Capt Thighbiter Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 CapnJake, I am learnin concertina too. Got a G/D Stagi 20 button for x-mas. I love it, its so different from fiddle, my main instrument. How are you coming along? any tips or tricks you want to share? Pirate music at it's best, from 1650 onwards The Brigands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 I discovered that my normally shy cat LOVES the playing and rubs up against me or the concertina and sings along. "Mee-yooo!" My mother's late dog used to enjoy singing that song as my father played his Northumbrian pipes. ... the dangdest thing is that the words seem to fit any tune Foxe"With this Fore-Staff he fansies he does Wonders, when, God knows, it amounts to no more but only to solve that simple Question, Where are we? Which every chi'd in London can tell you." - Ned Ward The Wooden World Dissected, 1707ETFox.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silkie McDonough Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 My shepski (Sheapard-Husky mix) would sing with me. He particularly liked Christmas songs specifically, "O'Holy Night" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn_Enigma Posted February 15, 2007 Share Posted February 15, 2007 Carmen Electra blah blah blah... Somebody remove this clown, please! "The floggings will continue until morale improves!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Alyx Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Sigh my jackie-girl would howl away with me on harmonica ~~~~Sailing Westward Bound~~~~ Lady Alyx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Anne Rose Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 none, currently but played piano. i know he's a pirate pretty well on the piano Pirattitude The rose came alive, Coloured deeply red, The boy just arrived, And as my heart, the rose wasn't dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Kestrel Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Just wonderin' what instruments are played by those here and how'd you get started? Well, I'm not very good yet, but I'm learning to play the bowed psaltery (in the same family as the dulcimer.) Mad Kestrel Privateer #9, IFoRP Captain of the Thanos (Fairhaven, CRF) But why is the rum gone? - Capt Jack Sparrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Anne Rose Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 ive got a performance today... pretty nervous. have to play AND sing Lithium... in front of... i dont know...50? maybe 100 ppl? pretty damn difficult song, Lithium. I really respect that girl from evanescence, for bringing the song wo well. :) im back on piano lessons, the performance is some sort of intro... to newbies or ex-players... V_V Pirattitude The rose came alive, Coloured deeply red, The boy just arrived, And as my heart, the rose wasn't dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapnJake Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 CapnJake, I am learnin concertina too. Got a G/D Stagi 20 button for x-mas. I love it, its so different from fiddle, my main instrument. How are you coming along? any tips or tricks you want to share? Sorry it's been so long to reply - lost track of this thread! Lots on the plate with the shows and the Pirate Festival and all. My trick to the concertina is - leaving it in the case while I think about practicing with it . . . I've been a HORRIBLE student, but with so many other things going on I had to set something aside, sad to say. How is it coming for you? Dean Calin (Cap'n Jake) Bounding Main www.boundingmain.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTom Posted April 21, 2007 Share Posted April 21, 2007 Hmmm. In size order, ascending: -- jaw harp -- sopranino recorder -- bones -- penny whistle -- soprano recorder -- alto recorder -- tenor recorder -- doumbek -- Baritone -- Tuba Anybody need a tuba aboard ship? Makes a hell of a fog horn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Roberts Posted April 23, 2007 Share Posted April 23, 2007 In order of competency. Alto Sax Harmonica Some percussion (currently I own an udu drum, working on getting a djembe) Tin whistle Didgeridoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Thighbiter Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 CapnJake, I am learnin concertina too. Got a G/D Stagi 20 button for x-mas. I love it, its so different from fiddle, my main instrument. How are you coming along? any tips or tricks you want to share? Sorry it's been so long to reply - lost track of this thread! Lots on the plate with the shows and the Pirate Festival and all. My trick to the concertina is - leaving it in the case while I think about practicing with it . . . I've been a HORRIBLE student, but with so many other things going on I had to set something aside, sad to say. How is it coming for you? Hey Jake, me lad! Its coming along well for me, I have about 30 tunes down pat and will be doing them as street performance music this weekend at the Baltimore Pirate Invasion. Hoping to bring it out at night for the pub crawl too. I spends me 1 hour a day on it , religiously, and it does pay off! I found that at first I was using way too much air, you can make it sing with relativiely small bellows thrusts. That allows me to play the hornpipes and reels at tempo and do the turns much cleaner. Good Luck! Pirate music at it's best, from 1650 onwards The Brigands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HildeKitten Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 * didgeridoo * celtic/viking horn (cowhorn haha, mock me all you want, but it makes a nice ruckuss and it's harder than it looks) * bass (electric, sadly not double, and not very good either alas) House of Secrets Incorporated Fashion and costume design For all your piracy needs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Rosy Palm Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 * didgeridoo Eduardo claims his instrument is a didgeridoo, but I'd say it's more of a piccolo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Chad Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 I started out on acoustic guitar and now I play electric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Crowe Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 I play some guitar, some keyboards, and I'm trying to teach myself penny whistle. Mostly I sing, I've lots of sea shanties under me belt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluePuppy Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 i play clarinet and saxophone, and sing primaaarily and i also tinker around with a violin, piano, a guitar, and a celtic lap harp after the move, when i've got more money free, and there are more opportunities for music study, i'm really hoping to get into the others, particularly the harp and i'm also planning on taking up the flute i'm a huge fan of celtic music so i'd really like to get into those instruments as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abrams Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Percussion - Drum kits, shakers (maracas and the like), djembe, etc. I'm working on getting a bodhran. I also wank around on guitar quite often. I've got the heart of a pirate, just not the garb... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manglin' Maggi Maloney Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Harmonica. I've been playin' since i was around 8 years old, me gramma taught me. Other than that, i do indulge in the odd percusion, though it's mostly along the lines of anythin' that can be made to make a sound in a rhythm i'm planning on taking up the didjeridoo in the next few weeks, studying for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matusalem Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 ....to be Lisa Gerrard (of Dead can Dance) and sing movie soundtracks in that dreamy medieval way that she sings. She is the one that started it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depinux Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 I currently 'play' Guitar (Acoustic and Electric) Didgeridoo Alto Sax (Here and There) I'd like to take up violin lessons in the near future. "I'm no fencing master, but I had some schoolin' in the art of cold steel" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Bess Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 A bowed psaltery and I just got back to my Bodhran after it had been taking a forced vacation with my cousin for a few years... nice to have it home (Although I cannot attest to the fact that my dog feels the same). Most of my beaters went missing though it seems.... Well, you may not realize it but your looking at the remains of what was once a very handsome woman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Hand Posted September 8, 2007 Share Posted September 8, 2007 If lookin' at my music notes counts....... Hey... I can play Drunkin Sailor (got that one memeorized) Pirates of The Carribean (have some of it memorized) Spanish Ladies (sorta) All fer me Grog Down among th' Dead Men (sorta) Th' Devils Son (sorta) And (almost) Billy Bones ... on my not period, but lotsa fun concertina......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Mab Posted September 9, 2007 Share Posted September 9, 2007 Classical violin. My teacher was horrid at teaching fiddle (which I hear is supposed to be fun but I just dreaded it) . . . and then I moved to California and stopped practicing . . . anyone have (or know where to find) any good period fiddle/violin music and/or of any ensemble groups?! 'cause, that would be so cool to do! I should pick it up again. Does anyone bring their instruments to events? If so, how do you protect them from heat/damp? How did seamen do it, I wonder? Avast, ye scurvy dog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Maria Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Classical violin. My teacher was horrid at teaching fiddle (which I hear is supposed to be fun but I just dreaded it) . . . and then I moved to California and stopped practicing . . . anyone have (or know where to find) any good period fiddle/violin music and/or of any ensemble groups?! 'cause, that would be so cool to do! I should pick it up again. Does anyone bring their instruments to events? If so, how do you protect them from heat/damp? How did seamen do it, I wonder? Black Mab I don't know how period the music is or where you live in California but the Auld Dubliner Pub in Long Beach has an Irish music session every Sunday afternoon. http://www.aulddubliner.com/logo.html It would be a good place to get familiar with the sound or tradtional music and maybe even have some fun! As I said in another topic Playford's The English Dancing Master is an excellent source for period music. I can think of some good fiddle CD like Bonney Rideout (Scottish) or Kevin Burke (Irish) . There is also a Forum for fiddlers called Fiddle Fork. http://www.fiddlefork.com/index.php There are all sorts of fiddlers on there and they are more than willing to give advice. There maybe even some Maritime fiddlers there who can answer your questions on fiddles and the sea. I only fiddle once on a sail (on the Royaliste) and had no problems. Well except dropping my fiddle case into the harbor! I was boarding the Royaliste and it sliped out of my hand. I shrieked and loked down and it was floating! I grabbed it and handed it on board. My was fine as was the case. Like I said in the other topic fragments of a fiddle case were found on Henry VIII flagship the Mary Rose. Maybe they floated too. I hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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