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Blues are Multiplyin'
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting
different
results
The song I am constructing is a blues. I play a figure for the first
phrase, the "I" chord, which is two bars in length. I allow it to play one
additional time (a vamp). I hit multiply, and the "song" begins.
After the second cycle begins and bar 3 or 4 of the "song" is playing, I
hit
insert and when bar 5 begins, I am in insert mode and I play a "IV" chord
figure for two bars which is a bluesy IV figure vague enough to pass for
either an IV or a I7#9 (trust me). Around bar 6 or so I hit multiply again
and when bar 7 arrives, I am treated to two bars of "I", the original
cycle. I allow this to continue through bar 8--I press insert during bar
8,
and when bar 9 arrives, I play the "V" chord for two bars, pressing
multiply
during bar 10. When bar 10 arrives, it delivers THE SECOND CYCLE! and
during bar 12 I hit multiply.
Are you with me? At this point I start adding cycles every other time as
before--insert, multiply--but when I press multiply, it delivers THE FIRST
CYCLE!
So now I know what to expect but I still don't know why. I am content to
let this thread die, but if anyone else comes up with a clue as to the
nature of this phenomenon, give a shout.
Gary