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Title: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: bijou on October 12, 2009, 11:55:36 AM
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A Broken Arrow man is facing the music after being accused of beating his roommate on the head with a harmonica.

According to Decai Liu’s arrest report, his roommate was in the bathroom getting ready for work when Liu burst in and started beating him with the instrument.

Liu, 52, was charged Thursday with assault with a dangerous weapon in the attack last Saturday in the 4500 block of West Norman Street in Broken Arrow, court records show.

When officers arrived about 9:30 a.m., the roommate was covered in blood from cuts on his head and face. Medics took him to St. Francis Hospital, the report states. ...
link (http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=298&articleid=20091008_318_0_ABoero9452&allcom=1)

That must have been a blow to the friendship.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Chris_ on October 12, 2009, 11:59:23 AM
link (http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=298&articleid=20091008_318_0_ABoero9452&allcom=1)

That must have been a blow to the friendship.
Could have been much worse.  The perp could have hit the victim with his organ.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: IassaFTots on October 12, 2009, 12:01:20 PM
Could have been much worse.  The perp could have hit the victim with his organ.


Or stabbed him with a harp object. 
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Chris_ on October 12, 2009, 12:02:05 PM
Or stabbed him with a harp object. 
Oh, I don't like the tone of that.
 :-)
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: IassaFTots on October 12, 2009, 12:14:45 PM
Oh, I don't like the tone of that.
 :-)

Sorry, I didn't think you would reed it that way.   :naughty:
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: bijou on October 12, 2009, 12:18:00 PM
Or stabbed him with a harp object. 
Good pun. I'll make a note of that.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Chris_ on October 12, 2009, 12:18:52 PM
Sorry, I didn't think you would reed it that way.   :naughty:
Was this story really note worthy?
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Eupher on October 12, 2009, 12:26:05 PM
Was this story really note worthy?


Not really, That's why it's being submitted to a poco a poco decrescendo al niente.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: IassaFTots on October 12, 2009, 12:28:02 PM
Not really, That's why it's being submitted to a poco a poco decrescendo al niente.

Gotta say that fell a little flat.  No fair pulling out technical terminology on the lay-people.   :tongue:
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: thundley4 on October 12, 2009, 12:28:24 PM
We need laws banning the ownership of harmonicas and we need them now!!!
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Chris_ on October 12, 2009, 12:34:41 PM
Not really, That's why it's being submitted to a poco a poco decrescendo al niente.
You do, and you'll clean it up, mister.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: IassaFTots on October 12, 2009, 12:36:33 PM
You do, and you'll clean it up, mister.


That will show him.....he will be singing the blues in no time.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Chris_ on October 12, 2009, 12:38:54 PM
That will show him.....he will be singing the blues in no time.
I'm beginning to think the whole subject just blows.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Eupher on October 12, 2009, 12:39:43 PM
Gotta say that fell a little flat.  No fair pulling out technical terminology on the lay-people.   :tongue:

A little more breath support will fix that flatness.   :uhsure:       
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Chris_ on October 12, 2009, 12:41:52 PM
A little more breath support will fix that flatness.   :uhsure:       
I guess you'd have to B-sharp to do that.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: dutch508 on October 12, 2009, 12:45:51 PM
that just sucks...and blows...
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: dutch508 on October 12, 2009, 12:46:28 PM
What ever happend to "Do no Harm...onica..."
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: IassaFTots on October 12, 2009, 12:48:35 PM
What ever happend to "Do no Harm...onica..."

It was proven to be non-instrumental.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: dutch508 on October 12, 2009, 01:15:24 PM
It was proven to be non-instrumental.

Noted.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: BlueStateSaint on October 12, 2009, 01:30:32 PM
I guess you'd have to B-sharp to do that.

If you can't B-sharp, you'll C-flat . . .
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Eupher on October 12, 2009, 02:04:55 PM
I guess you'd have to B-sharp to do that.


C, I toldja he'd wanna diminish his importance by being oh, so natural.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: bijou on October 12, 2009, 02:15:19 PM
C, I toldja he'd wanna diminish his importance by being oh, so natural.
Very clef-er
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Randy on October 12, 2009, 02:34:58 PM
This whole thread just brings a song to my heart.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Thor on October 12, 2009, 02:53:20 PM
The tenor of this thread is beyond belief.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: IassaFTots on October 12, 2009, 03:48:59 PM
I shall refrain from commenting on your off-key remark, and simply say that this interlude has been quite melodic for me. 
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Eupher on October 12, 2009, 04:23:13 PM
The root problem is, our submediant discussion based on the merits of the harmonica fail to take into account the perfect fifth that is reduced to that of an diminished fifth.

The result leaves us feeling bluesy.

To complicate matters, we have to alter the upper extensions. These sometimes create suspensions that simply have to be resolved.

I've got some tonic to go along with that diminished fifth. Any takers?
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: IassaFTots on October 12, 2009, 04:37:27 PM
Ack!  I give up!  Your tempo is making me lose my composer!
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Eupher on October 12, 2009, 04:41:35 PM
Ack!  I give up!  Your tempo is making me lose my composer!

Well, I don't mean to poco your ritardando any more than I have to.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Thor on October 12, 2009, 04:42:11 PM
Ack!  I give up!  Your tempo is making me lose my composer!

Don't give up your metre.... This thread will soon reach contra-bass proportions, poco a poco.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: dutch508 on October 12, 2009, 04:58:13 PM
Don't give up your metre.... This thread will soon reach contra-bass proportions, poco a poco.

I'm not sure I like your tone.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: IassaFTots on October 12, 2009, 04:59:56 PM
I think y'all are speaking with alot of bravura...
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: dutch508 on October 12, 2009, 05:08:30 PM
I think y'all are speaking with alot of bravura...

You don't have the support of your bass...
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Randy on October 12, 2009, 06:05:06 PM
The pitch around here has changed.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Chris_ on October 12, 2009, 08:12:16 PM
The pitch around here has changed.
We're all gonna be in a lot of treble if this keeps up.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: IassaFTots on October 12, 2009, 09:06:37 PM
We're all gonna be in a lot of treble if this keeps up.


You would think by now all this punning would be protected by a coda ethics......
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Eupher on October 12, 2009, 09:28:40 PM
You would think by now all this punning would be protected by a coda ethics......

Brilliantissimo!

Don't forget second endings only on the del segno.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Chris_ on October 13, 2009, 07:31:50 AM
You would think by now all this punning would be protected by a coda ethics......
That would require an entirely new a-chord.
 :-)
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: IassaFTots on October 13, 2009, 08:21:43 AM
That would require an entirely new a-chord.
 :-)

At the very least, a new measure......but 2 days running?  Does anyone give a sheet anymore?
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Splashdown on October 13, 2009, 09:55:19 AM
Bijou is always a-tuned to these stories!


By the way--How do you know a harmonica player is on your porch?


He doesn't have the key and doesn't know when to come in...



Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Eupher on October 13, 2009, 10:36:22 AM
When that harmonica player finally figures out how to come through the do', he can hang up da cap-o on the rack on the wall.

He'll be trilling with happiness to come in out of the rain.

Trust me. I know these things.  :evillaugh:
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Chris_ on October 13, 2009, 10:37:56 AM
When that harmonica player finally figures out how to come through the do', he can hang up da cap-o on the rack on the wall.

He'll be trilling with happiness to come in out of the rain.

Trust me. I know these things.  :evillaugh:
These people need to learn to live in harmony...two part.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: IassaFTots on October 13, 2009, 10:42:57 AM
These people need to learn to live in harmony...two part.


How do you suggest they work out that arrangement?
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Chris_ on October 13, 2009, 10:51:59 AM
How do you suggest they work out that arrangement?
The'd need to hire a good director who knows the score.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: dutch508 on October 13, 2009, 11:35:03 AM
I think you need to give it a rest.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: dutch508 on October 13, 2009, 11:35:35 AM
This thread is running off a clef....
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Randy on October 13, 2009, 12:48:01 PM
I know this is a delicato subject but is this thread ever going to descend?
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Eupher on October 13, 2009, 12:48:38 PM
I think you need to give it a rest.

I'd favor a Grand Pause myself, with an attacca on page 3 to page 4.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: IassaFTots on October 13, 2009, 12:56:17 PM
Fini?  Fermata??
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: bijou on October 13, 2009, 01:05:45 PM
Fini?  Fermata??
The thread is over when the staff say it is.   :-)
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: IassaFTots on October 13, 2009, 01:18:44 PM
The thread is over when the staff say it is.   :-)

It has been an entertaining medley for sure!
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Chris_ on October 13, 2009, 01:35:25 PM
It has been an entertaining medley for sure!
Anyone who doesn't like it can just beat it.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Eupher on October 13, 2009, 03:50:54 PM
That would be a pretty small grup(petto). And they'd more than likely have to appoggiatura for their thoughtlessness.

Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Chris_ on October 13, 2009, 03:57:59 PM
That would be a pretty small grup(petto). And they'd more than likely have to appoggiatura for their thoughtlessness.


...sounds difficult to orchestrate.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: dutch508 on October 13, 2009, 03:58:39 PM
...sounds difficult to orchestrate.


I'm sure they are keeping score...
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Eupher on October 13, 2009, 04:01:33 PM
...sounds difficult to orchestrate.


Naw, all they have to do steal the note value from the previous note. Kinda like politicians, only not such a bad turn, actually.

The whole thing is as slippery as a glissando, though, I have to tell you.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Chris_ on October 13, 2009, 04:12:48 PM
Naw, all they have to do steal the note value from the previous note. Kinda like politicians, only not such a bad turn, actually.

The whole thing is as slippery as a glissando, though, I have to tell you.
In that case, we must all band together.  Doing so would be instrumental.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: dutch508 on October 13, 2009, 04:13:53 PM
In that case, we must all band together.  Doing so would be instrumental.


We'd need some one to direct us?
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: IassaFTots on October 13, 2009, 04:16:39 PM
We'd need some one to direct us?

Not me, I am a mere minor player... you need someone that has some dynamics...
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: thundley4 on October 13, 2009, 04:26:37 PM
Not me, I am a mere minor player... you need someone that has some dynamics...

It will take a CONCERTed effort by all to let this movement reach it's crescendo.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Eupher on October 13, 2009, 04:38:35 PM
I think it's time for a perfect fifth of something - maybe apple juice or Old Grand Dad.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: dutch508 on October 13, 2009, 04:41:47 PM
I think it's time for a perfect fifth of something - maybe apple juice or Old Grand Dad.

I'd drink a perfect third of that...I'm a minor drinker...
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Eupher on October 13, 2009, 04:46:36 PM
I'd drink a perfect third of that...I'm a minor drinker...

 :thatsright:    :hammer: :hammer:

No such thing as a perfect third. Go to the back of the line. And trim your reed - it's squeaking again.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: dutch508 on October 13, 2009, 04:47:53 PM
:thatsright:    :hammer: :hammer:

No such thing as a perfect third. Go to the back of the line. And trim your reed - it's squeaking again.

Stop being a Major A
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Chris_ on October 13, 2009, 04:48:36 PM
I think it's time for a perfect fifth of something - maybe apple juice or Old Grand Dad.
Soulds like we need to visit a few bars.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Eupher on October 13, 2009, 04:49:26 PM
Stop being a Major A

Can't help it. It's got 3 sharps.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Chris_ on October 13, 2009, 04:52:17 PM
Can't help it. It's got 3 sharps.
I just try not to B flat.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Eupher on October 13, 2009, 04:53:21 PM
I just try not to B flat.


That's a good practice, though you're a half step sharper than A.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Chris_ on October 13, 2009, 04:59:35 PM
That's a good practice, though you're a half step sharper than A.
That would be the key to success?
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Eupher on October 13, 2009, 05:01:26 PM
That would be the key to success?


B sharp is the key to success, I'd say.

Enharmonic to C natural, of course. Nobody likes looking at double sharps.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Chris_ on October 13, 2009, 05:05:43 PM
B sharp is the key to success, I'd say.

Enharmonic to C natural, of course. Nobody likes looking at double sharps.
Not much fun to look at A flats either.   :rotf:
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: BlueStateSaint on October 13, 2009, 05:10:48 PM
Reading this just before cantor practice . . . I actually know about 95% of what's being said!  Hey--I know the (a) score!
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: dutch508 on October 13, 2009, 05:28:33 PM
Reading this just before cantor practice . . . I actually know about 95% of what's being said!  Hey--I know the (a) score!

Well, Hoity Toi....talk about ringing your own bell...
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: IassaFTots on October 13, 2009, 08:09:46 PM
Reading this just before cantor practice . . . I actually know about 95% of what's being said!  Hey--I know the (a) score!

....sounds a little like a deceptive cadence to me....
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Eupher on October 13, 2009, 10:24:50 PM
....sounds a little like a deceptive cadence to me....

Dunno. More like a straight dominant 7th resolving to a ii minor (which is totally back-asswards, but hey, BSS is writin' the chart...)
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Thor on October 14, 2009, 09:07:56 AM
I think it's time for a perfect fifth of something - maybe apple juice or Old Grand Dad.

I thought that prune juice would be more appropriate for folks YOUR age!!!
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Eupher on October 14, 2009, 09:14:22 AM
I thought that prune juice would be more appropriate for folks YOUR age!!!

 :hammer:

Where's your musical pun? C'mon, get with the program!

(I'd still run circles around your tired ass, you half-century-old geezer-in-training!)

Con brio!
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: IassaFTots on October 14, 2009, 09:48:46 AM
:hammer:

Where's your musical pun? C'mon, get with the program!

(I'd still run circles around your tired ass, you half-century-old geezer-in-training!)

Con brio!

You know how tough it has to be, being a moderato and all....guess that H5/BS thread has gotten him too serioso....
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Eupher on October 14, 2009, 10:03:44 AM
You know how tough it has to be, being a moderato and all....guess that H5/BS thread has gotten him too serioso....

He ain't a moderato. He's a lento con adagio, largo zum Schluss.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: IassaFTots on October 14, 2009, 10:28:06 AM
My bad....so ritardando... :thatsright:
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Eupher on October 14, 2009, 10:35:11 AM
Part I

Quote
GLOSSARY OF MUSICAL TERMS

ACCIDENTALS: Wrong notes

AUGMENTED FIFTH: A 36-ounce bottle

BROKEN CONSORT: When somebody in the ensemble has to leave and go to the restroom.

CADENCE: When everybody hopes you're going to stop - but you don't

CADENZA: The heroine in Monteverdi's opera "Frottola"

CANTUS FIRMUS: The part you get when you can only play four notes

CHANSONS DE GESTE: Dirty songs

CLAUSULA: Mrs. Santa

CROTCHET: A tritone with a bent prong - or [Eupher note: a crotchet is the Brit word for quarter note]

CROTCHET: It's like knitting but it's faster

CUT TIME: When you're going twice as fast as everybody else in the ensemble.

DUCTIA: A lot of mallards

EMBOUCHRE: The way you look when you've been playing the Krummhorn

ESTAMPIE: What they put on letters in Quebec

GARGLEFINKLEIN: A tiny recorder played by neums

HOCKET: The thing that fits into a crochet to produce a rackett

INTERVAL: How long it takes you to find the right note. There are three kinds: Major Interval: A long time Minor Interval: A few bars Inverted Interval: When you have to back one bar and try again

INTONATION: Singing through one's nose. Considered highly desirable in the Middle Ages

ISORHYTHMIC MOTET: When half of the ensemble got a different xerox than the other half

MINNESINGER: A boy soprano

MUSICA FICTA: When you lose your place and have to bluff till you find it again. Also known as faking

NEUMS: Renaissance midgets

NEUMATIC MELISMA: A bronchial disorder caused by hockets

ORDO: The hero in Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings"

Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Eupher on October 14, 2009, 10:37:15 AM
Trombone Jokes

Lead trombone players

Must warm up on the highest possible note.
Blame wrong notes on their slide.
Never wash their horn.
Wears "luckey" underwear to gigs.
Are in constant competetion with the lead trumpet.
Eat the most food at gigs.
Hates saxophone players.

Second trombone

Can play REALLY fast but not very high.
Gets all of the jazz solos.
Overblows horn.
Never gets Tux cleaned.
Prays every gig that the lead player will be sick
Has newest horn.
Doesnt mind saxophones.

Third trombone player

Is always on time.
Has been in the band since dirt was invented.
Watches the rise and fall of lead players.
Must be in by midnight or wife will be mad.
Sets up band.
Drives bus or pulls equipment trailer.
Drinks gin and tonics.
Second tenor sax player is best friend.

Bass Bone.

Consider their chair a "solo" position.
Takes everything down an octave or two or three.
Passes gas from both ends,,,, during gigs.
Loves bean burritos.
Brings every mute they have ever owned to gigs.
Drinks hugh quantities of odd beer like "Grolschenviner"
Doesnt know or care that the sax section exists.
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Thor on October 14, 2009, 11:21:26 AM
There was a sax section ?!?!?!?!?
Title: Re: Oklahoma man charged in reported harmonica attack
Post by: Chris_ on October 14, 2009, 11:42:45 AM
There was a sax section ?!?!?!?!?
Yeah, on 5th Avenue.