Hi, there. I'm new here. My lovely wife gave me a lovely LU-21 for Christmas, so I can finally start learning to play instead of just talking about it all day long.
Unfortunately, one of our two dogs (a Corgi) seems to hate the sound. He barked his head off while I was just trying to tune it for the first time. I joked that maybe he was just barking because it was out of tune. Now that I've tuned it, he still barks incessantly. We think he was a puppy mill survivor, and he's very easily disturbed by strange noises. Our other dog pays no attention at all (but barks when we play our shakuhachi CD).
We have a one bedroom apartment, so if I don't want to disturb the neighbors with his barking, I'll have to shut myself in the car to practice.
Anyone else have this problem? Tonight, I'm going to try just gently plucking the strings while he eats dinner. Few things can distract the boy from his food. Maybe he'll eventually come to associate the sound with something tasty.
Any other ideas?
Cheers,
-Brian*
Unfortunately, one of our two dogs (a Corgi) seems to hate the sound. He barked his head off while I was just trying to tune it for the first time. I joked that maybe he was just barking because it was out of tune. Now that I've tuned it, he still barks incessantly. We think he was a puppy mill survivor, and he's very easily disturbed by strange noises. Our other dog pays no attention at all (but barks when we play our shakuhachi CD).
We have a one bedroom apartment, so if I don't want to disturb the neighbors with his barking, I'll have to shut myself in the car to practice.
Anyone else have this problem? Tonight, I'm going to try just gently plucking the strings while he eats dinner. Few things can distract the boy from his food. Maybe he'll eventually come to associate the sound with something tasty.
Any other ideas?
Cheers,
-Brian*