Any musical people here?

Ian

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After Becky's bargain keyboard (worth £300, bought for £75 in a sale) I decided to have a "play" and recall 3 years of music lessons in school only to perform a laughable rendition of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" without chords!

I got bought a music book as a present today, so I can start learning from tonight onwards :)

I've always wanted to be able to play something, but never have! Can anyone here play any instrument?
 
i can kinda play the acoustic guitar. i never really gave enough time or dedication too get good. apart from that, im musically untalented.
 
When I was 9 I use to play an organ given to me as gift by my father, at around 20 I studied a bit of Acoustic Guitar at an institute but could not continue for long as I landed a job and had to give up.

My daughter played flute for good 5 years in the school band but now has quit and joined the school swimming team and participates in local championships. Before she quit playing flute in the school I had decided to buy her a birthday present which was a 5 octave Yamaha organ but unfortunately she never got around to using it. Its still lying there brandnew and shiny. Maybe I will start using it rather than waste it totally.
 
My bro is a master of the electric guitar, he got some good looking ones, ill have to get some pictures up soon!

I cant do anything with them though :/ . But i was bought a dijeree doo :p.
 
6 & 7 string guitars,

ESP H-207
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Jackson Surfcaster
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Peavey Tracer in bits for refit (no picture)..

Also got...

4 & 5 string bass guitars (in storage)

Drums ( no room, so sold on until I have room again :( )
 
I can't play a single thing :(

I've tried, had an accoustic guitar for a while, learnt me's about five or six chords, managed to knock out a few simple tunes, but no, I had to admit I'm just not talented.

I do however, love music.

And I DJ'ed for about 30 years, only gave up doing it in 2002. Mostly played Heavy Rock stuff, had a lot of good times.

Oddly enough, last ever paying booking I done was a 15th Birthday Party, in a school hall. All the other kids wanted to book me for their parties but I said 'No, I'm retired now, I'm too frickin' old'

Must have been doing something right then, I suppose ;)

I still get phone calls asking for me to do stuff, but no, it feels like a sham at this age and setting up all that equipment before anybody arrives then breaking it down after everybody's gone, got to be tiring after a whiles.

Wish I could play a musical instrument, I really do :(
 
Normal 4 6 & 12 string guitars, never tried 7 Was proficient enough to be in a couple of bands in the late 60's ... never released anything though.

Also play keyboard & mouth organ. I can keep the grandkids amused for 5 seconds before they want to go home. Kids these days don't no what good music is. :p
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I abuse the bass guitar. i`m not intelligent enough to play a "normal" guitar. :)
 
I play the piano (got up to about grade 6 but never did any exams), and I also had 2 years of singing lessons, in which I got past grade 8 level. I sing mainly classical, but I love to do jazz and songs from musicals as a bit of light relief.
I can't afford singing lessons now though, because they're expensive and I'm poor! :(
 
Sexy Bex said:
I can't afford singing lessons now though, because they're expensive and I'm poor! :(
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If you say so, maybe, but, you are having a rich mind as all those tunes are stored up there! :D
 
just sing and practice keeping in tune - practice makes perfect, not that i'm its not atm...

argh digging a hole!
 
people said i had talent when i played a gutiar, im still waitin to see this talent...
 
christopherpostill said:
argh digging a hole!
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He he!

Unfortunately. unless you're a pro (which I'm not) it's pretty difficult to teach yourself to sing properly (especially classical), but I'll (hopefully!) graduate next summer, which means I can start earning, which means I can start having lessons again :D

There seem to be lots of guitar players here, what kind of music are y'all interested in?
 
I listen to alot of Misfits, Ramones, Iron Maiden, and Motorhead. Bunchs of other stuff as well. I like Classical music and some opera (<--the Italian stuff)
 
Sexy Bex said:
Woohoo! :D I'm glad I'm not the only one! ;)
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I am not far behind :D I too like to listen to classical at times. Some of my favourtie works being

Beethovan

Moonlight Sonata
9th Symphony
6th Symphony
Fur Elise

Rodrigo

Concerto de Aranjuaz

Tchaikovsky

Nutcracker Suite

Vivaldi

Four Seasons

Pablo de Sarasate-Zigeunerweisen op 20 (from Carmen Fantasy)

Some other but just cannot remember them right now :)
 
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