tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217074123487312786.post2357415883467446842..comments2024-01-14T02:15:51.075-08:00Comments on BLOGRIZZARD: Bach & BrianDavid Grizzardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11537664712132155217noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217074123487312786.post-43636089757926158172007-12-13T09:36:00.000-08:002007-12-13T09:36:00.000-08:00weezie,yes, that's how i understand it. Think of t...weezie,<BR/><BR/>yes, that's how i understand it. Think of the Beatles song "We Can Work It Out." The bridge is the section that goes "Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend..". It's a little snippet that separates the main verse and chorus. Often a bridge will have a minor sound and a different tempo to contrast with the main parts of the song.<BR/><BR/>A bridge can being written using counterpoint, or any other device, like harmony.<BR/><BR/>Not all pop songs have a bridge; sometimes they're not necessary. Some composers write bridges because they think they help the song, but they really don't.David Grizzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11537664712132155217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217074123487312786.post-37630011932500360732007-12-13T08:43:00.000-08:002007-12-13T08:43:00.000-08:00How does counterpoint differ from a bridge? Is it...How does counterpoint differ from a bridge? Is it because a bridge is transitional in nature and the counterpoint is a piece unto itself?<BR/><BR/>Bridge (music):<BR/>b. a transitional, modulatory passage connecting sections of a composition or movement. <BR/>c. (in jazz and popular music) the contrasting third group of eight bars in a thirty-two-bar chorus; channel; release.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217074123487312786.post-81082474202869399352007-12-13T08:30:00.000-08:002007-12-13T08:30:00.000-08:00Um, I think a pneumonic device might indeed help. ...Um, I think a pneumonic device might indeed help. Just paint "its" on a big balloon and use your pnuemonic cevice to blow it up.<BR/><BR/>Groan, you would have to remind me of the days when the senior account person was fond of writing that "there is no distinction here as we have a parody product."johnNokchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708427438913055435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217074123487312786.post-59267460518160858732007-12-12T09:14:00.000-08:002007-12-12T09:14:00.000-08:00Ugh... I need some kind of handy pneumonic memory ...Ugh... I need some kind of handy pneumonic memory device to help me remember that one!David Grizzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11537664712132155217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217074123487312786.post-20317971765899206182007-12-12T05:51:00.000-08:002007-12-12T05:51:00.000-08:00Out, damned spot! Out, out I say!In the second pa...Out, damned spot! Out, out I say!<BR/><BR/>In the second paragraph, you use "it's" instead of "its."<BR/><BR/>Curiously enough, you use the contraction correctly in the third paragraph.<BR/><BR/>I've spoken to you about this before, Deedge. One more time and I'm coming over there and ripping the apostrophe key off your keyboard.johnNokchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708427438913055435noreply@blogger.com