Free Association Thread 5

[JKendallDane]

What, Me Worry?

I think I voted for him in 1976.

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[Hypoxia]

I'm thinking again of mutant musical instruments. I think I need a twin-short-neck acoustic guitar, one neck a 6-string 3/4 guitar tuned in 4ths, the other a 4-string tenor guitar or 8-string mandola tuned in 5ths.

They'd be easy to do as electrics but I don't really like electrics. Mine sit unused in a cluttered room: the Yamaha bass and amp, the Aloha Hawai'ian guitar and amp, the cheap Chinese Les Paul clone, the Aria jazz guitar, the 3-string cigar-box wonder. Do I need a Strat or Tele clone? No electric mandolins or o'uds around here.

I'm also thinking of a modular wind system, if I ever get my breath back. Start with a long thin wooden horn, just slightly conical, with finger holes for notes. Supply varied mouthpieces: a brass cup or funnel makes it a cornetto or zink, with the range and tone of a human voice. A fipple mouthpiece makes it a recorder. A single-reed mouthpiece makes it a folk clarinet or saxophone; a double-reed makes it a folk oboe. A kazoo mouthpiece makes it weird.

But i must play again. The new meds slow me down. I just don't feel like grabbing the quatro or mand'uke or dobro. Even coffee doesn't help. Am I doomed? [/me checks watch] No, not yet.

 

[Handley_Page]

I'm thinking again of mutant musical instruments. I think I need a twin-short-neck acoustic guitar, one neck a 6-string 3/4 guitar tuned in 4ths, the other a 4-string tenor guitar or 8-string mandola tuned in 5ths.

They'd be easy to do as electrics but I don't really like electrics. Mine sit unused in a cluttered room: the Yamaha bass and amp, the Aloha Hawai'ian guitar and amp, the cheap Chinese Les Paul clone, the Aria jazz guitar, the 3-string cigar-box wonder. Do I need a Strat or Tele clone? No electric mandolins or o'uds around here.

I'm also thinking of a modular wind system, if I ever get my breath back. Start with a long thin wooden horn, just slightly conical, with finger holes for notes. Supply varied mouthpieces: a brass cup or funnel makes it a cornetto or zink, with the range and tone of a human voice. A fipple mouthpiece makes it a recorder. A single-reed mouthpiece makes it a folk clarinet or saxophone; a double-reed makes it a folk oboe. A kazoo mouthpiece makes it weird.

But i must play again. The new meds slow me down. I just don't feel like grabbing the quatro or mand'uke or dobro. Even coffee doesn't help. Am I doomed? [/me checks watch] No, not yet.

What on earth is a 'fipple' ?

 

[Hypoxia]

What on earth is a 'fipple' ?

Ever blown any whistle? That sound-producing structure is a fipple flute, as found in flageolets and penny whistles, recorders, and organ pipes. The airway is mostly blocked by a plug (fipple) leaving a narrow slit (flue) directing air to a sharp edge. The produced tone's pitch depends on the length of the air column, controlled by finger holes, keys, or slide, like a slide whistle. Some "singing rocks" are natural fipple flutes.

 

[Handley_Page]

Ever blown any whistle? That sound-producing structure is a fipple flute, as found in flageolets and penny whistles, recorders, and organ pipes. The airway is mostly blocked by a plug (fipple) leaving a narrow slit (flue) directing air to a sharp edge. The produced tone's pitch depends on the length of the air column, controlled by finger holes, keys, or slide, like a slide whistle. Some "singing rocks" are natural fipple flutes.

Thank you.
Care for a coffee ?

 

[JKendallDane]

Thank you.
Care for a coffee ?

Certainly! And a healthy dose of Irish cream added would be greatly appreciated also.

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[Tio_Narratore]

Certainly! And a healthy dose of Irish cream added would be greatly appreciated also.

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A healthy dose of Irish

 

[Handley_Page]

A healthy dose of Irish

Nice;
I've been listening to Django Reinhardt (3-fingered lightning!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJqN0n5ontg

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Nice;
I've been listening to Django Reinhardt (3-fingered lightning!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJqN0n5ontg

"Video not available in your country."

But it's ok, I do know Djamgo Reinhadt' music.

 

[HBergeron]

Nice;
I've been listening to Django Reinhardt (3-fingered lightning!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJqN0n5ontg

"Video not available in your country."

But it's ok, I do know Djamgo Reinhadt' music.

Hopefully this video will be available. Django was uncredible, putting players who can lay four fingers on the frets back in the woodshed. Beautiful player -Stephane Grappelli was the perfect partner in the Hot Club.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ308aOOX04

 

[Handley_Page]

And this one is dedicated to him:

Modern Jazz Quartet - Django

 

[JKendallDane]

And this one is dedicated to him:

Modern Jazz Quartet - Django

You know you're really old when you realize your introduction to jazz, opera, and symphonies all came from watching Bugs Bunny cartoons.

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[Handley_Page]

You know you're really old when you realize your introduction to jazz, opera, and symphonies all came from watching Bugs Bunny cartoons.

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Anyone who hears Wagner and does not smile in remembrance of Bugs Bunny ("What's Opera, Doc?") has missed a great part of his/her education, IMO.

 

[oggbashan]

You know you're really old when you realize your introduction to jazz, opera, and symphonies all came from watching Bugs Bunny cartoons.

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My musical education started with family events such as Christmas. Everyone had to perform. My father and uncles sang sentimental Victorian and Edwardian ballads. My mother and aunts sang some Music Hall favourites such as 'My Old Man said follow the van'. One part of the family - parents, son and daughter - was a string quartet.

As a young boy my musical abilities were zero. I did 'recitations' such as Casabianca - 'The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck' or 'The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God'.

Later I could sing. My parents took part in amateur versions of Gilbert and Sullivan. Sometimes I was part of the chorus. Earlier as a boy treble, I was an understudy for one of the Three Little Maids in The Mikado performed at my all-boys school. The producer hoped he wouldn't have to use me. I was totally out of scale with the rest of the cast, taller than anyone else on stage. My non-singing role was as The Executioner. The other problem was that my voice was breaking. Sometimes I was a treble; sometimes a bass. I ended up as a basso profundo.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

My musical education started with family events such as Christmas. Everyone had to perform. My father and uncles sang sentimental Victorian and Edwardian ballads. My mother and aunts sang some Music Hall favourites such as 'My Old Man said follow the van'. One part of the family - parents, son and daughter - was a string quartet.

As a young boy my musical abilities were zero. I did 'recitations' such as Casabianca - 'The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck' or 'The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God'.

Later I could sing. My parents took part in amateur versions of Gilbert and Sullivan. Sometimes I was part of the chorus. Earlier as a boy treble, I was an understudy for one of the Three Little Maids in The Mikado performed at my all-boys school. The producer hoped he wouldn't have to use me. I was totally out of scale with the rest of the cast, taller than anyone else on stage. My non-singing role was as The Executioner. The other problem was that my voice was breaking. Sometimes I was a treble; sometimes a bass. I ended up as a basso profundo.

Major Bowes Amateur Hour

 

[Hypoxia]

Thank you.

No problem. I like to blather instructively. A modular wind-instrument system still tempts me.

Care for a coffee ?

Certainly! And a healthy dose of Irish cream added would be greatly appreciated also.

Same here. Double. That reminds me, I must look up recipes for rhubarb limoncello.

Major Bowes Amateur Hour

Although both sides of my family were rather musical, music was not a feature of our large gatherings. Avoiding breakage was the main focus.

 

[JKendallDane]

Avoiding breakage was the main focus.

The most important thing after taking a new job is to learn all the rules. Then you'll have a better idea of how to break them.

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[Tio_Narratore]

The most important thing after taking a new job is to learn all the rules. Then you'll have a better idea of how to break them.

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In Case of Emergency,
Break Rules

 

[Hypoxia]

In Case of Emergency,
Break Rules

If your desperate breakage works, it goes in The Book and becomes a new rule. Ask Capt Kirk about that. If your trick fails, you're royally fucked without a safety net. Oy. Rules cover your ass. Bravery exposes your ass. Rotsa ruck.

 

[TANSTAAFL58]

Anyone who hears Wagner and does not smile in remembrance of Bugs Bunny ("What's Opera, Doc?") has missed a great part of his/her education, IMO.

Everything I know about Classical Music, especially Opera, I learned from Bugs Bunny. Heck, I even became an Engineer because I was certain that I could get some of Wylie E Coyote's inventions to work. Recognizing of course, that Physics always wins!

 

[JKendallDane]

Everything I know about Classical Music, especially Opera, I learned from Bugs Bunny. Heck, I even became an Engineer because I was certain that I could get some of Wylie E Coyote's inventions to work. Recognizing of course, that Physics always wins!

Factoid: Roadrunners max out at 26 MPH while coyotes can easily hit 40 MPH.

Our childhoods were just one lie after another.

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[Tio_Narratore]

Factoid: Roadrunners max out at 26 MPH while coyotes can easily hit 40 MPH.

Our childhoods were just one lie after another.

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And don't forget that roadrunners do not eat bird seed; they're carnivores. Mostly lizards, but they have been known to gang up on rattlesnakes.

 

[Handley_Page]

And don't forget that roadrunners do not eat bird seed; they're carnivores. Mostly lizards, but they have been known to gang up on rattlesnakes.

Really ?
Apparently, they eat spiders, too. I wonder if I should get one as a pet ?

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Really ?
Apparently, they eat spiders, too. I wonder if I should get one as a pet ?

Yes, arthropods too, particularly larger ones like tarantula spiders.

 

[JKendallDane]

Yes, arthropods too, particularly larger ones like tarantula spiders.

I would think if you have a problem with tarantulas in the house, the solution would be something a little more drastic than a pet roadrunner.

Personally I'd be thinking more along the lines of a flamethrower.

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