[HAM] How to Squabble

[David Damroze]

  It seems to me that squabbling is pretty well known around here :-)
  ( sorry , couldn't resist )

squab·ble  (skwbl)
intr.v. squab·bled, squab·bling, squab·bles
To engage in a disagreeable argument, usually over a trivial matter; 
wrangle. See Synonyms at argue.
n.
A noisy quarrel, usually about a trivial matter.
[Probably of Scandinavian origin.]
squabbler n.
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ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun	1.	squabble - a quarrel about petty points
bicker, bickering, pettifoggery, spat, tiff, fuss
dustup, quarrel, run-in, wrangle, row, words - an angry dispute; "they 
had a quarrel"; "they had words"
Verb	1.	squabble - argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over 
pennies"
bicker, brabble, pettifog, quibble, niggle
argue, contend, debate, fence - have an argument about something


  DD


On Jun 3, 2007, at 9:29 AM, Scott Hawthorn wrote:

>
> There used to be discussions here about what notes to use in a 
> squabble. It
> has been said that "all you do is curl your fingers under and hit 
> whatever
> notes you happen to hit" (other than the outer notes, which are always 
> an
> octave). The Joey D. video I posted, 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUxLWAKqEdE
> shows otherwise, just like I always thought. I haven't made a serious 
> study
> of them until now; I always thought it was too hard for me to pull off.
> It's clear from looking and listening that it's a very specific 
> locked-hand
> note relationship that doesn't change:
> 1-4-5-8. Even if those middle two notes fall out of the key center, you
> play 'em anyway. This, besides the organ settings, is what makes it 
> sound
> like a squabble: those funky "wrong" notes. For example, the first 
> three
> chords, the pickup notes, are:
> G-C-D-G, C-F-G-C, and then Eb-Ab-Bb-Eb.
> Then you have D-G-A-D and C-F-G-C for the first two main notes of the 
> melody.
>
> The two other important elements are tremolo, or rolling the chord, and
> "wiping" the octave notes in the chord from underneath, usually just a
> half-step, though I have heard a "double-wipe" occasionally, especially
> from McDuff.
>
> Try it! Of course, the settings are:
> Leslie tremolo: fast (I like the slowest pulley myself, it's got more 
> "pizza")
> Chorus Vibrato: C3
> Percussion: off
> Upper manual drawbars: 800008888.
>
>
>
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