Cat/Harmonica ???!?!!!!
Mark
Does Anybody know if cats LOVE or HATE
Harmonicas???
every time I practice they behave very strangely
Sir Topham Hatt
Mark (bod...@hotmail.com) wrote:
: Does Anybody know if cats LOVE or HATE
: every time I practice they behave very strangely
My seven cats take no interest in my playing one way
or the other. I guess after ten years of my piono
playing and the children's clarinet/violin/trumpet
practice, they've gotten used to strange noises.
Michael K. Heney
In article <5f4bm1$n...@news.cableinet.net>, Mark <bod...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Does Anybody know if cats LOVE or HATE
>Harmonicas???
>every time I practice they behave very strangely
I knew I was starting to get better when my cat stopped leaving the
room when I played ...
Usually, a cat (or dog) will behave this way at first because it's *unusual*.
I now foster dogs (my cat passed away 5 years ago, and my wife is allergic
to cats ...) and the reactions when I first pull out the harp and start
playing are fun. Some tilt their heads, some come and start scratching
at me (the dogs we foster are under 20 pounds) .... What I do is casually
doodle around on the harp and pay attention to the dogs at the same time
("how's my girl? good dog ... watch this ... Whaaawaawwa wooo... good
puppy!) outside of "practice", so they get used to the idea of you making
noise on the thing as normal. If you're casual about it, like you are
about reading the paper, they'll get used to it and figure it's just another
one of those stupid human things ...
Stacey J. Weinberger
Sir Topham Hatt wrote:
>
> Mark (bod...@hotmail.com) wrote:
> : Does Anybody know if cats LOVE or HATE
> : Harmonicas???
> : every time I practice they behave very strangely
>
> or the other. I guess after ten years of my piono
> playing and the children's clarinet/violin/trumpet
> practice, they've gotten used to strange noises.
Stacey
Mary W. Mason
I suspect they don't like them much -- it's hard for cats to play wind
instruments of any kind; you can't form a tight seal with furry lips.....
Don McPherson
Mark (bod...@hotmail.com) wrote:
: Does Anybody know if cats LOVE or HATE
: Harmonicas???
Which reminds me of a joke...
Q: "Why do dogs howl when a Harmonica player plays???"
A: "They're trying to tell him how the song goes..."
Keep blowin those blues!
--- Lump ---
Anna Andersson
Mark <bod...@hotmail.com> skrev i inlägg <5f4bm1$n...@news.cableinet.net>...
> Does Anybody know if cats LOVE or HATE
> Harmonicas???
> every time I practice they behave very strangely
>
My cat hates it...he's screaming when I'm playing and goes on with that til
I've stopped.I suppose I better start playing good....
Anna
Nikolai Faaland
Mark wrote:
>
> Does Anybody know if cats LOVE or HATE
> Harmonicas???
> every time I practice they behave very strangely
My cat used to run and hide when I first started. She had the same
reaction to my guitar, though. Stronger, actually. I could just pick
the guitar up and she'd freak. I think it's just the unusualness of the
sound. Neither instrument fazes her now, though. Could be I've gotten
better, but I suspect she's just used to it.
I've noticed her get edgy when I play in the upper registers. I think
high pitches might be painful to cat ears. OTOH, I don't like the upper
registers much, either, so it's not a problem.
Nikolai Faaland
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Mustafa Soysal MS57
In article <01bc258c$99093d60$015cf482@s-80001>,
Anna Andersson <pan...@swipnet.se> wrote:
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>Mark <bod...@hotmail.com> skrev i inlägg <5f4bm1$n...@news.cableinet.net>...
>> Harmonicas???
>> every time I practice they behave very strangely
>>
>
>I've stopped.I suppose I better start playing good....
>Anna
The high pitch noises (ultrasound) you are generating might be hurting
their ears, their ears are much more sensitive than ours.
Jacqueline A. Jones
> Mark (bod...@hotmail.com) wrote:
> : Does Anybody know if cats LOVE or HATE
> : Harmonicas???
> : every time I practice they behave very strangely
One of my cats *loves* when I whistle a tune. She will come from
wherever she is and parade in front of me, standing on whatever I am
reading, attempting to get to the noise. If I want to keep on reading,
have to stop whistling. She simply will not leave me alone.
-jackie
Chloe Young
Strange behavior, hmmmm.
My two cats (13 and 8.5 years) have both been fixed since
they were 6 months old, but when I play harmonica, they
forget that, and the male will try to mount the female.
Both yowl and literally go crazy. The notes of c, g, and
a trigger the sexual response the most. I assume that the
reediness of the harmonica sounds close enough to their
mating yowls.
GeorgeS
In article <E6FD4...@freenet.buffalo.edu>, cb...@freenet.buffalo.edu says...
>
> Strange behavior, hmmmm.
>
>My two cats (13 and 8.5 years) have both been fixed since
>they were 6 months old, but when I play harmonica, they
>forget that, and the male will try to mount the female.
>Both yowl and literally go crazy.
The elder cat in my house pretty much keeps to himself, except when I play the
piano. Then he goes into fits of affection purring and rubbing against my legs.
Since I'm a novice, most of my piano work is around middle c.
Maybe they just like music...