That's interesting, sometimes I wonder if there could be invocation aliases so that;

*bach
*classical
*opera

would all see them tagged as Bravo. Thinking back I settled on Bravo because it covered a multitude of possible content not just classical. Ah well, I've tried.

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You're welcome! I think there must be some mystery to that channel still. Someone invoked *classical the other day!
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Thanks for tagging all the Bravo videos!

oh, and the tune is called "Bouree" and is based on a piece by J.S. Bach! *bravo

*bach

Yes, there is resetting involved. The balls around 1:10 that get pushed off for example. I think there are also a few blocks that obstruct the roll of the ball as well.

>> ^Stormsinger:

Finally, a Rube Goldberg device with an actual purpose! And you don't even have to reset the parts to use it again...just drop another ball.

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Imho Trent Reznor will in the future be alongside Mike Patton and Frank Zappa revered as our generations' Bachs and Beethovens and Händels

A. Octave B. 5th C. Tritone

Whenever you hear a pitch, there are also a number of much softer, sympathetic pitches that sound. These are called overtones. (Here is a graphic of the overtone series: http://www.deandrummond.com/oton1.jpg) Overtones are very soft, and usually only the first few are (barely) detectable to the ear - although factors like instrument construction, peculiarities of the performance space and other notes sounding at the same time can affect the production of overtones. The first two in the overtone series are an octave and a 5th, so when ^ Karen Cheng plays the octave and the 5th, the overtone series is reinforcing those pitches, which gives those intervals a very 'pure' sound.

The tritone is the 10th overtone in the series, and occurs 3 and 1/2 octaves above it's root pitch, which means that it is not only very soft, but more often than not, out of the range of human hearing. Although a naked tritone is odd sounding by itself, it is used to create many beautiful, lush and complicated harmonies. Hundreds of years ago, the tritone was considered the interval of the devil by the church and it's use was forbidden. That quickly faded away as western music began to come into its own as an art form. Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, and almost every other notable western composer have used the tritone often in various harmonic contexts.

The oft used chord progression she uses at the end is I V vi IV, which is similar to the Pachabel cannon progression used in a similar video (I V vi iii IV I IV V).

(/theory lesson)

No worries, you've got lots of good stuff in there!

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Thanks, mate! And thanks for the trip through my pqueue, as well!

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*quality

Thanks, mate! And thanks for the trip through my pqueue, as well!

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*quality

Bach's my favourite as well. I used to have a single Bach cassette but now nothing. Time to get a CD or two.

made by the same filmmaker: http://videosift.com/video/Bach-Discovered-Antarctic