Week 3: Marah

9/29/2021

Prompt:
Imagine an instrument. How did that instrument change your character's life? Interpret "instrument" as you like.

Word Count:
120-150 words

Submissions:
-Leave your response in the comments section. If you are interested in reading past submissions, you can find the stories there as well.

Expectations:
-Remember that you are writing for the King's Academy community. Please be respectful of that community.
-Respect the word count
-Your work should have a title--this is not part of your word count.
-Include your full name and word count at the end of your submission.
-Have fun with this challenge.

Deadline:
22:00 Tuesday, October 5th

Photo Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/21/10-strangest-musical-instruments

5 Comments

Tala Hajjiri link

10/5/2021 09:42:46 am

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“Lets go eat” I said in sign language we live in a city were there are alot of people who are deaf “Ok” she replied as we walk in the streets we go by a abandoned shop , I poked my friend “hey lets go inside” I said in sign language she nodded we went inside and we went inside it was really cool, I sat on a piano “let me see you play” my friend said, she may cant hear but she also plays the piano before she became deaf so she looks at the keys I play,I looked at the book that was full of dust,I started playing the music that was written on the book, my friend stoped me and said “keep playing” and I kept then she started to jump, and smile lots of people came inside and said “We Can All Hear!”

Tala link

10/5/2021 10:27:31 am

I forgot to write 147 or 148 words

Marah

10/6/2021 12:56:33 am

Hello Tala,
I loved your idea very much and I believe it is very creative. Well done!

Mar

10/5/2021 11:25:50 am

The jacob wiki page:
The jacob was invented by Chelsie Connor in 1935, who, grieving her husband's death, used her knowledge in music engineering to hear her husband's laugh once more. It took her nearly six years, (half of which she had to work in secret after she remarried). The jacob is constructed in similar form to a piano but the sound it produces is more akin to that of a bass guitar. The notes are in fact recreations of laughs that Jacob would make in specific situations. For example G minor sounds like a small snort, similar to the one he would make while being sarcastic.

Fun facts
The father of Jacob Connor originally took credit for the instrument, until Chelsie's children sued
Him after her death, using designs and notes clearly created by her as evidence.

The jacob was widely used in the early days of musical effects during plays or early television shows as a laugh track before electronic versions were invented

The note of sharp (Jacob laughing with his children) is considered one of the most beautiful notes in all of instrumentation.

Marah

10/6/2021 12:58:31 am

Hi Mar, I loved your story and I think it incorporates my prompt very well. I loved how you made this prompt your own . Awesome job!

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