Thursday 8 November 2012

Murder, She wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Often I believe that the best murder mysteries are told only when are not really scary. One such is "Murder, she wrote" - Based on an old woman, Angela Lansbury as "Jesicca Fletcher", who reveals the truth behind every muder through her dedication and insight. 


Since its an old woman who acts as a detective, you dont expect the fights or the heavy chases and murder sequences in a Hitchcock movies. Still this series has a lot to offer you when you watch this during the night. Im sure you will be lured to the way Jessica Fletcher deals with the case.

My best of this series is "The Celtic Riddle" and "The Last Free Man"


The last free man - watch it when you find time.


                      Part -1                                              Part -2
                                                     Part -3                                          Part -4
                                            
Part -5                                         Part -6
                                        
 

Tuesday 6 November 2012

First real six string

I got my first real six string !!!  
Guitar Classes started today for me

Guitar as I thought, was not easy at all. I started learning what are the parts of the guitar 

HeadStock, Tuning Pegs, Nut, Neck, Inlay, Fretboard, Strings, Top, Soundhole, Pickguard, Bridge, Body

As I began to learn there are 7 Alphabest

A B C D E F G

B & E do not have sharps.


There are 12 Main Musical Notes played all over the World
A A# B C C# D D# E F F# G G#

Pronounced as 

A A sharp B 
C C  sharp D
D sharp E
F F sharp 
G G sharp

Every guitarist should know these 12 Notes by heart at a Good flow, because everything or anything you play in music, relates to these 12 notes.

A scale refers to the combination of 7 notes among  12 Notes. In details, Scale is a group of Musical Notes collected in ascending & descending order that provides material for or is used to conveniently represent a part or all of Musical work including Melody & Harmony.

The distance between two successive Notes in a Scale is called a Scale Step. Any type of music or sound would be within these 24 scales


12 Major Scales 

A A# B C C# D D# E F F# G G#

12 Minor Scales 

Am A#m Bm Cm C#m Dm D#m Em Fm F#m Gm G#m


Strings numbers from the bottom 


1     2     3     4     5      6

E    A    D    G     B     E

Fret Board 





As we started, the class began with a couple of good songs to break the ice.


Hotel California & Summer of 69 

                              

Thursday 1 November 2012

Sachin with PM at Rajya Sabha

Read it for fun



Sachin Tendulkar: Aila! Prime Minister of India! How come you are here!?
Manmohan Singh: I’m also a Rajya Sabha MP!
Sachin: Oh! So, you were also nominated?
MMS: Well, yes.
Sachin: I was nominated for playing Cricket, what about you?
MMS: hmmm… I was the Finance Minister when India opened up the economy. You know – that thing called liberalization, which helped India go global. Else no international brands would have come to India and you would have got no sponsorship deals.
Sachin: Oh, I thought I got those deals because I played good cricket and I was popular.
MMS: No! You got this Rajya Sabha nomination for playing well and being popular. Don’t confuse the two issues.
Sachin: hmmm… frankly, I did have some doubts over correlation between playing well and earning after I saw Yusuf Pathan and Ravindra Jadeja earning so much in the IPL auctions.
MMS: I don’t know much about IPL, though Mamata Banerjee had sent me a mail asking me to tweet about Kolkata’s victory.
Sachin: Never mind; our PM should know issues related to GDP better than IPL.
MMS: <silence>
Sachin: Sorry, did I say something inappropriate?
MMS: well, sort of, because the latest GDP figures are not good.
Sachin: Oh sorry! But when I was coming to the parliament with Rajiv Shukla, he said there is a lot of growth.
MMS: He might have been referring to the growth that an MP experiences. Maybe he was trying to motivate you to become an active parliamentarian.
Sachin: Oh, Shukla ji is always cryptic. Last time he took me to Sonia Gandhi and told me that meeting her was necessary as she was part of the government. Later I realized that meeting you or the President was enough. After all, you head the government, right?
MMS: <silence>
Sachin: Sorry, did I say something inappropriate again?
MMS: Never mind. You tell me how did you like the Parliament, especially Rajya Sabha?
Sachin: It’s good. I had heard some people say that parliament is full of murderers, dacoits, and rapists, but I didn’t find any.
MMS: Attendance is not mandatory unless party issues whip; so you won’t find all the members every day.
Sachin: What!? You mean there are actually such people in the Parliament?
MMS: Oops! I think I misinterpreted your statement. But forget what you asked. It’s true that attendance is not mandatory. And since you don’t belong to any party, you can skip it altogether. But try coming to the Parliament. Our canteen is very cheap and offers good food.
Sachin: Sure! Thanks for the invitation Sir.
MMS: You are welcome! And yes, that invitation was on behalf of UPA chairperson Madam Sonia Gandhi.
Sachin: <silence>

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