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The origins of standard shape names
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<blockquote data-quote="KevinP" data-source="post: 147191" data-attributes="member: 1518"><p>I don't know about that. It may be, but I always thought of it as the way we describe rhytyms: a polka rhythm is oom-pa, oom-pa, and a waltz is oom-pa-pa, oom-pa-pa. The pipe shape is a perfect visual metaphor, with the bass note being the bowl and the chord the stem. It also rather resmembles a printed musical note. (I just figured the 'paul' was a normalization to a standard word.)</p><p></p><p>Either that or it came from from Oompa-Loompa-Land.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KevinP, post: 147191, member: 1518"] I don't know about that. It may be, but I always thought of it as the way we describe rhytyms: a polka rhythm is oom-pa, oom-pa, and a waltz is oom-pa-pa, oom-pa-pa. The pipe shape is a perfect visual metaphor, with the bass note being the bowl and the chord the stem. It also rather resmembles a printed musical note. (I just figured the 'paul' was a normalization to a standard word.) Either that or it came from from Oompa-Loompa-Land. [/QUOTE]
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