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Rundown, The (2003)
IMDB rating: 6.50
Plot: In order to get out of hock with mobster Billy Walker, restaraunteur-turned-”retrieval expert” Beck has to go down to Brazil and retrieve Billy’s ne’er-do-well archaeologist-wannabe son Travis, who is searching for an ancient gold idol called the Gato del Diablo. This idol is prized by not only the local population as the path to their salvation, but by Cornelius Hatcher, slavedriving operator of the Helldorado mining town who oppresses said population in the name of profits, and Hatcher just won’t let Beck leave with Travis.
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A few questions on music theory?
I play bass guitar (mostly by ear and feel) and I’m planing to do my Senior Project on something related to music theory, but I’m not that well educated on it.
First of all, can you explain the musical notes to me? I know the basics…A through G and I know about sharps and flats, half-steps…all that stuff. I don’t know why scales are the way they are. I’ve been told that there’s no such thing as B# or Cb, that B to C is a half-step. Why is that? That makes no sense to me.
Secondly, What are some of the most commonly used scales in modern music? I’ve heard that rock musicians commonly use the minor scale, but I really don’t even know what that means. If you could give me a basic rundown of a few of the scales, that would be great.
Lastly, who are some well-known musicians or bands that don’t know music theory? I know that my band plays just about entirely by ear (we’ll look up tabs every once in a while). I just need to know some famous modern musicians that can’t/ don’t read music.
Any other additional would be greatly appreciated. My Senior Project is (probably) going to be about the unimportance of music theory in modern music, so the reason why I need to know about the musicians is to support my thesis. Anything you know would help, so tell me anything you think I need to know. Thanks.
BQ: If you’re into Metallica or heavy metal/ hard rock in general, tell me what you think of this :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUhSGXXXf ac . It’s my band playing our song "Hell’s Gate". There’s no lyrics yet and it needs a little work, but feedback on it would be appreciated.
I totally agree with what everyone else is saying but just to confuse you a lil….B sharp and C flat exist! Music Theory is much much much more complex than what you are asking so I’m not going to explain to you what you didnt ask but I do want to correct some of the information you gave here. In simple (basic) music theory (nothing complex yet) B sharp is simply the same note as C natural (technically its not exactly the same but its so close that you cant tell the difference and thats why its the same note on the piano). So B sharp is C natural and C flat is B natural. Its simple, just look at a picture of a keyboard and you’ll see where all the note are. You have
C (or B sharp)
C sharp (or D flat)
D
E (or F flat)
F (or E sharp)
F sharp (or G flat)
G
G Sharp (or A flat)
A
B flat (or A sharp)
B (or C flat)
These are pretty much the basics of the theory you asked so I’m not going to confuse you any more by adding stuff. Just know that there is such stuff as B sharp, C flat, E sharp or F flat but you’re most likely not going to see them unless you get into harmonic minors or complicated key signatures.
electro man 101 | Feb 06, 2010
B to C is a half step mostly because on a Piano there is no black key between B & C, and usually a white key to a black key is a half step, but with no black key being there that makes B to C a half step not a whole.
The most commonly used scales vary from instruments. Im not too sure for guitar but i know for flute its usually a Bb scale or a F scale.
Im not really sure of too many modern musicians that play guitar by ear but some bands i know that may help are…
My Chemical Romance
Metro Station
Panic! at the disco
Fall out Boy
All time low
9 days
Bowling for Soup
I hope i helped.
hailey lynn <3 | Feb 05, 2010
I can’t really help you with your second or third questions, but I can help explain the first.
Your other two questions could be found with simple research.
Technically, there are B# and Cb notes but it is said there aren’t because, if you look at piano keys as an example, they are not separated by a black key. Same as E and F (there is no black key separating them). Let me explain why this is; since there is no black key separating them, and B# is a semi tone(half step) up from B, C is the equivalent to B#, as Cb is equivalent to B (similarly with E and F). It’s just simpler to call them B and C rather than Cb and B#.
Now, a semi tone on a piano would be one white key, to the next black key. For example C, to the next black key, is C# (one semi tone). A tone, would be one white key, to the next white key if there is a black key separating them. For example C again, to the next white key would be D (one whole tone). Furthermore, if there is no black key, for example between B and C, this is a semi tone because of the lack of a black key, therefore in order for the note to be a tone above B, it must skip the white key and go to the next black key (C#).
In a scale, there is a set pattern of tones (T) and semi tones (S). The specific pattern for a major scale is T, T, S, T, T, T, S. This pattern will produce any MAJOR scale no matter which note you begin on.
As for natural MINOR scales the pattern is slightly different.
T, S, T, T, S, T, T.
Example: C Major scale (No sharps or flats)
C, one tone up, D, one tone up, E, one semi tone up, F, one tone up, G, one tone up, A, one tone up, B, one semi tone up, C.
C Minor Scale (3 flats, Bb, Eb, + Ab)
C, one tone up, D, one semi tone up, Eb, one tone up, F, one tone up, G, one semi tone up, Ab, one tone up, Bb, one tone up, C.
Some widely used scales:
C Major (no flats or sharps):
C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C.
G Major (one sharp):
G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G.
F Major (one flat):
F, G, A, Bb, C, D, E, F.
Also; D major, Bb major, A major, + Eb major.
In the most simplistic way of explaining tones and semi tones, just think one key on a piano is equal to one semi tone (black keys inclusive), which makes two keys one tone.
Here’s an image of piano keys for reference: http://www.eprintablecalendars.com/image s/music/piano-keys-with-notes.jpg
As for your band, it’s not bad. 
Hope that helps. 
Jessica | Feb 05, 2010
Okay. I can tell you all about that whole "B#/Cb" thing. Look at a piano keyboard. Middle C always falls directly beneath the maker’s name. C is the key directly to the left of the leftmost black key in any set of TWO, not THREE black keys. The black keys are your sharps and flats, whereas the white keys are your natural notes. Still with me
? Look at the C key, preferably Middle C. The key immediately to its left is B natural. See how there’s no black key between them? That’s why there’s no B-sharp or C-flat…well, there are, sometimes, in musical notation. A B-sharp is the same thing as C-natural, and C-flat is the same as B-natural. This notation is used sometimes when the key signature of the piece makes…stuff. It’s a long, unnecessary explanation. Trust me, I asked my band director. Anyway, looking at a piano’s keyboard, a half-step up from Middle C is C-sharp, and a half-step down is B-natural. These are the keys on either side of C-natural. One whole step up from that C is D-natural, two keys away, and a whole step down is B-flat, two keys lower.
Now, scales are a little more complicated, but it involves the "whole step/half step" concept. Go back to the piano keyboard…or, I suppose a picture will do. The C major scale begins on Middle C (any C, really, but Middle C for reference) and runs up one octave (to the next C-natural higher), using only white keys, no sharps and no flats. There’s a formula for major scales: (W=whole step, H=half step) W W H W W W H. Look at the keyboard and think it through. With that formula, you can play any major scale. Just start on a random note, and follow that formula. Minor scales are a little different, but I don’t remember that formula. Below is a site with all kinds of scale information. Hope that helps!!
Sparky | Feb 05, 2010
1: Long ago pythagoras worked out musical notes on different sized pieces of metal using maths. Eventually these notes were worked out to sound perfect and the result was notes as we know them. The notes were numbered, then later changed to letter names. There were only 11 different notes and the names were chosen pretty much at random. Some were called sharps, some were called flats. To make sure there were enough note names certain notes didn’t get sharps. It’s not an exact science, it just had to work. D got a sharp, E didn’t, F did, G did and so on but B didn’t. It’s lame but it stays that way.
Later, 8 of the notes were chosen to make the most perfect sounding scale, known as a tempered scale. They (the people who picked the notes) made decisions on how the notes sounded together. This later became known as the Major scale and all music was derived from it.
There are special cases when you can refer to B# but it’s only for really annoying, super-theory purposes. Don’t let it stress you if you hear of it.
2: Modern music only uses 2 scales – major and minor. The reason for this is that they sound most pleasing and therefore major record labels won’t let songs deviate much from them so as to sound better on the radio. Rock is slightly different as we play around with the minor scale to get different types of scale (the Blues scale is used a lot, thats just a play on the minor scale) but to get by in music just look at the major, minor and blues. You’ll get pretty far on just those 3 scales – look at Yngwie Malmsteen
3: You’ll find that nearly all modern musicians know very little about theory. There are obvious ones who do use it but quite a lot of people avoid it at all costs as they believe it ‘hinders’ them. Kurt Cobain didn’t use theory to write music, he just wrote what sounded good to him. The best thing you can do is pick musicians you like and research if they use theory or not. Metallica do 
Musics great. Keep at it and get some lyrics down
Spekulus | Feb 06, 2010
Jimmi Hendrix didn’t know theory.
As for that song, I think it was pretty good. You should try fitting some bass runs in your future songs.
Wowomg | Feb 07, 2010
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