Ok, many of us are guilty of playing the Air Guitar, and they even have contests for the best Air Guitar players back in the States. But how many of you do Air Fiddle or Air Flute or whatever the instrument of your choosing to songs you like. Must say, I ve gotten some strange looks from people when I was caught playing the Air Concertina!
I do the air fiddle alot with my left hand, and people probley think Im having a seziure of some sort. I can only think of what I'll do when my pipes come in from Seth and I start Air Uillieann Piping!
I caught my husband air drumming once, it was really funny, specially since he's a guitarist!
I do do a bit of air fiddling if I'm watching someone playing on tv, I try a copy their bowing mannerism, for practice. Luckily, my husband's never walked in on me, or he'd get his own back.
The image of air Uillieann piping is great I must say.
cath
One of my dreams is to produce a series of instructional videos for instruments that shouldn't be played, with top-notch players demonstrating them using air-instruments.
I play air-anglo in the car - if you practise your scales until they are automatic, you can busk along to new tunes on air-anglo very well.
I prefer a 39 key Bb/F Jeffries air-anglo out of preference.
As a passenger in a car, if I think the driver is about to make a very dodgy move - you know run off the road or something - I completely lose the power of useful speech, but always make this strange gesture, which used to make my partner say "I see you're playin' your concertina again."
You can often see people "mouthing" the lyrics of songs, tunes etc where they either feel it's inappropriate or they're too nervous to sing along. So,I suppose they do exist.
Yes, you're right after all John, but showaddydadito's contribution still made me laugh.
In fact, I wish there were more of those air singers, especially on the long dirges that sometimes come up to dampen a lively session. But this is a diddler tallking.
c
Cath - when you get someone singing a long dirge, so long as you are out of arms reach of the singer, it is almost always fun after about 15 verses to ask (in the pause between verses, of course, to be polite) "Are we about half way yet?".
Even if you've been listening to and following the song of woe, you might think that the singer has reached the end of the saga but there's often still half a dozen verses to go.
Very relieved to see that a few of us feel that way about those songs. As a good fiddler friend of mind once remarked at a session "If he sings one more bl**dy song about dead soldiers, I'll ring his *&@"* neck".
Short on wit perhaps but something a few of us diddler can relate to. The singer, thankfully, has now left London.
Still laughing at the Joe Cocker crack from Q though...
c
Air Concertina???
Air Concertina???
Ok, many of us are guilty of playing the Air Guitar, and they even have contests for the best Air Guitar players back in the States. But how many of you do Air Fiddle or Air Flute or whatever the instrument of your choosing to songs you like. Must say, I ve gotten some strange looks from people when I was caught playing the Air Concertina!
# Posted on April 25th 2004 by Ani Trec-Noc
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I do the air fiddle alot with my left hand, and people probley think Im having a seziure of some sort. I can only think of what I'll do when my pipes come in from Seth and I start Air Uillieann Piping!
Johnathan
# Posted on April 25th 2004 by Harper_Lad
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I caught my husband air drumming once, it was really funny, specially since he's a guitarist!
I do do a bit of air fiddling if I'm watching someone playing on tv, I try a copy their bowing mannerism, for practice. Luckily, my husband's never walked in on me, or he'd get his own back.
The image of air Uillieann piping is great I must say.
cath
# Posted on April 25th 2004 by Cath
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Occasionally in a (classical) orchestra rehearsal you may see a string player doing some air bowing as s/he sorts out some bowing in the score.
Trevor
# Posted on April 25th 2004 by Trevor Jennings
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I knew a guy who played Air Shakey Egg and got arrested for lewd and suggestive behaviour.
# Posted on April 25th 2004 by showaddydadito
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I think Joe Cocker plays the Air Concertina.
# Posted on April 25th 2004 by Q
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One of my dreams is to produce a series of instructional videos for instruments that shouldn't be played, with top-notch players demonstrating them using air-instruments.
# Posted on April 26th 2004 by GaryAMartin
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I play air-anglo in the car - if you practise your scales until they are automatic, you can busk along to new tunes on air-anglo very well.
I prefer a 39 key Bb/F Jeffries air-anglo out of preference.
# Posted on April 26th 2004 by geoffwright
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I do air what ever instrument (regardless of if I play it or not) ALL the time your not alone.
# Posted on April 26th 2004 by Why Bother?
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As a passenger in a car, if I think the driver is about to make a very dodgy move - you know run off the road or something - I completely lose the power of useful speech, but always make this strange gesture, which used to make my partner say "I see you're playin' your concertina again."
# Posted on April 26th 2004 by kris
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Enough with the instruments!
Are there any other Air Singers out there?
# Posted on April 26th 2004 by showaddydadito
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Air singers!!!!!!!!!!
I haven't heard of any, unfortunately, what a wonderful concept though.
c
# Posted on April 26th 2004 by Cath
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You can often see people "mouthing" the lyrics of songs, tunes etc where they either feel it's inappropriate or they're too nervous to sing along. So,I suppose they do exist.
# Posted on April 26th 2004 by John J.
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Yes, you're right after all John, but showaddydadito's contribution still made me laugh.
In fact, I wish there were more of those air singers, especially on the long dirges that sometimes come up to dampen a lively session. But this is a diddler tallking.
c
# Posted on April 26th 2004 by Cath
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Cath - when you get someone singing a long dirge, so long as you are out of arms reach of the singer, it is almost always fun after about 15 verses to ask (in the pause between verses, of course, to be polite) "Are we about half way yet?".
Dave XX
# Posted on April 26th 2004 by showaddydadito
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Even if you've been listening to and following the song of woe, you might think that the singer has reached the end of the saga but there's often still half a dozen verses to go.
# Posted on April 26th 2004 by John J.
Re: Air Concertina???
Very relieved to see that a few of us feel that way about those songs. As a good fiddler friend of mind once remarked at a session "If he sings one more bl**dy song about dead soldiers, I'll ring his *&@"* neck".
Short on wit perhaps but something a few of us diddler can relate to. The singer, thankfully, has now left London.
Still laughing at the Joe Cocker crack from Q though...
c
# Posted on April 27th 2004 by Cath
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Air handclapping
# Posted on April 27th 2004 by CreadurMawnOrganig
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David, you're taking this too far now!!! but it's a good one.
This has been the funniest thread in the last few weeks. More of them please!
# Posted on April 27th 2004 by Cath
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I was air whistling the other day and got slapped in the face, because this girl sitting next to me on the train thought I was trying to kiss her!
# Posted on April 27th 2004 by Ani Trec-Noc
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All this about air-playing leads me to wonder what the devil is the instrument an orchestral conductor is air-playing?
Trevor
# Posted on April 27th 2004 by Trevor Jennings
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Hmmmmm............
# Posted on April 27th 2004 by Ani Trec-Noc
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Does flatulance count ?
# Posted on April 28th 2004 by BegF
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No BegF, bassoons aren't allowed at sessions I'm afraid
# Posted on April 29th 2004 by Cath