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   Message 691 of 1,606   
   norborder to All   
   Re: green dots   
   11 Jul 11 14:00:18   
   
   From: norborder@bite.me   
      
   "Max C. Webster III" sayed:   
      
   > "Dale Hicks"  done said:   
   >   
   >>>> Anyone know what the green dots are for on Geddy's keyboard?   
   >>>   
   >>> Geddy's "cheat sheet" - so to speak. I think he has other colored dots   
   >>> on   
   >>> there as well. Lazy bastard. ;)   
   >>   
   >> I assumed as much, but didn't get why there's only a few.  Is it just   
   >> for quick hand positioning when he gets back to the keyboard after   
   >> playing the bass part of the song?  Maybe like where the pinky finger   
   >> goes for a particular song?   
   >>   
   >> Has anyone noticed what note it's on vs. what notes he needs for the   
   >> songs played in the performance?  I'm musically illiterate, so I   
   >> don't know what note any of them are on, or what notes are even used   
   >> in the songs.   
   >   
   >   
   > I assumed they were EFX triggers.   
      
   Prolly some of that as well.   
      
   I don't know if I've ever heard him trainwreck on keys. I've often wondered   
   if Geddy *can* actually play the "wrong note" on the keyboards. IOW - he has   
   to play the parts in time, but if he hits a bum note, is the keyboard is   
   programmed to output the right note for him?   
      
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