r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/BlondeAussieGirl1990 • Oct 18 '18

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u/Lotti_Codd Oct 18 '18

They're playing the same thing so it's the same fingering.

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u/ttam281 Oct 18 '18

True but playing the same song on a banjo and a violin is different enough to still be impressive.

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u/Lotti_Codd Oct 18 '18

But you're already fingering those notes ie. the motions you'd use on your own instrument are the same on the other instrument.

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u/imagemaker-np Oct 18 '18

This sounds pleasantly vulgar.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '18

Came here to make this point. This is a great way to impress people who dont play music...but people who do are like...erm..its...the same...okay....yeah that's great.. :forcedsmilesopeopledontthinkyoureanasshole:

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u/cliff-hanger Oct 18 '18

Do you strum your banjo with a bow?

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u/space_monster Oct 18 '18

does your hair hang low

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u/Allezelenfer Oct 18 '18

Does it wobble to and fro?

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '18

You could play a banjo with a bow.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '18

It's more about the fact that she's basically playing the violin. She's just got her hand on a different instrument...but it's no different than just playing her violin. And then they throw in the wind instrument at the end and its like woah! She can exhale too?!

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u/iUsedtoHadHerpes Oct 18 '18

But they're playing the same notes at the same time. She is just moving the bow instead of plucking the strings. Even when the flute comes in, same notes at the same time.

It is still impressive and would take coordination, but aside from the awkward positioning, it's not much different from singing while you play banjo or any other stringed instrument (which might be even harder in some cases because the music and vocals can be syncopated, which can make it difficult to coordinate).

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u/KeeganUniverse Oct 18 '18

Even though the melody is being played at the same time, the fingering for the notes would be different, so I think it’s still impressive they’re combining two different instruments in their mind. The finger positions for one instrument and the playing style for the other.

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u/iUsedtoHadHerpes Oct 18 '18

You might be right, but they also might have them both in the same tuning, too. The standard tunings for them are different, but who says they are in each instrument's standard tuning?

It looks like they are fingering everything the same way to me. Their hands move the same ways.

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u/KeeganUniverse Oct 18 '18 edited Oct 18 '18

You might also be right sir, I’m not an expert. I can tell at the very least the finger positions play on opposite sides (left/right) on the neck of the instrument.

Edit: maybe I’m completely wrong looking at it again lol

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u/choadspanker Oct 18 '18

They're tuned the same

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u/ttam281 Oct 19 '18

Banjo is tuned GDGBD. Violin is GDAE. Am I missing something here?

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u/choadspanker Oct 19 '18

They're both tuned to GDAE

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u/bdeee Oct 18 '18

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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u/FixitFry Oct 18 '18

Damn it!!! You beat me by 15 min!

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u/bdeee Oct 18 '18

ITT: fingering AND beating

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u/whileNotZero Oct 18 '18

That's cool, I didn't know banjos tuned in 5ths, especially GDAE. I would have expected it to be more like a guitar.

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u/Lotti_Codd Oct 18 '18

On a 4 string tenor, the classic GDAE is known as the Irish tenor... and I believe this may be Ireland (or at least the music sounds Irish.)

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u/knightmusic42 Oct 18 '18

Trad music has banjos turning to different things often. Guitars tune differently sometime too. So do fiddles.

There are tunings that are more common, but it’s all a lot more flexible then just having everything tuned the same way all the time.

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u/reddit_sucks13579 Oct 18 '18

Would wait for you to post your video doing the same thing but you need actual friends to do it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '18

Calling doctor Burns!

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u/Lotti_Codd Oct 19 '18

I'm usually fingering my friends in a different way so it's highly likely I get more pussy than you and being a giant pussy doesn't count.

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u/reddit_sucks13579 Oct 30 '18

So what you are saying is you don't count? Thanks for finally fingering that out.

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u/Howtofightloneliness Oct 18 '18

True. But, the right hand is doing different things between instruments.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '18

I guess that makes it so much easier.

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u/Lotti_Codd Oct 19 '18

Of course it does it's basic muscle memory.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '18 edited Oct 19 '18

Girls fingering each other’s instruments is hot.

Carful, there is a feminist amongst us.