Heh heh! Hi Ken! Not at all! The balalaika is a distinctively unique instrument with its own history. I am a member of the BDAA, the Balalaika and Domra Association of America and am a virtuoso on the instrument. I do occasionally play it in concert. It's the most challenging instrument that I have ever learned how to play and play well. Consider that it has only three strings, and two are tuned the same! With a little practice, you can generate a lot of noise.
No problem, Ken. No offensive given, no offensive taken. Just a good guffaw. It makes you wonder: do the Russians do everything in three's? Best whimsical wishes, Roy
I'll tell you a quick story. Decades ago I played in a group called Troika Balalaikas. We played for a while in the Peachtree Plaza Hotel in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. We put a parody together on the theme of Dueling Banjos from the movie Deliverance. We called it Blithering Balalaikas. People thought it was fun and funny. As an aside, I also play the Ukrainian bandura. I expect calls to start coming in for bandura concerts, considering the current history in Eastern Europe. Yes, we do live in interesting times. Stay well, Roy
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Heh heh! Hi Ken! Not at all! The balalaika is a distinctively unique instrument with its own history. I am a member of the BDAA, the Balalaika and Domra Association of America and am a virtuoso on the instrument. I do occasionally play it in concert. It's the most challenging instrument that I have ever learned how to play and play well. Consider that it has only three strings, and two are tuned the same! With a little practice, you can generate a lot of noise.
No problem, Ken. No offensive given, no offensive taken. Just a good guffaw. It makes you wonder: do the Russians do everything in three's? Best whimsical wishes, Roy
Thank you, kind sir.
(So how ya' "balalaika" me now????)
I'll tell you a quick story. Decades ago I played in a group called Troika Balalaikas. We played for a while in the Peachtree Plaza Hotel in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. We put a parody together on the theme of Dueling Banjos from the movie Deliverance. We called it Blithering Balalaikas. People thought it was fun and funny. As an aside, I also play the Ukrainian bandura. I expect calls to start coming in for bandura concerts, considering the current history in Eastern Europe. Yes, we do live in interesting times. Stay well, Roy
Interesting times, indeed.