Our Visit To The TomatoFest!
A Weekend Visit To Carmel And The Quail Lodge!
A Short Visit With Diane
We took the opportunity to visit with Diane, Pat, Hannah, and Lisa (and Franklin also!) on Monday evening. We got the latest updates and were treated to a Bass solo!
Saratoga
Saratoga is an upper-class bedroom community in
the southwestern corner of the Santa Clara Valley. Saratoga also has
many antique shops, French restaurants, and European-themed bakeries.
Well-known vineyards in the Saratoga foothills include the Garrod Estate
Vineyards and the Mountain Vineyard, both of which were founded in the
1800s.
In July of 2005, CNN/Money and Money magazine named Saratoga the twenty
sixth-best place to live in the United States. It is locally known for
its affluence, vineyards, and excellent school system. In 2005, the
median home price in Saratoga was $1.35 million. Saratoga's zip code
(95070) is listed on the Forbes List as the 42nd most expensive zip code
in 2006.
The Bass
Bass is low tones (low end frequencies) in music. It is usually made by a bass guitar or an acoustic bass (a double bass). It can also be an electronic sound, a deep singing voice, a baritone sax, or a deep bass drum.
Bass, with treble (high tones), gives the well-rounded depth to music. Bass almost always is used with treble, made by instruments such as a guitar, piano, singing voice, horn, etc
The bass guitar was invented in the 1950s. Until the 1950s musicians
played the double bass in jazz, blues, folk, and early rock music. The
double bass was big and heavy. Musicians wanted a smaller and lighter
instrument. Inventors tried to think of ways of building a smaller and
lighter bass instrument. One of these inventors was a man named Leo
Fender in the United States. Leo Fender invented the bass guitar in the
1950s, using many parts that are similar to the parts of an electric
guitar. Leo Fender called the instrument the "Fender Precision Bass".
See You Next Time; Bye Franklin!
