Found this blast from the past. A little long, but there is great stuff on here. Lots of folks that are no longer with us, may they rest in peace.
We Love Our Music
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How 'bout some instrumental?
Check out how many strings this thing has. (Yes, it plays 9 at once)
Makes a violin look like a child's toy
.If you are a purist, then just listen without watching
:There is a great variety of music out there.
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I probably already did. Do you know who my Avatar is?Can you imagine what others think of us now?
"OMG! They have gone total-Mongolian!!!"
What is that instrument?
They gave it a name that became derogatory because 'non-musicians' could play it and it sounded better than their 'elite' violin.I probably already did. Do you know who my Avatar is?
What is that instrument?
The Hurdy-Gurdy.
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How 'bout some instrumental?
Check out how many strings this thing has. (Yes, it plays 9 at once)
Makes a violin look like a child's toy
If you are a purist, then just listen without watching
There is a great variety of music out there.
That is fascinating!
It actually is because the drone-strings give it much more depth than a simple violin. It is still maligned to this day and the players were called "organ grinders" in the past.
Oh, and because it has a wheel instead of a bow, it can play a single note uninterrupted, for minutes.
...Now you better post something fast, or I shall release the harpsichords!
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I like harpsichords! Bring 'em on!
If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every day 'til eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you
If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I'd save every day like a treasure, and then
Again, I would spend them with you
But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go through time with
If I had a box just for wishes
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty
Except for the memory of how they were answered by you
But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go through time with
Songwriters: James Croce.
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every day 'til eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you
If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I'd save every day like a treasure, and then
Again, I would spend them with you
But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go through time with
If I had a box just for wishes
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty
Except for the memory of how they were answered by you
But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
That you're the one I want to go through time with
Songwriters: James Croce.
Ok, but just one.I like harpsichords! Bring 'em on!
The harpsichord was vastly superior to the piano in one aspect...
Because the weight of the 'thing' that strikes the strings are a fraction of the weight of the 'hammers' on a piano, it allows the keys to be played much faster than a piano.
Think "machinegun verses semi-auto"
.Start this video 1-minute in and note the 'rate of fire'. A piano can't do that.
Also, note what a beautiful artifact he is playing.
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Ditto! bring on the glass!I like harpsichords! Bring 'em on!
You mean the 'glass harp'? It's already here:
https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/we-love-classical-music.12366/post-518542
Ever heard the old Dr. Who intro using it?
Oh please don't. I'm not a fan of the harpsichord. Our local classical station has an entire repertoire of itIt actually is because the drone-strings give it much more depth than a simple violin. It is still maligned to this day and the players were called "organ grinders" in the past.
Oh, and because it has a wheel instead of a bow, it can play a single note uninterrupted, for minutes.
...Now you better post something fast, or I shall release the harpsichords!
Relax, I'm being nice. You noticed that I said: "Ok, but just one".Oh please don't. I'm not a fan of the harpsichord. Our local classical station has an entire repertoire of it
I confess that I feel bad for the maligned hurdy gurdy.Now, the lute is a different story - go ahead and post some of that funky stuff
It was given this as a stigma because it proved their precious violins are one-dimensional.
I'm combing thru lots of videos trying to find one where it is playing a worthy piece.
Ok, this is the last one, I promise!I confess that I feel bad for the maligned hurdy gurdy.
I'm combing thru lots of videos trying to find one where it is playing a worthy piece.
Take 1 beautiful girl, with a beautiful voice +1 hurdy gurdy, +1 drum, and a good song, and you have a hit record.
14-million people liked it, and I did too
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This is the tune I heard while digging a grave for Jingle Belle in the White Mountains of Arizona... I guess it'll work for my missing cat Z-Girl, and little Phoenix as well, bless their little feline souls. 
Johnny Cash
This song was popular on both sides during the Civil War, but it resonates with me where missing cats are concerned. I went back to Jingle Belle's grave and listened to it many times... too bad Phoenix and Z-Girl had no burial.
Johnny Cash
This song was popular on both sides during the Civil War, but it resonates with me where missing cats are concerned. I went back to Jingle Belle's grave and listened to it many times... too bad Phoenix and Z-Girl had no burial.
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How about some late night jammin?
RIP Irish singer Christy Dignam, from a band called Aslan
