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Are You Musical?
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I could play the recorder from the age of 5 but lessons to learn an instrument was out of the question as there were so many of us my parents couldn't afford it.
I bought an accordion (very very cheaply - please remember I am from Yorkshire) and much to the distress of my family and people living within a mile radius of my house I practised regularly until after a short period (approx 2 years) I could play Amazing Grace. Not being able to face spending another 2 years learning The Skye Boat Song, I sold it.
I have just been given a clarinet and instruction book. It only took me a month to learn how to blow into it and get a sound out of it. I could well be the next Acker Bilk!
What about you lot?
I bought an accordion (very very cheaply - please remember I am from Yorkshire) and much to the distress of my family and people living within a mile radius of my house I practised regularly until after a short period (approx 2 years) I could play Amazing Grace. Not being able to face spending another 2 years learning The Skye Boat Song, I sold it.
I have just been given a clarinet and instruction book. It only took me a month to learn how to blow into it and get a sound out of it. I could well be the next Acker Bilk!
What about you lot?
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Nope, not in the slightest, always wanted to learn the piano and saxophone, but I'm far too impatient to actually do it, I want to be able to do something IMMEDIATELY or not at all.
Sadly, Mini Boo doesn't seem musically minded either, they've started music at school and she's been lumbered with the trumpet- she hates it with a passion.
Sadly, Mini Boo doesn't seem musically minded either, they've started music at school and she's been lumbered with the trumpet- she hates it with a passion.
Seriously though - I did piano up to Grade Four, and I have an excellent ear for music. When a piece is re-recorded, like the theme from Corrie or what ever, it leaps out at me, and I hear the change instantly.
I can tell the models of individual guitars and basses by their sound.
I have a wide technical knowledge of guitars, basses and drums because I write for Acoustic, Bass Guitar Magazine, and Drummer magazine.
I don't play piano now, but I plan to learn to play rock and roll and boogie when I retire!
I can tell the models of individual guitars and basses by their sound.
I have a wide technical knowledge of guitars, basses and drums because I write for Acoustic, Bass Guitar Magazine, and Drummer magazine.
I don't play piano now, but I plan to learn to play rock and roll and boogie when I retire!
Mrs. O you might find the flute easier to play than the clarinet since it doesn't have a reed. Reeds can be tricky, I find that only 1 in 10 of reeds play well straight out of the box and usually need to be scraped or sanded to work well. It always surprises how little attention is paid to the reed especially by clarinet teachers.
Morning MrsO....my father was owed some money which couldn't be repaid so he was given a piano instead.
My mother was sure I would never be good enough to play so to prove her point she sent for the local piano teacher whose only claim to fame was that she owned Coco the Clown's big shoes.
She arrived...barked...play something...to the child who had only just met the piano.
I plonked my fingers along....and was told to my mother's delight that I would never make a piano player.
My father was given the choice.....either the piano went or I did....I remained for a few more years and have no idea what happened to the piano.
As for the accordion.....well if I had had my wits about me and a less lecherous teacher.....I may have managed Amazing Grace too.....☺
My mother was sure I would never be good enough to play so to prove her point she sent for the local piano teacher whose only claim to fame was that she owned Coco the Clown's big shoes.
She arrived...barked...play something...to the child who had only just met the piano.
I plonked my fingers along....and was told to my mother's delight that I would never make a piano player.
My father was given the choice.....either the piano went or I did....I remained for a few more years and have no idea what happened to the piano.
As for the accordion.....well if I had had my wits about me and a less lecherous teacher.....I may have managed Amazing Grace too.....☺
Time was when I was fairly musical, though these days I'm limited to listening and whistling along (sometimes even in tune...)
Used to play the clarinet to grade 5, but only took that grade to appease parents as part of a deal "you can drop it after you pass grade 5"... to be fair, I had enjoyed it previously, but I suppose practice became too much of a chore, and the various grade examinations were rather stressful. Also I was in music lessons with someone who was initially not as good as I was, and subsequently many times better, and now plays Double Bass in the Philharmonia Orchestra. He was brilliant, seriously... Clarinet, Violin, Double Bass, composition... his brother was also fantastic and got nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2012. I wonder how much watching him being better than me was off-putting. Would be a shame if so...
Anyway, after that I played the piano but never took any grades and stopped playing when I went to University (the practice room was at the end of a maze, basically). Aside from a brief twiddle on a nearby organ I've not touched a keyboard or an instrument in years. Oh well.
Used to play the clarinet to grade 5, but only took that grade to appease parents as part of a deal "you can drop it after you pass grade 5"... to be fair, I had enjoyed it previously, but I suppose practice became too much of a chore, and the various grade examinations were rather stressful. Also I was in music lessons with someone who was initially not as good as I was, and subsequently many times better, and now plays Double Bass in the Philharmonia Orchestra. He was brilliant, seriously... Clarinet, Violin, Double Bass, composition... his brother was also fantastic and got nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2012. I wonder how much watching him being better than me was off-putting. Would be a shame if so...
Anyway, after that I played the piano but never took any grades and stopped playing when I went to University (the practice room was at the end of a maze, basically). Aside from a brief twiddle on a nearby organ I've not touched a keyboard or an instrument in years. Oh well.
Goodness...off topic, MrsO....but your thread is awakening memories....
MrG's uncle played in the Salvation Army Band which used to march by the Rec where MrG played football as a lad.
The uncle was very religious and disapproved loudly of sport played on Sunday.
To keep Uncle happy MrG was instructed by his mother, when he heard the band approaching, to leave the game and lie down flat in the ditch until Uncle had passed by.
Needless to say young MrG was never allowed to play in goal....☺
MrG's uncle played in the Salvation Army Band which used to march by the Rec where MrG played football as a lad.
The uncle was very religious and disapproved loudly of sport played on Sunday.
To keep Uncle happy MrG was instructed by his mother, when he heard the band approaching, to leave the game and lie down flat in the ditch until Uncle had passed by.
Needless to say young MrG was never allowed to play in goal....☺
