All climbing training diary entries may be viewed here.

Tried to pick-up on the cardio this week, but still rather limited by the ankle. Was surprised how well I could do on the fingerboard after a long lay-off. I started by virtually completing a session that it had previously taken quite some time to build up to. Second time round I did all of the sets that I didn't quite finish on the first session, but then had weird things happening in my ankle *sigh*. Nevertheless I guess I still have some residual finger-strength from earlier in the year. This was demonstarted later in the week by sticking some pretty marginal crimps on a roof problem in The Peak.
 

 
I'm pretty fed up about the ankle problems, some rest and maybe physio is in order.
 

 
Progress against Short-term Goals

	No routes this week, only bouldering.
	Ticked the objective of at least 40km cycling for the first week since the ankle injury - would be nice to sustain this.
	The idea of running on the ankle(s) seems very unappealing at present.
	Ticked recommencing fingerboard sessions - again now need to sustain this.
	Repeated the harder bits of a V4 (with no topping out due to the ankle). Also got a V3 (again with no top-out). I know neither really count, but I am grateful for small mercies at present.

 
Progress against Medium-term Goals

None :-(.

Ja. Ich tendiere dazu, allem viel zu starke Gefühle zuzuordnen. Ich kenne das eine und das andere Extrem. Dazwischen nur einige wenige. Meine Gefühle schwanken von lieben ins Hassen und ich kenne noch um die vier positive Gefühle dazwischen. Wie kann es sein, dass ich so schnell hasse aber doch recht lange brauche um jemanden oder etwas zu lieben?

Andererseits, kann ich sehr wohl zwischen nicht wirklich mögen, blöd finden und so weiter aufzeigen. Aber ich glaube für mich ist es einfacher, direkt zu hassen. Dann muss ich nicht überlegen. Das ist Hass, damit beschäftigt man sich nicht. Verstanden?

Danke, jetzt habe ich schon wieder eines meiner Probleme gelöst ohne das zu wollen. Schon wieder ein Problem veröffentlicht, auf das ich eigentlich nicht zu sprechen kommen wollte. Aber was solls? Das ist ja auch meine Therapie.

Und für Leute, die es schlecht finden, dass Gefühle veröffentlicht werden. Lest es durch und denkt drüber nach. Oder lest keine Blogs. Danke.

Deltron 3030 - 3030 (sowohl Lied wie auch Album = GENIAL!)

mal wieder ein lebenszeichen von mir.

war alles recht doof, in letzter zeit. book war iwi kaputt, ich in bulgarien, nie zeit mich zu melden. jetzt bin ich zurück, ich hab das book mal wieder zum laufen gebracht. applaus bitte!

so, ich bin mal wieder weg. aber ich komme wieder mit mehr und besserem! versprochen.

Apathy & Celph Titled - Sound Of The Clap

Correcto. Para que objectivo? No site escrevem em alemão, não em inglês, e torna-se dificil de perceber mesmo com os tradutores online, mas básicamente alguns membros da BRR (Martin, Elias e talvez mais que não estão nas fotos?) deslocaram-se a Zurique para gravar nos estudios da Canon.

 Como a BRR já usa maquinas HD desta marca fizeram uma parceria que em princípio vai resultar num video com o Elias para o fim deste ano.

Com 20gb de footage, vão ter muito para escolher, esperamos nós!

Album.

Espero que gostem ;)

Low Quality:

High Quality:

Link.

w  h  h  w  h  h  w  h  h

This mode translates very nicely to guitar. Behold the fretboard diagrams, this time with each mode written out in standard notation as well:

Consider the first transposition: C  D  E♭  E♮  G♭  G♮  A♭  B♭  B♮  C

And the following tonal triads which are native to it: dominant seventh chords are denoted with the seventh in parenthesis.

  C               E              G♯
  C               E              G♮             (B♭)
  C               E♭             G
  C               E♭             G♭
          D                F♯             A♯
                  E♭             G               B♮
                  E♭             G               B♭       (D♭)
                  E♭             G♭             B♭
                  E♮             G♯              B♯
                  E               G♯              B♮         (D)
                  E               G♮             B
                  E               G               B♭
                                  G♭             B♭          D
                                  G♮             B♭          D                                                B♭          D
                                  G               B♮          D
                                          A♭            C           E♮
                                          A♭            C           E♭       (G♭)
                                          A♭            C♭         E♭
                                          A♭            C♭         E 𝄫
B♭           D               F♯
B♮           D               F♯
B            D♯               F♯          (A)

Similar to the octatonic scale, these chords can be used to modulate into and out of the mode. They also give it a certain tonal ubiquitousness -no particular key is emphasized, but many of these triads are not distant from each other and can hint towards particular tonal regions if the composer so chooses. There are even a few traditional tonic-dominant relationship (C - G or A♭-E♭or E♮-B♮).

The mode itself is divided into three symmetrical groups of four notes:

C                   D                  E♭                 E♮
E♮     whole       G♭      half       G♮      half       A♭
A♭     step        B♭      step       B♮      step       C

It is symmetrical along an augmented fifth - this basically means that C is equivalent to G♯ (A♭), which is itself equivalent to E♮. It will sound the same if you start the mode on C, G♯ or E♮, since each of these notes is followed by a whole-step and two half-steps. This symmetry is what gives these modes their unique character - the chromatic and whole-tone scales are such because all intervals in them are homogeneous, the symmetry is an almost immaterial byproduct of the nature of these scales. The octatonic scale is slightly more complex, as it alternates whole and half steps, but is still only has two variations: it either begins with a half step or a whole step. The third mode is symmetrical in a less obvious way: it folds over itself in thirds, and each third is equivalent.

The guitar is particularly well suited for observing these unique characteristics - perhaps moreso than the piano because of the fretboard's logical chromatic layout.  Arbitrary placement of white and black keys don't detract from the relatively simple underlying patterns. For example, look again at the first transposition - the pattern on the first fret repeats itself exactly on frets 5, 9, 13, 17, 21.... etc. You really only need to memorize the fingering patterns for four frets to play the mode up and down the entire neck! It's almost deceptively simple when applied to guitar.

No worries if you haven't been able to follow all of the theory so far - just take the first transposition and play around with it, and all of these relationships will fall into place. It's so much easier and more effective to just soak it up in a purely musical sense than to try to explain things with feeble words and theory. I can't stress it enough - this mode is awesome. Invest an hour to learn at least one transposition and mess around with it.

This scale has three transpositions and, comme toujours, no tonic:

Consider the first transposition (E, F#, G, A, Bb, C, C#, D#) in terms of two diminished seventh chords:

E       G       Bb       Db 
    F#      A         C         Eb

Also note a few major/minor triads that are native to the scale:

A        C#        E       (G)

A        C         E

         C         E        G        (Bb)

         C         Eb       G

                   Eb       G         Bb        (Db)

                   Eb       Gb        Bb

                            F#        A#         C#         (E)

                            F#        A          C#

                                      A          C#          E      (G)

These can act as pivot chords for modulation into and out of the octatonic scale from any major or minor key that has one of these chords. Each major chord can also act as a dominant 7th, still native to the octatonic scale (noted in parenthesis).

To me, the octatonic is far more interesting than the whole-tone - it can be easily incorporated into a piece of tonal music with these major/minor triads, and it sounds much richer than the whole-tone scale. The octatonic scale also lends itself very well to guitar, and has really helped me break out of some ruts by challenging my muscle-memory comfort zone. Surely all guitarists know the feeling - you rely too much on your fingers, allowing them to think for you, and the bastards only want to play what they're used to. They defy us and any attempts to change their old habits, crapping on your creativity in the process. Sometimes these episodes last for months, and I've found the only way to fix the problem is to introduce radically new material, and play it exclusively. A musical shock-and-awe which your body will attempt to reject, but a necessary step towards progress. Upon returning to your old habits, you'll see everything in a delicious new limelight, and fascinating new patterns you've never noticed before will suddenly emerge.

The octatonic is one of my favorites - I highly recommend it to anyone with an open mind looking to open it up a bit more.

Mais uma experiência fantástica para todos 8)

Para muitos, a melhor jam de sempre. Foi muito bom, ambiente muito amigavel, o skatepark é fantástico. O vento não ajudou, mas se esperássemos um pouco ele acalmava e lá podiamos lançar a nossa manobra no game of skate!

Houveram várias câmaras a gravar o evento, e vão haver videos a retratar esse dia.

Por agora deixo algumas fotos, enjoy. We enjoyed.

Um pouco do skatepark.

As grandes mesas que tinhamos ao dispor.

A famosa BIGMINI replica.

Para muitas mais fotos: Miguel Tavares flickr.

Forum oficial português de fingerboard: FBPT.

Videos coming soon (:

As a guitarist/composer I've been exploring various applications of Messiaen's modes of limited transposition on the guitar, with tremendously frugiferous results. The first, and perhaps most famous, is the whole-tone scale, popularized by Debussy. Messiaen obviously did not "invent" it, but he categorized it as the first mode of limited transposition. Messiaen himself didn't use it too often, believing that Debussy had taken it as far as it could go. I would have to respectfully disagree. While I myself haven't come up with any earth-shattering masterpieces, I hope that guitarists will start experimenting a bit more with it. I would rather hear a whole-tone heavy metal solo over the usual metallica-esque modal stuff any day.

Below are guitar fingerboard diagrams for both transpositions of the whole-tone scale. This is the first in a series of posts exploring the different modes on guitar. All fingerboard patterns are, unless otherwise noted, in standard tuning.

Notice the very simple pattern on the fingerboard, it is much easier to memorize than even major/minor scales. The pattern varies slightly between the G and B strings, as is always the case with the guitar's tuning. Each position also repeats itself at regular intervals. For example, play the first transposition beginning on the open low E ascending 3 octaves to the open high e:

e ----------------------------------------0-----|
B ----------------------------------1--3--------|
G ----------------------------1--3--------------|
D -------------------0--2--4--------------------|
A -------------1--3-----------------------------|
E ----0--2--4-----------------------------------|

The pattern will be identical, no matter where you begin the scale. (The 5-fret stretch may be tricky for some, but there are no alternate fingerings that eliminate it).

An alternate fingering pattern:

e -----------------------------------------2----|
B -----------------------------------3--5-------|
G -------------------------1--3--5--------------|
D -------------------2--4-----------------------|
A ---------1--3--5------------------------------|
E ----2--4--------------------------------------|

I prefer the first one, but you should be familiar with both patterns. Personally, I find chords to be a little bit tricky, but melody and especially 2 or 3 voice counterpoint sound fantastic.

1.       Wood

2.       Pickup and Wiring

3.       Hardware

Those components play a big role in producing sound character and playability of an electric guitar. To know further about these components, lets discuss them one by one.

I.         Wood

a.       Wood as guitar’s body

Generaly, the light wood will give warmer and less bright sound. In turn, the heavier wood will produce dark and brighter sound. The following are descripstion of some types of wood used as guitar’s body and the sound character it produced.

1)       Alder

This wood is light and has a warm sound. The pattern – the wood fiber – doesn’t look really nice. That is why an electric guitar made from this wood needs a solid colour for the finishing.

2)       Basswood

This wood is as light as Alder, and have similar sound character too. The difference is Basswood is softer than Alder.

3)       Poplar

This is also the light one. It has a soft wood pattern. The sound is similar with Alder and Basswood.

4)       Mahogany

This red wood is pretty hard and strong. It produce bright sound and has a good sustain.

5)       Ash

This is also a heavy wood type, with wider pattern. It gives a bright sound but also a little bit punch character in its bass responds. That is why this wood usually used as a body for bass instrument.

6)       Maple

This strong and heavy wood has a thick sound character and various attack. This wood has a beautiful pattern divided into two level, original level and AAA level. AAA level divided into two types, AAA Mapletop with a vertical or horizontal lines pattern, and Bird Eye, the rare one. It is so hard to find AAA level Maple. In 1000ha forest there is probably only one tree with the fiber that could reach AAA level for its beauty. Many of guitar makers create an hi-end variant such because of this rare beauty, such as PRS (Paul Reed Smith), Ibanez with its J’Custom, and Fender with Label Custom Shop.

b.       Wood as guitar’s neck and fingerboard

Neck and fingerboard also made from various kinds of wood. The difference of every wood material obviously gives special characters not only in sound it produce but also the stability and feel while played. The wood material selection and the making process also plays an important role on guitar’s quality. The neck and fingerboard are important to the subjectivity of each guitarist. This is because the variety of shape, finger size, hands, and playing technique of every guitarists are different to each other. That is why this guitar part has various design and size. The material used for the neck usually made from Maple for its strenght and adjustable flexibility and its unique sound. There is also metal material inserted inside the neck to keep the stability of the neck. This steel or metal material is usually called “trusroad”

Fingerboard/Fretboard is the front side of the neck, a place of the frets (tone divider line). This fretboard usually made from Maple, Rosewood or Ebony. Generally, the fretboard is sticked to the back side of the neck because the insertion process of the trusroad is done from that side. This is to make neck and fingerboard to become one whole wood. Below I will describe the neck types and the effect to the sound.

1.       Rosewood fingerboard with Maple neck

Rosewood has a dark chocolate colour that Indonesian people often call it “Sonokeling”. Rosewood fingerboard with Maple neck is the one of the most popular combination adopted by the famous guitars industry. This combination produce stable neck, smooth feelings with warm sound.

2.       Ebony fingerboard with Maple neck

Ebony is a very hard wood type with solid black colour. When it used in fingerboard position, it will make a solid construction. It produced very bright sound. But the hardness of this wood makes it more difficult to swithc between frets.

3.       Fingerboard which is not separated from the neck (solid neck)

Means the neck and fingerboard is one whole wood construction, usually made of Maple. It has a bright sound character with good sustain. The re-built process of the fret should be done carefully and professionally considering the neck and the fingerboard is one whole part. The second minuses is the fingerboard can easily get dirty because of the white colour of the Maple.

die schule hat wieder begonnen. bereits die dritte woche. alles wie immer.

mir gehts gut, ich hätte gerne mehr freizeit, ich möchte knipsen, filmen und snowboarden. ich möchte zeit mit meinen liebsten verbringen und ich möchte reisen.

mehr als ich kriege liegt leider beim besten willen nicht drin, so bin ich glücklich mit dem, was ich habe. und alleine das ist nicht wenig.

danke noch einmal an alle leute (besondere besonders. (es gibt da so um die 6 personen, die besonders wichtig waren)), die mir in der schweren zeit geholfen haben und zu mir hielten, auch wenn es mir nicht gut ging.

"soviele kommen, wenn du glänzt und gehn, wenn du flennst, der beste freund wird dein feind, der cousin wird plötzlich ein fremder mensch" Curse - Kein Weg Zurück.

meine freunde sind die besten, meine freundin ist die beste, meine familie ist die beste. ich liebe euch alle. danke.

Celph Titled - Cover & Duck (feat. Styles of Beyond and Mike Shinoda)

Danke noch einmal ;)

Stress - Ma Musique meurt

A tape mais falada, a que revolucionou e nos tirou da miséria das novas Riptape da BlackRiver-Ramps (com todo o respeito!).

Bla bla bla, here we go!

Aparência.

Belas curvas (nose e tail.. que andam prai a pensar?). Cor definida. 1mm de espessura. Querem melhor?

A ES da FBS é perfeita em termos estéticos. Estamos a falar de uma tape que tem as mesmas medidas de um BerlinWood wide. Ou seja.. Se tens um destes maravilhosos decks, então ES pre-cut deve ser a tua escolha.

Como se podem aperceber pela foto, é cortada mesmo á medida, portanto serve perfeitamente no BW.

1mm de espessura, perfect. O modelo anterior (não cortado á medida) tinha umas tiras brancas por dentro, neste isso já não acontece. Não há nenhuma tira.

Resumo até agora: tens um BW wide ou outro deck com 27mm de largura? Esta tape é a melhor do mercado para ti! 8]

Performance.

Podemos dizer que é como o vinho do Porto. Quanto mais velho, melhor (não falo por experiência própria, na na..). Embora, ao sair do pacote tenha grip suficiente para sacares as tuas manobras normalmente (agora sim.. self experience..).

Devido ás celulas muito fechadas, oferece muito mais aderêcia do que por ex. a conhecida Riptape.

FBS ES Pre-Cut.

BRR Riptape.

É a minha escolha. Quem vê estas fotos percebe muito bem a diferença.

Muito melhor para flips, ollies, tudo mesmo.

Infelizmente, com o muito uso, a parte visual perde-se um pouco. Tal como é normal, os cantos começam a ter pequenas falhas. Embora o lema do vinho do Porto se mantenha, pois a aderência fica ainda melhor.

Não é um problema, aguenta-se muito tempo com este bom aspecto. E tal como sabemos, o aspecto não é tudo.

ES = LOVE.

Preço e onde comprar.

Onde comprar?

FBS Store

Por vezes encontra-se na FlatFace, mas é bem mais facil encomendar pela FBS, visto que se situa na Europa (falando para os portugueses).

O preço.. É de cerca de 8euros + portes. 5 folhas, stickers, saqueta. Considero um bom preço, até podem aproveitar para comprar mais uma outra peça de hardware, tal como os kingpins e o-ringz já que os portes não são caros (uninsured, apenas não tem o track number mas nunca tive problemas). Podem pagar por transf. bancária ou paypal, tudo na boa..

Resumo.

Melhor tape que já usei. Comprem e não vão ficar desapontados ;)

und neben diversen internen dingen gibt es auch viele sehr gute und schöne dinge in meinem leben, die mir eigentlich jeden tag versüssen. dinge, die ich sehr schätze und auf die ich nie mehr verzichten will.

danke. mir gehts besser denn je!

Death Before Dishonor - Aint Workin' (wer sich erinnern kann.. ich hab das lied lange gesucht.. finally found! :D)

yea, DC, with the sinister track.."

"Der beste Rapper, den ich je gehört habe"

"Das absolut geiste!"

"Celph... alleine die Stimme ist schon zu krass"

Celph Titled ist unter anderem Teil der Army der Pharaonen (Army of the Pharaos) und auch sonst sehr engagiert. Für Leute, die Celph Songs (zur genüge auf Youtube schau- und hörbar) mögen, ist die 4CD umfassende Sammlung "The Catalog - A Collection OF Chaos" empfehlenswert. 4CDs, 75 Tracks straight outta Tampa Bay, Florida.

Kauft Celph Titled!

Celph Titled - Big Dummy

Auf jedenfall bin ich in meiner letzten Woche Ferien und ja, irgendwie freu ich mich wieder auf Schule. Und jetzt hab ich noch das einte oder andere auf dem Programm. Aber das passt schon.

Man sieht sich.

Terror - Overcome

Wu-Tang Clan - Conditioner

wracam do starego hobby :) nauka idzie mi całkiem zgrabnie!
stare Tech Decki zastępuję nowym  fingerboardem: drewniany blat BIRDSa, kółeczka również tegoż producenta, traki póki co zostawiam TD, a resztę akcesoriów prawdopodobnie Grand Fingers. mam nadzieję, że nie będę żałował wydanych pieniędzy :)

Manu Becker- BS Nose - 08 Durmersheim

Manu Becker - BS Shifty - 08 Durmersheim

Lukas 'Lukki' Junk - SW Backsmith - 08 Durmersheim

Lukas 'Lukki' Junk - SW Flip Backtail - 08 Durmersheim

Aljoscha 'Al-J' Lellig - FS Air - 08 Durmersheim

Aljoscha 'Al-J' Lellig - BS Wallride - 08 Karlsruhe

Lukas 'Lukki' Junk - BS Wallride - 08 Karlsruhe

Manu Becker - Wallride - 08 Karlsruhe

Manu Becker - Tucknee - 08 Karlsruhe

Wasabi Coated Peanuts in einem kleinen Einkaufswagen - 06 Wohlen

Max Zulauf mit der Webcam - 08 Wohlen

Waldweg - 08 Wohlen

Stefan 'Marki' Markwalder - Ollie - 07 Bar

Rasierklinge - 07 Wohlen

Manu Oberle - SW Backnose 360 Shoveit - 07 Gockhausen (erster geglückter Longlenseshot bei anderen Personen)

Max Zulauf - Kickflip 50-50 - Invisible Rider Serie - 07 Wohlen

Fingerboard - Invisible Rider Serie - 07 Wohlen

Das sind die, für mich, momentan besten Bilder. Natürlich seid ihr immer Willkommen in meinem Fotostream. Es kommt auch in unregelmässigen Abständen was dazu. Vielen dank.

Army OF The Pharaos - Bloody Tears

Nachtrag: Am besten geht ihr eh auf flickr. Hier sind die meisten bilder abgeschnitten

Naja, ich werde sehen, was die Woche bringt, hoffentlich werde ich mit der Arbeit fertig. We'll see.

Army Of The Pharaos - Swords Drawn

Ach ja, by the way, ich bin schon länger wieder zurück. Ich werde bald was über Suppe schreiben. Suppe Suppe. Sobald ich Zeit habe. Löffelt bis dahin eure Suppe auf.

PVP - Aus abfackle