Again this is not our Al, but it's a lot more fun than Al.
In article <BEC3A456.A221%possible20@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Albert Silverman <possible20@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>The Tortoise:
>
> Excuse me, but I'm a little slow to grasp this very important
musical
> concept. Can anyone tell me what a "diminished interval" is?
>
>The Hatter:
>
> Certainly. It is an interval that has been accidentally squeezed
down
> (poor thing) to a smaller size, so that it no longer has a perfect
> shape.
>
>The Barroom Piano Player:
>
> I can't give you anything but love, baaaa-byyy....
> Only I know that song and how to analyze it. Not even the "Doctor"
> knows hot to analyze that song. He can't even sing it, can you
> "Doctor?"
>
>The Hatter:
>
> For example, the interval (C-F) is a perfect fourth, but the
interval
> (C#-Fb) is squeezed down to an imperfect diminished fourth.
>
>The Barroom Piano Player:
>
> Maria, I just met a girl named Mariaaaaa...
> You imbeciles' heads are so full of traditional music school clap
trap
> that you don't even recognize a diminished fifth resolving up to a
> doubly diminished sixth. The "Doctor" will tell you it's an
augmented
> fourth resolving to a perfect fifth. But he's a tool!
>
>The Hatter
>
> You know, I just love perfect things! As I said, I never make a
> mistake. NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER........
>
>Alice:
>
> Nonsense! You are mistaken. The interval (C#-Fb) is a "*doubly*-
> diminished" fourth. Everyone knows that.
>
>The Barroom Piano Player:
>
> Rollin', rollin', rollin', Keep those doggies rollin'....
>
> Hey! I just mastered the doubly diminished fourth! Try that for
> size, "Doctor!"
>
>The Hatter:
>
> True. Just as I said, my dear, the interval (C#-Fb) is a doubly-
> diminished fourth.
>
>Alice:
>
> As you *just* said.
>
>The Barroom Piano Player:
>
> Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen. I'll be here all week.
> Don't forget to tip your waitress. I'll be in the coat check room
> selling my picture book of musical theory. Just $29.99!
>
>
>-------------------------
>Albert Silverman
>(Al is in Wonderland! But my luggage is in Cincinnati! And I'll bet the
>"Doctor" had something to do with it.)
>
>
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Music: Splendor in Sound
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