I'm curious as to how many on the Forum play one,Fiddle,juice(jews)harp,dulcermer,banjo,mandolins,penny-whistles,fifes,drums,and others.I make a lot of noise on the tenor (4 string) banjo) mandolin and mandola (tenor mandolin) I've built a few instruments and repaired some.always enjoyed folk style msic. :: :thumbsup:
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fiddle here , i dont play it well butdo draw a bow now and then
Gordy, I play the viola and the cello (seems like I'm mentioning this quite a bit recently :hmm
. Anyhow, both instruments were around way back when, though I don't know how many folks packed them outside the cities. The viola, which is basically an alto violin, possibly. The cello was probably considered too "high fallootin" for country folk. :: Anyhoo, I'm not good enough to play in an orchestra, but like Captchee says, I draw a bow now and again. :thumbsup:
P.S. Note my new fancy, handy dandy bass clef avatar! :thumbsup:
. Anyhow, both instruments were around way back when, though I don't know how many folks packed them outside the cities. The viola, which is basically an alto violin, possibly. The cello was probably considered too "high fallootin" for country folk. :: Anyhoo, I'm not good enough to play in an orchestra, but like Captchee says, I draw a bow now and again. :thumbsup:P.S. Note my new fancy, handy dandy bass clef avatar! :thumbsup:
I have 5 Dulcimers, but only play one at a time.:shake: Two were built for me. I like a deeper base sound with 4 to 5 strings. :shake:
Also play the Auto Harp. The originals go back to the late 17th to early 18th. cent. The more modern "chording" came in around 1870s and patended in a 1880 or so. I play the Chording Autoharp because the fingers do not work like they use too.... :hmm: :: :results:
Want to hear some rowdy...bawdy songs of the :-} West or old time Tavern Songs of questionable morals... :relax: :huh:
Lets' see...Charlot the Harrlot....Lady of the tavern.....Goes with Strawberry dunkin. :what: :youcrazy: :what:
Also play the Auto Harp. The originals go back to the late 17th to early 18th. cent. The more modern "chording" came in around 1870s and patended in a 1880 or so. I play the Chording Autoharp because the fingers do not work like they use too.... :hmm: :: :results:
Want to hear some rowdy...bawdy songs of the :-} West or old time Tavern Songs of questionable morals...
:relax: :huh:Lets' see...Charlot the Harrlot....Lady of the tavern.....Goes with Strawberry dunkin. :what: :youcrazy: :what:
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Tipis,.... Have you put any of yore music on CD's??
I'm ready to "place an order"!!!! :thumbsup: :haha:
YMHS
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I'm ready to "place an order"!!!! :thumbsup: :haha:
YMHS
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Mandolin, dulcimer,native flute and the spoons. :results:
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my wife bought a banjo for me this year, but I haven't learned how to play it yet....not much time
I play bluegrass style mandolin, learning fiddle (sounds like I'm killing a cat) and I had to give up playing the flute due to adult asthma, don't have the lungs I use to... :boohoo: :shake:
I want a lute and a dulcimers, I like the tones they produce...
:shake:I want a lute and a dulcimers, I like the tones they produce...
Played trumpet, baritone, tuba & Sousaphone in High School. Not much call for Sousaphones at rendezvous.
(I figured Mouseketeer was doing something in the "base cleft" (aka: "low cut" :winking eace
I have a fife and a couple penny whistles I can coax recognizable tunes out of. A relative passed along a violin that I was sawing away at, but THE ADMIRAL hid it and won't tell me where it is. I've lusted after a concertina for years, but balk at the $$$ for something I may never get hand tame.
My wife (THE ADMIRAL) has all the real musical talents. Percussion & concert piano (music major at WVU) and now she teaches music. She plays classical guitar beautifully and started on a 5-string banjo . . . but I hid that and won't tell her where it is.
(I figured Mouseketeer was doing something in the "base cleft" (aka: "low cut" :winking
eaceI have a fife and a couple penny whistles I can coax recognizable tunes out of. A relative passed along a violin that I was sawing away at, but THE ADMIRAL hid it and won't tell me where it is. I've lusted after a concertina for years, but balk at the $$$ for something I may never get hand tame.
My wife (THE ADMIRAL) has all the real musical talents. Percussion & concert piano (music major at WVU) and now she teaches music. She plays classical guitar beautifully and started on a 5-string banjo . . . but I hid that and won't tell her where it is.
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Played electric guitar since 1962. All rock but I love bluegrass and would love to learn some of it some time. If I could master a few of them tunes, I would get an acoustic for rendezvous.
Great! Now I'm gonna be known as "Mouseketeer"! :shocking:Actually, it's probably a more suitable name for me than "Musketeer"! :crackup: :crackup: Maybe I'll see if Claude'll let me change my screen name. :hmm: ::Thanks, Stumpy! You're a gentleman and a scholar. Or maybe a rifleman and a scrounger, I ain't figured out which yet. :crackup: :thumbsup:
P.S I also own a couple o' them fancy, new-fangled e-lek-tronik synthemasizers ( I program sounds fer ma friend's band), but I don't think they was real popular way back when, what with no e-lek-tricity and all! :crackup: :thumbsup:
