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I've started this seperate thread to leave the other one for notes of respect to Bert, although there's bound to be some cross over of some kind Remembering the Play In A Day book, it was just about the only book available about how to play the guitar many years ago. I've had some long conversations today with a few friends about this book and we all remember learning the chords for A, D, E, C, Then comes the F ! But after that, it was a case of sitting down and listening to the radio, the newly purchased tape deck and endlessly rewinding to suss out the chords. It was a case of listening, going through the chord charts and trying to work out what went where. Studying Top Of The Pops was frustrating, as everyone was moving their fingers too fast to be able to work out what was going on. So it was back to wrestling with the guitar and working it out for yourself. Thing is, after a while, you learnt that you could play Norwegian Wood with the D chord, the beginning of Whole Lotta Love with the E, House of The Rising Sun with the A minor and so on. In this way, you trained your ear and learned about music in the process. There were very few TAB charts to speak of that I came across, so it came down to DIY guitar lessons. With the advent of the web and all the guitar info, TAB, You Tube videos etc, the days of learning from a book such as Play In A Day are long gone now. But I certainly learned a lot by beavering away at the guitar with nothing but that book, a pair of ears and a desire to study every player I came across to find out what the hell was going on. It was a different way of learning to what's going on now. The end of an era. The reader of an article on the BBC news today said that George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton and many others started off with Play In A Day. What a legacy. Thanks Bert

[quote name='ShergoldSnickers' timestamp='1334924207' post='1623514'] We need a long skipping rope with someone doing oscillations at one frequency, and someone at the other end doing them at a different frequency. I'll post you your end. [/quote] How to create a big enough wave to reach your end ? hang on a minute, I'll just break the trampoline out Up, down, up, down, jiggle, jiggle, flick, got it ! Bugger everyone keeps driving over the rope and cancelling out my waves

That makes good sense Snicks and has the ring of truth to it. yet how to make sense of the previous posts that say all the sounds are combined ? If they're combined, then how ? edited for spellnig mitsakes

Question. Using entirely hypothetical, random figures here; If one instrument plays a note of say 240 Hz and a second instrument plays a note of 435 Hz, why does the speaker produce two notes and not the one note associated with the sound of 240 + 435 = 675 Hz ?

They sound like very good, very plausable explanations, which are no doubt informed by previous experience of considering the same question. Thanks for the replies. But I still don't understand something. When simultaneous, multiple sounds are occuring at the same time from different sources, how does the speaker recreate that ? i.e. an orchestra, or a band, or any other kind of ensemble, where [i]n [/i]number of instruments are simultaneously producing different sounds, each with their own characteristics. If the speaker tries to reproduce the sound at time point [i]x, d[/i]oes the speaker sum total the frequencies ? logically no, because that in itself would produce a sound different from the sources. Or, does the speaker give a microsecond to reproducing each sound, thereby producing Mr. Foxen's wibbly wobbly wave ? i.e. a microsecond at one number of excursions of the cone and a further microsecond for another number of excursions. I guess to clarify my question, how does the one speaker mechanically produce [i]n [/i]different sounds ? Thanks again for the replies

I'm asking as I really don't know, although I suspect the answer will probably be brain warping. How does a speaker make more than one sound at a time ? I understand that a speaker cone going in and out so many times per second will produce a sound wave of a corresponding frequency, thereby producing an audible sound. But how does the one speaker produce multiple sounds simultaneously ? I get images of a speaker going in / out / shake it all about like a jelly on recreational medication, trying to do too many things at once Anyone have any idea ? Cheers T

Took a trombone to Andy last night and we spent an enjoyable evening talking music and playing all kinds of instruments. He's a great host BTW. Andy's helped me out with the London Bass Bash in the past and we've met a few times here and there at various events. Over time, I've come to know that Andy's a good'n. I'd lend him a bass if he needed one You can have confidence in dealing with Andy folks Cheers T

Oh my.... music history right there. Where's a lottery win when you need it ?

Class H ?

What's a bass player to do ?

For the vintage angle, you could try the Roland JC120, or JC160. They're full range with a very clean sound. They do command upwards of £250 - £300 though. That said, +1 to the personal PA approach, does have a lot to offer

Thanks for posting that NIge. What a great way to start the weekend - some inspiration to practice

That's something you don't see every day

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1333661395' post='1605143'] Standard carpet fitting spray glue is fine. You can pick it up from B&Q. Follow the instructions, couldn't be easier - I have a tin for such jobs, including coming back from holiday and finding that moggy had used my cabs as a scratching post! Grr! - Glued and looks as good as new (though the carpet could do with a bit of a 'going over' with a fuzz buster!!) [/quote] You're lucky Dood. My two felines tore the a*se out of my Bassbooster combo covering

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1333661271' post='1605138'] I just saw the BBC NaT obit. I am really moved. What a great bloke. [/quote] Yes, the article length was much longer than usual for the news. Respect.