Musicians

[Kade Rivok]

Hahaha, yeah, those are pretty fun pieces.  Good choices!

[One-Eye the wildcat]

I hate opera...

[Kade Rivok]

Ok?

[shisteer of nothing much]

I hate opera...

Barbarian! Opera is the highest form of art.

[One-Eye the wildcat]

I hate opera...

Barbarian! Opera is the highest form of art.

No, I simply can't listen to it. It is painful.

[shisteer of nothing much]

That is exactly how I feel about rock music.

[Cornflower MM]

That is exactly how I feel about rock music.

My heart hurts a little bit. Different strokes for different folks, I suppose.

I've been thinking of picking up the violin again, but I haven't decided. I don't really know where I would get lessons.

[Sebias of Redwall]

I've done a teeny bit of piano, but that's more of because it's one of the few instruments in our house.
I also like to sing horribly

[shisteer of nothing much]

I think the best part of playing a musical instrument is when you get to the stage you can hear a song and just figure out how to play it. Pianos can be very useful for this. (and they're generally fun to play with)

[Booklover]

I play violin. I can play a bit of guitar, ukulele and piano, but I don't really count that. I'm also part of a handbells group. I sing in the school choir (and I'm not very good).



The other day I was wondering if any of the songs or poems in any of the Redwall books had been or could be made into actual pieces.

[shisteer of nothing much]

They probably have, although I wouldn't know where to find them. If they haven't been done,  they could be.

[Kade Rivok]

For the pieces in books that have had audiobooks made, yes.  The songs and such are sung, though not all of them have accompaniment.  Some do though. 

[Jarky Thistlebrush]

I play violin. I can play a bit of guitar, ukulele and piano, but I don't really count that. I'm also part of a handbells group. I sing in the school choir (and I'm not very good).



The other day I was wondering if any of the songs or poems in any of the Redwall books had been or could be made into actual pieces.

Yay! Another violinist!

[shisteer of nothing much]

Yes, welcome to the club. Violins are great.

[Hickory]

Violins SUCK and are USELESS, and let me tell you why:

1. They don't have a C STRING. This is a glaring flaw and automatically disqualifies the violin from being good, even without the following.
2. They are EASY. What's a good instrument if anyone can play it? Instrument like the viola, cello, and double bass are HARD, and thus anyone who plays them is BETTER (as is the instrument).
3. They can't go LOW. See point #1. Cellos and violas can go low. Basses, though they can go the lowest, also lack a C string, but their low pitch gets them into the "not bad" category (still, contrabass is on THIN ice).
4. EVERYONE plays them. No, seriously. Brett and Eddy, Paganini, Perlman, Bell, ad nauseam... it's just too mainstream of an instrument. Real musicians choose less played instruments, like the hurdy-gurdy.