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Post by Southern Troll on Feb 28, 2005 2:42:10 GMT 2
I'm a bass player!
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Post by DaveTheRake on Feb 28, 2005 9:30:34 GMT 2
I play my bollocks... sorry, it's an stupid Spanish joke; we use the verb equivalent to "touch" when we talk about playin an instrument, hence it's a normal joke when you say you're in a band, people say "what do you play" and you answer "my bollocks" (which is synonim of saying you don't do anything).
I play guitar and bass, although I'm not good in any of them
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Post by Humppaporo on Feb 28, 2005 11:52:09 GMT 2
I used to play the flute, played some piano and cello, and played violin for a long time. Now I mostly play (acoustic) guitar and sing with it.
Sometimes I use other instruments, but the word play is hardly suitable. ;D
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Post by DaveTheRake on Mar 1, 2005 9:23:38 GMT 2
I'm a bit impressed lately by Jethro Tull... is there anybody who knows how to play flute?
And a question which came to my mind while I was going this very morning to my job, how much does a kantele cost? Is it difficult to play?
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Post by MaliceGarden on Mar 1, 2005 11:19:52 GMT 2
in Portugal we learn how to play it in school. but not the fancy stuff.
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Post by frostheim on Mar 1, 2005 12:05:46 GMT 2
And a question which came to my mind while I was going this very morning to my job, how much does a kantele cost? Is it difficult to play? Depends on what kind of kantele; a standard 5-stringed is around 100 EUR, a 10-stringer is about 150 and up, and 11-15 -stringed kanteles are from 150 to over 1000 EUR. With amount of strings for 20 and over the prize can be several thousands EUR. For beginners I would recommed getting a second hand instrument; they're quite cheap and usually still in condition for playing. From 5 to 7 strings is good for starting, and after that one can widen ones playing to ie. 10-stringed or so if one really gets into it. And after high development one can think of getting an instrument that has additional flageolets, extra bordun (bass drone) strings, magnetic microphones, semitone levers, and all that kind of stuff, hehe. I play a 12-stringed, unique custom-kantele constructed after my own wishes, and the instrument is made in Estonia, kandlekoda.ee/ The price was 200 EUR, and this kind of quality and knowledge in kantele-making can never be got in Finland for namely this price, that's for sure. Kantele-makers here in Finland: www.verkkotieto.com/~timosaar/kantele_makers.htmlwww.soitinrakentajatamf.fi/www.koistinenkantele.fi/www.lovikka.com/jymy.kase.fi/~jussila/eindex.htmlA kantele-maker in USA (!): www.kantele.com/And here's other kantele-related stuff: www.sunpoint.net/~pkkmy/kantelelinkit.htmwww.kanteleliitto.org/virtual.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=27002folklora.lv/muzikas/kokle/en.shtmlaidenis.mch.mii.lt/Kankles/content.htmwww.racethesky.com/kokle.htmllv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokle (in Latvian) www.chez.com/wmt/instr/kantele/main.htmlwww.kantelelaulu.com/Kantele is an instrument one can easily get into, but to learn all the tricks and get in the real spirit takes its time. It's much easier to play than most of the common instruments used by people nowadays, and IMHO the most deepest and most beautiful both in looks and sound of all the instruments ever made, also the most comfortable to play. Hope those links help to get started, I'll help if questions come by. :: Frostheim Kuuraparta, the kantele-player
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Post by DaveTheRake on Mar 2, 2005 11:57:58 GMT 2
Hei, thanks very much for such an extensive info!!! It's been very surprising for me the prices, I thought it would be far more expensive! I supposse that to a Finnish person it's very very cheap! 100€ is a very good price. The problem is how to play it, you've got some method or something, don't you? I neither know how does a kantele sound, any clip?
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Post by frostheim on Mar 2, 2005 13:05:31 GMT 2
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Ewiges
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Post by Ewiges on Mar 2, 2005 15:47:33 GMT 2
Bass player (also guitar and piano but I stopped playing because I love bass) ;D
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Post by DaveTheRake on Mar 3, 2005 12:02:34 GMT 2
Wow Frostheim! thanks very much for the clips; I'll hear them tonight 'cos here at work my computer hasn't got speakers. About the money, you're right, price depends on how much you've got. This reminds me that book of Mark Twain, The one of the Yankee at King Arthur's Court; there the yankee was accused that people from Camelot was poor 'cos they earn less money than in other kingdoms, but he proved that they were richer 'cos on the other way they could buy more things with the same amount of money. I know far too well how much 100 euros could be, it's almost half the money I earn!!!!! FOr example I've got to buy new contact lens, they cost 105€, so I'm afraid I'll have to wait 'till May to buy them
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Post by DaveTheRake on Mar 3, 2005 12:03:43 GMT 2
in Portugal we learn how to play it in school. but not the fancy stuff. We also do in Spain, but I didn't mean that flute, but the one that play Ian Anderson... in Spanish it's flauta travesera
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Post by MaliceGarden on Mar 3, 2005 16:43:30 GMT 2
i think its said transverse flute. anyway, i know what you mean.
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Post by Hellga on Mar 24, 2005 7:14:07 GMT 2
well i've been playing my violin for 4 years exactly. that instrument is my princess.! i was in an orchestra but i left it when i began working.! so bad.
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Post by rainer on Mar 24, 2005 16:06:55 GMT 2
Eletric Guitar (2 yeas) Acoust guitar (I don't like... but if necessary I can play) Bass (so easyyy and cool!!)
For the future... Violin and ham... only.
I make some vocals that I like! (agressive vocals only, clean vocals no )
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Post by MaliceGarden on Mar 24, 2005 17:15:05 GMT 2
ham?
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