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Not really Wellington, but it gives you the idea. |
Don't expect any posts from the two old men this morning.
The two old men?
Oh, I'm talking about Peter and Robert. Peter will be busy in his Dutch Oven and Robert has his friend staying. So, it'll just be me posting this morning.*
Let's get down to business.
I only did half an hour's practice yesterday. It was a busy day. Among other things, my neighbour was working on our fence, so I spent a lot of time out there with him. I didn't really do anything, I just supplied a presence. All the great work on the fence was done by him. His wife helped too. Ah, sorry, you want to hear about the violin. It'll be my goal today to put in some good hours. There are no immediate gigs on the horizon so I will need to invent some motivation. Richard, remember those Atomic Habits!
It the type of improvised music that I like to play the ascending form of the melodic minor scale has many uses. Let me give you one example. Imagine that you want to play over an Am7b5 chord. It's often good not to start with the root. Here you can use the ascending form of the C melodic minor scale. You'll get the notes C D Eb F G A B C. The scale that goes with the Am7b5 chord is A Bb C D Eb F G A - the Locrian mode. You'll notice that one note is different - Bb becomes B. At first I wasn't sure about this, but the B gives a really nice effect. Though, I don't know how it would work out on the bagpipes.
The rain has finally arrived, as promised by the weather forecast. Good old wet, windy Wellington or, in this case, Wainuiomata. Have you ever noticed that Wainuiomata contains one more letter than Wellington? Whangarei, where Peter is in his Dutch Oven, only contains nine letters. Moera only has five. This puts Wainuiomata in front, though you could argue that Palmerston North has fifteen letters. Actually, it's only called that because some idiot didn't realise that there was already a Palmerston way down south. Without the 'North' bit Palmerston only scores a ten. Good try, Palmerston.
It's Sunday, so most Catholics will be off to Mass. It's compulsory on a Sunday and, unless you have a sneaky way out, you'll get landed with a Mortal Sin. The Mortal Sin is the serious one. A sin is a transgression against divine law. Some religions don't believe in the concept of a sin, but Catholics do and an unconfessed Mortal Sin can get you into Hell.
So, how do you commit a sin? That happens when you don't follow one of the Ten Commandments. Here they are...
You shall have no other gods before Me. (Exodus 20:3)You shall not make for yourself a carved image. (Exodus 20:4)
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. (Exodus 20:7)
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. (Exodus 20:8)
Honor your father and your mother. (Exodus 20:12)
You shall not murder. (Exodus 20:13)
You shall not commit adultery. (Exodus 20:14)
You shall not steal. (Exodus 20:15)
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour. (Exodus 20:16)
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I've been up this morning way earlier than you matey! And I've been busy packing boxes, giving things away on Free Stuff (a bloody hassle worthy of a curmudgeonly post) and putting up with nosy and time-wasting neighbours. Sheesh!
Things are taking shape though and not piriform thankfully.
I've moved furniture about for the carpet layer who comes tomorrow at 8.30AM and moved around boxes to show the house cleaner what's needed when he or she arrives tomorrow to give a quote.
I won't be playing golf today with my sister and brother in law because I munted my back moving a table and loading up the trailer with kayaks but will go to their place for dinner this evening.
I have to load up the car with a wheelbarrow and garden tools to give to her.
Is there anything else you need to know?
Just ask.
You deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, Peter McDonald Trump.
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