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Hiram Abiff (also Hiram Abif or the Widow's son) is the central character of an allegory presented to all candidates during the third degree in Freemasonry. Hiram is presented as the chief architect of King Solomon's Temple. He is murdered inside this Temple by three ruffians, after they failed to obtain from him the Master Masons' secrets.
Funk emphasizes the groove and rhythm as the key element, so entire funk songs may be based on one chord. Some jazz-funk songs are based on a two-, three-, or four-chord vamp. Some punk and hardcore punk songs use only a few chords. On the other hand, bebop jazz songs may have 32-bar song forms with one or two chord changes every bar.
The vi chord before the IV chord in this progression (creating I–vi–IV–V–I) is used as a means to prolong the tonic chord, as the vi or submediant chord is commonly used as a substitute for the tonic chord, and to ease the voice leading of the bass line: in a I–vi–IV–V–I progression (without any chordal inversions) the bass ...
Linda Lavin, a Broadway star and Tony winner, has died. She was 87. Lavin, who guest-starred on Barney Miller before getting her own TV series, Alice, died on Sunday, Dec. 29, PEOPLE can confirm ...
"Circus Left Town" is written in a pop and rock music vein. It features styles of adult contemporary, adult rock and contemporary pop rock music. [5] Although the whole song is based around an A-major-7-harmony and chords structure, Clapton uses a lot of minor chords to give the song the sad atmosphere and emotion the British composer went through when hearing about his son's death. [6]
A common type of three-chord song is the simple twelve-bar blues used in blues and rock and roll. Typically, the three chords used are the chords on the tonic, subdominant, and dominant (scale degrees I, IV and V): in the key of C, these would be the C, F and G chords. Sometimes the V 7 chord is used instead of V, for greater tension.
[13] [14] Song composer Charles Strouse himself is heard singing "You've Got Possibilities" on the album Charles Sings Strouse (2006), part of the Songwriter Series produced in conjunction with the Library of Congress. [15] "You've Got Possibilities" was used in a 2005 television advertising campaign for Pillsbury Grand biscuits. [16]
The Widow's Son may refer to: The Widow's Son, London, a public house in London; The Widow's Son (album), the sixth studio album by the rapper Apathy; The Widow's Son (book), the second book in the series The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles; The Widow's Son in the Windshield, the first episode of season 3 of the American television series Bones