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How to Buy & Fit Women's Dress Slacks & Work Pants

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Finding womens dress slacks that fit is challenging at any age, and more so for the post-50 figure. Let's start by agreeing that most of us want slacks that give the impression of a long, lean leg. This rules out any design element that breaks the smooth movement of the eye from waist to ankles. For example, horizontally placed pockets on the derriere of jeans draw the eye across the widest part of our bodies. If you are short, you especially want to avoid horizontal stripes, cuffs, or a chain belt low on the hips. A vertical pinstripe is the only print worth considering for women's dress slacks. It creates the ultimate illusion of a long, lean vertical line. Pinstripes have the added benefit of looking chic in almost all business situations. Avoid flowers, geometric prints, plaids, all-over embroidery, and just about every other kind of print. Even all-over tonal prints make our hips and thighs more expansive by catching and holding the viewer's gaze. Slacks that...

Using an Alternative Guitar Capo to Imitate Hawaiin Slack Key and More!

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Hawaiian slack alternatives open source tunings can be imitated with the alternative tunings capo. The most common slack key tuning is called "taro patch" and makes a major chord. Capo at the second fret, the fourth string, the third string G, and the second string B. We call this [0, 0, 2, 2, 2, 0] from bass to treble, thick to thin- strings. In the traditional taro patch the chord is a G chord, but with the partial guitar capo it is an A chord. However, the open tuning is exactly the same interval by interval. I often keep my entire guitar tuned down a whole step for a richer sound. So for me, the Taro patch is an actual G chord. There are upward to 50 slack key tunings. Far to much to cover here, but be aware that some slack keys will require two alternative tuning capo's. For example, the G Wahine open tuning is: D, G, D, F#, B, D. This translates to: [0, 2, 2, 1, 2, 0] and requires Spiders at the 1st and 2nd frets. The partial guitar capo also gives you ...