An instrument by any other name...

[sleigh]

I've been playing the Seagull Artist Studio guitar I picked up in January every day. I don't think I've missed playing her for a least a few minutes any day thus far. Something about that guitar and the way she feels and the way she sounds draws me to her -- I wish I were a better guitarist to do her justice... but hey, if I keep practicing, I'll get a little better each day, right?

But I've done something with this instrument that I've never done with any of my other basses or guitars: I've given her a name. Since I've used her to learn several Irish tunes, an Irish name seemed appropriate, so she's Mháire (the Gaelic is pronounced [roughly] Why-ra).

If you play, do you name your instruments? I do a ton of work on my laptop, but I've never named a computer, either, and don't plan to -- do you give your computer a name?

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[lizziebelle.livejournal.com]

I did name my MacBook. She was a gift from friends (their older, backup laptop) when mine died, and she had a pretty purple cover so I named her Iris.

[jennlk]

All of the major musical instruments in the house have names which get used in conversation (Esme, Sebastian, Wench, Gabrielle, Tasha). J's keyboard doesn't have a name, but it rarely goes anywhere. (The ocarina and recorders don't have names either, but they don't get played much anymore.)

The computers have names, too, but those are almost exclusively for the network -- it's easier to remember that the computer in the den is Radagast rather than the model number.

[aulus-poliutos.livejournal.com]

I named mine Varus and Arminius. Right now, they're not exactly on speaking terms since the home network is broken. Well, as long as Arminius doesn't try to ambush poor old Varus, I can live with that; there's always USB sticks to negotiate between them.