Originally Posted By: Bob Calver
and as for tongue in cheek posts, my quote from Woody Guthrie - 'anything more than three chords is showing off' - seems to have forever branded me as a musical illiterate. but the point was serious in the light of some of the chord queries SBM has posted - particularly the chord substitution debate.


I found THIS today, from which I learned that

- minor 11ths are "moody" and "intellectual" while
- minor 13ths are "sophisticated" and "hip"

By the way, after all this, I finally went and bought Scaler! Been curious for a while but now I had to if for no other reason than to know what I'm talking about.

I'm reading their forums now. I feel like a spy!

Without getting too deep into those woods, I would like to just mention that those software users seem to have very similar concerns to these software users, with regard to tools vs. crutches, enhancements vs. substitutes for creativity, etc.

Last edited by Mark Hayes; 01/01/22 01:57 PM.