Watch "Dueling Banjos"
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ysabetwordsmithThis is one of my favorite songs, because it can be tweaked so easily. I've heard it with banjos, tubas, bagpipes, and hammered dulcimers. This one uses banjo and guitar, but riffs the tune more than usual.
And yes, it has been used for cape challenges in Terramagne. Because why the hell not.
And yes, it has been used for cape challenges in Terramagne. Because why the hell not.
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Date: 2021-09-26 01:51 am (UTC)The link is borked again...same problem as before.
Me, I like Bill Baily's version of it. dueling sitars
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Date: 2021-09-26 02:07 am (UTC)<3 dueling sitars! :D
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Date: 2021-09-26 02:13 am (UTC)Yup, works now. [not that I couldn't work out how to fix the url in the address bar anyway]
I think the duelings sitars proves that music is largely universal and can be tweaked to match any style..
That, and I would love to see that dueling capes you mentioned...
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Date: 2021-09-26 02:19 am (UTC)Yes. Not all songs will transpose to all instruments, based on how they work, but "Dueling Banjos" can be transposed to almost any stringed instrument, and even tubas. Percussion would be harder, but if it can be done on hammered dulcimers, it could probably be done on xylophones. It is particularly interesting as a challenge between instruments from different cultures.
>> That, and I would love to see that dueling capes you mentioned... <<
By all means, prompt for it. The Maori tradition of haka mana has been around long enough that sometimes other people use non-combat methods of determining dominance.
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Date: 2021-09-26 02:28 am (UTC)I could see a couple of soups with catastrophically damaging powers deciding to use some other means of settling their beef, without taking out half the city as collateral damage.
Come to think of it, that could include Ashley... although her control is getting better, it's not perfect.
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Date: 2021-09-26 02:33 am (UTC)Re: Fixed!
Date: 2021-09-26 02:44 am (UTC)I shall point out that Speed Metal is a thing... and anyone who can play Dragonforce's "Through the Fire and Flames" on Guitar Hero on Insane Mode is quite probably a speedster...
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Date: 2021-09-26 02:55 am (UTC)Re: Fixed!
Date: 2021-09-26 02:58 am (UTC)This is true... I would bet Kraken have that market cornered too.
That said, that example really exists, and as far as I know, only one person has ever gotten a 100% flawless score on it.
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Date: 2021-09-26 02:52 am (UTC)Not sure what it would look like, but I bet it'd be fun.
Oh lord. Now I'm picturing the results of someone introducing the Klingons to hakas.
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Date: 2021-09-26 02:58 am (UTC)Not sure what it would look like, but I bet it'd be fun. <<
It could be made to work. If YeeHawBibi could do Country & Western bellydance, why not banjo haka?
>> Oh lord. Now I'm picturing the results of someone introducing the Klingons to hakas. <<
Klingons would love the aggression of it, and have no idea why they kept losing, because they'd miss the social aspects. ROTFL
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Date: 2021-09-26 03:00 am (UTC)Although I think you'd have to explain that it's a non-contact sport first... and maybe enforce that rule with a judge and a phaser set to stun...
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Date: 2021-09-26 05:05 am (UTC)Kids movie example (including a third party using negotiation / non violent conflict resolution skills):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j0eOQEVMmmI
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Date: 2021-09-28 03:27 pm (UTC)-Sh'lainn/Craimar*~