Captain Midnight Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 Well, don't laugh too hard, all I can play is the Jew's harp, but I play it well! "Now then, me bullies! Would you rather do the gallows dance, and hang in chains 'til the crows pluck your eyes from your rotten skulls? Or would you feel the roll of a stout ship beneath your feet again?" ---Captain William Kidd--- (1945) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartermaster James Posted July 22, 2006 Share Posted July 22, 2006 I'm about halfway through building a conversion banjo. (Seems like I can build 'em better than I can pick 'em ) I do have a Deering Goodtime and a mountain banjo I plunk around with a bit. But I can't really call it playin', yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rinalda Kidd Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Noo, I knoo wha' a banjo be, an' thoo many's th' port I've been in, m'lad, but I've nae heard o' a conversion banjo. Wonderin', wha' tha' be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartermaster James Posted July 23, 2006 Share Posted July 23, 2006 Way back when, or sometime in the future depending upon your point of reckoning...let's just call it early 20th century America, there was something of a banjo craze. There are a lot of four string tenor banjos around from those days. And, as ye may well expect, they can be found in many various states and conditions. A conversion banjo (or a banjo conversion) is what you get when you take the rim (aka: pot) from one of these and refit it with a five-string banjo neck (which is also longer than the tenor banjo neck). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clambeard Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Yarr! I be the pyrate drummarr fer the pyrate rock band "Sunken Chest"! Drums be the most piratey off all instruments fer ye hit them with a stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Hedge Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 I plays a mandolin on occasion...built it meself. Besides that, I recall when I was a lad, I thought that if I dinna go into piracy I woulda made a fair ter middlin scratch DJ...aye, th boys pokes fun at me about it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Ariashal Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 Well, I play the piano. Taught meself in de begining. 'Tis a shame ye can't take such an instrument on the ship with'ee. But, nonetheless, I can play a few pirate shanties on that 'ol beastie. I be Cap'n of me own 'friggin ship... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Hedge Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 I knowd a man what had a piano in his cabin...pipe organ leastways...famous Cap'n name o Hook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Bess Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Cap'n Hook! Ahh, now -there's- a pirate who knows what he's doing! I be fortunate to play the piano as well. "Life's good, and why wouldn't it be? I'm a pirate after all." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Young Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Well... I used to play guitar when I was back in middle school, learned some basic notes and such, but due to money my parents took me out of it. Then for Father's Day I got a nice basic acoustic guitar and since then I've relearned most of my chords and notes. Not ready to stand on streetcorners strumming fer cash, but soon... soon... I'm already pretty good with the ballad, "Hero of Canton". "Yo Ho, all together hoist the colours high Heave Ho, theives and beggers Never shall we die..." "I don't care who ye say you are lad, if ye say 'savvy' one more time, I'll bury this cutlass in that thick skull of yers!" -Captain John Young - PILF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlintLockSarah Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Classical Guitar, Electric Guitar, Fiddle,Piano,Flute, Irish Flute. Some harp but still learning.... Ever since i was a wee little one i was musically inclined. My Soul Is Full Of Longing For The Secrets Of The Sea And The Heart Of The Great Ocean Sends A Thrilling Pulse Through Me ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Maria Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Yeah to another fiddle palyer! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Dreadlocke Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 6&12 string guitar. 6 string banjo and 12 string banjolin. Gots me a set 'o 2 drone pipes but the ol' battleaxe say it gives 'er a 'eadache. PIRATES! Because ye can't do epic shyte wi' normal people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hester Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 The tambourine ... badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"Bloody" Bill Marley Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 Myself, i play tha electric bass. pretty well. ah play professionally piratey for all sorts of festivals an events. bit of a problem tho when our prospective employers frown upon any thing not period. thats why i started thinkin abou procurin myself a cello an turn it sideways. what do yeh think? ah hate acoustic basses cause they can't project fer dung. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCholeBlack Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 The tambourine ... badly. Come now, all ye have to do is shake it Not to toot my own horn but I can at least play something simple, twinkle twinkle or mary had a little lamb usually, on almost any instrament you hand me. The except to that has been the trombone. I tried to teach myself that blasted thing once & managed to play 6 decient notes before giving up completely. I've played bass for nearly 20 years, since I was just a little kid. I can play guitar a bit around the camp fire, my partners cello, piano, my mothers flute & I used to play clarinet in band back in school. I also enjoy hand drumming. I sing a bit to, although being female & an alto there isn't a lot of call for it. Plus the little swab is always yelling at me to stop. She's a terrible critic. I just love music! "If part of the goods be plundered by a pirate the proprietor or shipmaster is not entitled to any contribution." An introduction to merchandize, Robert Hamilton, 1777Slightly Obsessed, an 18th Century reenacting blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hester Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 thats why i started thinkin abou procurin myself a cello an turn it sideways. what do yeh think? ah hate acoustic basses cause they can't project fer dung There's a Canadian contemporary folksinger who plays cello sorta like that, her name is Kim Barlow One critic commented on her unique cello style: " She’s found a new and useful role for the cello in folk music: rather than ornament her songs with atmospheric bowing, she plucks at her instrument to produce a sound that’s part bass, part rhythm guitar, and altogether compelling." Alexander Varty, The Georgia Straight I remember hearing her interviewed a while back on the CBC, and I think she said she found the cello at a yard sale or somethin'. Cheers, Hester ... who could attempt to play the cello like a tambourine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Handed Jill Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Come now, all ye have to do is shake it If it were only that easy... Speaking as a percussionist, nothing ruins a song worse than the beat being off - it's like fingernails on a chalkboard . I've had the misfortune to try and record a demo with someone who was a bit off with the beat on her tambourine. It wasn't pretty, I'll tell ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 aye well it depends.... what i'v tried to pick up be the classical guitar and teh irish tin whistle......used to sing in me younger days but still tryin jus' the same Mud Slinging Pyromanic , Errrrrr Ship's Potter at ye service Vagabond's Rogue Potter Wench First Mate of the Fairge Iolaire Me weapons o choice be lots o mud, sharp pointy sticks, an string Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Pete Straw Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Studied the violin/fiddle for years, but never became more than a beginner. My greatest growthspurt was when I worked with my daughter everyday to learn the instrument, and I was always just a little bit better than her... then I stopped practicing while insisting she continue. She is now a virtuoso and I remain a beginner. A lesson learned far too late in life. I can play a few very (very!) simple tunes on the piano. The only instrument I have mastered is the jaw harp. I can play it without chipping my teeth (most people cannot master that step) and can do the whole resonance volume thing. I plan to purchase a set of bagpipes (call me a fool now!) and try to master what is considered the most difficult instrument to learn. Payback to myself for not keeping up with the violin. "He's a Pirate dancer, He dances for money, Any old dollar will do... "He's a pirate dancer, His dances are funny... 'Cuz he's only got one shoe! Ahhrrr!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matusalem Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I took 6 years of piano lessons, only to find my heart settled for the guitar and forgot how to play piano. Been through my share of bands. Now my new thing is the upright bass (or double bass) played in the rockabilly slap stype of early 1950's Elvis, Carl Perkins, and Gene Vincent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartermaster James Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 To be the man I wish I were, I would have to have been born the half-breed love child of Billy Connolly & Dave Cahppelle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quartermaster James Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Oops! Thought that last post was going into the Declare Sumthin about Yerself thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapnJake Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 I'm working on learning the concertina with tips from my folk singer pal David HB Drake. I discovered that my normally shy cat LOVES the playing and rubs up against me or the concertina and sings along. "Mee-yooo!" Sure beats when I was dog-sitting for a friend and her lovey-dovey black lab barked and bayed at the concertina! Dean Calin (Cap'n Jake) Bounding Main www.boundingmain.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilasTalbot Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 I discovered that my normally shy cat LOVES the playing and rubs up against me or the concertina and sings along. "Mee-yooo!" Ah, cats as music critics... Many years ago when I was a music major in college, my cat used to race back and forth through the room and climb the speaker grille cloth (which she KNEW was a no-no) when I played piano pieces by the more polytonal/atonal composers. If I switched to something like Bach inventions, she would calm down. She didn't get to come in the room when I played rock 'n roll... I started on piano when I was 7 years old, but rock corrupted me in my teens. (That's what it's SUPPOSED to do). Played guitar and keyboards and sang in bands for many years, went back to college to finish a music degree..but now I just play for my own amusement. I just acquired an old Hammond tone-wheel organ and I'm looking forward to getting it in playing condition again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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