Bubbles Ketchum was raised in Mott, cheer-led for the Mohicans, moved here when she had little Madison — cute as a bug. Madison has been a standout for Lady Stags volleyball since eighth grade.
Grady Marlow swore Madison wasn’t his child when she was born, but Tiny Ketchum, Bubbles’s daddy, talked to him about it. Bubbles wore white at the wedding. They parked Madison with Tiny and Fabrice and honeymooned somewhere, then Grady went to work
dispatching vehicles for Ketchum Trucking.
No more kids since then. Bobbi Gail says Fabrice told her Bubbles said Grady tested low for sperm count. Bubbles makes Grady wear boxers on account of it, says men should stay cool down there. They’re trying for a boy now, but it may not be in the cards.
My Monty — rest in peace — didn’t lack fire power. I had my tubes tied after Trojan come caterwampus and scared us to death. Monty took one look at that poor baby and said, “This boy will lead us to Bi-District! His head looks just like a football.” I said, “Monty, shut up!” and busted out crying right there in delivery.
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Minor Pentatonic Scale (1) [7-6-2012]
Minor Pentatonic Scale (1) [7-6-2012]. (Copyright 2018 James Mansfield Nichols. All rights reserved.)
(b) This is a process I personally have to go through, however. The uses to which we put our sources are highly subjective. My own urgent need is to become more aware of the notes I play. In serving this need I will invariably translate any pattern of dots that I see in a guitar book into the names of notes.
(c) The book by Clements promises to be quite useful. I’ve owned it for several years, but have not given it a good look until now. Clements’s presentation of the “warped W” pattern for locating notes couldn’t come at a better time. I’m absorbing it with delight. It may render obsolete some of the fretboard views that I’ve posted!
(d) Back to the “box patterns” depicted above: Clements observes that, common and useful as these scales are, it can take a long time to memorize them because “there are no memorable visible repeating patterns.” She provides a remedy in the pages that follow, and I’m engrossed in that material now.
(e) I noticed that each of the five box patterns has a different root. I’ve added to each box pattern the major scale for its root, and the minor pentatonic scale that can be derived from that major scale using the formula 1-b3-4-5-b7. (This formula is provided by Clements in a “theory nugget.”) I use the asterisk (“*”) to mark the root note, also called the tonic note, in each box pattern.
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