JimH wrote:
On Aug 8, 4:14 pm, "Sir Grand Duke of Marmalade, Reginald P. Smithers
III The Great, Esq. LLC" wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
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Sure. There are kazillions of tunes in opera. Even if you don't listen
to or like opera, you've heard them. At the moment, my "ringtone" is a
tune from La Traviata, sung by Anna Netrebko.
Don't know Anna? One of her albums outsold one from Beyoncé when it
came out in 2004 in Europe. Terrific voice, good-looking, too. Well,
both of them, Anna and Beyoncé!
Here's a list of some popular opera tunes for you:
Lakmé: Flower Duet (Dome épais)
Die Walküre (The Valkyrie): Ride of the Valkyries
La Forza del destino (The Force of Destiny) : Overture
Andre Chénier: La mamma morte
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville): Overture
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
Lohengrin: Wedding March
La Wally: Ebben? ne andro lontana
Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento
Legend of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumble Bee
La Traviata: Libiamo ne lieti calici (Brindisi)
By providing a list of popular opera tunes? Too highbrow for the
pseudomusicians in this newsgroup?
Sure, Tom...whatever you say. I've been an opera fan since the 7th Grade,
when our choir club teacher took us to a performance of La Boheme at the
Met. We've been to at least a half dozen major league opera performances
in the last year.
STOP. I have this bizzare image of you on stage with one of those pointy
Viking hats with the horns on the side, hands clasped before you, belting
out a "tune".
Eisboch
I know I must have grown up on the wrong side of town. We didn't have a
"choir club" in the 7th grade.

Did you play the banjo back then?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydGhd1Da6fo

I think so. ;-)

Nope, but while that is some really nice plucking, I can play the song
as well as the kid did in the movie. The boy was playing the banjo using
a "claw-hammer" style, and in reality the song dueling banjos is played
on a different style banjo using finger picks.

In other words, that boy is really not playing the guitar. Now you know
the rest of the story.