What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?

[Angrboda]

The file synchronization tool ROBOCOPY is now built into Windows.

[Angrboda]

I figured out how to change my hair color in Atelier Yumia. I chose red. What is it they say about redheads?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I figured out how to change my hair color in Atelier Yumia.  I chose red.  What is it they say about redheads?

‘Gentlemen may prefer blondes, but it takes a REAL man to handle a redhead.’ - Maureen O’Hara

Boru

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

In 2009, the mystery of Tasmanian crop circles was solved when it was discovered that wallabies were eating legally grown opium poppies, getting high, and hopping round in circles.

Boru

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

In The Blues Brothers, when Henry Gibson and his Illinois Nazis are haranguing the counter protestors in the bridge scene, Gibson calls his group 'The American Socialist White People's Party' - ASWPP ('ass wipe').

Can't believe I've never picked up on that before.

Boru

[Rev. Rye]

These are the most common chords in music:



And apparently G and C major alone accounts for 24% of all chord appearances.

Long story: Some mad lads managed to scrape chord data for 680,000 songs from Ultimate Guitar.

Unhide for personal rant about my frustrations with this graph here.

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I’ve been trying to figure out the most convenient tuning for guitar for a long time. What I mean by this is: standard interval tunings (EADGBE, DGCFAD, ADGCEA and the like) where the simple “cowboy chord” shapes cover the most possible ground. Of course, from what I can see, it looks like A tuning’s in the lead, but I want a more comprehensive data set. And even after downloading a CSV file 264 MB in size, I’m no closer to this goal than when I first saw that chart. It’s tantalizing as fuck.I think I may have to ask the creators for a more comprehensive table of how often major and minor chords of each key appear in popular music.

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And I can remember Boru saying that just knowing three chords in two keys will cover A LOT of ground. Well, it looks like the 1,4, and 5 chords in the keys of D and G (Boru’s Irish, so I guess those are the keys he had in mind) cover almost half of everything.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

These are the most common chords in music:



And apparently G and C major alone accounts for 24% of all chord appearances.

Long story: Some mad lads managed to scrape chord data for 680,000 songs from Ultimate Guitar.

Unhide for personal rant about my frustrations with this graph here.

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I’ve been trying to figure out the most convenient tuning for guitar for a long time. What I mean by this is: standard interval tunings (EADGBE, DGCFAD, ADGCEA and the like) where the simple “cowboy chord” shapes cover the most possible ground. Of course, from what I can see, it looks like A tuning’s in the lead, but I want a more comprehensive data set. And even after downloading a CSV file 264 MB in size, I’m no closer to this goal than when I first saw that chart. It’s tantalizing as fuck.I think I may have to ask the creators for a more comprehensive table of how often major and minor chords of each key appear in popular music.

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And I can remember Boru saying that just knowing three chords in two keys will cover A LOT of ground. Well, it looks like the 1,4, and 5 chords in the keys of D and G (Boru’s Irish, so I guess those are the keys he had in mind) cover almost half of everything.

Yup. If you can play those chords in those keys, getting laid is a doddle (and even easier if you use finger style and play arpeggios).

And be honest - sex is the reason most people pick up a guitar in the first place.

Boru

[Mister Agenda]

I figured out how to change my hair color in Atelier Yumia.  I chose red.  What is it they say about redheads?

That they're more resistant to pain and anaesthesia?

[Ravenshire]

These are the most common chords in music:



And apparently G and C major alone accounts for 24% of all chord appearances.

Long story: Some mad lads managed to scrape chord data for 680,000 songs from Ultimate Guitar.

Unhide for personal rant about my frustrations with this graph here.

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I’ve been trying to figure out the most convenient tuning for guitar for a long time. What I mean by this is: standard interval tunings (EADGBE, DGCFAD, ADGCEA and the like) where the simple “cowboy chord” shapes cover the most possible ground. Of course, from what I can see, it looks like A tuning’s in the lead, but I want a more comprehensive data set. And even after downloading a CSV file 264 MB in size, I’m no closer to this goal than when I first saw that chart. It’s tantalizing as fuck.I think I may have to ask the creators for a more comprehensive table of how often major and minor chords of each key appear in popular music.

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And I can remember Boru saying that just knowing three chords in two keys will cover A LOT of ground. Well, it looks like the 1,4, and 5 chords in the keys of D and G (Boru’s Irish, so I guess those are the keys he had in mind) cover almost half of everything.

Yup. If you can play those chords in those keys, getting laid is a doddle (and even easier if you use finger style and play arpeggios).

And be honest - sex is the reason most people pick up a guitar in the first place.

Boru

(my bold)

If you don't believe it, just ask John Mellencamp:
"You can pump your iron and shine your shoes
And wear your hair just right
You go down out on cruisin' street
'Cause you want to score tonight
We all want to strut our stuff
And you really want to show your scars
Forget all about that macho shit
And learn how to play guitar"
~ Play Guitar

[AFTT47]

In The Blues Brothers, when Henry Gibson and his Illinois Nazis are haranguing the counter protestors in the bridge scene, Gibson calls his group 'The American Socialist White People's Party' - ASWPP ('ass wipe').

Can't believe I've never picked up on that before.

Boru

Cute. I never heard that one and I'm an afficionado of that movie.