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Help! Violonist's drug of choice?

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Rosin

Which is also a type of cannabis concentrate, lol

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- Resin
  
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  Rosin and resin are different things. The main difference is the method of extraction.
  
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  🤦
  
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  Well blow me down, I didn't know about that.
  
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  pfp checks out
  
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Rosin, I think

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- Yup it’s rosin. I did this puzzle earlier today.
  
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- Alternative hint: "Johnny _____ up your bow and play your fiddle hard." From The Devil Went Down To Georgia
  
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  Solo Time: nannnannaeeeerrr naw nanaeeer nNannnnnnaaaawweeeerrrnnnannnwwweerrrr ddddddrrreeeeeeeeeenanannananannanaaeeeeeeeeeweeeeeeeewweeweerrrerrrrrteeeeeeeee^f
  
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- You got it
  
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- Huh. Til.
  
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- Don't smoke rosin, it's carcinogenic
  
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  I'd be worried about anyone smoking the rosins used in orchestra
  
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Violinist here.

Violins make sound by dragging the bow (stretched horse hair) over a string, causing the string to vibrate. At the micro level, the bow pulls the string to one side using friction, until the tension on the string pulls it back - this happens hundreds of times per second, and forms the basis of the sound we hear. Horse hair is slippery by default. To create the necessary tension violinists apply a small amount of solidified tree resin by wiping a piece along the length of the bow. This piece of hardened resin has the same approximate texture as glass or hard candy, and is called rosin.

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- Do you heat it to apply it?
  
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  No. It comes in pucks or small blocks and you simply draw the bow across it or pass the rosin up and down the length of the bow a few times and that's usually enough. Too much rosin can gum up the bow.
  
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- But what kind of drugs do you like?
  
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  Yes
  
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- Why not use a fiber that's not not stretchy, and also not smooth? How would using a synthetic fiber affect the sound?
  
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  Originally? Probably lack of options. These days the aim of the game is sounding "like a violin", so naturally there's very little innovation in violin technology.
  
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Lmao nice

(Rosin, if you're serious)

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It depends on the violinist, Sherlock Holmes liked cocaine lol

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Just out of curiosity what app is this?

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- It's the NYT Mini
  
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  Thank you!
  
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- It's the NYT's mini crossword puzzle
  
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  Thank you!
  
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Crack

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SMACK

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Nigel Kennedy could probably list a dozen

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SMACK

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I knew a heroin player once and he was pretty onto violins.

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