|
Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Jan 12, 2008 23:14:24 GMT -5
Okay... Kinda like my dad... Only the wood he works with are bows, arrows and spear shafts... But the hammering he does some nights... I'm suprised it hasn't kept you up too...
OOC: Going for the night.
|
|
|
Post by Linx Exotic on Jan 12, 2008 23:16:22 GMT -5
OOC: Later.
BIC: "Well, I've been forced to be awake due to hammering occurring but that was different. It wasn't a piece of wood getting nailed." Archon was almost done. This was surprisingly easy, considering he was having to keep the tension up as he went.
|
|
|
Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Jan 13, 2008 8:37:42 GMT -5
OOC: Back.
BIC: As I can guess...
**Taking the lute from the case, Amathyst checked to make sure it was tuned and no string was snapped.**
|
|
|
Post by Linx Exotic on Jan 13, 2008 8:41:34 GMT -5
OOC: Hiiiii.
BIC: "How's the lute?" Archon finished putting in all of the nails. The parchment seemed taut enough, but there would be no way to adjust the tension, so this would just be a temporary fix. He gave a strike to the center of the improvised drum and heard a resonating bass as the result, but it was very muffled. "The bottom of this urn is solid. It's trapping all the sound. I'd saw it right off if I could."
|
|
|
Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Jan 13, 2008 8:48:09 GMT -5
The lute's fine... Just some slight agustments to the string tension really. A saw? There's one on top of one of the crates we moved... I moved it so we wouldn't stand on it accidentaly.
**Raching over, Amathyst picked up the saw and passed it over.**
|
|
|
Post by Linx Exotic on Jan 13, 2008 8:50:28 GMT -5
"So are there any tools we don't need?" Setting the urn on top of one of the crates that had been stacked on top of another so it was actually very near the level of the stage, Archon took a few deft swipes with the saw and the bottom end of the urn fell to the ground with a clatter. He set the saw aside and made the same strike as before, now receiving a loud, booming report. "Theeeere we go..."
|
|
|
Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Jan 13, 2008 8:52:49 GMT -5
I'm not sure... I think there are only tools for woodwork here.
**Listening to the drum as Archon tested again, she smiled.**
That's great for an ad-hoc job...
|
|
|
Post by Linx Exotic on Jan 13, 2008 8:57:01 GMT -5
"Well, it's a good shape on the urn's part... Reminds me of something I'd make. It'll work for today..." Archon looked around the stage for a moment, then jumped down off it, returning a few seconds later holding a chair. He placed it in the middle of the stage, sat down, placed the urn between his knees so that the urn's top was farther to the front than the bottom and the angle would keep the sound from being muffled, and started messing around with rhythms.
|
|
|
Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Jan 13, 2008 9:03:24 GMT -5
**Overcome by the infectious rhythm, Amathyst started to play a few bars on the lute.**
When your eyes behold this letter I'll be deep within my grave I've nothing left to give but for one last thing I've saved In the corner of the celler, look inside the iron chest Bearing Seven silver medals there lies strapped a wooden crest (First verse of The Crest, by The Men They Couldn't Hang.)
|
|
|
Post by Linx Exotic on Jan 13, 2008 9:05:31 GMT -5
OOC: ...*Snicker*
Archon settled on a fast paced 6/8 rhythm, eventually. Just like he'd planned... Keeping a steady beat was easy. Making a catchy rhythm out of it, not so much.
|
|
|
Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Jan 13, 2008 9:12:05 GMT -5
OOC: It's an actual song.
BIC: **Still caught in the beat, Amathyst swiftly swapped over to the flute and began to play, her 4/8 rhythm mixing with Archon's 6/8.**
|
|
|
Post by Linx Exotic on Jan 13, 2008 9:13:19 GMT -5
OOC: Thus the snickering, pal.
BIC: Archon noted that Amathyst's melody wasn't quite matching... Obviously a different time signature. He decided to see what would happen if he switched to 5/4...
|
|
|
Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Jan 13, 2008 9:38:57 GMT -5
OOC: Ever listened to TMTCH?
BIC: **Amathyst noted Archon's rhythm change and held hers steady, pausing for the briefest moments to take a deep breath before starting again.**
|
|
|
Post by Linx Exotic on Jan 13, 2008 9:51:13 GMT -5
OOC: That's not the point, the point is that you borrowed the lyrics.
BIC: Archon changed again, this time to 2/4. It resulted in some very fast sixteenths.
|
|
|
Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Jan 13, 2008 10:11:49 GMT -5
OOC: It's not like I'm going to use it in the "concert"... It was just the idea of the beat really.
OOC: **Once more, She noticed Archon had changed his rhythm speed. This time however, Amathyst matched speed swiftly.**
|
|