone to my head. I'm sure that I typed 7AM not '4AM'. OK. as old MT said - "Never let the truth ..." you know the rest.
Pissed again? Bloody Cleanskins! Why don't you buy some decent plonk?
You can always add some lemonade.
No, not cleanskin. It's (was) Mumm's Champagne NV. It was Lynn's suggestion - honestly. I haven't had any wine or any form of alcohol since last Saturday and this afternoon opened the bottle of Champagne. The problem with Champagne as it's not designed for sipping - you kind of gulp it. I did anyway. On a FaceTime call with Lynn earlier I confessed to that. We agreed that maybe 2 and a half glasses would be a good idea (we get 4 glasses a bottle with the flutes we use). Now, don't tell her but somehow I managed to drink the whole bloody lot. I hope I wake up in time for the All blacks game tomorrow morning.
More tomorrow.
WAKE UP!
The rugby is about to start.
31 - 0!
Argentina 2nd.
Good man. Carry on.
Dane Coles took as may tightheads as that kid at St Pat's back in the day.
1964?
That many?
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