--ENHNKBdanEpAboAKfzX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Banjo players spend half their lives tuning and the other half playing out of tune. Banjos are definitely an acquired taste. I think I've figured out why I love them so much. They are as close instrument to a digital signal as you can get (other than a drum). The sound is so staccato and you pluck so many notes in a second that it is very near to being digital :) On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 00:41 +0900, Keith Lancaster wrote: > > > On 4/7/06 10:14 AM, "Charlie Bowman" <charlie / castlebranch.com> wrote: > > > or ascii based tab files for us banjo pickers! > > > > Banjo? I'm pretty sure he said "music", so I'm not sure why you are bringing > up banjos. :-) > > What's the difference between a banjo and a(n) > > Chain Saw: > > 1. a chain saw has a dynamic range. > 2. you can turn a chain saw off. > > 3. South American Macaw: one is loud, obnoxious, and noisy; and the other > is a bird. > > 4. Harley Davidson Motorcycle: you can tune a Harley. > > 5. Onion: no one cries when you cut up a banjo. > > 6. Trampoline: you take your shoes off to jump on a trampoline. > > 7. Uzi: an uzi only repeats forty times. > > Sorry - couldn't help myself on this one :-) > > Keith > > > > --ENHNKBdanEpAboAKfzX--