Music Is A Mystery
Jun. 7th, 2012 10:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bloodyrosemccoyThe problem with a musical instrument with a range of about an octave and a half is making the songs fit on it. Normally this isn't a huge issue, since songs mostly tend to stay within that range, but it can be a bit awkward when you're trying to play, say, Frank Mills's "Music Box Dancer" and your ocarina only goes up to F over tenor C.
So I had to move the darn thing to from C-Major to F-Major. Fortunately, figuring out how to do that is one of the few lessons that stuck after seven years' worth of piano and bass lessons. But then, the bass lessons never got near tenor C anyway, so I suppose you can't fault me there.
Anyway, THE POINT IS I'm still playing the ocarina, and it still works as an effective cat-summoner. Perhaps next I'll combine two of my passions and get one of these. Figure out a way to add pens or dolls into the mix, and I will be set forever.
So I had to move the darn thing to from C-Major to F-Major. Fortunately, figuring out how to do that is one of the few lessons that stuck after seven years' worth of piano and bass lessons. But then, the bass lessons never got near tenor C anyway, so I suppose you can't fault me there.
Anyway, THE POINT IS I'm still playing the ocarina, and it still works as an effective cat-summoner. Perhaps next I'll combine two of my passions and get one of these. Figure out a way to add pens or dolls into the mix, and I will be set forever.
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Date: 2012-06-08 10:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-08 08:00 pm (UTC)Also, cat-summoner. Hmmm. Perhaps I should try to learn this, because the treats I use for that purpose are making the kitties quite plumptious.
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Date: 2012-06-08 09:59 pm (UTC)It also agitates the cat, so there is that. I think she thinks I'm making distress noises; I get a lot of "WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!" and when I close the door on her she tries to break it down. So be warned there.
(Bonus points for the use of "plumptious!")
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Date: 2012-06-08 08:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-08 09:54 pm (UTC)But ask my sister about her quest to learn Free Bird on the flute!
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Date: 2012-06-08 11:16 pm (UTC)On the plus side, you can do all sorts of microtonal trickery on an ocarina by half-holing (the wonders of Helmholtz resonators). So you could probably play ragas.
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Date: 2012-06-09 03:35 am (UTC)I've found that the tuba works as a rather effective cat-banisher,
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Date: 2012-06-09 05:48 am (UTC)I would just bet. Cats are not fond of lower pitches.
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Date: 2012-06-09 05:56 am (UTC)