Comment on Instruments

lunarul@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• pocopene@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Exactly. This is not a musician vs a non musician, but a musician vs a 5 years old.

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  • GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I wish it was that way. I’ve seen a 20 year old get brass instruments mixed up. Many reference squidward when talking about clarinet, oboe, English horn, and bass clarinet. Unfortunately it isn’t just musician vs a 5 year old.

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• PsyKiere@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve had multiple people call my baritone saxophone a trumpet… It’s funny and sad everytime

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  • meep_launcher@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The amount of times people have called my trumpet a saxophone, or my trombone a saxophone, or my clarinet a saxophone, or my melodica a saxophone, or my saxophone a saxophone apauls me.

    Never call someone a saxophone; not only is it rude, it’s a slur and against the law.

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• masterofn001@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  But can they tell a violin from a fiddle?

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  • Nomad@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They’re only fiddles if you want to play in a band in Texas

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    • masterofn001@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Or an Irish band. Or a maritime Canadian band. Or a folk band.

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      • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        or on the roof

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  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The difference is the bridge. Fiddle has a flatter bridge to make it easier to hit all four strings at once. Violin has a curved bridge to make it difficult to hit multiple strings at once.

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• candybrie@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Soundwise or visually? I can see the difference (big vs little) but I don’t think I could reliably pick out the sound between the two.

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  • lunarul@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I was thinking visually. But even sound-wise I don’t think most people would hear a cello and think that’s a violin (even if they don’t know it’s a cello). But I’ve listened to a lot of Apocalyptica and 2Cellos, and I also grew up on cartoons that feature tubas frequently for comedic effect, so maybe I’m just biased.

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    • candybrie@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I found this video and I really wouldn’t be able to tell if it was just sound. I think I have like 2 categories I can reliably do for strings: bow or not.

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