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23-03-2018, 05:39 PM
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Pianoforte ?

Did you receive piano lessons when young? None for me, but my father had very strict lessons, and as a result he played very well. Put any MS in front of him, and he would play almost without fault. However, he was a stylish play-by- ear man. He would play by ear Scott Joplin and an even better Charlie Kunz.

Me ? Clarinet and violin lessons at grammar school.....not much good either!

And you?
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23-03-2018, 05:51 PM
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I posted in another thread lately that l had piano lessons when l was young. They were 2/- per lesson and the piano tutor used to punch me in the back when l got a note wrong!

I wonder if he’s still alive and l’ll get the police to prosecute him for cruelty to a minor?
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23-03-2018, 06:03 PM
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My sisters had lessons, but not me. I am tone deaf, and dislike music.
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23-03-2018, 06:27 PM
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Re: Pianoforte ?

I play by ear. I can hear a piece and create a bass line for it. I can read chord charts and I could probably struggle through reading music if I had to.

With rock, it is not that difficult to play by ear. It's mostly fairly simple and straightforward.
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23-03-2018, 06:44 PM
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No i didn't but my daughter always wanted to , so she bought an old School Piano and sent her eldest Son to do lessons , he didn't take to it ,.She still has the piano in the dining room ,perhaps one day when she has time she will have lessons .
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23-03-2018, 07:44 PM
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Our daughters are very musical and play instruments. A good number of years ago our eldest girl once played her trumpet with the Castleton Brass Band when doing her theological training in that neck of the woods.
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23-03-2018, 11:30 PM
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I had a recorder & a ukelele, wasn't any good at either. So they didn't last long.
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24-03-2018, 12:05 AM
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We had to play a recorder at school too, Tiff.

I've always liked piano music though, and although we had one when I was a kid, I wish I had learnt to play it properly now.
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24-03-2018, 12:19 AM
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I had piano lessons as a child and used to have a piano I sold it 20 years ago .
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24-03-2018, 01:01 AM
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My sister had lessons but not me. She could play the piano accordion as well. I took up the clarinet after hearing 'Stranger On The Shore' by Acker Bilk. Later, the saxophone and guitar.
 

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