Do you play an instrument?

tangerinegreen555

tangerinegreen555

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tyler.durden said:
You guys know me. I play violin and viola professionally, and some piano. I also have a rich, semi-trained baritone voice that people have used in ensembles. I've been playing for almost 40 years, started when I was 3. I am first violin and manager for one of the top classical chamber ensembles in my city, and it's the only thing I can list as income, because the majority of my income is from growing and selling weed in our black market. Weed and music, what a life. I would suggest you take piano, Pad. You get the most bang for your musical buck, especially starting a this late age. I think every musician should learn piano, it's the best musical stepping stone imo...
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I was actually told by the guy who got me started with guitar to buy a cheap electric piano on CL when I decide to get more serious. He has one just to study chords.
 
tyler.durden

tyler.durden

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abalonehx said:
That's the way to learn. Listening learning and copying. Any instrument.
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One-on-one instruction is usually important, especially for beginners. As you probably know, a great deal of how good you ultimately are able to play an instrument is based on sound technique. Without being shown the subtleties of what NOT to do, one usually develops bad enough technique to severely limit how accomplished they can be. I've had to spend years unlearning bad technique that I fell into, only to have to spend years relearning the proper way in order to get to the next level. That's a bitch, better to avoid it and learn to correct way carefully the first time ;)
 
DonBrennon

DonBrennon

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Guitar, bass, drums, keys and played the cornet at school(long time ago), I've found that I'm one of those people who can play anything to a certain standard, after a little tuition and plenty of practice. BUT I wouldn't say I'm very good at any of them.............jack of all trades master of none
 
Hookabelly

Hookabelly

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tyler.durden said:
One-on-one instruction is usually important, especially for beginners.
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That's what my instructor told me as I learned to play the organ....He said I was a natural.

Seriously though I played piano for years in youth (never did help me with math) and then in 20's learned acoustic guitar. But I'm left handed so guitars frets looked upside down to me. We didn't have t.v. when we first moved out to the farm so I had lots of time...Started to get the hang of it then learned I was having a baby. Stomach eventually got too big to balance guitar LOL

My guitar teacher was named Dave Head. No shit. LOL He was cool though but it was hard to keep a straight face.
 
tyler.durden

tyler.durden

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Hookabelly said:
That's what my instructor told me as I learned to play the organ....He said I was a natural.

Seriously though I played piano for years in youth (never did help me with math) and then in 20's learned acoustic guitar. But I'm left handed so guitars frets looked upside down to me. We didn't have t.v. when we first moved out to the farm so I had lots of time...Started to get the hang of it then learned I was having a baby. Stomach eventually got too big to balance guitar LOL

My guitar teacher was named Dave Head. No shit. LOL He was cool though but it was hard to keep a straight face.
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Lol! Did you end up getting a left-handed guitar, or just learned backward on that one? What's even better than roses on your piano? Tulips on your organ ;)
 
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