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I just scored a pretty awesome old piano accordion off some guy on craigslist today for a lot less money than it probably should have been. All the reeds work and sound in tune to me and the bellows hold air. This thing is a blast and my neighbors are going to hate it. Now I am sorely tempted to get one of those little toy button-boxes for irish music. I have also played a keyless plastic M&E irish flute for quite a while now. I like it better than nearly all of the wooden ones I have played, and the wooden ones that did like better were all ones that I couldn't afford anyway. A plastic flute is great because it requires no maintenance and I will second the recommendation for the Irish Flute Store; he sells a lot of new instruments pretty much at cost (just for the pleasure of helping people get instruments that they like, as far as I can tell) and when he does make money it goes towards an orphanage in Haiti that he supports. withak fucked around with this message at 05:10 on Jul 4, 2011 |
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Also on the subject of recommendations, I recently got a Mellow Dog tinwhistle in C from Jerry Freeman and it is fantastic. My girlfriend got me a non-tunable Shaw one a while back so that I could play D-minor tunes along with her harp and the difference between that one and this one is like night and day (also being able to play in tune is nice). I got the set where you get a D body and a C body with a mouthpiece that fits both, but I think I actually prefer my old $7 Generation D over this new one. The Freeman D sounds very good; I just like the sound of the unmodified Generation better.
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Jul 4, 2011 05:17
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:Do note that all the toy ones are in C(ish), while you really need a D for Irish. I'm not too worried about the actual key; I doubt that I would play the thing with other people. I just want to try it. Also, my girlfriend has a shakuhachi and I don't know if it is because it is a cheap one that she picked up somewhere or if it is normal, but that thing takes some serious wind power to play. I have played regular flute for about 20 years and that shakuhachi leaves me gasping for breath. withak fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Jul 4, 2011 |
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Jul 4, 2011 18:18
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It has a sticker on it but I think it is in Japanese. She might know what it says though. I don't have much trouble actually getting sounds out of it, it just takes a lot more air than anything else that I have played.
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Jul 4, 2011 18:44
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I played with a toy button box today and have learned that (like harmonica) I totally cannot wrap my head around the idea of having two different notes come out of one key. :-/
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Jul 10, 2011 05:15
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There is an Andean flute where you blow across a notch in the end.
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Jul 11, 2011 00:29
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:For goons in San Francisco and Seattle, vist the Lark in the Morning store They closed the SF store a few years ago.
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Jul 16, 2011 18:12
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radium's grandmother posted:I think I may have found what I'm looking for: Buying old accordions without playing them first is a pretty big risk. They don't age well without regular maintenance (regardless of how they look on the outside) and the way this description is written makes it sound like the seller doesn't know much about them so probably can't be relied up to tell you whether it is actually playable. IMO it would take a pretty cheap price to balance out the risk.
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Jul 18, 2011 19:32
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That kind of mouthpiece will sound quieter and windier compared to the plastic ones, but that particular one looks messed up like the block isn't inserted all the way. It should look like this (Shaw C & Clarke D):
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Aug 7, 2011 04:35
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That's pretty good.
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Aug 20, 2011 19:02
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If anyone was on the fence about uilleann pipes, see if this doesn't change your mind: The Downfall of Paris withak fucked around with this message at 15:17 on Sep 7, 2011 |
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Sep 7, 2011 15:13
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It looks pretty straightforward in the video; maybe yours is defective?
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Sep 30, 2011 15:10
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Yeah, learning violin by yourself will leave you with a million bad habits down the line.
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Jan 7, 2012 18:28
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Testro posted:I picked up a toy accordion and have mastered Row Row Row Your Boat (wahey) playing single notes with the right hand. They are chords. The top one is the main chord and much of the time you can't go wrong if you hold that one down for the entire song. The middle is probably a five chord for decoration. Probably you can play that one on "life is but a" and then go back to the main chord on "dream". The bottom button is probably just an air vent which you should push if you ever have to squeeze or pull the instrument without any other buttons pushed.
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Jan 8, 2012 00:03
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My girlfriend got me a Chieftain low D whistle for a late, late christmas present and it is pretty awesome. It is basically a very thick-walled aluminum pipe so it is also probably useful for self defense. I have also been eyeing one of those cheaper hayden concertinas for longer than is healthy. :-/ withak fucked around with this message at 08:08 on Mar 4, 2012 |
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Mar 4, 2012 08:06
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I scored a CC Elise on ebay for pretty cheap. 
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Mar 6, 2012 15:52
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Usually the glue that holds the mouthpiece on is pretty weak. You might just have to pull/twist harder to break it loose. Heating it with hot water or steam can supposedly help also, but I've never had to go that far.
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Mar 15, 2012 23:55
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My CC Elise arrived today so I ditched work early to noodle around.  This thing is very easy to figure out.
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Mar 20, 2012 01:47
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I made a youtube of my cardboard dulcimer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3c01usETco
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Mar 31, 2012 04:41
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WAFFLEHOUND posted:As for where I'll be? Well, actually you posted a picture of the exact neighborhood I'll be in! He is a highly effective stalker.
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Mar 31, 2012 04:42
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It's a four-string; the melody string is doubled. These things are a ridiculously good deal. withak fucked around with this message at 16:33 on Mar 31, 2012 |
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Mar 31, 2012 16:31
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FelicityGS posted:I do not need another instrument..... FWIW this is literally never true.
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Mar 31, 2012 17:00
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Put me down for cardboard dulcimer too. 
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Apr 1, 2012 23:37
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Usually like a uke.
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May 26, 2012 23:46
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Tim Eriksen is The Best.
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May 30, 2012 02:45
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I like bajo sexto in the airport: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrpikEOI45M
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May 30, 2012 14:25
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I remember reading a quote from Les Paul that said something like the ideal electric guitar is basically a railroad tie with strings and and pickups.
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Jul 1, 2012 03:26
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:By "struggling" do you mean "blowing a clean note"? Is this a D whistle? So you're having trouble on your lowest three notes (the third is F#, btw)? If so, it's just a matter of taking some slow 5 minute sessions of just very slowly trying to sound individual notes, and tweaking your breath pressure to deliberately bring it just below threshold, just above, and then rest at that sweet spot in the middle where you get a clear note. Once you have that, do the other notes, and then practice transitioning between them and getting the pressure adjustment right. Also make sure that you are covering those last three holes completely. Even the tiniest gap under any of your fingers could make it not work right.
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Jul 18, 2012 05:24
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:- And a really fancy bit of melody work on some Irish jigs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbKApkQe2Jk  Holy poo poo
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Nov 27, 2012 05:54
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Dude I can't afford any kind of bajo right now, please stop posting about them.
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Dec 28, 2012 05:16
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Basically the right place for the bridge is where the open note and the 12th fret harmonic is the same pitch for each string. Start out with the bridge placed so the 12th fret is exactly midway from the bridge to the nut and nudge it around from there.
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Jan 13, 2013 18:31
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Be careful of Anglo concertinas if you are like me and have a learning disability that prevents you from being able to handle bisonoric instruments.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Is it appropriate to post in the thread when you see an interesting weird instrument available in a specific geographic area? I ask because there's a lacquered taishogoto (as seen on page 10) available on the SF-area Craigslist for best offer over $150. As an impulse buyer of instruments, I think you should only be allowed to post about things like this if you are willing to chip to towards the cost. This particular one is probably only 10 minutes from me. :-/
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Mar 24, 2013 03:18
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:It's an oral tradition, so a lot of the skillset just comes from hearing this stuff over and over again to the point that you can just hum all these tunes off the top of your head. Aural tradition 
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Apr 9, 2013 15:53
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I can't remember if we ever talked about the khene here, but here is an interesting application of one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMgw9xI-OcY
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Apr 29, 2013 15:02
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You can partially cover the opening where the sound is made with a piece of scotch tape but it will sound like poo poo and probably also change the intonation so practicing that way isn't recommended.
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Jul 7, 2013 00:22
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A lot of learning violin involves hearing yourself, so using a mute as a beginner is likely to leave you with all kinds of bad habits and weird issues. I think mutes are intended for violinists/fiddlers who are already proficient and don't have to worry as much about the fundamentals when they practice.
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Oct 16, 2013 03:03
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Also note that the intervals for the standard uke tuning are the same as the four high strings on guitar, so to play uke you can pretend that you are playing only the four high strings on a guitar. Just keep in mind that the uke is tuned a fifth lower, so if you play what would be a G chord on guitar then it comes out a as C chord on uke.
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There is always the cardboard dulcimer option. The are pretty neat IMO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3c01usETco withak fucked around with this message at 05:58 on Nov 27, 2013 |
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I know at least one irish accordion player who switched to accordion after his left hand got too wrecked to play fiddle any more.
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