That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for February 19, 2021

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    BE THIS GUY  almost 4 years ago

    As a defense mechanism, Fluffy would sleep during these twice a week ordeals.

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    “To save our sanity, I think it will be better if you switch to air guitar.”

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    Strob Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    “Let us stop until next week, since you have driven the poor dog stark raving mad.”

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    santa72404  almost 4 years ago

    What key does In-A Gadda-Da-Vida work best for me?

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    ronaldspence  almost 4 years ago

    Didn’t you see the sign? “No Stairway!”

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    Papared25  almost 4 years ago

    During the merciless killing of the innocent tune, Johann had a sudden epiphany: the top string on the instrument Helga was defiling was the perfect length for a garrote.

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    Zykoic  almost 4 years ago

    That’s funny-timely.

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    gopher gofer  almost 4 years ago

    taking the new ovation double neck lute for a test run…

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    Kind&Kinder  almost 4 years ago

    “Cool it, Milou, I said strum— not strumpet !”

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    Kind&Kinder  almost 4 years ago

    “I knew I’d get in Dutch trying to teach you an instrument!”

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    Call me Ishmael  almost 4 years ago

    Her fam’ly may have overfed ‘er/ and she may not LOOK much like a “shredder”/but, defying the gods/ she’ll dazzle the clods/ by playing a cool “double-header” !

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    Call me Ishmael  almost 4 years ago

    Nuthin’ could be “sicker” than a double-limericker in the mor-or-ornin’…

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    Call me Ishmael  almost 4 years ago

    But seriously, folks – ain’t those Dutch genre painters amazing ?

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    katzenbooks45  almost 4 years ago

    Fluffy was getting really tired of hearing “My Dog Has Fleas”.

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    Buzzworld  almost 4 years ago

    “I think we’ve ruined that song enough for today.”

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    Reader  almost 4 years ago

    Don’t be mistaken – she is treble. She baroque many a music teacher.

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    artheaded1  almost 4 years ago

    Nice, timely caption!

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    rmremail  almost 4 years ago

    Once she successfully mangles the tune on the mandolin, she’s going to take it outside and pluck it out on the big boy laying on the table, for all to hear.

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    P51Strega  almost 4 years ago

    After her third guitar teacher quit, Ann decided to leave the guitar playing to her sister Nancy.

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    lagoulou  almost 4 years ago

    “Go get your banjo and let’s have a duel….I’m tired of this lute!”

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    PO' DAWG  almost 4 years ago

    While Glenda struggled to read the notes in the dimly lit studio the master stared at her cleavage.

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    Call me Ishmael  almost 4 years ago

    “More cowbell…”

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    Blaidd Drwg Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    You’re doing great! And it will sound even better when we put some strings on it…….Now where was that cat?

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    epaphus8  almost 4 years ago

    Ma’am, please stop whacking your breasts against the back of the instrument. This tune does not require percussive accompaniment.

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    Carolyn Saunders  almost 4 years ago

    Yet another buyer of Bert Weedon’s “Play in a Day”

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    Linguist  almost 4 years ago

    Madeline on the mandolin never quite mastered Stairway to Heaven.

    She lacked the finesse and manual dexterity but possessed a great deal of enthusiasm and tenacity, so Maestro Peter had her switch from the lute to the flute.

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    Another Take  almost 4 years ago

    “I need background for inspiration. Just why was there SMOKE ON THE WAAAATERR? Oh. And FIRE IN THE SKY?

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    Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    “If you’re going to get serious about the mandolin, you need to realize that you’ll spend half your time tuning, and the other half being out of tune.”

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    Bilan  almost 4 years ago

    No wonder your playing is so awful. That’s not your music book, that’s your cookbook.

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    goblue86  almost 4 years ago

    Money for nuthin and your chicks for free…

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    mabrndt Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    The Music Lesson

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gerard_ter_Borch_-_The_Music_Lesson_1512.jpg 

    has info and links that point to info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

     

    http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/terborch_gerard.html 

    https://www.wikiart.org/en/gerard-terborch 

    http://www.sai.msu.su/cjackson/terborch/terborch_bio.htm 

    https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/376/gerard-ter-borch-dutch-1617-1681/ 

    https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.983.pdf 

    https://prabook.com/web/gerard.ter_borch/3743138 

    https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/t/terborch/biograph.html 

    https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/european-art-1600-present-biographies/gerard-ter-borch 

    http://www.essentialvermeer.com/dutch-painters/masters/terborchbase.html 

    http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/old-masters/gerard-terborch.htm 

    http://hoocher.com/Gerard_Terborch/Gerard_Terborch.htm 

    all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the first URL. So far, 14 works by him have been used here (15 times, including a repeat). 

    https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2017/05/19?comments=visible 

    has the prior (my comment there included one of the artist info URLs).

     

    Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2647 (February 18, 2021) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

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    harebell  almost 4 years ago

    When I’d screwed up sufficiently, my instructor attempted to cheer me up by telling me “You’re very musical”. Didn’t work.

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    MissScarlet Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Although she preferred the cello, her teacher assured her that the lute would be much more portable for parties.

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    d1234dick Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    just in case her mandolin doesn’t work out, she had a cello under her dress, poor dog.

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    d1234dick Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    she was great at the “HOTEL CALIFORNIA” riff

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    Running Buffalo Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    If you can’t learn the strings … you’ll have to go back to playing my flute.

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    More Coffee Please! Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Cruz isn’t tone deaf, he’s just a republican’t – can’t sink lower than that…

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    cameron_scarlett  almost 4 years ago

    Bob determined that it was best to use wire cutters to tune Mildred’s mandolin.

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member almost 4 years ago

    Enough with the singing. The dog is asleep and my hope has risen!

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    GoComicsGo!  almost 4 years ago

    “It’s da-da-dum-da-dah. Not da-dum-dum-dah-da.”

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