Donkey Laugh - Classic-Banjo2024-03-29T13:31:53Zhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/donkey-laugh?commentId=2667446%3AComment%3A108242&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAh yes! Plenty of light hear…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2015-12-05:2667446:Comment:1082422015-12-05T14:13:39.556Zthereallynicemanhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/thereallyniceman
<p>Ah yes! Plenty of light hearted banter on here. Good luck with Donkey Laugh.</p>
<p>It seems to be compulsory that this piece is inflicted on all innocent young banjo players. ;-)</p>
<p>Ah yes! Plenty of light hearted banter on here. Good luck with Donkey Laugh.</p>
<p>It seems to be compulsory that this piece is inflicted on all innocent young banjo players. ;-)</p> Thanks to all for feedback...…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2015-12-05:2667446:Comment:1082012015-12-05T13:34:47.164ZAndy Spencerhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/AndySpencer
Thanks to all for feedback...opened quite a debate!
Thanks to all for feedback...opened quite a debate! Certainly they are different.…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2015-12-05:2667446:Comment:1081992015-12-05T02:46:16.884ZTrapdoor2https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/Trapdoor2
<p>Certainly they are different...but they're both really the same at their root. We (humans) love to imitate. It may have given us a competitive advantage when we were hunter-gatherers and it certainly was part and parcel to learning to communicate with each other.</p>
<p>When it is well done, it is amazing. And, after all, what are we doing when we learn a classic-banjo tune...we're attempting to imitate a good banjo player (at least, I am). I want to play like Bill Ball or Joe Morley or Ian…</p>
<p>Certainly they are different...but they're both really the same at their root. We (humans) love to imitate. It may have given us a competitive advantage when we were hunter-gatherers and it certainly was part and parcel to learning to communicate with each other.</p>
<p>When it is well done, it is amazing. And, after all, what are we doing when we learn a classic-banjo tune...we're attempting to imitate a good banjo player (at least, I am). I want to play like Bill Ball or Joe Morley or Ian thereallyniceman. We (well, most of us) are not improvising or composing new stuff.</p>
<p>And yet, we thump the head to produce a drum accent (or roll). We imitate bugle calls ("Patrol Eccentrique" anyone?) and use snippets of familiar tunes.</p>
<p>And yes, I'm simply different. I actually like <em>some</em> of the FVE diabolica ("I wish I was in Michigan" is so disappointing, the effects are limp and half-hearted). No, it isn't as lovely as "The Carnival of the Animals" but it isn't boring either.</p>
<p>Donkeys and Mules have long been favorites of humor (one of my favorite turn-of-the-century newspaper cartoons was called "And Her Name Was Maud" by F. Opper), they make interesting and very recognizable noises (from both ends, unfortunately). I think they get a bad rap (much like banjoists). I like horses...and have never had one <strong><em>not</em></strong> try to bite me (I think I must be tasty to horses). Mules and Donkeys, never a problem. </p>
<p><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Andhermaud.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Andhermaud.jpg" class="align-full"/></a></p> Yes Marc I agree,
I too like…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2015-12-04:2667446:Comment:1082382015-12-04T09:42:30.586Zthereallynicemanhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/thereallyniceman
<p>Yes Marc I agree,</p>
<p>I too like a bit of "Peter and the Wolf", but to my ears there is a big difference between representing animals with different instruments of an orchestra and making silly noises on the banjo.</p>
<p>To me the latter is as diabolical as the later FVE Orchestra recordings you mention...</p>
<p>Thank goodness Fred didn't think of making donkey noises along with the hoots, whistles, roosters and the rest!</p>
<p>Yes Marc I agree,</p>
<p>I too like a bit of "Peter and the Wolf", but to my ears there is a big difference between representing animals with different instruments of an orchestra and making silly noises on the banjo.</p>
<p>To me the latter is as diabolical as the later FVE Orchestra recordings you mention...</p>
<p>Thank goodness Fred didn't think of making donkey noises along with the hoots, whistles, roosters and the rest!</p> Considering all the lunatic s…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2015-12-04:2667446:Comment:1081962015-12-04T04:46:29.721ZTrapdoor2https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/Trapdoor2
<p>Considering all the lunatic stuff FVE waxed with chickens and kazoos and nose-flutes and whatever else they had in their noisemaker bucket, I'm not going to diss it.</p>
<p>Camille Saint-Saëns did it.</p>
<p>Prokofiev did too...and so did Rimsky-Korsakov. If the Russians can imitate animals and have the whole world like it, why not the banjo?</p>
<p>Considering all the lunatic stuff FVE waxed with chickens and kazoos and nose-flutes and whatever else they had in their noisemaker bucket, I'm not going to diss it.</p>
<p>Camille Saint-Saëns did it.</p>
<p>Prokofiev did too...and so did Rimsky-Korsakov. If the Russians can imitate animals and have the whole world like it, why not the banjo?</p> "Animal noises are a whole mu…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2015-12-02:2667446:Comment:1080912015-12-02T14:17:40.814Zthereallynicemanhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/thereallyniceman
<p><span>"Animal noises are a whole musical genre to themselves, everybody does it."</span></p>
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<p><span>Marc,</span></p>
<p><span>Now I am losing the will to live ;-))</span></p>
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<p><span>ps.</span></p>
<p><span>Is a donkey with 3 legs called a wonkey donkey?</span></p>
<p><span>"Animal noises are a whole musical genre to themselves, everybody does it."</span></p>
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<p><span>Marc,</span></p>
<p><span>Now I am losing the will to live ;-))</span></p>
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<p><span>Is a donkey with 3 legs called a wonkey donkey?</span></p> I like to think that old Joe…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2015-12-02:2667446:Comment:1080062015-12-02T13:50:12.744ZTrapdoor2https://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/Trapdoor2
<p>I like to think that old Joe played "DL" for the American troops during the war...and it inspired the American versions like, "Buckin' Mule", etc.</p>
<p>Animal noises are a whole musical genre to themselves, everybody does it. No reason the banjo should be different.</p>
<p>I like to think that old Joe played "DL" for the American troops during the war...and it inspired the American versions like, "Buckin' Mule", etc.</p>
<p>Animal noises are a whole musical genre to themselves, everybody does it. No reason the banjo should be different.</p> There's a story that Clifford…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2015-12-01:2667446:Comment:1081792015-12-01T12:25:18.761ZRuss Chandlerhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/RussChandler
There's a story that Clifford Essex added the big buzz effect on the D note cos he reckoned it would wear the string out. Which of course he also sold...
There's a story that Clifford Essex added the big buzz effect on the D note cos he reckoned it would wear the string out. Which of course he also sold... Hey Jody,
I struggle to under…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2015-12-01:2667446:Comment:1081782015-12-01T09:32:13.981Zthereallynicemanhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/thereallyniceman
<p>Hey Jody,</p>
<p>I struggle to understand your obvious affection for our four legged friends.</p>
<p>Perhaps, as coming from Blackpool (noted for fresh air and fun, and donkeys) I have been psychologically damaged, as for many years I have struggled in an attempt to stop my banjo sounding like a donkey.…</p>
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<p>Hey Jody,</p>
<p>I struggle to understand your obvious affection for our four legged friends.</p>
<p>Perhaps, as coming from Blackpool (noted for fresh air and fun, and donkeys) I have been psychologically damaged, as for many years I have struggled in an attempt to stop my banjo sounding like a donkey.</p>
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<p><span>Hehaw-hehaw</span></p>
<p>:-)</p>
<p><br/> <br/> <cite>Jody Stecher said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://classic-banjo.ning.com/forum/topics/donkey-laugh?xg_source=activity#2667446Comment108173"><div><p>I would think that the non getting of it is due more to unfamiliarity with the sounds of donkeys than to the sounds of banjos. </p>
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</blockquote> Joe Morley and his friend, wh…tag:classic-banjo.ning.com,2015-12-01:2667446:Comment:1079262015-12-01T08:36:08.381Zthereallynicemanhttps://classic-banjo.ning.com/profile/thereallyniceman
<p>Joe Morley and his friend, who has a terrible stutter, walk into a pub.</p>
<p>Joe says to his friend "Hey Donkey, get me a drink." The bartender pours a beer.</p>
<p>Later Joe says, "Donkey, get me another drink." The bartender gets him another beer.</p>
<p>This goes on all night and finally the bartender asks Joe’s friend, "Why does he always call you “Donkey?"</p>
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<p>"I don't know. Hehaw-hehaw-he always calls me that."</p>
<p>Joe Morley and his friend, who has a terrible stutter, walk into a pub.</p>
<p>Joe says to his friend "Hey Donkey, get me a drink." The bartender pours a beer.</p>
<p>Later Joe says, "Donkey, get me another drink." The bartender gets him another beer.</p>
<p>This goes on all night and finally the bartender asks Joe’s friend, "Why does he always call you “Donkey?"</p>
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<p>"I don't know. Hehaw-hehaw-he always calls me that."</p>