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I play a harp now instead. Far more pleasant of an instrument. Cumbersome as all hell and broken strings are more likely to result in the loss of an eye. Everyone ought to play.
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i played saxophone in middle and high school, as well as guitar. cant do either of those things anymore though.
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I played trumpet at school. Every kid had their own personal mouthpiece but then you had to wrestle each other to get the coolest looking doot before each band practice.
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May 18, 2023 16:30
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That DICK! posted:me, returning school trombone at end of sophomore year lmfao
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My fondest high school band memory will always be the look on my band director's face when he asked me if I was going to try out for Ohio State's marching band and I said "Psh, no way". The shift from this near-paternal pride to sadness was delicious.
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Psycho Landlord posted:I played tuba and did attempt to fire objects out of it
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I play violin. Its not very interesting but I like to talk about it cos it's important to me
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Zero_Grade posted:Two rejected subplots from an early-00's teen comedy. American Pie Presents Sax and Violins
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The Wicked ZOGA posted:I play violin. Its not very interesting but I like to talk about it cos it's important to me I love violin, I always wanted to learn it but my folks thought it would be too much effort and money so they found me the scariest teacher they could for a trial lesson to turn me off of it.
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Speaking as a parent, wtf Edit : admittedly my parenting style is largely summed up by nodding sagely to things Ned Flanders’ parents say in that one episode
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I assume you are also preparing them for the upcoming skeleton war? Unless your username is ironic, of course.
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skeleton warrior posted:Speaking as a parent, wtf My parents were informed by Dr Spock and their parents, who were the reason I was scared of old people as a child. Which made their finding an octogenarian former schoolmarm as a violin instructor incredibly effective.
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skeleton warrior posted:Speaking as a parent, wtf How does it feel to be a beatnik in 2023
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Grassy Knowles posted:I love violin, I always wanted to learn it but my folks thought it would be too much effort and money so they found me the scariest teacher they could for a trial lesson to turn me off of it. Please have another go, I was 25 when I got into it for real
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Grassy Knowles posted:I love violin, I always wanted to learn it but my folks thought it would be too much effort and money so they found me the scariest teacher they could for a trial lesson to turn me off of it. That's hosed up. My parents wanted me to learn an instrument, and guided me towards cello on the theory that I walked to school and it's less unpleasant sounding than violin when you suck.
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violins is never the answer...
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The Wicked ZOGA posted:Please have another go, I was 25 when I got into it for real I intend to! I went on a few dates with an instructor a few years ago that turned into a close friendship, but first there was the whole pandemic and now we’ve both had too much other poo poo to deal with to spend our time doing anything more than walking and whinging. It would be real nice to be able to play a violin instead of loading a VST.
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Marcade posted:I assume you are also preparing them for the upcoming skeleton war? Unless your username is ironic, of course. My son is not yet enough of a skeleton to learn my ways. Wait- did you think my username was “skeleton warrior” as in one who fights skeletons? Cripes, I never thought of it in that way. That’s disappointingly ambiguous. Anyways, Grassy Knowles posted:I intend to! Glad to hear it! I’m finally getting back into playing the piano and it’s been hugely rewarding. It helps a bunch that I can buy my own choice of music to learn rather than “19th Century Folk Songs No One Cares About But Are Public Domain” and “Songs In A Hand-Me-Down Fingering Exercise Book That Is So 1950s That It Doesn’t Understand What’s Funny About Being A Fingering Exercise Book”
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skeleton warrior posted:“Songs In A Hand-Me-Down Fingering Exercise Book That Is So 1950s That It Doesn’t Understand What’s Funny About Being A Fingering Exercise Book” I have no doubt someone involved in publishing the book knew
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Music publishing in general is a huge loving swizz. Please go to https://imslp.org/
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The Wicked ZOGA posted:Music publishing in general is a huge loving swizz. Please go to https://imslp.org/ Hellllll yes thank you how have I not seen this
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Pablo Nergigante posted:How does it feel to be a beatnik in 2023 when my oldest kid was pre-school age I tried to get them to call me 'daddy-o' or 'hepcat' for years but it never took
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Piano ftw.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Just lack of manual dexterity? Tone deaf and couldn't hear you were playing the wrong notes? I'm trying to imagine failing to play recorder on the level of an elementary schooler and I just can't. a lot of cheapo school flutaphones are terrible quality and will have rough edges on the fingerholes(esp. on the underside "in" the tube) thatll disrupt clean airlow and make it easier to accidentally do that 'voice crack' thing or the holes won't be perfectly round or horizontally level from sloppy manufacturing or heat warping if they're plastic or stuff like that kids fingerpads are tiny aswell which means its harder to properly finger notes without leaking air or pressing too hard, and that added difficulty makes any little manufacturing flaws much more of an issue, some kids just physically have a lot of trouble maintaining a proper seal while others dont at all either from fingershape or having a better made one soprano flutophones are pretty terrible instruments for children and the only reason they get used for public school is they're dirt cheap, don't require lungpower or complicated technique and can be played in a chorus but try to find someone making one sound good, anywhere if u want a nice cheap instrument for a kid to have fun with, get em a kalimba - they're cheap af, sturdy(as far as instruments go) sound beautiful, aren't overly loud, no mallets or w/e to lose, and designed to be readily playable by one person with no prior education besides how to pluck the keys, mega easy to learn songs on, can't go wrong w/ yorba 'limba
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Feels Villeneuve posted:Piano ftw. drat straight, man ::painstakingly plinks out "Something" in no discernable tempo::
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FirstnameLastname posted:a lot of cheapo school flutaphones are terrible quality and will have rough edges on the fingerholes(esp. on the underside "in" the tube) thatll disrupt clean airlow and make it easier to accidentally do that 'voice crack' thing They even make electric kalimbas that you can plug into an amp nowadays!
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B33rChiller posted:They even make electric kalimbas that you can plug into an amp nowadays! Building one of these is a small project goal of mine over the summer.
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bass rules. love to play bass always wanted to get a double bass so i could fulfill my dream of playing blues in dive bars but that poo poo is mad expensive
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Joey McChrist posted:bass rules. love to play bass get a 303 eta crossover with violinist chat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b1NihqlDZo
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you can tell who a real trombonist is by asking them if they ever put a bassoon reed in their mouthpiece
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Joey McChrist posted:bass rules. love to play bass Having a double bass is like having an extra roommate. Also, look for refurbished instruments or stuff you can get fixed up. Gollihur does a great rockabilly package (the Ed) which is really well done for the cost. Worst case, go full psychobilly and buy a near-useless instrument and paint it crazily. Upright slap is stupidly fun.
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alwys liked clarinets. underrated instrument.
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viola is the noblest of instruments
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Joey McChrist posted:bass rules. love to play bass I saw a centuries-old five string double bass in a museum in Florence, it ruled stand-up basses ftw
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rear end
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I can play the shoehorn and that's about it.
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lobster shirt posted:alwys liked clarinets. underrated instrument. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpbFaRdLZws&t=36s
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speaking of the violin, did anyone else ever forget to resin their bow at the worst possible moment? it was at a school concert (luckily an orchestra), everyone's parents were there, i moved the bow across the string and no sound came out at all. i had to sit there miming for 1.5 hours
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:I can play the shoehorn and that's about it. The kind with teeth?
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