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JessiMuse
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Post subject: Re: Silver Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 8:16 am |
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Name: Jessi
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You play Dulcimer? That's awesome!! I play cello and guitar, though I would imagine the Dulcimer is a bit more complicated. Cockatiels can be so naughty. I was doing some college homework last night, and I had to listen to a recording of an ensemble performance. I was using earbuds, because I didn't want the audio to startle Lucy, and so she kept trying to chew on cord. I guess I shouldn't be surprised though, since a rubbery cord is so tempting.
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Post subject: Re: Silver Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:46 am |
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Naughty little bird! Quote: I can't do cross stitch with Shodu in the room because she keeps stealing the needle. She grabs it right out of my hand.
I want to learn how to cross stitch. It looks so fun. Is it hard? I tried looking at YouTube and it looks complicated. I don't even know how to sew.
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Post subject: Re: Silver Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 10:30 am |
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You are so right, Carolyn! I do keep him away from the instrument itself, and put it away in another room when I have finished.
Sometimes I have to chase him off the body of the instrument again and again while I am playing. I pick him up and say "no chewing on the dulcimer!" and put him back on my shoulder. Meanwhile, he looks very satisfied with himself. It's like keeping him from stealing the keys from my laptop while I am working.
In some ways, the mountain dulcimer is an easier instrument to play. It is diatonic--mostly like the white keys from the piano, so you don't hit too many wrong notes. However, playing in different keys can require retuning or playing with a capo. The mountain dulcimer is played on the lap. It has three strings and is usually tuned DAD. I find it much easier than the guitar, but it is also more limited.
The hammered dulcimer, which I don't play, is a whole different instrument played with hammers. It has many, many strings, like a harp.
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Post subject: Re: Silver Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 2:35 pm |
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Name: Jessi
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Cross stitching looks to me like pixel art, on a piece of cloth. I do 8-bit pixel art, and to an extant, 16-bit pixel art. I've never actually done cross stitch, but I think I could probably pick up on it. One thing I noticed about the dulcimer, are the frets. On a guitar, the frets are evenly spaced for the most part, then they get smaller the further they go up the body. The Dulcimer however, has frets completely uneven. It's so strange to me, yet so cool! Lucy steals my seashells. By steal, I mean pick up, walk a few steps away from me, then put it down and ignore it for the rest of our session. Maybe she thinks she's cleverly stashing it.
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