<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Barbara,<BR><BR>><I>I've always wondered = about folks playing triads at the very bottom of the <BR></I>><I>piano, I don't = recall ever seeing them written in any of the piano <BR></I>><I>literature = I've played (which, I suppose, really doesn't mean a lot!).<BR></I><BR>I HATE = that too. Sounds sort of like the customer who, after you're through = <BR>tuning, goes to the piano and starts "banging" on C-88 and saying, "Is this <BR>in = tune?" I usually just say, "In relation to what?" and/or show me a piece <BR>of = music with that note in it and I'll give you a free tuning!"<BR><BR>I know. = There's a "few" out there but the person who does that will <BR>probably never be = able to play them! :-)<BR><BR>Avery<BR><BR>><I>Just a couple of thoughts.<BR></I>><I><BR></I>><I>Barbara Richmond, = RPT</I></FONT></DIV> <DIV><EM><FONT face=Arial>-----------</FONT></EM></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">I sometimes get the impression people = who do this or bang on one note and say its flat are terribly insecure..and = feel you know something they dont. Their actions must justify their knowledge, = thus make them feel superior.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Richard, = Canada</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>