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Welcome!

Hello, JDWpianist, and welcome to Conservapedia!

We're glad you are here to edit. We ask that you read our Editor's Guide before you edit.

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Thanks for reading, JDWpianist!

GFasten 17:49, 16 March 2009 (EDT)

--Joaquín Martínez 00:17, 31 December 2009 (EST)

Hi, welcome to CP, I'd reccomend writing something on your userpage in order to give you a blue name! GFasten 18:01, 16 March 2009 (EDT)

Thanks for the tip. There's something preliminary there now. I hope to add more later. JDWpianist 18:29, 16 March 2009 (EDT)

Welcome to Conservapedia! --Joaquín Martínez 09:15, 17 March 2009 (EDT)

What are the images you need? You may use also Conservapedia:Image upload requests. --Joaquín Martínez 16:09, 17 March 2009 (EDT)

Thanks for the tip, and a belated thanks for the welcome! I happen to have a lot of musical examples for basic music theory, which I created on Sibelius notation software while I was a Teaching Assistant. I'll use the image upload request.JDWpianist 17:35, 17 March 2009 (EDT)

And now?

Vienna, thanks for the suggestion. --Joaquín Martínez 23:40, 8 April 2009 (EDT)

The new gallery looks great! And that's definitely the Stephansdom I know and love -- though the renovation on the tower finished very recently and it's looking even better now. You know, for Maundy Thursday, they pealed the bells at 7 p.m., it's a haunting, ancient sound.

I was inspired by your additions to flesh out the article a lot more. Hope you enjoy it. JDWpianist 17:51, 9 April 2009 (EDT)

Thanks again and Godspeed. --Joaquín Martínez 20:10, 18 April 2009 (EDT)

Conservapedia:Featured articles

Any proposal for new articles?

--Joaquín Martínez 20:01, 22 May 2009 (EDT)

Thank you for your reply. We have material for a month; may be you will have then finished some articles to include. Godspeed. --Joaquín Martínez 15:04, 24 May 2009 (EDT)

Clarinet

Who first called it a 'licorice stick'? And what is the role of the clarinet in the big bands of the Big Band Era? --Ed Poor ^Talk 17:24, 25 May 2009 (EDT)

I think the "licorice stick" epithet came around just as big bands were becoming popular, in the '30s, though it's not clear if it can be traced to any one person. The clarinet was a big deal much earlier in New Orleans Jazz, where it played a mostly obbligato role (see also the page on heterophony). This role kind of morphed over into Big Band Jazz, where as a solo instrument it played lots of decoration over the main melody. The great soloists like Benny Goodman of course had a big part in shaping that. Later into the 40's, Ellington and Count Basie wrote some pieces with whole clarinet ensembles instead of saxophones, which gave it a special moody character.

Hope that helps. JDWpianist 17:34, 25 May 2009 (EDT)

Yes. Next question: What do you call the kind of broken chord which is indicated by a wavy line to the left of the notes? And how do you distinguish that from the typical arpeggio which is written out in, say, eighth notes (or as Bach did with the Well-Tempered Clavier Prelude #1, sixteenth notes)? --Ed Poor ^Talk 18:20, 25 May 2009 (EDT)

They're actually both called arpeggios technically, but the wavy line is usually just called a roll (or rolled chord). Practically there aren't many situations where the two usages can be confused. I personally call an arpeggio with a distinct rhythm (like the Bach) a broken chord. JDWpianist 18:28, 25 May 2009 (EDT)

The Nozze di Figaro Anonymous watercolour.

Done.

Greetings.

--Joaquín Martínez 19:36, 22 December 2009 (EST)

Morality and ethics

Can you help me distinguish between morality and ethics? I mean, not me personally ... let's write some articles together. --Ed Poor ^Talk 10:46, 20 January 2010 (EST)

(replying here, as your talk page is locked) I'd be happy to do what I can, for what a musician's opinion is worth. I've moved our discussion around a little, since it was traversing many topics unrlated to Mulan. The relevant part is on Talk:Occult, and the whole thing, including my reply, is now on Talk:Ethics. JDWpianist 09:19, 21 January 2010 (EST)

Anthropogenic global warming theory

Hi, JDW. I have a question about something you said last month:

• too much polar ice will melt and raise the ocean levels

Were you referring just to sea ice, i.e., floating on the ocean - or to all ice at pole(s) including that on land? Recall that when an iceberg melts it has hardly any effect on sea level. One kilogram of ice displaces one liter of fresh water, and just about the same amount of salt water. --Ed Poor ^Talk 12:32, 16 February 2010 (EST)

That comment was a response to a picture that Jpatt uploaded, which showed that this year's temperatures for most of the globe were colder than the average of the previous 8 years. The one surprising exception was the polar ice caps, whose temperatures were clearly warmer this year than the average.

So yes, the segment you just quoted was my understanding of the typical global warming argument, which seems to say that higher temperatures at the poles means a faster increase in sea levels. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding their position, but what I always hear from climatologists in the press is that polar temperatures are their main worry. Maybe you're right -- and I certainly hope that you are -- that polar ice melting would have little effect on sea level. I'm not qualified to judge the facts, but I do attempt to understand both sides, so as not to be duped by propaganda and misinformation. JDWpianist 13:02, 16 February 2010 (EST)

You mean like Phil Jones admitting to the BBC that there hasn't really been any "global warming" whatsoever in the past 15 years? [1] That kind of being duped? Or the kind of misinformation like the southern pole rapidly losing ice, but that studies show is rapidly gaining ice in most areas other than the Ross shelf? --ṬK_/Admin^/Talk 15:57, 16 February 2010 (EST)

Hey, TK, go easy on my fellow musician! --Ed Poor ^Talk 15:59, 16 February 2010 (EST)