Good singing may be like playing a video game...

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Each note begins and is then corrected by raising pitch until it sounds right.

Cybernetics in Making Love

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So many feedback loops are involved.

For example one does something and gets encouraged...

Using (broken cable) Sennheiser CX 300-II in ear headphones as earplugs

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I have been using them for about 10 years for sound reduction while inside metro, bus etc.

The broken cable had been removed so they look really nice with the 1cm silicone cable support protruding. Now this support had been worn out so they may irritate the skin.

The main advantages of using them are:

great comfort, very comfortable

very quick to wear  or remove

nice protective pouch

aesthetics

comfortable reduction of noise while one can still hear and speak

Recording Vocal Τips, Κόλπα Ηχογράφισης Φωνής

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1. Varispeed (recording at lower speed than playback)

2. Delay

3. Reverb

4.Reducing standing waves in acoustics or recording outdoors

5 The right microphone at the right position

6 Increasing pitch in ending of each note

7. Singing softly for example

8. Using double tracking

9 What else?

10 An echo chamber provides both delay and reverb

more after discussing with Elva...

11 The singer controlling dynamics

12 Finding the right key for the singer with the right atmosphere

AKG B 330 BT?

 

Shure Unisphere?

 

A great Book on Becoming a Better Lover

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The Loving Touch: A Guide to Being a Better Lover - Dr. Andrew Stanway

https://www.amazon.com/Loving-Touch-Better-Stanway-Andrew/dp/0786700971#detailBullets_feature_div

I am currently reading the Hellenic translation : Η Μαγεία του Έρωτα

Paul, a simple melody played on glockenspiel

 

It was dreamed today early morning being played in a music club while Paul McCartney was about to leave.

I woke up just after the intro which was played with a glockenspiel on a high register:

-    -   A   G

A   -   A   G

A   -   B   -

C   -    -    -

-    -    -    -   

-    -    -    -   

repeat

Various bass notes defining chords are possible.

Obviously A defining Am

Also:

G6

F7

Dm7

Em7 or E4,6

Οι μουσικές Νότες απ' 'οτι φαίνεται δεν είναι πασουμάκια να τις πατάμε, αλλά μάλλον κάτι που το κτίζουμε, καθώς τραγουδάμε την κάθε Νότα

 

So it Seems a Cybernetic Loop is Involved in Correct Musical Note Singing

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It seems a good singer, violin player etc. gets the note wrong but starts correcting it immediately after by a circular causal process such as feedback using his hearing mechanism. 

Similar to steering a ship to get it to the right course.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetics

from Wikipedia adding some text between parenthesis:

The field  (Cybernetics) is named after an example of circular causal feedback—that of steering a ship the ancient Greek (Hellenic) κυβερνήτης (kybernḗtēs) (κυβερνήτης) refers to the person who steers a ship). In steering a ship, the position of the rudder is adjusted in continual response to the effect it is observed as having, forming a feedback loop through which a steady course can be maintained in a changing environment, responding to disturbances from cross winds and tide.^[6][7]

How to Sing Correctly i.e. with Correct Intonation. Κάνοντας το κόλπο του Μητροπάνου ίσως κάποιος-α να τραγουδάει σύντομα σαν την Μαρία Κάλλας?

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Dimitris Mitropanos is a singer who starts the note at a lower pitch and increases it until it sounds right. He does it slowly in a funny way, as is the turntable playing the record gets to the right speed slowly.

It may be found that Maria Callas when for example singing Ave Maria does the same but getting to the right pitch quicker. But so may do so many other great singers such as Whitney Houston. Or great guitarists such as Dave Gilmour using the steel finger slide on the Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd.

Μήπως δεν πατάμε τις νότες αλλά τις κτίζουμε - Νάντια

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See previous post.

Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle in Singing.

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By listening (you could try listening too or doing frequency measurements) it seems to me that good singers build to correct intonation of a note while the note is sung.

Even good singers, it seems to me cannot get it right at the attack of the note which is almost always flat. The reason seems to be that the hearing mechanism hears flat, a lower pitch when a frequency (orchestra instruments one hears for example in the backing track) is at a normal or loud sound pressure level. Only at very low SPL do pitch and frequency seem to coincide. This is described in the Chapter called Influence of the Mind in the great book by Stevens and Warshofsky, Sound and Hearing.

Good singers seem to increase frequency after the attack until the end of the note so that it sounds correct.

It does not seem to matter that the attack is low in pitch. According to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle in music the less the duration of a tone the higher the uncertainty of the pitch! There is simply not enough time to measure frequency right. This is described in the great book Waves - Berkeley Physics course by Frank S. Crawford Jr.

Here is an example of what I hear as increase in pitch at middle and ending of notes so that it sounds correct to the brain of good singer and the brain of a listener. Paroles Dalida, Delon.

A good test for this could be for example to freeze a good singer's pitch by granular synthesis and measure by beat elimination comparison with a sinewave signal generator.

Summary: When I try to sing I do not care about nailing the note right at the beginning of its life but I care about nailing it after its birth.  For every note. Like humans do. None is born perfect, but we do try to improve  ourselves. 

 

I was told by my dentist...

At your risk. This is not a medical advice. It is my humble interpretation of what my dentist told me, described in my own words.

I was told by my dentist, that after eating a honey sesame bar, that I should wait a little for my mouth to clean up by fresh water, before brushing teeth. A similar process  is used after drinking water with lemon.

Sugar is converted to acid so it is not wise to brush teeth while sugar remains are on the teeth as the process becomes like brushing with an acid which would deteriorate the outer surface of the teeth.

So what I do is waiting a little bit until I feel that teeth feel clean with my tongue and then I brush. I use sea water but this is something I decided myself , not discussing it with my dentist, see previous posts. 

Something else I discussed today with my dentist is how clean teeth feel after eating an apple.

Ηχογραφώντας με ανοιχτή την ντουλάπα, recording with an open wardrobe

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It may work as the thickens of the fabrics would absorb longer wavelengths, that is lower frequencies.

The microphone should be pointing towards the open wardrobe.

 

The best sound absorber and the worst sound insulator is...

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The open window.

(I first heard this by Sean Davis, expert on restoration of disc cutting lathes.

7 important qualities for a good relationship

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From the last chapter of the early editions of the fabulous book How to Win Friends by dale Carnegie.

(Downloaded from the following search):

2015.67270.How-To-Win-Friends-And-Influence-People (2)

1 Don't nag

2 Don't try to make your partner over. (don't try to change her, him)

3 Don't criticize

4 Give honest appreciation

5 Pay little attentions

6 Be courteous

7 Read a good book on the sexual side of marriage

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A tiny melody as the soundtrack of a dream at (date time code) 26011004.

-      -      E      E                           I'm 

#D #D    -       E              Happy     man 

-       -      -       -

-        -      -      -

New Year's pie of grandma Ελένι, Βασιλόπιτα

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Happy New Year!

 

With the best health!

With the best company!

Does Betadine Cream Cure Acne Spots?

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I was introduced to Betadine cream by my dermatologist Ioannis Peros. It was used to cure a serious skin infection.

Then I thought why not using it for acne spots. It works fabulously.

Betadine skin as stated in the instructions is not suitable for persons with thyroid problems.

Please consult a doctor before using it.