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Also, Lisa's saxophone is now gold like during almost every episode instead of light blue, and she is occasionally depicted playing a different instrument (trumpet, harp, etc.). Homer is then shown driving home and discards the stuck uranium rod out the window; it lands in Otto's lap and he eats it.
The Lisa Book, describing Lisa's personality and attributes, was released in 2006, [2] followed by Lisa Simpson's Guide to Geek Chic, expanding on her interests and friendships, in 2015. [186] Other merchandise includes dolls, posters, figurines, bobblehead dolls, mugs, and clothing such as slippers, T-shirts, baseball caps, and boxer shorts.
The cross-strung harp or chromatic double harp is a multi-course harp that has two rows of strings which intersect without touching. While accidentals are played on the pedal harp via the pedals and on the lever harp with levers, the cross-strung harp features two rows so that each of the twelve semitones of the chromatic scale has its own string.
American Sign Language was also used in the episode, and the producers used two ASL consultants to make sure the ASL was as accurate as possible, despite the limitation of Simpsons characters only having four fingers on each hand. Other roles were played by three other deaf actors – Ian Mayorga, Kaylee Arellano, and Hazel Lopez – from No ...
Harpist Elaine Christy plays with both hands approaching the strings from either side of the harp; foot pedals (not shown) can change the pitch of specific strings by a half step. The pedal harp is played with the fingertips of the first four fingers (thumb, index, middle and ring fingers).
A person who plays a pedal harp is called a "harpist"; [61] a person who plays a folk-harp is called a "harper" or sometimes a "harpist"; [62] either may be called a "harp-player", and the distinctions are not strict. A number of instruments that are not harps are none-the-less colloquially referred to as "harps".
The bandleader of The Spotted Cat, a jazz bar Lisa and Homer go in, calls Lisa by name, actually being "Bleeding Gums" Murphy's nephew, the deceased jazzman (whose name was apparently Oscar) telling him that Lisa was the most promising musician he knew (much to his nephew's chagrin). He finally convinces Lisa to play his sax in spite of her ...
The musician plays the inanga with both hands. The instrument is rested in the player's lap or beside them on the left side. Holding the top of the instrument with the left little-finger, the player plucks the instrument's topmost strings with the hand's other fingers. The right had plucks the bottom strings, that have the lowest notes. [6] [7]