<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 3/23/03 8:55:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, jazzboard@hotmail.com writes:<BR>
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the streets, I mean having to figure out I, IV, and V chords and all that <BR>
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Anyway, here is something and if you can figure it out let me know!!!<BR>
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Neat little mathematical trick. Think that any two digit number between 10 and 99 can be expressed as 10X + Y. where X is a digit ranging from 1 to 9 and Y is a digit ranging from 0 to 9. Therefore, the number 37 would be 10 times 3 plus 7. This means in this case the X is equal to 3 and the Y is equal to 7. The sum of the digits is 3 + 7 = 10.and the final number to lookup in the table is 37-10 = 27. Well, the symbol for 27 is C+ (think of my + sign as the star in the chart). Doing the math using algebra the equation for the final number would be 10X +Y -(X + Y) . this would be equal to 10X + Y - X - Y when I remove the parentheses. and by adding up the X's and Y's, this becomes equal to 9X since the + Y and - Y cancel out. Therefore, the answer always becomes equal to 9 times an integer between 1 and 9. Notice that every 9X number in the chart has the same C+ symbol. Therefore, no matter what two digit number you pick you will always be directed to the same symbol in the chart. <BR>
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Could be a good way to call tunes in a band that only knows one tune.<BR>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SCRIPT" FACE="Comic Sans MS" LANG="0">Bud Taylor<BR>
<B>Smugtown Stompers</B><BR>
Rochester, NY<BR>
Traditional Jazz since 1958</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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