{"id":1901,"date":"2020-06-15T15:45:48","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T19:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/?p=1901"},"modified":"2020-06-15T15:45:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T19:45:48","slug":"hmmm-that-doesnt-ring-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/?p=1901","title":{"rendered":"Hmmm…That Doesn’t RING RIGHT!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have a wonderful friend named Carol and I can\u2019t tell you how many times down through the years I\u2019ve seen Carol get a real puzzled look on her face, become very thoughtful and say \u201cNow something about that just don\u2019t ring right!\u201d  <\/em> In other words, she was saying \u201cThat doesn\u2019t make sense\u201d, \u201cdoesn\u2019t sound like the truth\u201d or \u201cdoesn\u2019t match up with Biblical truths.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this crazy age we are living in, the majority of\nthings we hear, watch and read do not \u201cring right\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This hit me in a musical way yesterday in church.  At the end of the service, our music team was\nplaying a beautiful new song unfamiliar to me. \nIt was moving along quite nicely when all of a sudden, the chord\nmovement went from the I to VI.  One member\nof the team played a vi7 (a minor seventh chord) and one played the VI7 (built\non a Major triad).  So here I am sitting\nin the audience and I hear the guitar playing an Em7 and the piano playing\nE7—not ringing right!   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was happening was that the guitar was playing the\nnotes b, d, e and g <\/strong>and the piano was\nplaying b, d, e and  g#<\/strong>.   Now g and g# sit side by side on the piano\n— 1\/2 step apart as shown in this illustration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When the notes g and g# are played together (or any\nnotes which are a half step interval) there is a \u201crubbing\u201d sound and believe me\nit is not pretty<\/strong> or pleasant to listen to.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the service was finished, they continued to play so I walked up to the keyboard player and asked if the chord sheet had a G7(#5#9) chord in that particular spot.  He said, \u201cno, it\u2019s a G7.\u201d  I was unfamiliar with the song, but because of its style, it just did not seem to be fitting to have a G7(#5#9) chord.  The keyboard player spoke into the talk-back mic to the guitar player and told him \u201cwe need to play a G dominant 7 there.\u201d  He did and guess what?  It \u201crang\u201d right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, if you are a musician who uses the G7(#5#9)\n(also illustrated) you probably know that chord is built with an augmented (1 \u2013\n3 \u2013 5#) and minor (1 \u2013 3b \u2013 5).  It has a\ndissonant sound, but the voicing is so that the 3b is on top of the\nchord and the major 3 is on the bottom of the chord. But the chord IS\nNOT played with the 3b and 3 sitting side by side or \u201crubbing\u201d.  In addition, it is most often used in upbeat\nor more jazzy songs.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this crazy world in which we live in today, we must\nbecome alert and listen to the \u201cring\u201d of sights and sounds around us in order not\nto be deceived.  We must always allow the\nHoly Spirit within us to be on full alert. If you find yourself feeling like\nsomething you\u2019ve seen or heard \u201crubs\u201d adversely against your Holy Ghost, don\u2019t\njust override it or ignore it—check it out\u2014MOST LIKELY it\u2019s not of God and is\na deception the enemy is trying use against you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor\nif the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the\nbattle?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\nCorinthians 14:8 KJV<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are preparing to hear sound of the trumpet my\nfriends\u2014make sure you are hearing a CERTAIN sound and it\u2019s ringing right!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have a wonderful friend named Carol and I can\u2019t tell you how many times down through the years I\u2019ve seen Carol get a real puzzled look on her face, become very thoughtful and say \u201cNow something about that just don\u2019t ring right!\u201d   In other words, she was saying \u201cThat doesn\u2019t make sense\u201d, \u201cdoesn\u2019t sound … Continue reading Hmmm…That Doesn’t RING RIGHT!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[30,33,31,32],"class_list":["post-1901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resources","tag-dissonant-sounds","tag-half-step-intervals","tag-playing-as-a-team","tag-rubbing-sounds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1901"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1906,"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901\/revisions\/1906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pentecostalmusicians.com\/PMblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}