[Dixielandjazz] The Synthesizer Mess

[Stephen G Barbone]

Dear Bill:

I think you are right in that the audience did not hear the  
dissonance. Nor probably would most folks who are not ear trained  
musicians.

Sometimes out of tune Dixieland, and or big band jazz is similarly not  
noticed by most.

Cheers,
Steve

On Oct 10, 2008, at 1:48 AM, Bill Haesler wrote:

>> A hysterical musical mess created by live musicians trying to play  
>> with synthesizer back-up. The synthesizer is played back by a  
>> recorder at  the wrong speed and is about 1.5 semitones sharp. No  
>> way to fix the problem except to stop and try and figure out what  
>> the hell is going on, but they unwisely chose to try and play  
>> through it. Van Halen no less.
>> http://warmowski.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/jump-in-pitch/
>
> Dear Steve,
> If you hadn't told us I would never have known.
> I had assumed that was how pop-rock was meant to be.
> Loud, flashy and discordant
> I'll bet most of the audience didn't even realise there was a problem.
> 8>)
> Kind regards,
> One-eyed Bill.