Mopane-Ever played one?

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Micah wrote:Loren, I agree, unlined mopane is quite mellow. I wonder if a lined head and (obviously) unlined body might strike the right balance between the wood's mellowness and focus the lining contributes. This may offer the most versatility. Thoughts?
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I'm not Loren but I do have some thoughts. There seems to be much indication here that fully lined causes its own less mellow sound - crisper, I think was stated. Why would anyone want to be so specific about the wood selection and then fully line the head? Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of selecting various woods for the mellowness, sharpness, et al?

Just my thought/s.

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Bill, then there are those of us who think the kind of wood affects the sound nothing, zilch, nada. But we keep quiet because we don't need the aggravation. :D

But flutes are magical things, and buying a flute is, for a woman, like getting married, and for a man, like buying a car or a big TV! Really a life-changing event. Go with your heart!

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Actually, I have a very superficial reason for selecting mopane over blackwood--I like how it looks. Blackwood is elegant, but it looks rather two-dimensional and unwood-like to me.
I think the mellowness of mopane is nice, but I'm not deeply devoted to it...
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Micah wrote:Loren, I agree, unlined mopane is quite mellow. I wonder if a lined head and (obviously) unlined body might strike the right balance between the wood's mellowness and focus the lining contributes. This may offer the most versatility. Thoughts?
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I'd guess the answer is yes but, without having several identical design flutes of different wood slide configurations side by side, I'm only speculating. Surely a Mopane flute with a full slide will not be too "Bright", however a Mopane flute with partially lined headjoint could be too "mellow" for some.

I say go with your gut.

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Yeah, I'm beginning to think that I'll just go with the fully lined head...
I'll consult my gut a little further, and then email Dave Copley.
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glauber wrote:A Mopane Haiku
by glauber

Mo' pain.
No pain, no gain.
Mopane.
seventeen syllables for a haiku.
you only have a three line slogan ...
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talasiga wrote:
glauber wrote:A Mopane Haiku
by glauber

Mo' pain.
No pain, no gain.
Mopane.
seventeen syllables for a haiku.
you only have a three line slogan ...
8)
Count those syllables again... :D

A Mopane Haiku - 6
by glauber - 2

Mo' pain - 2
No pain, no gain. - 4
Mopane. - 3

6 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 3 = 17

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glauber wrote:.........
A Mopane Haiku - 6
by glauber - 2

Mo' pain - 2
No pain, no gain. - 4
Mopane. - 3

6 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 3 = 17
three lines for a haiku.
you now have a five line slogan.
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Loren wrote:........................
I say go with your gut.
Sometimes my gut says:-

So much time spent chasing more and better
And all the while a lonely Muse waiting by my whistle
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talasiga wrote:
Loren wrote:........................
I say go with your gut.
Sometimes my gut says:-

So much time spent chasing more and better
And all the while a lonely Muse waiting by my whistle
:cry:
Well said!!!

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glauber wrote: by glauber - 2
3?

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Poetic license: glaubr :)

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Yeah, when I translated your haiku into Japanese, it came out perfectly: 5, 7, 5. :)

English translations of Japanese haiku rarely have 17 syllables, at least the good ones don't, so don't sweat it!

Here are my two best haiku-like poems. No flutes, but what the heck. The second one was inspired by the old textile mills of Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Trade my fresh green beans
for your plump calamari
Summer squid pro quo

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Squid pro quo? Oh, god!
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