Why do we associate reverby electric guitar with the ocean? - eviltoast

c.f. surf music and spongebob’s sound cues

Did our ancestors find God playing the electric guitar standing next to the ocean or something?

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    7 months ago

    “Oh, Susana” has 5-tone verses. Or, did you mean temperament (which I assume means the “distance” between the tones) when you said “move away”.

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      7 months ago

      Yea, temperament. Even though we use the same 8-note system that was used during the “classical” period, the distance (in frequency) between certain pitches isn’t the same as then, because we now (generally) use even-tempering.

      Re:move away

      Move away from today’s temperament in pop music (or even how classical is played with modern instruments) and most people would probably be confused because of these slight frequency changes.

      I’ve heard classical played with historically accurate temperament using instruments adjusted to try to reflect the sounds of the time - very different.

      Check out prof Greenburg - pretty sure he does it in one of his lecture series.