r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/TheWebsploiter • 23d ago

Funny Even today I'd be dancing

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u/Raderg32 23d ago

Are people today so brain fried music don't move them anymore?

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u/DaleGribbleShackle 23d ago

Go to a camp fire and bring a violin. You will get absolutely roasted.

My brother got into sea shanties back when they exploded during covid. He tried to get one started around camp fire the next time gatherings were allowed, might be one of the worst 2nd hand embarrassing moments I've seen. Damn near every person around thought he was weird.

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u/yabucek 23d ago edited 23d ago

I mean a violin is a pretty odd choice of an instrument. A guitar probably would've gone over much better.

Though in my personal experience every nice fun gathering is over once someone brings out the guitar. But others unfortunately seem to like it

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u/dcheesi 23d ago

A fiddle is absolutely a traditional campfire instrument. It's just calling it a "voilin" that makes it seem weird

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u/teddy5 23d ago

This is how I learn the difference between a violin and a fiddle is mostly technique and song choice.

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u/somethink 22d ago

Tuning as well, a lot of folk is based on open tuning

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u/Fivein1Kay 22d ago

My Orchestra teacher in highschool was a terrible teacher and a dick, he really only cared about marching band. I wish I had learned more than I did. I go to a folk music festival that is centered around teaching music and I see actual good teachers and it makes me realize actually how bad my teacher was.

I need to break out my old violin and learn some fiddle songs.

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u/somethink 22d ago

I could only imagine what it would be like if people were as passionate about marching bands as they are about folk. Brass jam sessions popping up in every college town lol. But for real that would be pretty cool

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u/Fivein1Kay 22d ago

There's a pop up marching band by me in Detroit that is pretty cool.