Conference napalm::guitar

    When I was on company business (Aerospace company, not DEC) back in
    1976, I spent 2 months in Linkoping Sweden. After a few days I went
    around to visit all of the music shops in town & found that I ended
    up with a few new friends. Here, 13 years later, I still have them
    as friends.

    We shared a lot of insights about music & swapped guitar tricks. It
    was interesting to view the music scene in Sweden as compared to
    Los Angeles (where I was living at the time). I also met up with some
    travelling musicians from Northern England & it was quite interesting
    to talk & take in some local gigs. There was a monthly show that
    one music shop owner (about my age - a guitar player) put on with his
    staff that I participated in (I played Bass guitar).

    I also went with the guitar players band to a hotel in northern Sweden
    & had a blast.

    I didn't like 'Pripps' beer (still don't), so I always bought Tuborg
    when they were with me (that made me more popular) & I often treated
    for dinner (It helps when you don't have any real expenses of your
    own). My Friend Stig (the shop owner) was associated with 'Musiks
    Borsens' (I think that I spelled that right) in Stockholm, & I thought
    it interesting to visit a large european music store.

    About a year later, Stig came out and spent 3 months with me in
    L.A. As I say, we still exchange letters & tapes (I've sent tapes
    over for him to put a solo onto & he's mailed it back, sometimes with
    added vocals).

    I've a friend in Japan (No I wasn't there, he was in Chicago visiting
    at the time I met him - I lived in Chicago before moving to L.A.) that
    I also swap letters & tapes with.

							    Jens

    As mentioned in the original note - talking to non English-speaking
    musicians is sometimes complicated due to different musical notation. 
    I forced myself to learn both since I have been living in French-
    speaking Geneva.
    (just for memory : A=LA, B=SI, C=DO, D=RE, E=MI, F=FA, G=SOL)
    
    I find that using letters is easier for reading scores (remember
    the famous EVERY-GOOD-BOY-DESERVES-FAITH, and F-A-C-E) - you just
    cant do that with DO-RE-MI...
    
    Wonder why there are still two systems ?
        Richard

	The Indian musical notation starts with "Sa, Rey, Ga, Ma, Pa,..."
	which basically stands for the same notes - however, it may
	start with C instead of A (not sure).

	Interestingly enough, after 20 years of playing, I still use the
	10,20 system to write my homebrewed licks - I can't read or write
	music.

	/ravi

    One of our readers asked for the TAB of "La Bamba" off-line.  I
    figured I would post it since I wrote it up.  
    
    This is the intro we all know and love :-)

e
b
g                   0     2    0
d                2     3
a     0   2   3
e  3

Repeat this part twice:

e
b
g           2  2  0           0     2  0
d        0           2     2     3
a     2                 3
e  3

Then the traditional song goes into a pattern of D, G, A7 chords.
Sorry, I don't know the original lyrics and chord placement.

Have fun,
Mike

    What are the American note names for the "DO RE MI FA SO LA TI DO"
    scale?
    
    Mike

>>    What are the American note names for the "DO RE MI FA SO LA TI DO"
>>    scale?
    
    	I don't think there are any.  "DO RE MI..." is a method for
    learning intervals and sight-singing pitches.  I believe the formal
    name for the sylable/interval relationship is solfegio (I'm sure I
    slaughtered the spelling).  For a major key, "DO" is the tonic or
    "base" of the key.  For example, in the key of "C" (major) 
    
    			DO = C
    			RE = D
    			MI = E
    			FA = F
    			SO = G
    			LA = A
    			TI = B
    			
    	In the key of G, "DO" would be a "G", "RE" would be an "A" and so
    forth.
    
    
    					Jim

    RE : .6
    
    Just to clarify my previous note.  While for the key of G major, 
    "DO" is a G, and "RE" is an A,  "TI" would be an F#  (G has one sharp).
    

Although not an expert in musical theory, the 'european' notation :

Do R� Mi Fa Sol La Si (BTW it is SI not TI !) is an absolute one.

That is : 
	Do is C
	R� is D
	Mi is E
	Fa is F
	Sol is G
	La is A
	Si is B

in any key !

It does not vary if play in key of C, G or anything else.

If I'm wrong, I've really missed something in my (old) musical lessons


Didier

    FWIW, classical musicians use "fixed" solfege..."Do" being based around
    Middle C, and everything being relative from that!!
    
    Thank god Berklee used a movable "Do" system...it made life much easier.
    
    
    Wether or not you are using "Fixed" or "Moveable" Do, here is the 
    Solfege syllables for the chromatic scale:
    
    Do  Di/Ra  Re  Ri/Me  Mi  Fa  Fi/Se  Sol  Si/Le  La   Li/Te  Ti  Do
    
    C   C#/Db  D   D#/Eb  E   F   F#/Gb   G   G#/Ab  A    A#/Bb  B   C
    
    *a = "ah" sound  Ra = "Rah", Fa = "Fah", La = "Lah", etc.
    
    *i = "Tee" sound  Di = "Dee", Mi = "Mee", Fi = "Fee", Si = "See". etc.
    
    *e = "ay" sound  Re = "Ray", Me = "May", Se = "Say", Le = "Lay", etc.
    
    Hope that helps y'all pronounce those chromatic buggers!
    Buck

    Addendum to -1 and others a few back.
    
    So, if you're classically trained, and used a "fixed" Do system,
    the Key of G major, for example, would be sung:
    
    Do  Di/Ra  Re  Ri/Me  Mi  Fa  Fi/Se  Sol  Si/Le  La   Li/Te  Ti  Do
    
    C   C#/Db  D   D#/Eb  E   F   F#/Gb   G   G#/Ab  A    A#/Bb  B   C
    
    
    Sol  La  Ti  Do  Re  Mi  Fi  Sol
    
    G    A   B   C   D   E   F#  G
    
    
    The G Lydian b7 chord scale (goes over 2ndary dominants) would be
    
    Sol  La  Ti  Di  Re  Mi  Fa  Sol
    
    G    A   B   C#  D   E   F   G
    
    
    Ab Mixolydian would be
    
    Ab  Bb  C   Db  Eb  F   Gb  Ab
    
    Le  Te  Do  Ra  Me  Fa  Se  Le
    
    
    Get da picture?!?!?
    Buck

I never saw anyone in France giving a special name to the sharp/flat notes
(e.g. : Di,Ra,Ri,Me, ...). We just say Do di�se (for D sharp) and La b�mol
(for A flat).

But what amazes me even more is to see that you call B Ti and Ab Si !
For us poor frenchies Si is B and Ti is completely unknown.

I'm afraid in this case, a multiple country born band must have some tune 
problems :-))


Didier

>I never saw anyone in France giving a special name to the sharp/flat notes
>(e.g. : Di,Ra,Ri,Me, ...). We just say Do di�se (for D sharp) and La b�mol
>(for A flat).

    Hmmm, since that is the method used here at the conservatory, I
    figured it would be pretty std worldwide?!?
    
>But what amazes me even more is to see that you call B Ti and Ab Si !
>For us poor frenchies Si is B and Ti is completely unknown.
 
    Woah, small nit...I did not call Ab "Si"...G# is "Si".  G# is NOT Ab!!
    But that's a rathole for another note.  ;^)