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Subject: more on reading music and theory

From: "spaceanimals <alciere@...>" <alciere@...>
Date: 2003-01-30

Check out Bootsy Collin's Jungle Bass EP. Check out the totally gonzo
mind blowing keyboard work from Bernie Worrell who along with playing
with P Funk, the Talking Heads, and virtually inventing synth bass,
was a child prodigy and an extrodinary classical pianist.

Check out my song, Ritalin Chile, at:

http://www.mp3.com/spaceanimals

The flute intro is just a cool jazz chord that I stole and transposed
and played on a cheesy Mellotron patch. I'm not good with theory or
reading (wish I was better) but I slowly worked out the notes and
counted on my fingers until I transposed it up to A minor. If I can
do it, anyone can.

For the record, I am not a child prodigy, nor an extrodinary
classical pianist. I like the key of A minor because it's all white
keys (what are those black keys for anyway?).

Rainbow Jimmy
http://www.spaceanimals.com
http://www.mp3.com/spaceanimals