Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy Date: 5 Nov 2024 02:25:56 GMT Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <2ItTO.338744$v8v2.95701@fx18.iad> <199392d0-9628-8177-2f3b-35b23a721dd4@example.net> <086607f1-2283-f7fb-ddf9-ac4766b06530@example.net> <3RPUO.364883$v8v2.299927@fx18.iad> <6723f0c1@news.ausics.net> <1498575276.752442628.535845.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net DneqeBTOOFb2f57w+9ynKAKgHdCl6ShdQs1FKjntSDr6GEUyBc Cancel-Lock: sha1:p4HL2k1vTxTsaQ7tYo7nE5spgAo= sha256:I5VwbvrGtBZA0XYgmLAAmqbMBX0PvVN+mx+jnj6arSQ= User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Bytes: 2442 On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 13:21:16 -0700, Peter Flass wrote: > Cotton gin Mass prod of rifes with interchangeable parts Sewing machine > Telegraph Telephone Transistor Banjo That last one won't fly. https://bittersoutherner.com/history-of-the-banjo I play a banjo but I sort of subvert it further. Among other things, I play the Irish flute / tin whistle, mostly Irish rebel tunes which tend to be recycled traditional songs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVpEu4fOMB4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaS3vaNUYgs There was a perfectly good melody just laying around... Anyway most of the material is in D or G. The Irish dlute has both C and C# so it works. The standard banjo tuning is G, so it's a natural. The Micks do their own thing with banjos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk_hLTzppIU