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Playing your own tune with you cat on your shoulder!
Playing your own tune with you cat on your shoulder!
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Worldfiddler
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Another one.

I was trying to make a serious video, of my own composition.

 

My cat jumped up on my shoulder.

 

So, now it's not so serious :)

 

 

Mr Jimdancing

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Thats great. clap

Your friend there, looks content. I have humming birds that stop flying at the window feeders and "Watch" when I play. 1 or 2 at a time, but its still nice to have an audience of humming birds or other critters.

"I find your lack of Fiddle, disturbing" - Darth Vader

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Wow, that looks lovely! Sounds nice too once I listen to is without seeing the cat and getting all distracted...! clap I might just teach my cat to lay on my shoulders like that, just for the cozy look of it. She already likes my violin playing, so I don't see why it's wouldn't work. Then again, maybe she likes it a bit too much; she'd probably try to eat the bow... or at least whap at it with her paws... rofl

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love the tune !!  arent you glad you dont have a pet elephant

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When I used to practice my music, my dog used to lay on my feet and go to sleep.

 

By the way, I love your playing.

 

Duane

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"Violin is one of the joys of my life."

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wonder if whiskers there was just trying to recognize which of his friends the strings were made of?

"Please play some wrong notes, so that we know that you are human" - said to Jascha Heifetz.

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So does the cat get a writing credit, or is he/she just a session bloke?

 

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Great cat and very nicely played. Thanks

Looking at the video it looks like you don't have a lot of tension on your bow. Am I right or is it just me? smile

Seen it all. Done it all. Can't remember most of dunno ..... What was I saying???? facepalm

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Thanks :)

"Looking at the video it looks like you don't have a lot of tension on your bow. Am I right or is it just me?  smile"

 

No, there's not a lot of tension there. I like to keep it 'un-tight' :)

 

Mr Jim dancing

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Loved this - so that's how it's done. very nice. 

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I want you to do that again but this time tie some ribbons to the end of the bow...

 

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cdennyb said
I want you to do that again but this time tie some ribbons to the end of the bow...

 

roflolfacepalm

hehe! Actually, I do tie a little bit of pink fluorescent ribbon to the end of my bow, when I go to the Fidde Hell events. A few years back, when I got home after one of these events, I found I had a cheap and nasty bow, and someone ended up with my Coda NX. I don't know if it was accidental, or planned. So, from now on, it's really obvious which bow is mine.

On a sad note, my little cat you saw in the video is no longer with us, but she did have a great life ...

Mr Jim

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Sorry to hear about the loss of your cat. Must have been hard. I'm sure she did have a great life.

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Sorry to hear about the loss of your cat. Must have been hard. I'm sure she did have a great life.

 

Yes, a great life indeed :)

 

Mr Jim :)

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Jim, thanks for sharing that part of your life with us. Great memories keep them close at heart. Cheers to you.

"I find your lack of Fiddle, disturbing" - Darth Vader

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A great tune and a great cat :) I hope I can play something like that one day :)

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