Art's Angle

Winter Snow

Art — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:07:21 +0000

Happy Easter!

Art — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:32:06 +0000

He is risen! Hope everyone is having a blessed Easter.

Below is a photo that I took of the garden tomb, which is on the outskirts of the Old City of Jerusalem. I looked inside and am happy to report that it is empty.

Good Friday

Art — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 06:02:37 +0000

The saddest tragedy in the history of the universe.

The greatest victory of all time.

The most important mission ever accomplished.

The truest love ever shown.

Good Friday marks the day that God died for man.

Background

Art — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 05:48:13 +0000

Embedded Type 1 Fonts

Art — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 06:23:11 +0000

Convert fonts into embedded Type 1 for ACM / IEEE publications using this command:

ps2pdf -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress myfile.ps

The EADGAD alternate tuning

Art — Mon, 24 May 2010 00:25:47 +0000

I’ve been playing around with a new alternate guitar tuning, and it has quickly become one of my favorites! It is EADGAD. Optimized for the key of D, this tuning has a very airy and open sound (similar to open E chords), while still allowing easy access to bass notes E, A, D (and F#,G, C#). Thus, it is excellent for both strumming and picking. Another benefit is that it is very close to the standard tuning of EADGBE, so one can quickly downtune the last two strings to get to this alternate tuning.

There are several variations of this tuning. DADGAD has a nice low D bass note, but it is harder to access to the E, F#, and G bass notes. EADGAE is interesting as well, but not as open as EADGAD. Plus, it is easier in this tuning to hit dissonant note pairs (like C#-D and F#-G) which adds to the richness of the sound.

There are a few drawbacks to this tuning as well. It is more difficult to play certain voicings of F#m (the iii chord), and the A#dim chord is more complicated as well. On the other hand, there are interesting voicings for Am and Dmaj7 (e.g. hear the Am – Dmaj7 – G sequence below)

Here is a little guitar solo in EADGAD that I recorded in Audacity:

Download: eadgad.mp3

Praying for you (x2)

Art — Fri, 07 May 2010 04:06:07 +0000

Today is the National Day of Prayer. Check out some tunes from Lecrae and the Katinas!

Hello world!

Art — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:45:38 +0000

I’ve created a new personal blog on WordPress! Hope you enjoy it.