2Feb/100
When Celia was learning
I've had this merry little catch running through my head all week, and I just had enough time to do a multitrack recording of it. There is a cheeky little message hidden inside this 17th Century song about a girl having a lesson on a spinnet. Its a baroque keyboard instrument a bit like a little harpsichord, but you can 'shake' or wiggle you finger on the keys to produce vibrato.
Its by John Isham and called "When Celia was learning on the spinet, to play"
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Twitterings
- What about Horcrux? RT @astronomyblog: Invited to launch of new UK Space Agency. Think UKSA is bad name. Better suggestions?
- The 365 days podcast of my dad and me wittering on about astronomy and telegraph poles is finally online http://bit.ly/ckAOj5
- Thinking of joining the new physics crime fighting group 'the dark energy task-force'. Codename: Fine structure boy.
Baaaaaa
- Why the BBC is wonderfully British
- I don’t have the money or the energy
- When Celia was learning
- Gregynog Hall and students who don’t like beer
- Goodbye Bute Park, hello Howells Highway
- Moblin: Netbook OS of the future?
- Star Trek: Not all Black Holes are evil
- dot Astronomy – Video conference proceedings
- Teapots from Space – the final abduction
- And I prithy hold thy peace
Tags
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- Episode 4 - Dr Andy's guide to exploding stars December 16, 2009
- Episode 3 - How to spot Astronomers July 11, 2009
- Episode 2 - Close Encounters with Herschel and Planck May 21, 2009
- Episode 1 - Attack of the Space Junk March 29, 2009
