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How about the Lute?
dlgoff said:How about the Lute?
Glad I could be of help. :DRonL said:David Carroll only locked me in for 27 minutes, my afternoon has now gone to a couple of screwdrivers and two hours of slack-jawed listening
I gave you a like, but my wife's not so happydlgoff said:Glad I could be of help. :D
Well, promise her this after you're done with the Lute.RonL said:I gave you a like, but my wife's not so happy
It was so disappointing when "ladies number one detective agency" did not get renewed for more episodes:L the show was based on life in Botswana, so much fun to hear the sound of spoken dialog.:)David Carroll said:I've also heard that if you cannot roll your 'r's by the time you're around 12, you'll never be able to do it. I would roll my 'r's as a young child because my sister taught me how, but if that never happened, I'd basically be forever handicapped to the vast majority of the world's languages.
I took German in High School, and it took me forever to master the backthroated 'r's. To this day, I think that's an annoying sound, so I hate pronouncing a lot of German, French, and Hebrew words. But other languages are no problem.
By the way, did you know that there are only three languages in the world that has the retroflex "r" sound that English has? English, Mandarin, and some obscure language in Botswana.
You really sound gifted oo)neyzentanburi said:I play traditional ottoman turkish musical instruments:
ney, tanbur, kemençe, ud, kanun, lavta, rebab
and some western instruments in turkish style:
chello, violin, flute, guitar, clarinet ! :)
jack476 said:I play piano and violin reasonably well, but I'd really like to play organ. Unfortunately, while the university I go to does have a music department, they got rid of the Yamaha Electones they had in a practice lab, and while there is a church that offers lessons it's only to play religious music as a church organist rather than any sort of general skillset, and I can't stand religious music. The other problem is that there isn't a whole lot of new repertoire (Final Fantasy 6 notwithstanding).
I did, however, build a rank of pedals to use with my keyboard, but it's still not the same.
RonL said:What a quandary, after 3-1/2 hours of music that I know I like, this left me bewildered won't say I didn't like it and can't say I did. Do you have an explanation of how it is intended to move the listener ? what mood or setting does it fit
dlgoff said:Since this thread is about instruments ...
There's one of these at my Alma Mater.
It's located at the top of this:
I read in Scientific American years ago that computer programming is dealt with by the language centre of the brain. Perhaps music is the same, although I've always thought of it as an art thing. The ability to learn languages essentially atrophies after about 20 years of age or so.DiracPool said:if you wait until after middle school (even high school may be too late), then your musical learning and expression is relationally interpretive rather than organic.
Don't hold it against them; it might have been a favour. I was forced to take music in school, by the board of education rather than my parents. The result was that I refused to learn it and hated it with a burning passion for the next 30 years.DiracPool said:would have wished I were forced to take music lessons from as early in life as possible.
I've never even heard that term before, but what I read when I looked up it (and secondary links) in Wikipedia suggest that it's not actually done in English. The only English off-shoots mentioned are Yankspeak and whatever it is that the Irish do. Are English people and we Canucks immune, or did they just neglect to include us?David Carroll said:By the way, did you know that there are only three languages in the world that has the retroflex "r" sound that English has? English, Mandarin, and some obscure language in Botswana.
It seems to me sort of like building a set of pedals for your skateboard when you really wanted a bicycle.jack476 said:I did, however, build a rank of pedals to use with my keyboard, but it's still not the same.
Actually, he seems really gifted; we have no idea what he actually sounds like... :pRonL said:You really sound gifted oo)
Danger said:Actually, he seems really gifted; we have no idea what he actually sounds like... :p
RonL said:What a quandary, after 3-1/2 hours of music that I know I like, this left me bewildered won't say I didn't like it and can't say I did. Do you have an explanation of how it is intended to move the listener ? what mood or setting does it fit
Danger said:It seems to me sort of like building a set of pedals for your skateboard when you really wanted a bicycle.
No, I'm sure that the asylums are full of them...RonL said:Am I the only one that hears the sound when I read the name of an instrument ?:D
Thanks jack476, I found at the very bottom of your link, a 10 minute piece that would open and play, with a little effort I might be able to develop a bit of an ear for this level of music.jack476 said:It plays during the final battle sequence of Final Fantasy 6. The piece itself has already been written about at length http://www.destructoid.com/final-fantasy-vi-s-dancing-mad-a-critical-analysis-157570.phtml
Note that it's divided into 4 movements, not an 18-minute long loop. The third movement was actually what made me want to learn to play organ.
Supposedly there's some connection to the Divine Comedy, but I've never read that so I can't comment on it.
Well, it works. Sort of. I live in a dorm room and was on a limited budget, I couldn't well drop $2000 on an Electone or Roland organ, now could I? :p I have had some success interfacing it with Hauptwerk though. But there really is no substitute for the real thing, sadly.
Nah...that's why they put me here by myselfDanger said:No, I'm sure that the asylums are full of them...
I admire your innovative nature, but fingers work better.Pythagorean said:(I'm learning it by ear)
RonL said:Thanks jack476, I found at the very bottom of your link, a 10 minute piece that would open and play, with a little effort I might be able to develop a bit of an ear for this level of music.
I will put some time into this:)
Maybe it's time for a smoke break?jack476 said:the organists always make mistakes on the third movement when they're playing live.
jack476 said:This is a better recording (in a studio, not someone's phone camera). Also, IDK what it is because I've never had trouble with it myself, but the organists always make mistakes on the third movement when they're playing live.
Given the choice and absent constraintsDembadon said:Lacking any constraints (money, time, etc.), what musical instrument would you learn to play and why?
What's the PF?RonL said:Is fantastic ?...Welcome to PF:)
OH,sorry, I think I know...physics forums...JOJO1985 said:What's the PF?
Physics Forums, you know, the site you're on :)JOJO1985 said:What's the PF?