Playing Music 1

[CajunCenturion]

Trumpet, fiddle, oboe, and violin are all musical instruments. Why is it acceptable 'to trumpet' and 'to fiddle', but not 'to oboe' and 'to violin'?

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[tsdragon]

Can you make music with a tuba toothpaste?

Does it hurt when you break your trombone? Where do they put the cast?

Where does one put a clarinet to catch clari?

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[SF0751]

Remember, you can tune a piano, but you can't tuna fish! (with apologizes to REO Speedwagon).

Susan
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[snuv]

you can tuna fish - triangle ling

"If it could have gone wrong earlier and it didn't, it ultimately would have been beneficial for it to have." : Murphy's Ultimate Corollary

 

[rcrecelius]

Hmmm, this is my first visit to this forum and I find it quite amusing.
Back to the fiddle vs violin debate.
A violin has nylon strings which produce a mellower tone...also the strings are set to make it easier to bow only one string at a time. A violin player (violinist) can usually read sheet music.
A fiddle has steel/nickel strings and produces a brighter tone and the strings are set to a flatter radius so the player can easily bow 2 strings at a time. Some fiddle players can read music (possibly because they started out taking violin lessons) but many play simply "by ear" and can play hundreds of classic fiddle breakdowns at the drop of a hat. Advanced/professional fiddle players may also know the "Nashville Numbers" system whereas most violinists would not.

And about those drummers...
How can you tell if your stage is level?
The drummer is drooling out of both sides of his mouth!

 

[mscallisto]

Did Stradivarius have them there nylon straings?

BTW I like the "level stage" proof...I'll get some mileage out of that!

 

[rcrecelius]

I almost said "gut" strings but I didnt have the background knowledge/information handy to back it up so I just left it as nylon.

 

[Thadeus]

I have to say that violin lessons in my son's school are all on steel strings... and I haven't come across the flatter bridge or fingerboard of a fiddle yet.

This info was interesting though:
The fiddle is a much older word for bowed instruments. There were fiddles many hundreds of years before the type of fiddle called a violin was first produced in Italy. So really a vilolin is a fiddle like an automobile is a type of car. Like a railroad car is a type of car.
There are other types of fiddles also like the hardanger fiddle and viols. ~by: Jim Edwards

 

[elanor]

Sorry, but as the sister of three musicians (and ex of one), I just had to contribute to the earlier part of the thread...

How do you get a drummer off your doorstep?
Pay him for the pizza.

Thanks!
Elanor