User talk:Lmboyer04

Double bass and violin family
Double bass IS part of the violin family and has been since the late 17th century, do you have a source that clearly states it is not????Coal town guy (talk) 02:10, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

When you think about it, violins, violas, and cellos all tune in 5ths, whereas the double bass tunes in 3rds. Also, the shape of the instruments is the same, except the bass, which has a flat back and the top is angled instead of round. I don't have a source except that I remember my old cello teacher Dr. John Marshall told me so, and it makes sense to me. If you think I am wrong, then I don't care, put whatever you want on the page. Lmboyer04 (talk) 16:05, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
 * It's not about caring, it's about having a source and building the encyclopedia. Hey, I hope you did not take my post as some bad or not nice thing, I have played the cello for 25+ years, my teacher certainly had some things which I found totally fascinating, BUT not easily sourced, so they do not go on the page. The bass has a flat back for very specific reasons, look at how a bass is played, look at how a person stands/sits behind it. Would a rounded back make that possible on an instrument that size? Probably not, HOWEVER, if the same round were placed on the front, and the sound quality was not changed, WHY not? As to the tuning, there are many many theories about this, one was I had seen that this was an attempt to also reflect Barouque tunings as the scale changed, who knows, a source on that would be fascinating. HOWEVER, what we do know is that there are Bass instruments made by the same folks who made all of the other stringed instruments we discussed......Coal town guy (talk) 16:25, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

I understand what you mean and I didn't mean that when I said I didn't care. What you said makes sense. Sorry, I wasn't looking at it from a proper perspective. I am still kind of new to the wiki idea. Thanks.Lmboyer04 (talk) 16:34, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

oxford comma
Does wikipedia have a consistent policy on the usage of the oxford comma? Lmboyer04 (talk) 00:03, 11 January 2016 (UTC)