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kydo

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17. It's like riding a bike, you never really forget. I can attest to that with this
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 07:51 AM
Nov 2017

My first instrument was the sax. Played from the 4th grade through college. Last time I played was the UF/FSU game 1988. I marched in the band.

Ok fast forward to 2002, when my daughter decided to play the clarinet. We got her horn, and I start playing it. Rememberd almost all the scales. My daughter was pissed. She says, "Mom I thought you played sax! That's my instrument!" And grabbed her horn back. I said yeah, but the fingering is the same, and I had to play the flute and clarinet at times for jazz band, I was lead alto. I also played the oboe. She say, "go back to your guitars!"

I started playing guitar around the 10th grade. Self taught there. Oddly I get paid to play these days.

My son was smart he picked the trumpet. He knew I didn't play brass. He did well with the trumpet. He marched in drum corps, (Boston Crusaders). During his age out year he won the DCI solo competition and is now a music teacher. He got a degree in music performance and education and is the music teacher at Louis Carrol Elementary School in Merritt Island. I was surprised he actually got a job in music without having to be a waiter first. Normally if you are musician or actor, being a waiter is a prerequisite.

Currently I have probably too many interments. A classical guitar (my primary guitar), a martin, a 12 string taylor (that thing is sweet!), an electric, a 5 string bass, a mandolin, a banjo, a ukulele, many harmonicas, several recorders, and my sax with the big gator sticker on it.

Musical duffers check in here. [View all] Binkie The Clown Nov 2017 OP
Self taught guitarist - been playing since I was 8 years old or so! NRaleighLiberal Nov 2017 #1
I tried the guitar once. The word "terrible" doesn't begin to describe that attempt. nt Binkie The Clown Nov 2017 #2
I am actually OK on lead - complex chords throw me a bit. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2017 #3
I could never play a chord without my fret fingers damping or buzzing on the open strings. Binkie The Clown Nov 2017 #9
Good for you !!! fierywoman Nov 2017 #4
Trombonist here. TomSlick Nov 2017 #5
Banjo Player mindem Nov 2017 #6
That parlor banjo music is really interesting and hardly anyone does it. cemaphonic Nov 2017 #13
Tim Twiss mindem Nov 2017 #15
Here is a Civil War song I recorded mindem Nov 2017 #16
Been exploring the fretboard for 40 years TEB Nov 2017 #7
haha. My folks tried to get me to take up accordion. It was cheaper than a piano. Binkie The Clown Nov 2017 #8
That is funny TEB Nov 2017 #12
I don't know if it counts... flotsam Nov 2017 #10
Just looking out for you TEB Nov 2017 #11
Been blowin' out my bedroom windows and bothering the neighbors every time I'm the only one home... Iggo Nov 2017 #14
It's like riding a bike, you never really forget. I can attest to that with this kydo Nov 2017 #17
Nice story. If we're going to compare lists of instruments in the house... Binkie The Clown Nov 2017 #18
I wish I could play the piano. kydo Nov 2017 #19
Good For You! ProfessorGAC Dec 2017 #20
My father-in-law gave me a baritone ukelele HeartachesNhangovers Dec 2017 #21
Love Piano fergomfer Dec 2017 #22
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