Re: Line-Talk: Evolution of a sig

I'm no musician, nor am I an artistic genius, but I have to ask if any
of Bob's bars below are parts of any known song?  If so, which, and if 
not, do they at least sound nice when played?

Bob Allison writes:
>
>   A long, long time ago, I saw some music symbols, and copied them, and 
>put together a music sig:
>
>                  |\                |\                               |\
>____|\__|_________|\\___|___________|___|____________|\_|____________|__|__
>____|/__|________@__\|__|____O______|___|___@________|__|___|________|__|__
>___/|___|___|________|__|___|______@____|__|____@____|__|___|_______@___|__
>__|_/_\_|___|_______@___|___|___________|__|___|____@___|___|___________|__
>___\|/__|___|___________|___|___________|__|___|________|__O____________|__
>    /      O                                   |               bob...@wwa.com
>
>
>   Some people kept saying that it was not technically correct.  And of 
>course I told them to stick their head in the toilet. :-) Just kidding. I 
>asked if somebody could make it correct. So Chris King fixed it for me.  
>I took his correct version and re-added some of the stylistic elements 
>from my version, and got:
>
>                     |\                         __3__              |
>____|\_______________|\\_________|_____________'__|__`___|_________|___|______
>____|/___3_|________@'_\|__|_____|_________|___|__|__|___|_|_,@____|___|___|__
>___/|____-_|___|________|__|_____|___,@____|__@'_@'_@'___|_|_|____@'___|___|__
>__|_/_\__4_|___|_______@'__|____O'___|_____|____________@'_|_|________@'___|__
>___\|/_____|___|___________|_________|_____|_______________|_|_____________|__
>    /         O'                     |                            bob...@wwa.com
>
>
>   Then I decided to add a shadow effect just to see how it would look, 
>and I liked it, and posted it:
>
>                     |\                         __3__              |
>____|\ ______________|\\_________| ____________' _| _` __| ________| __| _____
>____|/ __3_|________@'_\| _|_____| ________|___| _| _| __| |_,@ ___| __| __|__
>___/| ___-_|___| _______| _|_____| __,@ ___|__@'_@'_@'___| |_| ___@'___| __|__
>__| / \ _4_|___| ______@'__|____O'___| ____|____________@'_|_| _______@'___|__
>___\|/ ____|___| __________|_________| ____|_______________|_| ____________|__
>    /         O'                     |                            bob...@wwa.com
>
>   Then I get email from Bas Meijer <ba...@damek.kth.se> who sent in a 
>diddle, saying "I saw your post, and I think I have a better version of 
>the first symbol (whatever it's called in English).  hope you like it."
>
>  Bas diddled
>   this part
>    |
>                     |\                         __3__              |
>____|) ______________|\\_________| ____________' _| _` __| ________| __| _____
>____/____3_|________@'_\| _|_____| ________|___| _| _| __| |_,@ ___| __| __|__
>___/|_ __-_|___| _______| _|_____| __,@ ___|__@'_@'_@'___| |_| ___@'___| __|__
>__( ( )__4_|___| ______@'__|____O'___| ____|____________@'_|_| _______@'___|__
>___`|'_____|___| __________|_________| ____|_______________|_| ____________|__
>   (|         O'                     |                            bob...@wwa.com
>
>
>   And I just toucted up a few characters, and I think it's done (for now).
>
>                     |\                         __3__              |
>____|) ______________|\\_________| ____________' _| _` __| ________| __| _____
>____| ___3_|________@'_\| _|_____| ________|___| _| _| __| |_,@ ___| __| __|__
>___/|. __-_|___| _______| _|_____| __,@ ___|__@'_@'_@'___| |_| ___@'___| __|__
>__( ( ) _4_|___| ______@'__|____O'___| ____|____________@'_|_| _______@'___|__
>___`|'_____|___| __________|_________| ____|_______________|_| ____________|__
>   (|         O'                     |                            bob...@wwa.com
>
>
>   Or maybe not, I was thinking, what if I make the five horizontal lines 
>spell out 'scarecrow', like:
>
> ______  _____  ______  _______  ______  _____ _______   ______  ___  ___  ___
>___     ___    ___  ___ ___  ___ ___    ___    ___  ___ ___  ___ ___  ___  ___
> _____  ___    ________ ______   _____  ___    ______   ___  ___ ___  ___  ___
>    ___ ___    ___  ___ ___ ___  ___    ___    ___ ___  ___  ___ ___  ___  ___
>______   _____ ___  ___ ___  ___ ______  _____ ___  ___  ______   ___________
>
>
>   Oh well, it the idea sounded better than it actually looks:
>
>--
>                     |\                         __3__              |
> ___|)_  _____  _____|\\_______  |_____  _____ '__|__`   |_____  __|  _|_  ___
>___ |   _3_    ___  @'_\|__  ___ |__    ___    |__| _|_ _|_  ,@_ __|  _|_  ___
>___/|.  _-_    |_______ |_____   |___,@ ___   @'_@'_@'  _|_  |__ _@'  _|_  ___
>  (_(_) _4_    |__  ___@'__ ___ O'__ |  ___    ___ ___  @'_  |__ ___  @'_  ___
>___`|'   _____ |__  ___ ___  ___ ____|_  _____ ___  ___  ____|_   ___________
>   (|         O'                     |                            bob...@wwa.com


Greg Banerian

PS  Newsgroups edited because I felt like being a butt.
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  THE OPINIONS ABOVE ARE WHOLLY MY OWN AND THOSE OF ANY SANE, INTELLIGENT
         PERSON, BUT ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF MY EMPLOYER, 
                 NOR SHOULD THEY BE CONSTRUED AS SUCH.
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