[HAM] Blindfold Test/Guess That Song!

[Pete Dako]

Bring it on Scott!
THAT blindfold test sounds pretty intriguing to me. I haven't been on
list here long enough to see one yet... but love good MUSIC emphasis
when it appears. :)
e.g. [Funky 16 Corners, Brother McDuff] etc. etc.

> From: Scott Hawthorn <organfreak at donobi.net>
> It was never "Guess That Song," and doesn't deserve to be referred to that
> way. "Blindfold Tests" are a revered tradition begun decades ago by "Down
> Beat" magazine, where they asked famous players to guess who's playing on a
> record; I just stole the idea. In the long history of that column, you can
> find praise from Jimmy Smith for Melvin Rhyne, will wonders never cease.
> Ostensibly, the exercise is to try to recognize the player, based on known
> riffs, styles, and sounds. The reason behind this is to learn something;
> it's a listening exercise, especially if the signature things that a
> particular player does are pointed out afterwards. I learn from it my own
> self because it makes me focus on those things.
>
> The volume of e-mail on this tells me that it is an extremely popular
> feature of this list. If it's not for you I don't blame you, but it should
> be easy to ignore. This has never been an entirely technical mailing list,
> thank god.