Does Bernhard know Dogs?

[mound]

Bernhard seems to know everything about everything, 

I wonder if he has a method for taming this little guy (all 5 pounds of him) so I can start practicing again:




 

[julie391]

lol, how can something so cute cause you so much stress? 

[mound]

hehe.. no stress! just no time anymore

[julie391]

i just gotta say - awwwwwwwwwwwwww 

[jazzyprof]

Maybe you could give him piano lessons.  That way you and he can spend quality time together at the piano and get your practicing in at the same time!

[mound]

Maybe you could give him piano lessons.  That way you and he can spend quality time together at the piano and get your practicing in at the same time!

I already tried actually, but his little fingers can only reach an interval of.. one.. 

plus it doesn't help that he squirms violently when I try to get him to play a scale!

He is getting better at sitting quietly and listening

[Ludwig Van Rachabji]

I taught my dog to play. She is now working on Rach 3.

- Ludwig Van Rachabji

[m]

 

Ones I was staying with my friends, who happened to have in their house two wonderful things--Bechshtein grand and Doberman puppy. I couldn't practice at all. When I start playing he would start singing with me--the louder I play, the lauder he'd sing. His favorite was Scriabin Sonata No. 10. When I'd go to climactic parts, he would become just absolutely extatic, wowing so, that all neihbourhood could hear him. He hated Spanish Rhapsody, though, and would start barking like crazy, as soon as I play the very first chord.

He'd listen radio for hours. His "favorite" was old acoustic Jazz. I don't think there is more cutest thing in the world watching him humming, and trying to move along with music. On the other hand some Rock just drove him nuts--he'd start running all over the place like crazy, barking and demanding to turn it off.

Unfortunately, a car hit him, taking from this life such a high musical spirit...  

[Ludwig Van Rachabji]

Ones I was staying with my friends, who happened to have in their house two wonderful things--Bechshtein grand and Doberman puppy. I couldn't practice at all. When I start playing he would start singing with me--the louder I play, the lauder he'd sing. His favorite was Scriabin Sonata No. 10. When I'd go to climactic parts, he would become just absolutely extatic, wowing so, that all neihbourhood could hear him. He hated Spanish Rhapsody, though, and would start barking like crazy, as soon as I play the very first chord.

He'd listen radio for hours. His "favorite" was old acoustic Jazz. I don't think there is more cutest thing in the world watching him humming, and trying to move along with music. On the other hand some Rock just drove him nuts--he'd start running all over the place like crazy, barking and demanding to turn it off.

Uhh.... are you serious?

[m]

Ones I was staying with my friends, who happened to have in their house two wonderful things--Bechshtein grand and Doberman puppy. I couldn't practice at all. When I start playing he would start singing with me--the louder I play, the lauder he'd sing. His favorite was Scriabin Sonata No. 10. When I'd go to climactic parts, he would become just absolutely extatic, wowing so, that all neihbourhood could hear him. He hated Spanish Rhapsody, though, and would start barking like crazy, as soon as I play the very first chord.

He'd listen radio for hours. His "favorite" was old acoustic Jazz. I don't think there is more cutest thing in the world watching him humming, and trying to move along with music. On the other hand some Rock just drove him nuts--he'd start running all over the place like crazy, barking and demanding to turn it off.

Uhh.... are you serious?

Yes, absolutely

[galonia]

When I start playing he would start singing with me--the louder I play, the lauder he'd sing. 

   My canaries sing when I play.  Their aim is to sing louder than the piano.  My harmony teacher has to lock up his dog when I play because for some reason, the dog doesn't like my shoes and always tries to attack them when I'm pedalling.  He doesn't have a problem with anyone else pedalling, just me!

[julie391]

i think mozart taught his canary to sing a theme from one of his piano concertos

[Ludwig Van Rachabji]

i think mozart taught his canary to sing a theme from one of his piano concertos

Hahahaha! 

- Ludwig Van Rachabji

[galonia]

Yeah, canaries are great - they'd ace any aural exam!  I once had one who imitated a garbage truck (it did the beep - beep - beep sound that trucks do when they reverse, followed by the crunching noise of the garbage bin being picked up by the truck and emptied).

Unfortunately neither of my canaries currently sings Mozart...

[julie391]

i think mozart taught his canary to sing a theme from one of his piano concertos

Hahahaha! 

- Ludwig Van Rachabji

 

[DarkWind]

If I had canaries, I'd train a few different ones to hum different voices of a complex Bach fugue. I'd be famous!

[julie391]

lol, youd also be institutionalised

[galonia]

If I had canaries, I'd train a few different ones to hum different voices of a complex Bach fugue. I'd be famous!

This afternoon, it struck me that I have 2 canaries, so I could separate them, teach each one a part from a Bach 2-Part Invention, and try to convince them to sing it together.

[Ludwig Van Rachabji]

If I had canaries, I'd train a few different ones to hum different voices of a complex Bach fugue. I'd be famous!

This afternoon, it struck me that I have 2 canaries, so I could separate them, teach each one a part from a Bach 2-Part Invention, and try to convince them to sing it together.

I don't know... how could you get them to time it all out correctly. Especially with the pauses, how would they know when to come back in?

- Ludwig Van Rachabji

[Tash]

CUTE!!!

one of my old school music teachers has a cat that won't listen to anything except bob dylan, like she'll play a cd, or her piano or violin, and it leaves the room! (that's not saying she's a terrible musician, she's fantastic) so that was funny

[squinchy]

I read that Einstein had a parrot who would recite a monologue of stuff he'd always say, and still does that though Einstein's dead.

I'm frequently offpoint, aren't I?

Anyway, the closest thing I have to an imitating creature at my house are my parents. They like to hum along.

[Ludwig Van Rachabji]

Anyway, the closest thing I have to an imitating creature at my house are my parents. They like to hum along.

 

- Ludwig Van Rachabji

[bernhard]

This afternoon, it struck me that I have 2 canaries, so I could separate them, teach each one a part from a Bach 2-Part Invention, and try to convince them to sing it together.

I don't know... how could you get them to time it all out correctly. Especially with the pauses, how would they know when to come back in?

- Ludwig Van Rachabji

That is simple. Use  a metronome (at least in the beginning until they get familiarised with each parts).

[squinchy]

Hm..

You could calculate how long it takes for each canary to chew+swallow a "standard" piece of corn (or whatever they eat) and also how long the rests in the piece are. Then simply calculate how big each piece of food should be in order for it to be eaten during each rest and give the canaries the precisely measured food at appropriate times.

0_o This thread started with the topic of dogs, and now it's on canaries. [Which actually comes from the Latin word for dog]

[julie391]

more pet pics!