Seemingly trivial things that annoy you
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I think it has something to do with black turtlenecks. I assume they have diffient acoustic properties to V-necks. Something about the sound bouncing off the musician.0
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I wasn't trying to be precise.
I'd have used "reflecting" if I was.0 -
Is that your answer or are you still riffing?First.Aspect said:I wasn't trying to be precise.
I'd have used "reflecting" if I was.0 -
Messing around, trying stuff outbriantrumpet said:So here's a little language quiz for non jazz musicians... what would you understand if someone said they were 'riffing on an idea'? No cheating... and I definitely won't laugh at you.
- Genesis Croix de Fer
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Coming up with ways to never listen to jazz music?briantrumpet said:So here's a little language quiz for non jazz musicians... what would you understand if someone said they were 'riffing on an idea'? No cheating... and I definitely won't laugh at you.
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Try it on, bang a gong, get it on?1
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Is it messing around playing nonsense whilst getting stoned and not being able to remember it in the morning?2
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Opening your spit valve on an innocent passerby?1
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If you're going to be silly, I'll give you a sensible answer, and how boring would that be? 🤔😜
One or two (sensible ones) in the sort of area I expected.0 -
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I reckon its wearing dark glasses, smoking a joint and blowing a trumpet at the same time.1
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Something along these linespangolin said:
Messing around, trying stuff outbriantrumpet said:So here's a little language quiz for non jazz musicians... what would you understand if someone said they were 'riffing on an idea'? No cheating... and I definitely won't laugh at you.
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It is something to do with copyright.
e.g. Ed Sheeran denies riffing Marvyn Gaye song.0 -
OK, nice mixture of replies...
Yep, the 'improvising' and 'trying stuff out' is the normal way it's used, but in technical terms, riffs and riffing are actually not really trying stuff out and improvising... they are repeated rhythmic patterns that someone in (say) a big band will just give everyone else to repeat endlessly, either in unison or harmonised for *someone else* to improvise over. For instance, in Woodchoppers Ball:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OcySBum734
The point being, I can either get in a stew about specific musical terminology being 'misused', or I can accept that in common parlance it means something related but somewhat elastically.0 -
There isn't much to try out with three buttons though is there?0
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Well, there is.focuszing723 said:There isn't much to try out with three buttons though is there?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2TUlUwa3_o seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
I'm sure that Focus could do this in a few weeks with his three buttons (scroll to halfway through if 4 minutes of your time is too big a call.)pinno said:
Well, there is.focuszing723 said:There isn't much to try out with three buttons though is there?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2TUlUwa3_o
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Sorry ^, technically astounding but lacks soul.
Play it loud:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzcpUdBw7gs seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Absolutely - says nothing but how technically proficient he is (apart from in trumpet spinning).pinno said:Sorry ^, technically astounding but lacks soul.
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seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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pinno said:
@briantrumpet
Watch the little fella:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUeOL8WpYAw
Oh yes, she's quite a star - uses all her technique and musicality to communicate. Ridiculous talent.0 -
That little one is just lapping it up. That's how you learn to 'speak in jazz'.
Trombonist wasn't band either.0 -
Luurve a bit o' Django!pinno said:Must exorcise the soul less... (it's annoying me)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcE1avXFJb4Wilier Izoard XP1 -
Pourquoi?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-66981924
A degree in sleight-of-hand, misdirection and manipulation?
🤦🏻♂️You're the light wiping out my batteries; You're the cream in my airport coffee's.0 -
Cyclists. Probably not trivial, but I'm pretty tired of having to dodge them all the time.0
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While doing what?TheBigBean said:Cyclists. Probably not trivial, but I'm pretty tired of having to dodge them all the time.
I got ridden into while crossing the road yesterday by someone who had gone through a red light. Then objected to me calling him a "fucking twat" and asked why I wasn't looking where I was going and pretended he wanted a fight. That was trivially annoying.
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They must have some tuition fees left over from the homeopathy course. Turns out chemical supplies for that one weren't as expensive as anticipated.evil_breakfast said:Pourquoi?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-66981924
A degree in sleight-of-hand, misdirection and manipulation?
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Exactly what happened to you, without the crash, several times - and whilst I was riding. Also riding on the wrong side of the road is a regular annoyance.kingstongraham said:
While doing what?TheBigBean said:Cyclists. Probably not trivial, but I'm pretty tired of having to dodge them all the time.
I got ridden into while crossing the road yesterday by someone who had gone through a red light. Then objected to me calling him a "censored censored " and asked why I wasn't looking where I was going and pretended he wanted a fight. That was trivially annoying.
I'm sure it is worse than it used to be, but I know people always think that.
Loads of bikes are now electric so people can ride faster than they used to.
Then there are the phone watching peds as well as the usual hazards driving vans and ubers.
Essentially I feel like a crash is inevitable despite being pretty cautious and experienced, so I'm wondering whether I need to swap transport modes. I don't mind walking, but don't have the time.
Then I find it pretty tedious that in order to get kids across a road on a scooter I need to blockade the road when it's a green man to protect them from cyclists.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1exF8HB6dXs
