But, today... food for thought:
I wrote a passage in one of my stories where I compared something else to the sound of a wonky xylophone. I didn't think anything about it at the time. But, reading over the passage later...I started to think; Am I sure I know what a wonky out-of-tune xylophone really sounds like? Am I sure I'm even thinking about the right instrument? Does this comparison really work?
Do you ever do this in your writing? Something to think about, for sure.
Have an X-tra happy Thursday!! :)
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I'd be worried that people these days might not even know what a xylophone was. As for out of tune, how would you tell? I guess you could always ask Patrick Moore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH9L6VonhQc
And no, I didn't know what I was going to get when I searched for Patrick Moore Xylophone, but I think this might just be the answer!
I hate trying to desribe sounds.
What a very clever use of the letter X and brings back happy memories of my years teaching.
This post totally made me flashback to elementary school music class--in a good way! Have so much fun at the Pikes Peak Conference (can't believe you get to meet Andrea Brown!!!).
Have fun at the conference!!!!!
Sounds are tough. I love playing a xylophone though...my daughter has a book with a xylophone attached and the book has songs and had color coded notes! We used to play songs and sing before bedtime!! :)
Definitely. And then I go an try to find out for real. Have fun at the conference!
A xylophone?! My grandmother had one, and I played with it all the time. When we were closing down my mother's house, we found pieces of it. Felt so sad that it couldn't be salvaged.
I was going to use that one, too, but decided it would be too easy to guess.
HAVE A GREAT TIME!
You're the first I've seen today using that word! And I thought they all sounded wonky.
I think sounds can be hard to describe sometimes. =)
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This reminds me of a scene I had where my character was talking about a guy who was playing a harmonica out of tune...then I thought of what I know of harmonicas, and had to look them up on Google to find out if it's POSSIBLE to be out of tune with them :D
Oh sure, I used wonky zylophones in my stories lots of times! When I do I stop and go research and get to spend lots of time doing something else!
Hope you are having a wonderful time.
A wonky xylophone....hmm don't they all sound kind of wonky?
Describing sounds is tough. When you figure it out, let me know! (But, yes, I think I can imagine what a wonky xylophone sounds like. I think. ;-) )
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