Accordion Jokes?
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I play viola, I was in a community orchestra for a while, but frankly most viola parts suck. The violins get all the good tunes. I still play it a bit, mostly laying down harmony on recordings.
I had a lute, it made my wrist ache and I spent more time tuning it than playing it - 8 "course", so fifteen strings to tune! I swapped to mandocello, buying one that looks "somewhat mediaeval" to the uneducated eye. Half the strings and has relatively easy chord shapes.
“Lutinists spend 90% of their time tuning their instruments and 10% playing out of tune”
(or words to that effect).
“Lutinists spend 90% of their time tuning their instruments and 10% playing out of tune”
(or words to that effect).
True story!
Xiane
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That's awesome! The hat is great. The lute looks like PITA. I've heard that tuning is what you do with lutes, what you always do with lutes, and that's part of why guitars won in the end?I play viola, I was in a community orchestra for a while, but frankly most viola parts suck. The violins get all the good tunes. I still play it a bit, mostly laying down harmony on recordings.
I had a lute, it made my wrist ache and I spent more time tuning it than playing it - 8 "course", so fifteen strings to tune! I swapped to mandocello, buying one that looks "somewhat mediaeval" to the uneducated eye. Half the strings and has relatively easy chord shapes.
But now I'm considering what unpopular instruments remain for you. Have you considered Cajun music and taking up the triangle and washboard?
The other big gripe I had about lute was it was bowl-backed and not at all ergonomic - not like a modern guitar that sits easily on the thigh. The mandocello in my photo is flat-backed but not at all comfortable - it looks the part on-stage though!
As to other instruments, I would like to learn banjo sometime...
Well at least you won’t have to learn new jokes…….The other big gripe I had about lute was it was bowl-backed and not at all ergonomic - not like a modern guitar that sits easily on the thigh. The mandocello in my photo is flat-backed but not at all comfortable - it looks the part on-stage though!
As to other instruments, I would like to learn banjo sometime...
Xiane
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Spoons!The other big gripe I had about lute was it was bowl-backed and not at all ergonomic - not like a modern guitar that sits easily on the thigh. The mandocello in my photo is flat-backed but not at all comfortable - it looks the part on-stage though!
As to other instruments, I would like to learn banjo sometime...
Double bass, accordion, banjo, mandolin/mandocello, spoons... are we trying to turn @Rosie C into a wild card for Steve'n'Seagulls?
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Xiane
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Looking good!!!!!!Does mine count (!st on left)?
Does mine count (!st on left)?
...asking the bald bloke: "Why aren't you wearing a hat?"
His reply: "I am - it's a bareskin!"
(Boom, Tish---)
Rodney
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Rodney
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I laughed out loud at this one.
Siegmund
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Next time someone tells you the accordion is uncool, you can reply "no, I play an Ork-ordion, it's out of this world!"
It's a bonus that the generation most likely to disparage accordions is also the generation most likely to have watched 1970s sitcoms.
It's a bonus that the generation most likely to disparage accordions is also the generation most likely to have watched 1970s sitcoms.
Ventura
Been here for ages!
oh my !
davidplaysaccordion
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Hey, I used to ply a keytar. It was great because instead of being stuck in one place with a keyboard I could annoy the guitarists out front.
Rodney
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Evolution t-shirts are on Amazon, but I think they are fairly expensive.
