GR translation: a felt darkening

Michael Bailey michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
Wed Jun 29 21:21:17 CDT 2011


>
> I don't have an organ here but tried it on the piano where the effect may
> not be as pronounced.  It failed to occur to me that a minor chord sounds
> more somber and funereal than a major, thus bringing on the tears.
>

a) more proof that you're not a bedlamite

b) what would be more jarring would be moving the thumb up to a C,
thus forming an E augmented chord, maybe?
or the pinkie down to a D#, and the middle finger down to a G natural,
D# augmented?

I think I'll give it a rest at this point, though.



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