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  Arguably the best debunker on YouTube

  by Terry in

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  this fellow's channel is called watchtower examination.. he is clear, reasonable, thoughtful--but best of all--his teaching method with visuals is perfection!.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukcep7v1i1o.

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  Thank you Terry for delivering my monthly dose of anti-cult and anti BS medicine..
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  Any Guitar Players Out there?

  by WillowTrees in

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  i'm trying to understand which chords these are, in terms of piano.

  it's off helmets song "blacktop".

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  But I was not aware or exposed to them until I heard Van Halen.

  The first hit song built around power chords was The Kinks's "You Really Got Me" released in 1964 (Walser 1993, p.9):
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  Any Guitar Players Out there?

  by WillowTrees in

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  i'm trying to understand which chords these are, in terms of piano.

  it's off helmets song "blacktop".

  |-------------------------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------------------------|---------------------| |-7--7--7-7-3--3--3-3-5--5--5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-7--7--7-7-3--3--3-3-5--5--5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-7--7--7-7-3--3--3-3-5--5--5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| play x 3 | pm................................................... play x 4 outro |-------------------------|-----------------| |-------------------------|-----------------| |-------------------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-/7--3-3-0-3-4-5~~-|-6-5-3-0-3-5-3-0-| |-0-0-0-/7--3-3-0-3-4-5~~-|-6-5-3-0-3-5-3-0-| |-0-0-0-/7--3-3-0-3-4-5~~-|-6-5-3-0-3-5-3-0-| play x 12* |.

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  I don't think they existed back in the 60's

  Or as you infer whether they exist at all.

  These chords including the so called 'power chords' are as old as tertial harmony itself and have been in use for going on 500 years. Certainly long before '70's pop & rock' musicians think they invented them. These are not even true power chords if such a thing even exists. True power chords consist of just a root, a 5th and usually a second stacked root an octave higher.

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  Theorists are divided on whether a power chord can be considered a chord in the traditional sense, with some requiring a 'chord' to contain a minimum of three degrees of the scale. When the same interval is found in traditional and classical music, it would not usually be called a "chord", and may be considered to be a dyad (separated by an interval ). However, the term is accepted as a pop and rock music term, most strongly associated with the overdriven electric guitar styles of hard rock , heavy metal , punk rock , and similar genres. The use of the term "power chord" has, to some extent, spilled over into the vocabulary of other instrumentalists, such as keyboard and synthesizer players.
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  Any Guitar Players Out there?

  by WillowTrees in

  1. jw
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  i'm trying to understand which chords these are, in terms of piano.

  it's off helmets song "blacktop".

  |-------------------------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------------------------|---------------------| |-7--7--7-7-3--3--3-3-5--5--5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-7--7--7-7-3--3--3-3-5--5--5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-7--7--7-7-3--3--3-3-5--5--5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| play x 3 | pm................................................... play x 4 outro |-------------------------|-----------------| |-------------------------|-----------------| |-------------------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-/7--3-3-0-3-4-5~~-|-6-5-3-0-3-5-3-0-| |-0-0-0-/7--3-3-0-3-4-5~~-|-6-5-3-0-3-5-3-0-| |-0-0-0-/7--3-3-0-3-4-5~~-|-6-5-3-0-3-5-3-0-| play x 12* |.

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  Although drop D is the obvious clue and the simple single finger power bar chords, the actual harmony is just a series of stacked perfect 4ths (possible Root, perfect 4th and flattened 7th) This could even be interpreted in a very modern 'out there' jazz style in the style of Mccoy Tyner. (John Coltrane's piano player). I love these chords.. I find their inherent instability and dissonance very satisfying.

  Played at the 5th fret any of these could be the chord name:

  A7sus4	A 7th Suspended 4th
  Dsus4/A	D/A Suspended 4th
  Gsus2/A	G/A Suspended 2nd
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  Can I block tv.jw.org from my internet?

  by Emily24 in

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  my spouse and i have not been to the meetings in about 10 years.

  recently i have noticed a very very strong push from my spouse's family.

  they have been sending jw shit in the mail all the time.

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  What router do you have?
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  How Much Drinking Is Too Much?

  by minimus in

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  i have seen that some say if a man has 3 beers per day or a woman has 2 glasses of wine per day, that they may have .

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  Alcohol does not solve any problems.. but then again, neither does milk.
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  How Much Drinking Is Too Much?

  by minimus in

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  i have seen that some say if a man has 3 beers per day or a woman has 2 glasses of wine per day, that they may have .

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  I know for a fact what I drank last night was too much..
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  Famous Witnesses

  by startingover13 in

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  i've been doing some research about famous witnesses.

  some were raised and eventually left, while others came in as adults.

  they range from sports players, musicians, and entertainers.

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  Putting Geri Halliwell in the same league as Thelonius Monk is simple blasphemy!!

  One or two maybe but the rest come on! Well sorry but these are just not famous witness either really are they? Hardly famous anything. I like to keep a grip on reality.. I don't count people on Brookside or East Enders as famous.
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  Famous Witnesses

  by startingover13 in

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  i've been doing some research about famous witnesses.

  some were raised and eventually left, while others came in as adults.

  they range from sports players, musicians, and entertainers.

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  There's maybe 4 names in that list that could be called famous witnesses, George Benson, Hank Marvin, and possibly the Williams sisters, the rest are just z-listers..

  Having a third cousin's great grand mother that once read a magazine 57 years does not make one in any way remotely a 'witness' as many of those names in the list hang on such weak connections.
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  JW's protected from Tsunami by going to the meeting... from bethel

  by Max Divergent in

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  came across this from one of the "faithfull".... now just watch out now you inactive ones there's a tsunami looking for you, so just be sure you "keep you eyes on the prize ocean".

  just spoke to [some bethalite at a bethhell near you] last night.. she was telling us of the news regarding our brothers and sisters in the tsunami region.

  in one area all the brothers were at the meeting when it struck, except for one sister who was home sick and a 6 member family of inactive ones who were caught up in it because they hadn't gone to the meeting.

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  Max - of the "buggered if there's a big wave" class

  I miss Focus..