Anyone have an unused musical instrument at home?

[Ganymede]

Nope.

I did start having piano lessons about 30 years ago. I got on quite well for 3 weeks, and then work pressure went crazy. I was doing 10 or 11 hour days and often working at weekends too so I didn't have the time and the energy to practice. I suspended the lessons, intending to start again when work settled down. Unfortunately, work was demanding for years after that so I never got round to it.

I read in the local paper that the piano teacher died of cancer a few years after I'd met her. Very sad - she was a talented musician, a nice woman and wasn't very old.

I need to stop making excuses and get on with it!

If I ever get to the point where I can play something without feeling embarrassed about it, I'll stick a video of me playing up on YouTube and you will know that threads like this helped nudge me into learning!

I really understand - I've wasted years not having lessons/getting down to it etc.

Well, I'm off to singing class this morning. First classical singing lesson I've had for about 25 years. A bit terrifying and very exciting. Perhaps I should report back!

 

[Archeress]

The cheap ones never stay in tune - the posh ones are lovely. Mine is not rubbish, but not posh, good for the strumming I give it from time to time!

Mine certainly turns heads at the ukulele jam i go to. With the zebra wood and satin finish its very different to all the other ukes.

Hugs
Archeress x

 

[srw]

Apart from Sullivan, and the various visiting Germans who make a 1/3rd of the list, not many household names there. Arne was a bit of a one-hit-wonder wasn't he

Only if you ignore the rest of the oratorio from which the hit comes. If you're a church musician, more of the names are household than others might think - 19th century English music still makes up the backbone of the cathedral tradition.

We can be a bit hard on ourselves when it comes to Georgian and Victorian music. There are few greats, but it's certainly not the case that Britain was Das Land Ohne Musik.