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STILL ON CORRUPTION Great to hear and see the drive of the present administration in tackling corruption. Chasing after looters ( following the rule of law, and not as a dictator, I suppose) who have plundered NIGERIA. And that can be a good starting point. However, we must realize like I have stated recently that corruption is more than just stealing money. I mentioned some so called little things that have come to be accepted as norms in our day to day life which are in fact and indeed corruption. And until we zero in on those things, and pursue corruption from the root, we may be exercising in futility. Take for instance the AREA BOYS issue in the western part of NIGERIA. From time to time, and believe it or not, I hop on a keke maruwa (tricycle), and very sparingly, okada, in remote areas where they are allowed to operate, when I need to do so. And just like to day, You suddenly find some guy jumping unto the road and demanding money by force. I'm not talking about levies for the transport unions o. I mean the ones where some Area father sits somewhere and runs a system or cartel of extortion and exploitation. And if you live in Lagos like me, you would have seen them today, especially if you're a public transport user. I have never felt right seeing that. And Today, the guy jumped on the road, parks the bike and says " where my money?", and I'm thinking, "your money?", how? Why? You sit down, smoking hemp and drinking booze round the clock, and then harass some innocent fellow struggling to make ends meet for "your money". I don't know how these things make others feel, but for me, something wells up inside of me. A holy anger that is. How about the omonile issue? You buy a plot of land, and you have to settle people for buying. Settle them for fencing, settle for building. And even settle for demolishing. I'm not even going to talk about going to the state government to sort out documentation for the land. Because that's another level of corruption. Over the years these evils have become part and parcel of the naija life. Our children don't know any better. They are born and raised seeing these things as acceptable ways of life. Which is why I think corruption is psychological and mental. It is a perverse mindset and world view that soon becomes a culture, that is, a way of life and living. Therefore, the average Nigerian must undergo a radical and pragmatic renewal of mind. And this I do not know how the government would do this. But as a church, we have got the power of God's word to transform the human mind and thinking. And as such must emphasize more, the fruit and character of Christ above miracle signs and wonders in our teachings. It would shock you to have a discuss with a fellow believer, and they'll argue that some clearly criminal activity is simply being smart. Nevertheless, the present administration may argue that the fight against corruption has to just start somewhere, and that with time the effect of this graft war would trickle down to the ordinary Nigerian on the streets. And I hope this is the case. But whatever they do, I maintain that until these everyday acceptable criminal activities become taboos and unacceptable to the average Nigerian, the day when a policeman demanding 50naira from a danfo driver becomes a very big deal, the area boy and omoniles are arrested and charged, then this fight against corruption may just be another white elephant project. That said, kudos to the government. My thoughts though...

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Karleb:
Cool!

Can you talk about how to play hymns using the blues scale?

Cc:pianistsegz200 et al.

to learn how to use scales.. You need to learn scale patterns...try and get any jazz improvisation book.. Learn d scale patterns for any scale

My guys dem, I don miss una oh! Well I'm on a long holiday now so I have enough time to share a lot with you guys. This morning we will be treating "substitution by harmonic content".


Now what does this mean?


This simply means : rearranging the notes of a particular chord you want to play, to give it a quite different sound and also give you a phat sound. Now look at this little illustration with a maj13 chord in a 7-3-6 progression on key Db :


7- E Bb//E A D


3- F A//Eb Ab Db


6- G D F//A Bb D F


Now we are laying emphasis on the 7 and 6 chord actually.

The 7 chord is a Cdom13 with notes : C E G Bb D A.
Substitution by harmonic content means, rearranging these notes in another way of your choice in which I got E Bb// E A D.




Now the 6 chord is a Bbmaj13 with notes : Bb D F A C G

Which I rearranged to get G D F// A Bb D F.

Someone would think I just played Gmin9 from nowhere haha, it is actually related to Bb by "harmonic content".


Happy weekend guys!

DAVE5:
I am not an engineer or anything close to that but if I was going to build a car, i won't consider this trash as an option


ingenuity is not by force, if u r not a genius u can't jump and become one


even in 1600s America dint consider this an option

okay you are not an engineer, we that have studied little engineering will tell you that everything has a raw form, okay. The car he made can be advanced by design, that's why you have toyota camry 1999,2001,2002,2003,etc. They are all cars, just little features which make them a lil. What matters is the working system. So don't just discriminate anyhow

claremont:
That place has been there for ages. The owner used the popularity of Agege bread amongst Nigerians to market his pastry shop, the bread they sell there doesn't look like the proper Agege bread sold in Nigeria.

wow, interesting

redgem:
It's not a new thing..... Besides it's just the name but it will definitely won't taste like the main agege bread

how r u so sure it won't taste like the main agege bread?

sexyglow:
After or before osuofia in london

lol this pic is as recent as today so its after osuofia in london

So my boss shared this pic and I think its really nice, what do you guys think?

Dannyboy995:
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ladywriter:
Contact the support desk and ask them to help you track it or send a new card.

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Ephemmm:
Please how can I be a saxophonist within the shortest period of time: I am always inspired whenever I see that instrument.

you can only do that if you don't have any work doing. So its better you learn accurately and don't forget cos if you rush, you will

kingobozy:
Here it is. You didn't break down d notes.

okay the notes are

Fe tau// moh zi do


Ti la// mi zi ti


Mi do//do re so

kingobozy:
@dramadiddy can u pls help me with dat b5-7-3 progression you uploaded months ago. i mean the notes or Tonic solfas which ever feels convenient

which one exactly...can you quote it?

ChynoBEATS:
I need help in playing a preparatory piece

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ChynoBEATS:
BRO can you Sight-READ music











N is the stuff for beginners "the book"??......

yeah I can sight-read and the book is for intermediate upwards

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bsolo1:
Just found this thread and am like how did i not see this all this while...

well welcome and make yourself comfortable

Karleb:
Chord names please?

Dramadiddy:
New movement I learnt to lead to the 1
Tau mo// s tau mo s (Fmin11)
Fa ti m//ti mi zi ti (Gdom13b9)
Do do// d m s d. (Cmaj)
And another movement I learnt to the 4
Tau fa// zi d mo (Bbmin11)
Do so//tau re fa (Cmin11)
Fa do mi//d m s.(Fmaj9)

Karleb:
Chord names please?

Cc Dehero1 this is what karleb meant

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New movement I learnt to lead to the 1

Tau mo// s tau mo s

Fa ti m//ti mi zi ti

Do do// d m s d



And another movement I learnt to the 4

Tau fa// zi d mo

Do so//tau re fa

Fa do mi//d m s

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kashkeyz:
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deeptesting:
Mainland... Jakande Oke-Afa to be precise.

Okay.. Call this number 08069723618 (Mr Isaac) and tell him kelenna gave you his number..he's a very good teacher

deeptesting:
Please i have a newly acquired E443 keyboard.. I bought it because i want to learn it & use it to praise God... How do i go about learning it? Can u recommend a teacher or an institution?

where do you stay?

Dehero1 what's up.. I'm replying your mails but it keeps saying the email address is not valid.. What did you want to talk about

Karleb:
I don't gerrit! How do you guys manipulate what to play on the left apart from the power chords and the whole chord i.e major or minor triad because the voicing I see here these days are becoming something else.

when you know the notes that make up a chord, you can then rearrange them and then you have different voicings

If you wanna improve your chordal vocabulary, I suggest you download jazzology, and If you wanna know how reharmonisation is done, download handbook of chord substitutions by andy laverne.. Just check on Google for their pdf files, good luck

Nawao na psychiatric institution u dey? Wich one be 7 unit course again..