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Subject: Slow dance, anyone? Wed Oct 22, 2014 6:19 am
John Cage (1912-1992) was an avant garde composer best known for his piece "4'33"," which consisted of four and a half minutes of total silence.
Another of his compositions is called "Organ/ASLSP" (As SLow aS Possible). A project has been undertaken at a church in Germany to see just HOW slowly it can be played. This sounds like it's straight out of The Onion, but in fact it's from Wikipedia:
The performance commenced in the St. Burchardi church on September 5, 2001, with a pause lasting until February 5, 2003. The first chord was then played until July 5, 2005. The chord consisting of A above middle C, C above middle C and the F♯ above that (A4-C5-F♯5) began sounding on January 5, 2006, and concluded on July 5, 2008. That sonority can be heard on a website devoted to the Halberstadt event.
On July 5, 2008, the weights holding down the organ pedals were shifted resulting in the 6th chord change. Two more organ pipes were added alongside the four already installed and the tone became more complex at 15:33 local time. The bellows provides a constant supply of air to keep the pipes playing.
The last note changed occurred on October 5, 2013. The next change will not occur until 2020.
The performance is scheduled to end on September 5, 2640.
Savannah "Psalm 34"
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Subject: Re: Slow dance, anyone? Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:20 am
The man is warped. WARPED.
Rob Nip it in the bud!
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Subject: Re: Slow dance, anyone? Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:41 am
This is the note that played from July 5, 2008 to October 5, 2013.
Rob Nip it in the bud!
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Subject: Re: Slow dance, anyone? Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:45 am
That was my school's fight song.
Savannah "Psalm 34"
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Subject: Re: Slow dance, anyone? Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:29 am
It does rather blend with its surroundings...it lacks vitality and vibrance - both the "music" and its host. I'm afraid I'm not impressed with this kind of experimental "composing", though. Anyone can play a chord of notes. . . but that doesn't make it music.
Your school's fight song! Must've been some LONG games.
Amy Somewhere in Time
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Subject: Re: Slow dance, anyone? Wed Oct 22, 2014 11:31 am
Lisa wrote:
It does rather blend with its surroundings...it lacks vitality and vibrance - both the "music" and its host. I'm afraid I'm not impressed with this kind of experimental "composing", though. Anyone can play a chord of notes. . . but that doesn't make it music.
Your school's fight song! Must've been some LONG games.
Yeah, what she said. Warped, I tell you. Warped!!
On a side note, ahem...I like the clever title of this thread.
“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”
John Cage (1912-1992) was an avant garde composer best known for his piece "4'33"," which consisted of four and a half minutes of total silence.
Another of his compositions is called "Organ/ASLSP" (As SLow aS Possible). A project has been undertaken at a church in Germany to see just HOW slowly it can be played. This sounds like it's straight out of The Onion, but in fact it's from Wikipedia:
The performance commenced in the St. Burchardi church on September 5, 2001, with a pause lasting until February 5, 2003. The first chord was then played until July 5, 2005. The chord consisting of A above middle C, C above middle C and the F♯ above that (A4-C5-F♯5) began sounding on January 5, 2006, and concluded on July 5, 2008. That sonority can be heard on a website devoted to the Halberstadt event.
On July 5, 2008, the weights holding down the organ pedals were shifted resulting in the 6th chord change. Two more organ pipes were added alongside the four already installed and the tone became more complex at 15:33 local time. The bellows provides a constant supply of air to keep the pipes playing.
The last note changed occurred on October 5, 2013. The next change will not occur until 2020.
The performance is scheduled to end on September 5, 2640.
Rob, have been skipping your medication again?
"Albert, do you REALLY think you are old enough to know what love is?" "I must be Pa. I love you, I have for a long time."
Rob Nip it in the bud!
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Yes, but that's got nothing to do with it. I wish I had thought of this. It's funny... and a little sad. Just think how many billions of people will be born, live their lives and die by the time the final note is played 626 years from now.
Gin Ingalls Friend for Life
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It is the lack of Christianity that has brought us where we are. Not a lack of churches or religious forms but of the real thing in our hearts. LIW.....Words From a Fearless Heart
Yes, but that's got nothing to do with it. I wish I had thought of this. It's funny... and a little sad. Just think how many billions of people will be born, live their lives and die by the time the final note is played 626 years from now.
*gasp!* Rob! I HAVE it! You can do the literary equivalent! You could write a short story which is to be read one word at a time, five years apart. Better make sure there aren't any spelling errors.
Rob Nip it in the bud!
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Subject: Re: Slow dance, anyone? Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:03 am
I like it! But wait... I could read one letter at a time. That way my devoted followers could spend the next five years trying to figure out what the word would be.
Savannah "Psalm 34"
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Subject: Re: Slow dance, anyone? Thu Oct 23, 2014 8:22 am
Perfect! (And if you accidentally release the wrong letter, you could wait two years to release the correction. )
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Warped, I tell you. Warped!! 
Better make sure there aren't any spelling errors. 