The Stringed Instrument Music Education Thread

[PotVsKtl]

Somebody take care of this for me.

[MissingPerson]

Don't tempt me.

[mountmccabe]

Like guitars?

[TommyboyUNM]

Good example, John. Anybody have other examples of stringed instruments?

[Hannahrain]

A theremin made of celery.

[MissingPerson]

One of those things you make out of tissue boxes and rubber bands when you're a kid.

[Hannahrain]

A flute tied to a string.

[SoulDischarge]

[zenidogx]

Is mayonnaise an instrument?

[MissingPerson]

Nice rack, and shame on all of you for not saying it sooner.

[zenidogx]

Thank you, MP. I'm flattered. But I'm a boy-

oh, the picture. got it.

[hawkingvsreeve]

[sonofhal]

Nice rack, and shame on all of you for not saying it sooner.

We were trying to stretch it out.

[MissingPerson]

That thing Crocadile Dundee swings around that makes the droning noise.

[zenidogx]

Suck it, Aoki:

[mountmccabe]

A flute tied to a string.

This isn't one at all. How do you tie a flute to a string?

[wmgaretjax]

[MissingPerson]

Shut up mccabe, that's my favourite one so far.

[Mr.Nipples]

i want to start a company that makes violin bows out of whales baleen

[TommyboyUNM]

Jared beat me to it. I was going to say long flourescent bulb with a bow.

[wmgaretjax]

i win this thread. period.

[MissingPerson]

I was going to post Tiesto's Adagio For Strings but I couldn't bring myself to do it, even for comedy. So whatever. Arvo Pärt.

[Trick Loves The Kids]

hahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa this rules

[Mordecai]

Now that is funny.

[mountmccabe]

Barber's Adagio for Strings is a fine piece. His Violin Concerto is better. I have a recording with Menhuin on violin and Furtwangler conducting that I will stand by til the end.

I know I've talked about Bartok's string quartets (especially the 4th) and Shostakovich's string quartets (especially 10 and 15 and 8 is the popular one but it deserves recognition) and I've probably gone on about Beethoven's quartets or at least the late ones. I mean, they're all something but damn if the late ones aren't monstrous.

I love John Adams' Violin Concerto too.

But mostly when I think of my favorite string parts, espeically cello and double bass parts, they're part of symphonies that include instuments that normally do not have strings so I don't know if I am allowed to talk about them.

[real talk]

It's a slippery slope.

[wmgaretjax]

yeah, let's not get off track...

[Hannahrain]

This isn't one at all. How do you tie a flute to a string?

If you subscribe to string theory, John, you might say that every instrument is a stringed instrument. So how about you stop picking string-nits and go verb a stringed noun on some adjectively stringed noun.

[BlackSwan]

I would like to hear someone play this:

[Hannahrain]

I'm an expert at playing that. I will be giving demonstrations at Coachella 2010 with my ReacTable band.