Maestro

Not that it's my personal favorite; but, it's my understanding those in the Rush camp spent the most $ on developing the Moving Pictures album cover (and reverse).

 

Hugh Syme is a fantastic surrealist...

 

Having said that, today (and just off the top) I have call it 'Too Close to Call' between AFTK and p/g.

 

I suppose its a matter of taste and/or an individual's own unique critera when making such assessments.

 

 

ORQ: 'Target Mass Appeal'

 

 

III.

 

 

 

QUOTE (Ancient Ways @ Feb 27 2008, 07:53 PM)

I would appreciate the experts comments on this post. I have always understood two definitions of the term arpeggio. The first is what has been covered already which is essentially: (on a guitar) finger a chord on the guitar and play each note seperately instead of strumming the strings in one motion. The second is created by taking the common elements of the chord and playing those notes through several octaves: for example, take an Amajor chord barred at the fifth fret. The notes in the chord are a,e,a,c,e,a. The Amajor arpeggio is then created by playing these notes successively through the fretboard. Although these are the same notes as the "ringing" chord variety it seems to be played typically as a scale form and the "chord" itself is never actually fingered...

QUOTE (madra sneachta @ Aug 26 2004, 02:33 PM)

For one of Alex's most exquisite and intense guitar solos - Here Again Technically, his playing improved and developed immensely over the years, but did any other solo ever convey as much emotion??.

Roc=Ric

 

Pardonez le typo, si'l vous plait.

QUOTE (LoneStar Boogie @ Feb 26 2008, 09:42 PM)

I just watched that interview, and the only thing Geddy says definitively is that he used the Fender on Tom Sawyer, and the Rickenbacher on Red Barchetta and Limelight. So whoever said the bass on Camera Eye sounded like the bass on Red Barchetta, you could very well be correct. One thing Geddy did say about the Fender was that it has a big sounding bottom end.

QUOTE (GeminiRising79 @ Feb 26 2008, 01:49 PM)

I know that many of you would certainly go for it... Booze mixed with the intense euphoria of being in the presence of a Rush God. I'm sure many of you guys would never admit to it, which is certainly OK. Sheesh, as good as Alex looked back in the late 70's, early 80's I wouldn't have done it, but would have subconsciously considered it because I held him to such a high level...man, he was everything I wanted to be back when I was 19.

Hmmm...

 

 

'Don't annoy us further; we have our work to do'

 

2112

 

 

 

That wasn't as easy as it might seem!

 

 

 

'K.... ...How 'bout:

 

 

______ the ______ of _____ _____ ____ the ____ ____ the _____.

Pleasantly surprised to see my long thought-about response currently leads in the poll!

QUOTE (DiscipleofLerxst @ Feb 26 2008, 05:04 PM)

I would say Fender...I saw an interview with him somewhere and he mentions which he used on a couple of songs, from MP, and then he said he used the Fender on the rest.

QUOTE (Choose/the/light @ Feb 25 2008, 04:42 PM)

QUOTE (Territorial_Game @ Feb 25 2008, 03:06 PM) When this is the wall of your dorm room: http://inlinethumb39.webshots.com/9510/2643077380048144002S500x500Q85.jpg Yeah, there's a few Dream Theater ones spread out in it, but mostly good Rush stuff! ok im jealous Way cool!   My living room looks a little something like this! C'est vrai! Wish I had a photo   Ah, well... ...Someday soon.

QUOTE (Territorial_Game @ Feb 25 2008, 10:02 AM)

QUOTE (Maestro @ Feb 24 2008, 11:55 PM) Hitchhike one hundred twenty miles to catch a show, neither knowing nor caring how you're getting home afterward  True story.     By the way, care to elaborate? Sounds like a pretty cool story I will certainly indulge you with this story sometime soon, TG; I rather enjoy writing; and, it might make for a good post. Please be patient; I'll get around to it in the next couple of days.

Hitchhike one hundred twenty miles to catch a show, neither knowing nor caring how you're getting home afterward

 

True story.

QUOTE (jonfiredaman02 @ Feb 24 2008, 05:40 PM)

Time _____ ____ we ____ _____ of the ___ Our ______ ____ see _____ _______

Tres Bien!

QUOTE (Cygnusx3 @ Feb 23 2008, 10:00 PM)

We _____ the _____and ______ of restless _______ from afar

Tough question....

 

The Silmarillion... ...Or...

The Book Of Lost Tales I & II ...Or...

Don Quixote ...Or...

Dune I. thru X. ...Or...

The Foundation Series (Azimov) ...Or...

 

 

 

Sheeesh....

Too many to count...

 

 

QUOTE (GeminiRising79 @ Feb 23 2008, 04:01 PM)

Ok, now try to keep an open mind here by what I'm about to suggest. First, choose the Rush member you primarily gravitate to, for whatever reason(This would be a member that you are mostly in awe of (if you are equally in awe of 2 or more, exclude yourself from this test). The setting: Lets say you happen to be out one night at a Toronto lounge/bar off of Younge Street (in close proximity to Massey Hall) with the Rush member you are in utmost awe of, and his wife. After having a few drinks and strong conversational bonding, the said Rush member looks at his watch noting that the time is already 21:12. He subtly suggests that you join him and his wife at his sprawling suburban Toronto mansion. He says that he will drive since his Audi/BMW is better in the voluminous amounts of snow that has recently fallen from the bruised and sullen stormclouds above. You agree and gingerly hop in the back seat and take in the surreal experience, whilst caressing the rich Corinthian leather and shining steel of the interior. After arriving at the mansion, the three of you entre the main den, sipping cognac (or perhaps The MacCallan) on the large C-shaped couch that encompasses the cozy, roaring fireplace that is automatically actuated by the bristling energy given off by human proximity. In a dreamlike state, you gaze up at the wall and see the gold and platinum records and the vast collage of Rush album covers. You see a magnificently stuffed animal in the likeness of the Snowdog. You see the work of gifted hands that grace this strange and wondrous land. It dawns on you that you're living every Rush fan's dream. The said Rush member then suggests that you join him and his wife upstairs in the Master bedroom. You gaze up at the spiral stair, and then to the Rush member where you notice his hungry eyes, and open mind. Are you prepared to indulge in both sides of the hemispheres or do you politely decline, suggesting that the hour is late and you feel you've got to move, (yes, you do?) Or do you proceed, tricked by circumstances?

Maestro in to report Northern California is expecting to be "Pounded" in the next few hours by a major storm that's been brewing out over Hawaii the passed few days...

 

2-5ft snow above 3000 feet; 2-3 inches of rain with sustained winds of 40 MPH and gusts 55-70 mph in the valley...

 

From the San Francisco Bay Area to The Oregon Boarder... ...We're about to get pounded (again), folx....

 

 

At least that's what our local meterologist forcasts.

 

Kinda looking forward to it myself; time to outside and baton down the hatches...

 

Anticipating widespread poweroutages (again); so...

 

Until Later!

An arpeggio, (appegiation) is the act of executing the individual notes of a chord individually.

 

 

First, let's consider the Cmaj chord...

 

The C Major triad in root position on the keyboard consists of the tones: C, E, and G. (i, iii, v; ie: The first, third and fifth degrees of the C maj scale.)

 

[On guitar, as I recall, Cmaj in root (1st) posistion consists of C, E, G, oC, oG]

 

 

Were you to position your hand on the neck of the guitar in such a manner as to strike a Cmaj (or any other chord, for that matter), then picked, strummed or plucked the strings from low to high (from the E to E) and back again from high to low, all in equal duration (all eighth notes, for example), you would have then sucsessfully appegiated the Cmaj chord.

 

Do this first for Cmaj, then for Fmaj, then again for G7, and you will have appegiated a I, IV, V chord progression in the key of C.

 

Alex has made a lot of use of appegiation in his composition.

 

Jacob's Ladder, Strangiato, Mystic Rhythms, Available Light, to name a few.

 

He seems to enjoy appegiating in time signatures of 5/4 and 7/4 more so than any others.

 

Hope this is helpful to you.

 

Until Later!

"We turned our gaze to the castles in the distance"

 

A Farewell to Kings

Not that it matters much; but, from a theoretical perspective, Rush (a la Alex) very interesting...

 

Corrrect me if I'm wrong; but the SoR intro is derived from the last 5 notes of an asending Amaj scale...

 

The piece itself, as I see it, is written in the key of D; however, the majority of the tune (much of the bass line and the guitar intro as well) appears to dance around components of A, the dominant.

 

 

I'm not a guitarist by any means, but I know genius when I hear/see it.

 

Alex 'qualifies'

The truth is that this is not a lie.

 

 

 

Tough question... ...But it has to be:

 

Xanadu....

 

but only by a narrow, narrow margins over the title cut and Cinderella Man.

 

JMO.

 

 

III.

 

 

 

QUOTE (The Owl @ Feb 12 2008, 09:47 PM)

QUOTE (Slime @ Feb 12 2008, 09:25 PM) One lawsuit to rule them all One suit to find them One suit to bring them all and in the darkness bind them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0sc-gS9AqM   Check this out.

QUOTE (Choose/the/light @ Feb 18 2008, 06:23 PM)

I read somewhere that the "whip" sound on YYZ is actually a 2X4 being  broken