Word: rhythm
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Compos-A-Tune ($3) is an 18 in. by 7 in. cardboard rectangle with 16 twirlable dials arranged in two rows. On the upper eight dials the operator sets any rhythm scheme desired (from countless possible combinations) for the first eight bars of a tune. By twirling the bottom eight dials, and following the directions on them, he then discovers a suitable harmonic progression for the eight bars. Next, by consulting a table on the Compos-A-Tune, he learns what melodic notes harmonize with the chord progression, and can lay out a melody in the rhythm shown...
Three Ways to Die. Electricity can cause death in three different ways: 1) by burning; 2) by paralysis of the nervous system, which stops breathing; 3) by "ventricular fibrillation" of the heart, i.e., breaking up the normal rhythm of the heart muscles. Of these, the heart effect is by far the most dangerous, for it is virtually impossible to restore the normal beat, once interrupted. Fortunately, most accidental electric shocks attack not the heart but the nervous system, and victims can usually be revived by artificial respiration...
...faces of Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery-faces heavy with power, craft, superhuman responsibility, humanly transfigured by the exhilaration of a great and successful change of rhythm in history...
...researchers recorded heart sounds both before & after mild exercise. After exercise, they found, a heart's pitch normally goes up (irrespective of its rhythm), returns to normal in about five minutes. When, after exercise, the pitch 1) goes very high and takes a long time to come down, 2) does not change, or 3) goes down, Dr. Foulger looks for trouble. He usually finds...
Before casting the Perry band aside as just another unfortunate musical mistake, something should be said of their bassist, or rather their ex-bassist, Lloyd Trotman. A bassist of Trotman's calibre is a rare occurrence. He is both an excellent rhythm musician and a fine soloist. Men with technical command of their instruments are plentiful in comparison to those who possess both virtuosity and a taste for good jazz. Here is a man who does more than just "play the notes" and as a result deserves a place on anyone's list of "third world" musicians. But in spite...