ikbnice:
I could remember two years ago when we were discussing on this thread about the possibility and chance of survival of a nuclear attack. Now, North Korea may likely nuke Guam in few days or weeks.

NtoAkwaIbom:


Attack the issue in point,dnt try to attack the messenger... unless it is FFK...always attack FFK he is not a messenger, but a sing for me bird.

Loluores:
Hello guys, time for a little CHORD VOICING workout.

This progression below was played by MasterKraft years ago. You'll do well, therefore, to etch it into your hands and memory asap.

Play it on the key of Db. You can transpose to other keys of your choosing (preferably all twelve). The sheet music of this example you'll find below.

LH / RH (chord name)

1. f m / l m (M7)

2. t re / l r s (7alt)

3. m r / s t fe (m9)

4. l de / s d f (7alt)

5. r d / f l m (m9)

6. fe / m l r (slash chord: in this case Eb2/G)

7. s / f l d m (11)

8. s f / t m l (13)

9. d m / l r s (6/9)



A. TECHNICAL LESSON.

Note that most of the voicings above are OPEN, that is, in open position. Not in block forms or stacked thirds (except the 11 chord in this example), but nicely spaced out. Lemme for a minute talk about what each hand is doing here.


1. Left Hand (LH)


The LH plays the root note (obviously) plus-or-minus other chord tones. These other chord tones are usually the 3rd and the 7th, occasionally the 5th, the b5th, anything. Notice the 7alt - m9 sequence in chords 2 through 5 above (the t-m-l-r). That's a series of circle-of-4ths-progression chords with an alternating root-3rd and root-7th figure in the LH. These are called shells. Any piano player worth his salt knows this and plays shells routinely. Practice shells alternating root-7ths and root-3rds like that all through the circle of 4ths to master this skill.

An advantage for those with a large hand stretch or long fingers is that you can occasionally play a root-3rd shell as a tenth interval, a phenomenon that has been referred to as 'phatness' in gospel music circles (though not the only thing that can make a chord sound 'phat').


2. Right Hand (RH)

The RH plays the top note (usually keeping a melody line if present) and/or other chord tones. Now, notice above how the lowest RH note (usually handled by the thumb) completes the shells of the LH; this is very essential. For LH root-3rd shells, the RH completes it by playing the 7th tone of that chord with the thumb. Same goes for LH root-7th shells with the RH thumb playing the 3rd tone. Again, top keyboardists know to do this whenever needed.

Pay attention to the RH chord shapes, how MasterKraft favoured playing open forms in most of them, if not all of them. For example, chords 2, 4, 6, 8 and 9 are all quartals in the RH - clean sounds. Chord 1 just has the notes l and m, whereas it could have been l d m, adding the d (the 5th tone of the M7 chord) to complete the RH triad. It would still sound good, but notice the openness of the chord with the note omitted. Chords 3 and 5 have one RH note omitted, which happens to be the 7th tone (s t r fe and f l d m respectively). The LH takes care of those 7th tones. Which brings up the phenomenon in chord voicings called doubling of tones and the idea of dropping of notes.

If the r and the d respectively were to be played on the RH as well as the LH, doubling is said to occur. Not necessarily bad, but usually avoided for a cleaner sound. If on the other hand the RH tones are omitted and transferred to the LH, they are said to be 'dropped down'. Usually giving cleaner, thicker, spread-out sounds.


3. Both Hands

Finally, notice how each chord seamlessly moves from one into the other, each tone (or voice) of a chord leading naturally into those of the next, looking at it from a horizontal point of view. The fingers of the LH and RH cooperate and act as if they were choristers, singing individual parts. This is called good voice leading, another feature of good piano playing (linear harmony). This is when you hear something and then say that "choi, it is as if Kevin Bond is making the piano to sing and making me want to cry!" Pro tip: listen to the music of the acapella group Take 6, you'll appreciate what I just talked about now.




B. MORAL LESSON.

I keep shouting all this to loads of keyboard players that are too set in their old ways, playing triads on the RH with one-note bass on the LH, or playing what I call 'music textbook' chords, usually block or stacked chords on the RH, sometimes even on the LH. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but it gets old pretty quickly and you'll keep sounding the same, usually just sounding seriously RAZZ (sorry but it's the truth my eyes have seen and my ears have heard), all the while wondering why you can't get ahead in your piano playing and sound like the big cats you hear on records.


I'm revealing some of the hidden secrets to you now; play open voicings! Know about voice leading, drop voicings, note doubling, all these things. It's not enough to just sit around mindlessly collecting chords you don't understand from other people who aren't explaining it very well (you know nah, when that dude in the DVD you ordered starts spoon-feeding you chords, saying "leff haend, Db, Ab, F, raih haend D# E# B# Fb" till your head starts spinning, all you're hearing is "flaet, flaet, shaarp, two, shaarp, faev" You need to understand the basis of such videos. Begin studying the underlying principles of chord voicings. Emulate note-for-note how the big cats like Cory or Bond or MasterKraft distribute the chord tones between their fingers and hands. These chords are not just played by chance or by luck, every note of every chord being played is deliberate. Be deliberate; change the old ways you play chords and incorporate newer, more open, clean chord voicings.

Here's the sheet music of this one. More examples to come.

siempere:
That which I saw is love creeping up on her dragon heart...Jon feels it too...

Chysler:
Varys has so far failed no less than 3 times in a span of two episodes to provide any intelligence of the enemy's movement. They literally move armies of tens of thousands right under his nose. .

Cybertext:


Jamie got his ass wooped by Briennne of Tarth when he still had both hands.... I think Jamie is good but kinda overrated..

AryaSand:

I disagree. Jamie has one hand now. You still think Jon can't stand him? Maybe Bronn sha because Ser Bronn is from the streets but Jon will defeat Jamie at the moment. He might even kill him sef.

kay9:


Unfortunately I'm worried there's no snitch at all, just D & D pulling plot amor.

meforkene:

Yes, some people are arguing that the snitch could be Varys or Tyrion

GagaBoy:
I just love how Sansa was like oh my god little brother how much I missed you how are you omg hug me and Bran was like Sansa that was a lovely dress you wore on the night you were raped, now pls leave me I am a busy man

Nnaabros:


I'm surprised to see people still downloading GOT. You mean since the last season last year you've not finished watching it, a season film of just 10 episodes? Something I usually finish downloading and watching the full season in one day

JhyMedex:

Oh Wiseone!!.. Am I to understand u feel crimes of passion aren't actually detestable crimes per se ..
Becos guess Wat ?..
d perpetrators jst did Wat their emotions wanted dem o do ?..
Dt ur pt oh Wiseone?.. ...

JhyMedex:

Wen did someone showing disgust 4 u become a justification to murder dt person..
I'd luv to know Sir...
I'm thinking it's cos Tyrion is a beloved xter dts y pple b trying to justify him killing his Dad Tywin..
He shot d man yl he was avin a gud old shii 4 Pete's sake....

The conversations on this sub as per this season 7 of GOT are just too poor in my opinion.
The theories I am reading here are so stupid and uninformed. I even read someone propose that the sick guy who reached out his hand to Sam at the Library was Viserys Targaryen. Like seriously? lol

Majority of you here have no wit. You are just asking stupid questions and predicting rubbish.
No puns, no intelligent jokes. The summation of all I have read so far equates to shallow analysis and silly obsession with the sexiness of the show's female characters. Shame!!

I read a post on Reddit's GOT page and the post and the follow ups were so amazing to read, I had to screenshot that particular page. There were many others like that as well. I came here expecting to read something similar but I was extremely disappointed.

Below is the definition of WIT!!

First Poster: It's pretty cool to see Sam finally discover the internet.

Second Poster: Well Arya discovered Facebook.

Third Poster: Varys was already using Twitter before that.

Fourth Poster: Loras had to give up Grindr.

You can never read something like the above here. Maybe the smart and witty Nairalanders haven't found this thread yet. Or maybe they saw the poor quality posts and fled.

Emzyme:

If d person stay reach 3yrs instant admission ba Lol

thesuave10:


oya tell us which 16 yr old chic turned down your lash proposals

TheKingIsHere:


More like you are a Sansa lover.

Now, because she survived, it means she is doing something right? Like what please? Even Sam who everyone thinks is useless killed a white walker. Sam used his knowledge to find a way of defeating the white walkers. Sansa on the other hand just allowed things to happen to her without doing anything. She owes her life to baylish because he has saved her 3 solid times.

confistified:
*GoT⚔ - Season 7⃣, Episode 1⃣ Recap �*

Spoilers ahead‼

Walder Frey assembles all the Freys in Westeros for a proposed grand announcement. Only, this isn't Walder Frey - it's Arya, wearing his face. She is here to avenge the death of the Starks by the Freys. She has a gritty line to go with her unforgiving murderous rage to follow - "Leave one wolf alive and the sheep are never safe." With that, the mask comes off.

Bran and Meera make it to the Night's Watch and after a small scare when Bran pulls a Third Eye Raven, they let him in.

There's growing discord between Jon Snow and Sansa Stark. He even warns her not to disrespect him in public and she compares him to Joffrey. Ouch. Littlefinger is enjoying all this of course. Meanwhile, Cersei summons Jon to King's Landing. Sansa advices him to pay heed.

Cersei, surrounded by enemies everywhere and blaming Jamie for Tyrion's betrayal, has a plan to gather allies - Euron Greyjoy. But he and Jamie can't see eye to eye. Euron offers Cersei the Iron Fleet in exchange for her hand in marriage ["1000 ships and two good hands"] but she declines. But the patient Euron leaves with the promise to return with "a priceless gift."

Ed Sheeran makes an unimpressive appearance as a Lannister inviting Arya to a round of merry drinking.

Sam is at the Citadel and stumbles upon a kickass info to save mankind - Dragonstone is built on a mountain of dragonglass!

And now for Daenerys - she's arrived at the magnificent Dragonstone, utters but three words in the entire emotional homecoming sequence - "Shall we begin."

Winter has arrived.

newguy1:
Winter is here

Nicolars:
you didnt get the prophecy.... You shall not walk but fly



Fly in the sense that he will be able to warg into the three eyed raven and not fly on a dragon...

Have you watched the trailer?

Nicolars:
he's the one who's gonna invite the white walkers.... U know the ww can follow him now....... Anywhere he enters the knight king can also enter

PR3ACHER:
So many theory to this coming Season 7, this season is definitely gonna be mind blowing.

That's why it's a bad idea to judge a series my the first few episodes, I use to criticize this series for immoral act while still watching season 1, it was later I found out that it's more than that. Some people still criticize saying they will never watch and they haven't even seen the second episode of season 1, only if they can watch further and see what I see now.