3 Word story

[Jonnywhy]

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[DragoonKnight]

Ireland won gold

[MountieXXL]

in synchronized wanking

[dintbo(aka bosco)]

Story number 3:

There is, to the best of my knowledge, only one person in history who has accidentally killed himself by conducting an orchestra. His name was Jean Baptiste Lully and here is how it happened.

Todays method of conducting an orchestra, person stands in front of orchestra and counts time, influences tempo, dynamics, mood etc, only became the standard during the romantic period of music (1800-1900) as it was during this time that the large symphony orchestras began to appear. Before this there were many different ways to conduct. Lully was both a relatively well known composer and conductor of a small string and woodwind orchestra. His way of conducting the orchestra was by banging a large staff on the floor. During on performance he accidentally stabbed himself in the foot causing a rather large wound. Some days later he contracted gangrene and died.

[DragoonKnight]

great spam war

[Jonnywhy]

triangulated, proceeding pretentiously

[dintbo(aka bosco)]

Story number 4:

There was a young man named Pythagoras (yes the one with the theorem) who main interests were maths and music. While walking past a blacksmiths one day he heard 2 blacksmiths working together, and the sound of both anvils being hit at the same time were very pleasing to the ear, so he went to investigate. He discovered that the anvils were different sizes, one being exactly half the size of the other. Pleased with his discovery he went on his way. Later his rather active mind started thinking, and he realised he could apply the same principle to stringed instruments, using longer strings for lower notes.

It was roughly 2000 years later that famous astronomer Galileo discovered that the thickness of a string also effected its pitch; the thicker the string the lower the note. Up until this point strings used in instruments had always been the same thickness, and had just varied in length. If Galileo had not discovered this, a string of no less than 12 metres in length would have been required to produce the lowest note on a grand piano, making it 8 times longer than the instrument we know today.

[DragoonKnight]

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[Jonnywhy]

"Fester's Place Bard"

[Toco]

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