Romberg Bevel

Bought a GK amp head which was as described. Andy was straightforward to deal with, and comms were good. Many thanks!

Euphonic Audio CXL112E - 350W, 8 ohm 1x12 bass cabinet. This one has a damaged driver and blown tweeter - both repairable I’m told (I was quoted around £100). The cabinet itself is in pretty good condition for its age, though shows some signs of use. I was gigging with it until August when the driver went. Offered here for free in the hope that someone might make some use of it, rather than tip it. Collection from OL15.

I bought Mike’s Mark Bass 4x10 cab which was exactly as described and at a good price. Communication was excellent, and Mike was very hospitable when I went to collect. Many thanks!

Interesting that Bach omits the fifth in the final...um...noise in all of the three-part inventions (sinfonias)!

No. Your MIDI to USB cable is talking MIDI with your computer, so your computer becomes a sound module in effect. Cables sold as MIDI to jack, are for 'vintage' audio equipment that use a 5 pin connector - it's not actually a MIDI connector.

[quote name='The Jaywalker' timestamp='1452303479' post='2948802'] It's important to remember that the designation "Dominant" in reference to the 5th degree of the key only applies to the major key. It's strictly not transferable to other modes... When talking about harmony, the term dominant chord is used to describe any dominant 7th chord; regardless of position or function. iys easy to get hung up on chord V as being THE dominant because classical theory names the 5th degree of a major scale as "dominant" - but it's just known as chord V. [/quote] Can you cite any sources for this? I've never encountered this interpretation. Dominant always relates to the fifth degree. I understand that the term 'Dominant Seventh' has been borrowed to describe a chord of that type (and causes much confusion in the process), but is that now contracted to 'dominant' to mean the same thing?

[quote name='dustandbarley' timestamp='1429687301' post='2753850'] Thanks again people, I didn't anticipate this would be so confusing... [/quote] It's confusing because they've adopted a rule outside of usual practice. [quote name='chardbass' timestamp='1429692446' post='2753906'] I'd want (and put, if I was arranging) a # on either the first tied quaver or the first red circle. They may be a "correct" way of writing things but when you're writing for musicians who will be either sight reading in a quick band call or even on the gig, you need to remove all question of doubt immediately. [/quote] I think the 'correct' way is as you describe!

[quote name='dustandbarley' timestamp='1429533925' post='2752302'] Sorry for the confusion, and I learned that the red circled notes should be sharps because of the tied accidental from the previous bar, which I would have played as naturals... Happy Days [/quote] I don't think that's right. Notes revert to the key as you originally said - another accidental would be required. Oddly enough, I was revisiting a piece yesterday that has exactly the same thing. I've played this piece to two teachers in the past, either of which would certainly have pulled me up about it. Recordings of the piece also do the same thing (play naturals after a tied sharp).

[quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1398632948' post='2436098'] I for one would like to see them return. Britain needs some rock stars to give it large, as they say. Example: Radiohead make an album and offer it for sale for what you think it`s worth. Noel says, I`m giving f**k all away for free. Do you have any idea how much Abbey road studio cost to hire for a day? Arrogant, loud mouthed and rip off merchants but honest with it. [/quote] Yes, Thatcher would've been so proud.

The bass doesn't sometimes play the Eb - it's deliberate. The progression in the chorus is different than the verse. There's nothing complex at all about this song! It's quite basic songwriting. Don't get me wrong, I like what they've done with it, but it's not that unusual.

The guitar is not the only instrument. You're defining the chords by what the guitar is playing which is where you come undone! You really don't need the sheet music - listen to the track, play the chords - you'll hear it. Besides, sheet music isn't definitive. It's great that you've learnt things about fourths and the Lydian, but they have nothing to do with your question!

Yes, the tabs are an approximation of what the guitar is playing, but that is not the whole picture. The guitar part is the same in both verse and chorus but the chords are not. The reason that the bass is playing Eb and it works is that the chord is Eb!

Sorry, I think you're misunderstanding. The chorus chords (put simply) are: cm, Eb, Ab, Bb (gm). The verse chords are: cm, Bb, Ab, Bb. The bass doesn't play a fourth above the root - it plays the root. The chord labels in your example are wrong, which is where the confusion lies.

Having listened to the track, the simple answer is that the chords are labelled wrong. The chord progression in the chorus is different to the verse (the intro has both progressions played consecutively). It appears that you are determining the chords from what the guitar plays which is putting the cart before the horse. Where the bass plays the Eb, the chord is an Eb.

A pleasure to deal with. Everything as described, and a brew into the bargain! Many thanks.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1360607857' post='1973313'] Yes. The brackets are so you don't sharpen an existing sharp (sometimes called a double sharp e.g. F## = G). [/quote] The brackets are not there to prevent you from further altering the note; they are there to indicate that the note would be sharp, flat or whatever, anyway. In other words, whatever is inside the bracket is, strictly, unnecessary but is there to prevent ambiguity.

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1348584965' post='1815553'] our band has one too they are very good - have you tried micing yours? i suggested try it with some piezos - might be interesting [/quote] I've not been in a situation where I've had to use a mic with it. If I did I'd probably go for a more orthodox approach

I got a De Gregorio 'Bravo' model which is great. I originally had my eye on something else but went and checked a few out at a drum shop, and I liked this one the best.

[quote name='lowdowner' timestamp='1348402572' post='1813143'] How 'experienced' was Yahudi Mehenuin (or however it's spelt!) at 19? Could still blow the socks off you with his Beethoven's Violin Concerto! [/quote] Menuhin was very experienced at 19.

[quote name='Evil Undead' timestamp='1344967391' post='1771805'] It's meant to be for bass. it's this one [url="http://images.esellerpro.com/2378/I/236/64/acatalog_Bass-Guitar-Chords-Chart-X.JPG"]http://images.eselle...rds-Chart-X.JPG[/url] I lol'd [/quote] They've labelled the chord tones for the sus7 wrong - the fretboard notes look right. If it is a harmonium chart I suspect it's correct.

What instrument is this for? Where did you get the chart?

It was Andrew Powell on bass for Wuthering Heights (according to the sleeve notes!). David Paton played bass on everything else on 'The Kick Inside' apart from Saxophone Song which was Bruce Lynch. (Sound on Sound has Wuthering Heights in its 'Classic Tracks' series which is an interesting read).

[quote name='OliverBlackman' timestamp='1339460224' post='1688901'] gets debated a lot and there never seems to be a real answer. Personally i prefer it written in the key of Dminor and then work out that its D dorian from the dots [/quote] Hmm. What key is 'So What' in?

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1339444335' post='1688663'] Probably! [/quote] Sure.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1339411572' post='1687957'] My point is simply that, if you play a Bb blues, you would not play a Bb major scale i.e. it is not in Bb [/quote] Well no, because that would be failing to take the blues idiom into account. Besides, we don't determine key only by which scales could be played – of great importance is the tonal centre and how things relate to that. In a Bb blues, Bb is home. Should we say that d dorian is [i]really[/i] in C?