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Why Can We Hear Harmony?

ByGary August 7, 2013August 30, 2017

  My friend Scott is an expert river rafter. I went down the American River with him once. We had about five crew. It was a big raft, and well-behaved, so he decided he’d leave the driving to us, sit in the bottom of the boat, and go through one of the rapids with his…

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The Chord of Nature

ByGary November 10, 2012August 18, 2017

When I first learned to play guitar, I would sit on the couch late at night and pluck the low E string, again and again, and just listen to the beauty of the sound as it died away. That low E note is not just a simple vibration. The full length of the string is…

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