Anyone else carry an instrument in their kit?

Nice whistle. One of these days, I'll spring for a Burke. Or maybe even an Abell.
Crap. I just checked the Burkes for the first time in a while, and they've gone up $20. :eek:
 
I still love whistles a ton but I think the Chieftain is probably about as nice as I'll go. A lot of the pieces I like to play these days make heavy use of accidentals and half-fingering is a pain. I have a halfway decent recorder but I'm not as keen on the tone that they have compared to ocarinas. I also like the transverse form of them better, as well as their interesting aesthetics.
 
My instrument IS my kit!... lol Not a whistle or a recorder but it does the job. ;)

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That looks like it might catch on a few branches.
 
I was JUST thinking about this! I saw that Les carried his harmonica everywhere, and that got me wanting to do the same. Im huge into music. guitar, piano, banjo, mandolin, thats about it though... :D I picked up an old harmonica my grandpa gave me a while back and tried to see what i could remember how to play. Im going to have to bring this with me hiking more.. i need a smaller harmonica though.. this one is abnormally large.

I did attempt to carry a can-jo that i picked up in Gatlinburg with me on a hike. not the most durable instrument... It sure was cool though! its sorta one of those things you see and you just have to have.....
 
All of them. All of the branches. There will be no branches left for anyone else. :D
 
CUTS LIKE A KRIS said:
I used to play oboe, so interesting hearing about the other double reed instruments- ill have to look them up- cant have too many instruments around a home.
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The breton bombard is, roughly said, a primitive oboe. Here is a piece of breton music, the bagpipe is a "biniou kozh" (old bagpipe in breton language):

[youtube]bqagYjwASFw[/youtube]

dantzk.
 
sisk61 said:
I did attempt to carry a can-jo that i picked up in Gatlinburg with me on a hike. not the most durable instrument... It sure was cool though! its sorta one of those things you see and you just have to have.....
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Those can-jo's are fun to play. Look up banjimer or dulcijo, same concept but more durable. If you are handy they are a doable project. Get out there and play some Dueling Banjo's with a mutant looking back woods kid. Take your bow and arrows in case you run into weird hunters. Then go white water rafting and eat a meal with a laconic hill billy family. Them green beans sure are good.
 
willseeyalater said:
Those can-jo's are fun to play. Look up banjimer or dulcijo, same concept but more durable. If you are handy they are a doable project. Get out there and play some Dueling Banjo's with a mutant looking back woods kid. Take your bow and arrows in case you run into weird hunters. Then go white water rafting and eat a meal with a laconic hill billy family. Them green beans sure are good.
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Hmm... I think ill pass on the second part of your post... Living in Alabama, i know a few of those kind of guys... Now theres nothin wrong with a good ole down home mountain man, but when you walk up on on one in the woods... you begin to think twice about where you hike.... There are some terrifying stories of homeless people living in the mountains around here, the scariest part is that most of them are true..

It definitely makes an average hike more thrilling!
 
sisk61 said:
There are some terrifying stories of homeless people living in the mountains around here, the scariest part is that most of them are true..

It definitely makes an average hike more thrilling!
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Why? What kind of instruments are they playing?
 
Esav Benyamin said:
Why? What kind of instruments are they playing?
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sorry... i guess you didnt catch the sarcasm.. its hard to transfer sarcasm online!

There are stories of homeless mountain men in the woods in north alabama. Not very comforting stories either... I was hiking once off of the trail, and i came across a shack. From what i saw, someone lived there, and they have been for a while. I saw large boot prints too, so i booked it before whoever it was came back. what i meant by "It definitely makes an average hike more thrilling" is that now, i always stop every couple of steps or so to listen... make sure no one is out there.. I guess thats one thing about hiking in the deep south. You might walk up on someone who isnt too friendly.
 
sisk61 said:
Hmm... I think ill pass on the second part of your post... Living in Alabama, i know a few of those kind of guys... Now theres nothin wrong with a good ole down home mountain man, but when you walk up on on one in the woods... you begin to think twice about where you hike.... There are some terrifying stories of homeless people living in the mountains around here, the scariest part is that most of them are true..

It definitely makes an average hike more thrilling!
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I would pass on all that except the green beans, please pass the green beans. Seriously, I understand you about who or what you meet in the woods. There's some truly messed up persons living on the edges sometimes and I do mean edges in every sense of the word.
 
sisk, I got it the first time! :D

I used to walk through Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, at the northern edge of NYCity. There were reasons to walk carefully, and watch out for people. Then one day I read a newspaper story about a man the police took out of that park. He had been living in a cave he dug out. He had a shotgun in there, too. He was right behind a birding area I used to stop by regularly. Grrr ...
 
Esav Benyamin said:
sisk, I got it the first time! :D

I used to walk through Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, at the northern edge of NYCity. There were reasons to walk carefully, and watch out for people. Then one day I read a newspaper story about a man the police took out of that park. He had been living in a cave he dug out. He had a shotgun in there, too. He was right behind a birding area I used to stop by regularly. Grrr ...
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Alright!

Yeah there is a ghastly story about a homeless man that dwelled in a cave in the woods where people hiked everyday. three girls went into the cave once because they thought it would be cool, I dont really think anyone wants to hear this story, because its pretty obvious what happens... the girls survived though, they never caught the homeless man.

Sorry if im getting too off topic!! Im going to buy myself a blues harmonica to take hiking and camping. You gotta love them blues!
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
English horns, bassoons, and mizmars are all double reed. :)
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I would love to see a bassoonist in the middle of the woods- that was my second choice classical instrument to play, but our band instructor had me play oboe to help tune the band. I developed a pretty good ear as a result, that was destroyed by farm and industrial equipment.
upnorth said:
Maybe yes, maybe no, about being the first to use a jaw harp there. The British carried them all over the world hundreds of years ago and we find them at isolated Fur Trade sites today. I play mine when needing a rest in the bush as much out of tradition as entertainment. For me it's a tip of the hat to the traders that laughed, cried and died plying the mighty rivers to open up North America.
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True, but this was just an Inuit summer camp for one family, who said that the first Europeans to that specific location were the Department of Fisheries and Oceans when they put a cabin there for modern studies. It was a great spot- the man I worked beside grew up there and I helped him excavate the summer shelter tent area- pulled out a couple of old bone/antler tools. I declined when he offered me some as it was his birthright as the lone survivor of the family that lived there. I kind of regret not taking the shaft straightener that I liked the most- he committed suicide the following year in prison, and I was told that most of his belongings were just thrown in the dump, I hope somebody recognized what they were and kept them, but doubt it.

No matter if I was first, it was still pretty special. I would love to see photos of some of the old ones found if you have any!

dantzk8 said:
The breton bombard is, roughly said, a primitive oboe. Here is a piece of breton music, the bagpipe is a "biniou kozh" (old bagpipe in breton language):

[youtube]bqagYjwASFw[/youtube]

dantzk.
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That is a great duet- thank you!
 
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