[88260] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: 'u' Instruments
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Terrence Donnelly)
Wed Sep 15 14:51:32 2010
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:43:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Terrence Donnelly <terrence.donnelly@sbcglobal.net>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <170066.97849.qm@web82606.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Here's a clip from the actual opera apparently:
http://www.wapt.com/video/24967422/detail.html
Despite the photograph you posted, it looks and sounds like the instruments are pretty standard: an orchestral drum (and chimes?) kit, a flute and some sort of stringed instrument (maybe an 'ud). And it must be a real opera, because I couldn't understand a word of it!
-- ter'eS
--- On Wed, 9/15/10, Terrence Donnelly <terrence.donnelly@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> It's hard to tell from that picture
> what some of those things are or how you'd play them.
> Everything seems to be a variant of a drum, however; I don't
> see any stringed or wind instruments.
>
> -- ter'eS
>
> --- On Wed, 9/15/10, Michael Roney, Jr. <nahqun@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > From: Michael Roney, Jr. <nahqun@gmail.com>
> > Subject: 'u' Instruments
> > To: "tlhIngan mailing list" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
> > Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 1:01 PM
> > http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/underwire/2010/08/klingon-instruments-6601.jpg
> > A picture of the Klingon musical instruments used in
> 'u'.
> >
> > Anyone recognize anything that we have words for?
> >
> > ~naHQun
> >
> > ~Michael Roney, Jr.
> > Professional Klingon translator
> > webOS dev
> > -- Sent from my Palm Pre
> >
> >
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