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| Practice, Affects On Pets. |
| sweffling |
  Feb 10 2010, 05:24 PM
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When I practice my flute, one of my pets, a parrot goes mad. He begs to come out of his cage, flies straight to my shoulder and sits there the whole time.
Fast passages, staccato and trills make him jump up and down on my shoulder, occasionally nibbling the end of the flute: (IMG:style_emoticons/default/woot.gif) he gets very excited and his eyes dilate and contract like mad!! The highest register also get him going! The other parrot is unmoved by my practice and couldn't care less. Thinking back to my teens, a long time ago! there was no action from our cats or dog when I played the violin, but when I practiced my clarinet, the dog howled until I stopped. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blues.gif) I was wondering whether any of you have similar tales about pets reacting to music, either in apparent pleasure or pain! |
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| Crotchetymum |
Feb 10 2010, 08:59 PM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 2848 Joined: 3-July 08 Member No.: 34190 |
One of my cats sits on my son's lap when he plays the piano. It's quite a useful habit - make sure he sits up properly (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (I've got it as my profile photo)
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| sweffling |
Feb 10 2010, 10:37 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 57 Joined: 7-December 09 From: Sheffield Member No.: 83575 |
QUOTE(Crotchetymum @ Feb 10 2010, 08:59 PM)  One of my cats sits on my son's lap when he plays the piano. It's quite a useful habit - make sure he sits up properly (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (I've got it as my profile photo) Just looked up the photo - aaah! QUOTE(Clari-Netty @ Feb 10 2010, 10:20 PM) i have six pet rats, all adorable little angels. and when i play clarinet (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clarinet.gif) they tend to go to sleep (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif) ...on their heads (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) curled up in balls like a hedghog would.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) i guess to drown out the sound...rats vocal and hearing range is mostly ultrasonic so if they do join in with the squeeking i am makeing, with their own brand of squeeks i cant hear them.. saying that though, at first i thought it was a co-inky-dink, but i have noticed on the occasions when i randomly SQuuuuEEEEEe its often followed by disgruntled Rattie squeeking...The rats admonishing me for my bad embouchure and fingering maybe or just for piercing their eardrums years back before i took up the clarinet again...i had 3 love birds..oh my days..they would have to sing (well screach) along to every sound i made...tv, radio, hoover, hairdryer, cough sneeze....sweet to be included as part of their flock they wanted to sing with me but omg love birds make an awful screaching racket My son had a pet rat and he was gorgeous, rat, not son. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Is there any way you could listen in to your rats, like borrowing a bat detector, then you could work out their musical response. I know what you mean about being an honorary member of a birdie flock: my two parrots get very cross if I talk on the phone for any length of time without including them. The bigger one makes the sound of the land line phone and the smaller makes the sound of my mobile, to get my attention again. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) For those interested the following links show parrots beating time and dancing to music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6Hy5HW1y6Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bt9xBuGWgw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJOZp2ZftCw...feature=channel but I have to admit that my playing cannot send my parrots to quite these extremes!! |
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| Clari-Netty |
Feb 10 2010, 11:10 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 601 Joined: 10-November 09 From: Portsmouth, South East, Hampshire. Member No.: 80696 |
[quote name='sweffling' date='Feb 10 2010, 10:37 PM' post='921969']
[quote name='Clari-Netty' post='921965' date='Feb 10 2010, 10:20 PM'] i have six pet rats, all adorable little angels. and when i play clarinet (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clarinet.gif) they tend to go to sleep (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif) ...on their heads (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) curled up in balls like a hedghog would.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) i guess to drown out the sound...rats vocal and hearing range is mostly ultrasonic so if they do join in with the squeeking i am makeing, with their own brand of squeeks i cant hear them.. saying that though, at first i thought it was a co-inky-dink, but i have noticed on the occasions when i randomly SQuuuuEEEEEe its often followed by disgruntled Rattie squeeking...The rats admonishing me for my bad embouchure and fingering maybe or just for piercing their eardrums My son had a pet rat and he was gorgeous, rat, not son. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Is there any way you could listen in to your rats, like borrowing a bat detector, then you could work out their musical response. [/quote] totally agree rats are fantastic pets, totally gorgeouse and adorable in everyway (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) you know a while ago i looked into getting a ultrasonic.....thingy...hahah cant remember what its called as i was sooooo intrigued as to what goes on with them out of my sound range, so much goes on that i just dont hear what i can hear is possibly about 10% of a rats vocal range. but they were too pricey for me at £100+ just so i can spy on my rats (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ninja.gif) but i watched some great you tube vids of rats playing and Laughing listeing on the ultrasound it was so amazing |
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sweffling Practice, Affects On Pets. Feb 10 2010, 05:24 PM
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Thanks so much Clari-Netty: I've just arrive... Feb 12 2010, 10:07 PM sweffling
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