Okay, here is some basic music theory for you. Back in the day, when I was a little dude, they taught us the difference between treble clef and bass clef. These, people, are the loopy symbols on the left of the staff (the staff being the five lines the notes go on). Okay, wow, when [...]
Okay, here is some basic music theory for you. Back in the day, when I was a little dude, they taught us the difference between treble clef and bass clef. These, people, are the loopy symbols on the left of the staff (the staff being the five lines the notes go on).
Okay, wow, when I started this explanation, I didn’t realize how in-depth it was going to be!
So anyway, you’ve got your typical grand staff, with your bass and treble happening…and in order to “visualize” the difference and remember their respective names, my teacher chose to make them people. Mr. Bass Clef, of course, was a dude because bass is low and guys have low voices. And Mrs. Treble Clef (who was a curvaceous looker, I might add) was a chick because treble is high and girls sing high.
See the correlation? :)
But I always thought the naming of inanimate objects was funny. It makes them feel like people. So when I saw this today, I had to laugh:
For those of you not in the mortgage lending biz, we abbreviate everything. It’s not that we’re lazy, but we are so busy that shortcuts are nice. So if a husband and wife are applying for a loan, we refer to their documentation as “Mr.” and “Mrs.” respectively. “Mr’s paystubs.” “Mrs’ W-2s.” That sort of thing. But if you were looking at it without thinking, you would think that your underwriter got so bored that he started naming different pieces of paper in the file.
I think I’ll name the credit report Ralph.
Aaron, The last sentence of that last paragraph was hilarious! Great post.
p.s. Isn’t the clef on the left side, with the time sig. and the key sig.?
Fabulous! Three cheers.
I’m sad I know exactly what you’re talking about…