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From: redsonja@olias.linet.org (Red Sonja)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.percussion
Subject: The Hi-Hat from Hellllll!!!
Date: 26 Jan 93 12:49:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: olias.1993Jan26.124924.7431
Organization: LI Freenet

I've really done it now. The stand never worked right out of the wrapper.
The rest of the set (7-piece Pearl) was too good to pass up at the price,
so I let him sell me a new, cheapo hi-hat stand and some "Adam" (?!?)
cymbals for $30. Since the lift never worked right, I just had the two
cymbals sitting on top of each other until I could get a real hi-hat
stand and never bothered using the foot pedal.

Now I've gone and hammered the top cymbal so hard that it actually flipped
*up* in the wrong direction like an umbrella that gets caught in the wind.
It was actually rather funny. There I am, crashing along through "Smells
Like Nirvana" and all of a sudden, "Tink, tink, tink!" "Tink??" And lo,
the poor cymbal had popped into the wrong direction, all the way around
the cymbal, not just in one place. 

Scratched my head for a minute, turned the spazzed cymbal upside down so
that once again the edges were sitting on the bottom one, and continued
playing. I don't really care about this hi-hat because I already know it's
crap. Just wondered if this had ever happened to anyone else...and if
anyone has suggestions for a better hi-hat, and the care and feeding
thereof once I do get it.


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From: archer@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Zog Archer)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.percussion
Subject: Re: usernet notation WE NEED IT
Date: 23 Jan 1993 20:18:14 GMT
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz
Distribution: scruz
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Keywords: pada-dada-dadam


In <s0730076.10.0@let.rug.nl> s0730076@let.rug.nl (W.J. van de Vis) writes:

>  | xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-0------- hi hat close, crash
>4 | ------------------------------------------- high tom
>- | -----4---------4---------2-2--------------- snare
>4 | ------------------------------2-2---------- floor for example
>  | 2-2-----1-2-2-------4---------------------- bass

Well, I've only been drumming for a little over a year, and when I get
inspired, I like to notate my music this way: (pardon the ascii)

+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----++
|b b |  bb|b b |    ||b b |    |b b |b b ||  Bass & Cymbals (not ride)
+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----++
|    |s   |    |s   ||    |ss r|    |S   ||  Snare & roll noise
+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----++
|f   |f   |f   |f   ||cco |c o |cco |f   ||  Hi-Hat (open, closed, foot)
+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----++
|mhmh| hmh|mhmh| hMh||    |    |    | hml||  Toms (high, middle, low)
+----+----+----+----++----+----+----+----++

The capital letters indicate accents. Also notice that the duration of
the note isn't specified, but is it necessary?  This also looks much
better on paper, where the grid doesn't horde so many of the screen
lines. Punctuation and funky symbols can also be used (*, @, %).

-- ZOG
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From: jrstone@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Bob Stone)
Subject: Mac to drummachine?
Originator: news@nimaster
Organization: Princeton University
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 17:28:41 GMT


Does anyone out there know if software exists to turn my Macintosh
in a drum machine?  Or if there's anyway I can do this by sampling
drum beats with my Mac?  Any info anyone can offer would be
appreciated greatly.

-Bob

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From: s0730076@let.rug.nl (W.J. van de Vis)
Subject: Re: usernet notation WE NEED IT
Keywords: pada-dada-dadam
Organization: Faculteit der Letteren, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, NL
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 11:42:34 GMT

In article <C1HBx0.JCI@news.cso.uiuc.edu> sbulmahn@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Scott Bulmahn) writes:
>From: sbulmahn@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Scott Bulmahn)
>Subject: Re: usernet notation WE NEED IT
>Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:05:23 GMT
>Keywords: pada-dada-dadam
>I like the notation that brian suggested :
>-----------------------------------------------------
> >Here's sort of the notation I've always used:
>>
>>4/4   d = 120  (or whatever)
>>
>>	  |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
>>---------|----------------|
>>crash    |x . . . . . . . |
>>hi-hat   |. . x x x 0 x x |  0 = open
>>1 tom    |. . . . . . . . |
>>2 tom    |. O . . . . . . |
>>snare    |. . O . .o. O . |  o = ghost stroke
>>3 tom    |. . . . . . . . |
>>bass     |O . . . O O . . |
>---------------------------------------------------------------
>
>We really do need a notation like this, so that we can start exchanging some
>musical ideas.  This could be really hard for fills and stuff, but is a very
>good starting point for normal beats.
>
>Any votes on which notation to adopt as a standard?
>This one works for me.
>
>Scott Bulmahn
>
>
I am the original poster of the first suggestion, but I like this one too.
You could of course let everybody decide for himself which one to choose But 
I agree that one system is the best, I say let's try this one for a start!

that's 3 votes in favour of system 2.
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From: joe-kaplan@nwu.edu (Joe Kaplan)
Subject: Re: shell sources?
Followup-To: rec.music.makers.percussion
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 07:31:14 GMT

In article <lm04rhINN8n6@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>, williamt@athena.Eng.Sun.COM
(Dances with Drums) wrote:
> 
> 
> 	A friend of mine made a jun-jun from a bass drum shell.  He got
> it through a friend who seems to be unwilling to get anymore or
> reveal her sources since she makes drums.  
> 
> 	Anyway, it is a maple unfinished shell that is about 16-24 inches wide
> by about 20-28 inches long.  He said he paid about $90 dollars for it.
> Anyone know where I might find such a beast?
> 
> 	I really would like to make my own junjun and these shells appear
> to be great...
> 
> thanks!.
> william
> -- 
> 
> :: If pro-choice means choice after conception, does this apply to men too? ::

Two companies that come to mind right away for drum shells are the Kenner
Drum Co. of Kentucky and Eames Percussion.  I do not have any info on Eames
handy, but I believe they do mostly birch shells.  I heard a "custom" set
including snare at a drum store that had been constructed from Eames shells
and Yamaha hardware.  It was of very high quality.  

As for Kenner, I do have info handy and I also know that they make a full
line of maple drum shells including bass drums.  They are affordable and of
very high quality.  They also have a number of nice finish options
available.  Here is their info:

		Kenner Drum Co.
		Rt. #1 Box 150
		California, KY 41007
		(606)635-5218

I have had my best luck calling during regular weekday hours.  They seem
like they would be willing to make just about anything you would like them
to.  Hope this helps...

Joe Kaplan
joe-kaplan@nwu.edu
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From: hamm@haggis.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm)
Subject: Re: counting out fives
Reply-To: hamm@haggis.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm)
Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 04:03:16 GMT

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In article <93022.165748CJD105@psuvm.psu.edu>, <CJD105@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
|> Path: news.ucs.mun.ca!nstn.ns.ca!newsflash.concordia.ca!sifon!charnel!rat!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!cjd105
|> Organization: Penn State University
|> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:57:48 EST
|> From: <CJD105@psuvm.psu.edu>
|> Message-ID: <93022.165748CJD105@psuvm.psu.edu>
|> Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.percussion
|> Subject: Re: counting out fives
|> References: <1993Jan22.102248.1@geovax.ed.ac.uk>
|>  <1993Jan22.172557.23649@dsd.es.com>
|> Lines: 16
|> 
|> pmartz@dsd.es.com writes:
|> >I don't see anything inherently beneficial about the sound
|> >of "1 e & uh 2 e & uh" etc for counting fours...Am I missing
|> >the point?
|> 
|> There is a reason for counting this way, Paul. Turn your
|> metronome up to, say, 160-180 beats per minute (really
|> fast) and then try counting "ONE two three four TWO two three
|> four THREE two three four FOUR two three four". Now, after you
|> pick your tongue up off the floor :-) , count the way which you
|> wrote about in the qoute at the top of this post. You should
|> definitely feel the difference. Rolls off the tongue better, huh?
|> This way also, as a result, makes picking out the individual
|> subdivisions (1's, e's, N's, and uh's) much easier when
|> playing.
|>                            Chris Downs
|> 
	He speaks the truth!!!!    I have previously played in percussion
	ensembles with very difficult tempos, and extremely convoluted
	rhythms.  1 e and uh etc works just fine.  Take a few downers
	and you can count "Ultra-super-mega-triplets" too!!! : )
	"One (pause 10 minutes) and (pause 10 minutes) ughhhh (pause 10 min)"
	etc etc.    : 0


	CH
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From: dlg1@quads.uchicago.edu (deborah lynn gillaspie)
Subject: Re: Buddy Rich
Summary: recording suggestions 
Keywords: Buddy Rich, Max Roach
Reply-To: dlg1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:35:28 GMT

One disc I've really enjoyed having and hearing is Rich vs Roach. It's
an old Mercury Recording from 1959 that's out on CD now, catlog number
Mercury 826987-2. Their styles are quite different, and it's interesting to
compare them. This month's (Feb. '93) Modern Drummer has a Buddy Rich 
sound supp that's worth a listen -- it's the West Side Story Suite, which
Rich performed many times in his career. 

I have to say that while I like to listen to and marvel at Buddy Rich,
I don't LEARN much from his recordings. I can't figure out WHAT he's doing
or how he does it so fast -- and much better drummers than yours truly
have said the same...<wry grin>  --Debbie 



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From: 911945m@axe.acadiau.ca (MICHAEL MURRAY MACDONALD)
Subject: Re: Buddy Rich
Organization: Acadia University
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 15:46:34 GMT

I picked up the newest of Rich's stuff.  It is a compilation that was put 
together after his death.  I'm pretty sure it's just called Buddy Rich and 
his Orchestra.  Anyway, it might be of some interest to you!
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From: hamm@haggis.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm)
Subject: Re: counting out fives
Reply-To: hamm@haggis.physics.mun.ca (Craig Hamm)
Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:54:09 GMT

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In article <1993Jan22.102248.1@geovax.ed.ac.uk>, tms@geovax.ed.ac.uk writes:
|> Path: news.ucs.mun.ca!csd.unb.ca!torn!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!uknet!edcastle!geovax.ed.ac.uk!tms
|> From: tms@geovax.ed.ac.uk
|> Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.percussion
|> Subject: counting out fives
|> Message-ID: <1993Jan22.102248.1@geovax.ed.ac.uk>
|> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 06:52:48 WET
|> Sender: news@castle.ed.ac.uk
|> Organization: University of Edinburgh, Geography Department.
|> Lines: 13
|> 
|> 
|> Hello,
|> 
|> Has anyone got a good method for counting out fives as in
|> something similar to 
|> 
|>  1 e + u 2 e + u 3 e + u 4 e + u
|> 
|> for fours.
|> 
|> Thanks in advance
|> 
|> Terry
|> 

	Yeah, just add:  5 e + u       onto the end!!  Works for me.
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From: craigman@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Craig Anderson)
Subject: Re: counting out fives
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 13:45:22 GMT

	Do you mean counting out a 5/8 rhythm, for example?  I use the 6/8
counting method as a base for 5/8.  6/8 can be seperated into two sets of
triplets, with the emphasis (pulse) on the one and four: X x x X x x
							 1 2 3 4 5 6
This is similar to counting out "1 la le 2 la le".
With 5/8, I count one set of 3 and one set of 2: X x x X x so you tap your
						 1 2 3 4 5
foot on the accents (cap. X).  Since 5/8 is usually a quicker tempo than 4/4
(it's often set at 1/8 = 220 bpm or so), it's usually too fast to count 1e&a
From: williamt@athena.Eng.Sun.COM (Dances with Drums)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.percussion
Subject: shell sources?
Date: 22 Jan 1993 15:32:01 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA
Reply-To: williamt@athena.Eng.sun.com (Dances with Drums)
NNTP-Posting-Host: athena


	A friend of mine made a jun-jun from a bass drum shell.  He got
it through a friend who seems to be unwilling to get anymore or
reveal her sources since she makes drums.  

	Anyway, it is a maple unfinished shell that is about 16-24 inches wide
by about 20-28 inches long.  He said he paid about $90 dollars for it.
Anyone know where I might find such a beast?

	I really would like to make my own junjun and these shells appear
to be great...

thanks!.
william
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From: uslave@mcl.ucsb.edu (Sir Prize!!!)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.percussion
Subject: Re: Okay, how do you tune?
Date: 25 Jan 93 05:19:13 GMT

In <1993Jan18.170619.25269@rdg.dec.com> franzoni@sixter.var.dec.com (Mauro Franzoni) writes:

>In article <uslave.726782549@mcl>, uslave@mcl.ucsb.edu (Sir Prize!!!) writes:
>|> 
>|> And I won't *even* go into how to tune the Tama 11-lug snare.  :)
>|> 
>that's *even* easier:  1,7,2,8,3,9,4,10,5,11,6

Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of:

1, 6, 7, 3, 9, 4, 10, 5, 11, 2, 8

Oh well, I guess I *will* go in to it....:)


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From: satkins@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Shannon Atkins)
Subject: Re: Question from a Bassist
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:26:51 GMT
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA


Thank you all for your informative responses to my question concerning
bassist/drummer interplay. I will pass them along to a certain drummer
I know who makes me feel like I'm trying to drag a hog out of a mudhole.
Maybe that's an exaggeration;  more like trying to pull a dog away
from a fire hydrant:o)  Ahh, I should be patient--I assume that having
some technical facility and experience drumming can affect the end 
result.

-Shannon Atkins, beleagured bassist-
P.S. I can drum damned good- when nobody's around (heehee)
From: R.T.Wieckowski@newcastle.ac.uk (River Johnson)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.percussion
Subject: Re: counting out fives
Date: 26 Jan 93 17:51:26 GMT
Organization: Computing Laboratory, U of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK NE1 7RU.


In article <1993Jan22.102248.1@geovax.ed.ac.uk>, tms@geovax.ed.ac.uk writes:
>Has anyone got a good method for counting out fives ...
>

I find this works ... call me bizarre if you will.


1 and a had-dock 2 and a had-dock 3 and a had-dock ( etc. )



feeling 'ruff' then your doing it right ...

RIV.
"Hatstand"
From: cvafy006@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu (Daniel Rouse, Jr.)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.percussion
Subject: Long Song Usenet Notation
Date: 27 Jan 93 03:46:22 GMT
Organization: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Nntp-Posting-User: cvafy006


	Here is a more compact notation for longer songs...the rests are still
"graphical", but the notes are a little different.

Notes:

O = still equals a whole note.

 | = is a half note (shorter stem)
O

 | = is a qurater note (shorter stem)
*

 |\ = eighth note (shorter stem)
*

 |\\ = sixteenth note (shorter stem, flags horizontal)
*

 |\\\ = thirty second note (shorter stem, flags horizontal)
*

 |\\\\ = sixty fourth note (shorter stem, flags horizontal)
*
                              _____
Beaming notes--   eighth note |   |  (beam is an uderscore on the line above)
                             *   *
                                 =====
                  sixteenth note |   |
                                *   *
                  
                                      _____
                  thirty second note  |===|
                                     *   *
                                     =====
                  sixty fourth note  |===|
Rests:                              *   *

-_- = whole rest

_-_ = half rest

 / = quarter rest
 /
   
--/ = eighth rest (shorter stem, horizontal flag)

==/ = sixteenth rest (shorter stem, horizontal flags)

-=-=/ = thirty second rest 

=*=*/ = sixty fourth rest

Dots and accents can be applied, and a normal staff can be laid out:
      >   ^ >    > ^  >
      _______  _______       
------|-|-|-|--|-|-|-|-----__3__-------------
HH|  X X X|X  X X X| X |   | | |          | | 
T1|-------|--------|-- ---*-*-*---__3__---|-|      
SD| 4    *        *    |2 >   >   | | |   | |
T2|------------------- |---------*-*-*----|-|
FT| 4                  |4        V V V    | | 
--|------------------- |------------------|-| 
BD|  * * /    * *  /   |                  | | 
----|-|--/---|-|---/------------------------- 
    ---      ---


Signed,

Daniel Rouse, Jr.
Sophomore, Computer Engineering 
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly, Pomona)
Email: cvafy006@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu

And now...the moment we've been waiting for.  GamePro magazine and EGM
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From: pmartz@dsd.es.com (Paul Martz)
Subject: Re: usernet notation WE NEED IT
Keywords: pada-dada-dadam
Reply-To: pmartz@dsd.es.com (Paul Martz)
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City, UT
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 17:19:59 GMT

In article <s0730076.10.0@let.rug.nl>, s0730076@let.rug.nl (W.J. van de Vis) writes:
> Hi. As I am a fairly new user, I donno if you already developed some sort of 
> usernet notation system. If not, let's do it!

One thing about your suggested system that confuses me is that rests
aren't annotated. Don't know whether this is really a flaw or not...

This is actually a tough problem. The guitarists have what they call
"tab" which makes the string/fret combo easier to figure out at the
expense of rhythm -- for the most part, tab writers on the net have
completely blown off rhythm, and figure if you're interested, you can
pick it up by listening to the music. Unfortunately, rhythm is all we
got.

So transcribing rhythm with an ASCII charset is actually quite
difficult, and anything I've came up with on my own is too cumbersome!
I'll follow this discussion with interest to see what others devise...
-- 

   -paul	pmartz@dsd.es.com
		Evans & Sutherland
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From: johnsonc@spot.Colorado.EDU (Chris `Choke' Johnson)
Subject: Re: counting out fives
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 23:17:28 GMT


In article <1993Jan22.102248.1@geovax.ed.ac.uk>, tms@geovax.ed.ac.uk writes:
>Has anyone got a good method for counting out fives ...
>
Well, since everyone else has a way, I suppose I should throw in my own...

I like this one because it reminds me that I of what I am counting!

1 five e and uh 2 five e ...

and the five becomes a 'fi' very quickly.

Chris Johnson
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From: satkins@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Shannon Atkins)
Subject: Buddy Rich
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 03:26:59 GMT
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

Several articles I've read have mentioned Buddy Rich as having been
a phenomenal drummer.  I'm no drummer, but I enjoy listening to good
musicians, so I was wondering if any of you might have any album
suggestions that would be a good introduction to his playing.

-S. Atkins- ( post or mail - I read this group often )
From: mhopper@cerl.gatech.edu (Michael A. Hopper)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.percussion
Subject: Re: MIKE! (about notation)
Date: 25 Jan 93 19:20:58 GMT
Organization: Computer Engineering Research Lab, Georgia Tech.

In article <s0730076.11.0@let.rug.nl> s0730076@let.rug.nl (W.J. van de Vis) writes:
>
>Mike, you responded to my first notation-article. In yours I noticed that 
>you used almost the same set-up, you know, the lines etc. Now, did you just 
>type it all in again or is there some way of copying the basic system. (I 
>really don't know) 
>This would save a lot of time, that's why I'm asking. Oh yeah,  does anybody 
>know why I seem to be unable to use REPLY?
>
>doei,
>
>ill

Oh, I just saved your article to a file (s filename) and used an editor
to copy your lines.  I typed in a new drum pattern and sent it as a new
article.  I made a basic template (no notes) to start with whenever I 
want to transcribe a new pattern.  I made it 8 measures since this is
intuitive and fits nicely on one line.  Here it is:

 1/x      one sixteenth 
 2        two   "       = one eighth
 4                      = one fourth
 0 crash    

                                             -- ^ means open hi hat
  |----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| |-- hi hat close, crash
4 |----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|.|-- high tom
- |----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|.|-- snare
4 |----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| |-- floor for example
  |----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----| |-- bass



-Mike


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From: karlg@fulcrum.co.uk (Karl Greenow)
Subject: Re: Buddy Rich
Keywords: Buddy Rich, Max Roach
Organization: Fulcrum Communications
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:17:21 GMT

In article <C1J5H0.88y@spk.hp.com> poole@hpspkpy.spk.hp.com (Gary-Poole) writes:
> [...]
>After they played the first tune, some people entered and took their seats in 
>the front row.  Buddy said "About time you got here, where the hell have you
>been".

When I saw him on his last UK tour at Warwick, he bawled out the 
lighting operator (too bright), the air-conditioning (too cold)
and the 'encore' system ("I'm an old man, I can't be bothered
walking off stage and back again. This will be the last piece
tonight").

He saw someone trying to bootleg the gig and, between pieces, made
sure that she was getting a good sound balance. I got him to 
autograph my copy of 'Snare Drum Rudiments' which he had to do with
a very thick marker pen, due to arthritis not allowing him to hold
a biro. I can still recall the wonderful version of 'Lullaby Of
Birdland' that night....

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