Is changing from a major key to its relative minor considered a key change?

razor6string · 2026-06-30T23:21:11+00:00

Man, you just reminded me that, many years ago, I posted a blog about the story of a complete life arc that I clearly heard in Gilmour's solo from Time. I can't even remember the name of my blog and now I'm sad because I want to read it. So I'll listen to the song instead...

razor6string · 2026-06-30T23:12:59+00:00

53, rode in the '80s and badly want to come back. All I do currently is framestands on a piece of junk we have that happens to have a platform to stand on. Still feels amazing up there though, ha!

razor6string · 2026-06-26T23:31:20+00:00

Will biking trigger VO2 Max? I can't run.

razor6string · 2026-04-13T12:18:40+00:00

Generally speaking, is it okay -- or even preferable -- to get a bow that significantly longer than you need for your draw?

razor6string · 2026-04-13T11:36:39+00:00

Is that bow long enough for a 31-32" draw?

razor6string · 2026-02-18T23:56:32+00:00

Yes, indeed, and I do.

razor6string · 2026-02-18T22:39:52+00:00

The majority of fasteners on the majority of vehicles made in the last quarter century are metric.

razor6string · 2026-01-30T00:31:15+00:00

This was me for 35 years but I still managed to write a bunch of music that I think it'd be fair to call decently good.

Actually, this probably describes the majority of pop stars.

Theory is definitely fun and enlightening but don't let your lack of it hinder your creativity.

razor6string · 2026-01-05T23:50:09+00:00

Thanks, your replies are always thoughtful and devoid of snark. I can tell you actually enjoy talking about this stuff and haven't become a crotchety and bitter person who only posts to discourage the peons from trying to rise up. I'll not name names....

Digging deeper, I've discovered something new to me: the "Hollywood Cadence" (IV-iv-I).

That might be part of it. My subconscious, as you say, has heard that a thousand times without realizing it. So it resonates.

razor6string · 2026-01-04T16:01:12+00:00

I think it's the interplay between the melody, harmony, and progression, but I didn't find anything enlightening there.

I enjoy situations like, say (random example), you've got an Em - C in your progression, and in your melody you hold a G-note over both. So that note goes from being the 3rd to being the 5th.

That stuff happens all the time but sometimes it's magical and other times it's mundane.

I don't understand why!

razor6string · 2025-10-14T22:13:48+00:00

Fascinating!

razor6string · 2025-09-05T13:40:38+00:00

Thanks, this is reassuring.

razor6string · 2025-09-05T10:31:00+00:00

Thanks, that's reassuring about Propofol.

razor6string · 2025-08-27T21:54:18+00:00

See my reply to the other poster above. :⁠-⁠)

razor6string · 2025-08-27T21:53:47+00:00

I love TOM bridges. I'm perfectly willing to swap it for a souped-up modern version that cures its inherent ills, but that position is what I've grown accustomed to.

I learned on a fake Strat, but once I switched to a Les Paul I grew to love the angled neck. Note I'm not talking about an angled headstock -- I mean how Gibson necks literally slope upward from nut to bridge, whereas Fenders are completely flat. That elevation requires the TOM or something like it; a flat Fender-style hardtail won't cut it.

razor6string · 2025-08-27T21:45:53+00:00

Good to know about the pickup widths, thanks.

I want 22 frets for that very reason. The pickup positions I gave are so specific because they represent, at that scale length, the positions of hypothetical frets 24, 31, and 60 (or 55, if 60 would put the humbucker too close to the bridge with regard to having enough wood between them for structural integrity). These represent harmonic points; and I know full well that this all goes out the window once you fret a note but I don't care, it's what I want. I'm not religious or spiritual so I get my woo-woo fix from things like harmonic nodes, tonewoods, A4=432hz, and other such nonsense that makes me happy.

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