Anyone in St. Petersburg who is a member of this forum, AND who plays the Balalaika?
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Anyone in St. Petersburg who is a member of this forum, AND who plays the Balalaika?
Лично я не умею. Теперь на балалайке умеют наверное одни только профессиональные музыканты.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oggi
No one in his/her right mind plays the balalaika in Russia, unless he/she's a professional musician playing in a band that runs gigs for drunk foreign tourists.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oggi
Your mum played her balalaika for me all last night.Quote:
Originally Posted by VendingMachine
:mrgreen:
Do you know that offline people usually find themselves picking up their teeth from the pavement with broken fingers after such words? Oh, the lovely cloak of anonymity the Internet giveth us...Quote:
Originally Posted by TATY
Your mom picked up my teeth for me all last night.
hmm... somehow not the same punch as TATY... :lol:
That's what the internet is for.Quote:
Originally Posted by VendingMachine
it's the mum, man. 8)Quote:
Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie
I knew you were an old git with dentures.Quote:
Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie
Is that really you in the photo in your avatar? You look like an old woman, man.Quote:
Originally Posted by TATY
I knew a man who could play a balalaika. :lol:
I've never seen him doing that, though. He was a professional musician, and balalaika was his speciality. Most people laughed uncontrollably when he told them about that. It's a mystery why Russians find their most famous folk instrument to be so hilarious.
I wonder, is balalaika a Russian instrument at all? The word doesn't sound Russian to me. I wonder, could it have come to us from Tartar or, say, Romany (language of gypsies)?
For me its name sounds very much in Russian tradition of naming of such things. The words каравай or таракан sound funny too, but they are Russian words.
better to have fake teeth than to eat out of a straw like you!Quote:
Originally Posted by VendingMachine
Если верить Фасмеру, заимствование из тюркских языков маловероятно.Quote:
Originally Posted by VendingMachine
Обычное звукоподражание бренчащему звуку; он приводит похожий пример, балаболька "бубенчики".
http://www.russiansifiction.com/vasmer/p030.htm
It's not the best example. ;) "Tarakan" is not a vernacular Russian word, it was borrowed from Tatar language.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leof
"Balalaika" is Russian, though. Originally it was "balоbaika", which was made from "baly" (chatter, jokes) and "baika" (a tale).
[quote=VendingMachine]Is that really you in the photo in your avatar? You look like an old woman, man.[/quote:2ahelgqc]Quote:
Originally Posted by TATY
Yes, I am Alla Pugachyova.
The reason why I asked this question was because I am coming to St. Petersburg on Wednesday for a few days, and I should like to know where to find somebody who can really play the instrument.
I promise that I shall not be drunk. :-)
Try going to a music school. :)