{"id":1638,"date":"2013-10-13T18:45:09","date_gmt":"2013-10-13T17:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geraldgarcia.com\/wordpress\/?p=1638"},"modified":"2013-10-13T19:21:56","modified_gmt":"2013-10-13T18:21:56","slug":"the-vulcan-lute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/geraldgarcia.com\/?p=1638","title":{"rendered":"The Vulcan Lute"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lute playing Trekkies rejoice – you can now learn the instrument of your choice!<\/p>\n

The Vulcan lute<\/b> (sometimes referred to as Vulcan harp<\/b>, Vulcan lyre<\/b>, orVulcan Lyrette<\/b>) was a twelve-stringed instrument, played on the planet<\/a> Vulcan<\/a>, that was tuned on a diatonic scale<\/a> and noted to be very soothing. (VOY<\/a>: “Innocence<\/a>“)<\/p>\n

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Spock<\/a> was proficient at playing the Vulcan<\/a> lute<\/a> and was known to play it often during his off-duty hours. (TOS<\/a>: “Charlie X<\/a>“, “The Conscience of the King<\/a>“, “Amok Time<\/a>“, “The Way to Eden<\/a>“; Star Trek V: The Final Frontier<\/a><\/i>)<\/p>\n

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Sounds a bit like “Charlie is my darling”!<\/p>\n