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April 28

Jimi Hendrix

Does anyone know why Jimi Hendrix strummed the guitar in one direction only on the rhythym part of Along The Watchtower?Sheldog1 (talk) 15:04, 28 April 2012 (UTC) forwarded by AndieM (Am I behaving?) (I also told the user that he should post here and that I've forwarded it)

Did he? My memory of the rhythm part of that song is of a scrubbing motion. --TammyMoet (talk) 17:37, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Which part, exactly? There are definitely parts that are all downstrokes (which sounds more powerful, I guess because you're hitting the bass strings first), but there are parts where he is strumming in both directions. Adam Bishop (talk) 15:27, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

What kind of music?

Hello. I was wondering, other than just "classical", is there a word/phrase to describe the kind of music in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxSXJoS1hS4 ? If so or if not, can anyone recommend other pieces in a similar style? I love classical 'style' pieces (opposed to pop, jazz, etc), but frequently find full orchestras overbearing and overcomplex. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.104.50.65 (talk) 17:12, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

I'd describe the piece as "slow and quiet". But chamber music may be what you're looking for. —Tamfang (talk) 17:52, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Perhaps "Adagio". Pfly (talk) 20:48, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

That's really a tempo indication, not a type of music per se. A death metal song could be sung adagio, theoretically. -- ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ ^{[your turn]} 22:01, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Perhaps, but it is sometimes used to refer to the form too, as in Barber's Adagio for Strings, the so-called Albinoni Adagio, etc. I have a compilation CD called "Great Adagios". This kind of thing occurs with other tempo indicators (say, "the Allegro of Mozart's Symphony No. 41"), but I think it is more common and engrained with "Adagio" than most other tempo terms. If nothing else, it might be a useful term to search on for finding music of a similar mood to the one posted above. Pfly (talk) 22:17, 29 April 2012 (UTC)