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March 2 Information
Long-shot song identification
Hello all, this is a really difficult question.
Can anyone tell me what song plays in the background of
this clip? (For the record, the two hosts are listing all the home runs hit in
MLB that night.) The melody of the background music starts at about 0:55, and the song is looped in the background. For the record, I've heard the song played elsewhere, on
ESPN I believe, but I haven't been able to locate those recordings.
I would be greatly impressed and appreiciative if anyone could provide any information.
I'm having a REALLY hard time hearing it, but perhaps it's a theme from This Week in Baseball a popular highlight show that ran for a long time. --
Jayron32 16:44, 2 March 2021 (UTC)reply
I can't hear it, but I'm absolutely certain it isn’t the theme song from TWIB. Seared into my brain. --
24.76.103.169 (
talk) 18:30, 2 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Sorry, were you saying it isn't a theme from TWIB? Thanks to both of you for replying.
User:Heyoostorm_talk! 23:07, 2 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Definitely neither the opening or closing theme from
TWIB. Some sort of nondescript jazzy number which they're talking over. I didn't listen to it all the way through, because there's only so much of those two clowns I could take, but it's definitely not one of the TWIB themes that I remember, which are the perky opening number "Jet Set" and the dramatic closing number "Gathering Crowds". ←
Baseball BugsWhat's up, Doc?carrots→ 03:50, 3 March 2021 (UTC)reply
What is the difference between a guitar and a ukelele?
What is the difference between a guitar and a ukelele?
Some sites say its the size, but a guitar and a bass guitar have different sizes and arent different instruments, an bass saxophone and a tenor saxophone will have different sizes and aren't different instruments. They talk also about different tunings for the string, but I can tune my guitar strings with a different tuning and this wont be inventing a new instrument....
2804:7F2:68C:C9BA:9918:266A:7CA0:F8B5 (
talk) 22:08, 2 March 2021 (UTC)reply
I would start by reading our articles
guitar and
ukelele. Off the top of my head, the ukelele is generally smaller than the guitar, has four strings instead of six, and its strings are tuned quite differently. --
Thomprod (
talk) 02:36, 3 March 2021 (UTC)reply
I disagree that a bass saxophone and a tenor saxophone "aren't different instruments". It's not just about size, but also about
range and
timbre, for example. You can play really low notes on a bass sax that can't be played on a tenor sax. Even where the ranges overlap, the same note, e.g. a middle C (C4, c′, ca. 262 Hz), will sound completely different when played on a bass sax than it will on a tenor sax. ---
Sluzzelintalk 09:06, 3 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Agreed, unless we want to talk about why it has a distinct name. I think it would be news to many popular music fans that the guitar and bass are not different instruments, but we can agree that they are still quite similar and share a common ancestry, as it were, and so could broadly be considered different "kinds of" guitars. It's right there in the name. But a uke is not often called a "ukelele guitar".
Matt Deres (
talk) 14:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)reply
However, the history is not always straight-forward. The modern
bass guitar was developed as an electric instrument, the first really successful bass guitar was the
Fender Precision Bass, which was designed along a common design philosophy as the other Fender solid-body electric guitar, and the
acoustic bass guitar really came along later, like the 1960s,; while there was some influence from "bassy" guitar instruments such as the
Guitarrón mexicano, it really comes along later than the electric bass. The P-bass was essentially designed to replace the
Double bass and not any guitar-like instrument. So, if we look at the history it really goes double bass --> electric bass guitar --> acoustic bass guitar. Which you would not have guessed based on the history of the standard 6-string guitar. --
Jayron32 15:23, 3 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Categorization is a tricky thing; there are often some edge cases that don't easily fit into any categorization scheme. Modern stringed instruments are often put into "families" based on things like common construction methods, etc, so (ignoring electric instruments for a second) you can get things like the
Violin family (violin, viola, cello, double bass, etc.), the
Lute family (including Lute,
Oud,
Bouzouki, etc.), and the guitar family, including
baroque guitar,
vihuela,
acoustic guitar, and yes, the
ukulele, in the sense that "guitars" written broadly usually include instruments with a flat back, sound hole, fretted neck, etc. (but then again, are
Ovation guitars lutes because they have a rounded back?). Ukuleles have a distinct name because of the differential history from the instrument that evolved into the modern
dreadnought guitar, but they have a common history and common construction techniques. --
Jayron32 15:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Interestingly, bass guitarist Jonty Banks of the
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (the only member of that ensemble who does not play a ukulele) calls his instrument a 'bass ukulele', as it has four strings like a ukulele (and unlike a guitar). I saw them play live in concert once though, and it is clear he does this for comedic purposes.
Turner Street (
talk) 12:01, 5 March 2021 (UTC)reply
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March 2 Information
Long-shot song identification
Hello all, this is a really difficult question.
Can anyone tell me what song plays in the background of
this clip? (For the record, the two hosts are listing all the home runs hit in
MLB that night.) The melody of the background music starts at about 0:55, and the song is looped in the background. For the record, I've heard the song played elsewhere, on
ESPN I believe, but I haven't been able to locate those recordings.
I would be greatly impressed and appreiciative if anyone could provide any information.
I'm having a REALLY hard time hearing it, but perhaps it's a theme from This Week in Baseball a popular highlight show that ran for a long time. --
Jayron32 16:44, 2 March 2021 (UTC)reply
I can't hear it, but I'm absolutely certain it isn’t the theme song from TWIB. Seared into my brain. --
24.76.103.169 (
talk) 18:30, 2 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Sorry, were you saying it isn't a theme from TWIB? Thanks to both of you for replying.
User:Heyoostorm_talk! 23:07, 2 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Definitely neither the opening or closing theme from
TWIB. Some sort of nondescript jazzy number which they're talking over. I didn't listen to it all the way through, because there's only so much of those two clowns I could take, but it's definitely not one of the TWIB themes that I remember, which are the perky opening number "Jet Set" and the dramatic closing number "Gathering Crowds". ←
Baseball BugsWhat's up, Doc?carrots→ 03:50, 3 March 2021 (UTC)reply
What is the difference between a guitar and a ukelele?
What is the difference between a guitar and a ukelele?
Some sites say its the size, but a guitar and a bass guitar have different sizes and arent different instruments, an bass saxophone and a tenor saxophone will have different sizes and aren't different instruments. They talk also about different tunings for the string, but I can tune my guitar strings with a different tuning and this wont be inventing a new instrument....
2804:7F2:68C:C9BA:9918:266A:7CA0:F8B5 (
talk) 22:08, 2 March 2021 (UTC)reply
I would start by reading our articles
guitar and
ukelele. Off the top of my head, the ukelele is generally smaller than the guitar, has four strings instead of six, and its strings are tuned quite differently. --
Thomprod (
talk) 02:36, 3 March 2021 (UTC)reply
I disagree that a bass saxophone and a tenor saxophone "aren't different instruments". It's not just about size, but also about
range and
timbre, for example. You can play really low notes on a bass sax that can't be played on a tenor sax. Even where the ranges overlap, the same note, e.g. a middle C (C4, c′, ca. 262 Hz), will sound completely different when played on a bass sax than it will on a tenor sax. ---
Sluzzelintalk 09:06, 3 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Agreed, unless we want to talk about why it has a distinct name. I think it would be news to many popular music fans that the guitar and bass are not different instruments, but we can agree that they are still quite similar and share a common ancestry, as it were, and so could broadly be considered different "kinds of" guitars. It's right there in the name. But a uke is not often called a "ukelele guitar".
Matt Deres (
talk) 14:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)reply
However, the history is not always straight-forward. The modern
bass guitar was developed as an electric instrument, the first really successful bass guitar was the
Fender Precision Bass, which was designed along a common design philosophy as the other Fender solid-body electric guitar, and the
acoustic bass guitar really came along later, like the 1960s,; while there was some influence from "bassy" guitar instruments such as the
Guitarrón mexicano, it really comes along later than the electric bass. The P-bass was essentially designed to replace the
Double bass and not any guitar-like instrument. So, if we look at the history it really goes double bass --> electric bass guitar --> acoustic bass guitar. Which you would not have guessed based on the history of the standard 6-string guitar. --
Jayron32 15:23, 3 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Categorization is a tricky thing; there are often some edge cases that don't easily fit into any categorization scheme. Modern stringed instruments are often put into "families" based on things like common construction methods, etc, so (ignoring electric instruments for a second) you can get things like the
Violin family (violin, viola, cello, double bass, etc.), the
Lute family (including Lute,
Oud,
Bouzouki, etc.), and the guitar family, including
baroque guitar,
vihuela,
acoustic guitar, and yes, the
ukulele, in the sense that "guitars" written broadly usually include instruments with a flat back, sound hole, fretted neck, etc. (but then again, are
Ovation guitars lutes because they have a rounded back?). Ukuleles have a distinct name because of the differential history from the instrument that evolved into the modern
dreadnought guitar, but they have a common history and common construction techniques. --
Jayron32 15:05, 3 March 2021 (UTC)reply
Interestingly, bass guitarist Jonty Banks of the
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (the only member of that ensemble who does not play a ukulele) calls his instrument a 'bass ukulele', as it has four strings like a ukulele (and unlike a guitar). I saw them play live in concert once though, and it is clear he does this for comedic purposes.
Turner Street (
talk) 12:01, 5 March 2021 (UTC)reply