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I’ve been studying piano performance for the last 11 years. And studying piano composition for the last 9 years.
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I had to give up learning a wind instrument that I borrowed from my musically gifted brother because he didn’t want any competition?
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I’ve studied singing in college. My parents are both classical singers so they have taught me a bit about singing too.
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I studied:
- Trumpet and Cornet
- Euphonium
- Trombone
- Saxophone
Each one in a different semester since middle school up to high school.
I always changed my mind on which I liked to play.
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Didgeridoo 5+ years
Duduk 6+ months
Harmonica- gave up on this one
Concertina 4+ months
Native American Flute 7+ years
All self taught
Would like to try voice but I think I would offend a higher power if I tried.
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I started playing the flute in the 4th grade and played it in school all the way up through my sophomore year of college. (I’m 21 now so that’s around 12 years!) Used to be really intense about it, had weekly lessons and practiced for hours, went to competitions. Sadly now I don’t have much time to play it but I still play it for fun now and then. I’m pretty darn good at it. Not professional level good but I’m good.
I picked up the piccolo around 6th grade but that’s basically just a tiny high pitched flute. I was never as good at it as I was with flute and don’t really like it honestly because it’s so shrill, I’d really only play it when the band really needed a piccolo player. I started violin lessons either my freshman or sophomore year of highschool on a whim. I didn’t really like my teacher and quit after a year. I’m pretty sucky at it and don’t even remember what fingering is what note on it anymore.
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I played the flute for like 2 months in 4th grade. Since I remember none of it, I chose 0 years of training. I have no musical or voice training. I would love to be able to sing and play piano. I admire those that can. I would also love to duplicate some rock guitar solo’s. Ahhh to dream.
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I took violin lessons at school, didn’t last long though because the sound of playing violin badly is horrendous!
Started playing piano when I was 5 (private lessons) and loved it. I stopped playing when I was 16 for general teenage reasons, but have just started playing again recently, and enjoying it even more as an adult because I get to choose what I want to play.
Also play bass guitar, harmonica, tin whistle, a wee bit of drums, but piano is my main instrument.
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I had 5 years of piano lessons from 8-13. I was a poor student and never passed any grades. I think having probable dyspraxia(though never diagnosed) didn’t help.
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What is dyspraxia?
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https://dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/about-dyspraxia/dyspraxia-glance/
http://dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk/dyspraxia-adults/
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From @firemonkey’s article: "Finally, the authors point out that “it has already been demonstrated in schizophrenia that improving auditory precision by repeated practicing of tone discrimination leads to improvements in auditory and (more interestingly) higher level cognitive functions.” Indeed, they even mention “fostering cognitive reserve” as a corrective to what I would call the hyper-mentalism of schizophrenia.
The imprinted brain theory’s diametric model of mental illness proposes that autism is the mentalistic opposite of psychoses such as schizophrenia. Put very crudely, the diametric model suggests that the best way to cure psychotics is to make them somewhat autistic, and pitch-discrimination training in particular and fostering cognitive reserve in general are examples of how this can be done, as I pointed out in an earlier post. Indeed, anything that can push the balance in the autistic direction will suffice to counter psychotic tendencies, and early-onset blindness certainly appears to do so where providing protection from schizophrenia is concerned—just as the diametric model predicts!"
I took piano and voice lessons in elementary, junior high, and high school. I wonder if that has caused some protective design in my brain and maybe we can help ourselves by taking music lessons.
Can get by a fretted and keyboard instruments.
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I forgot to add:
Snare drum
Conga
Bongos
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I played violin then clarinet then bary sax then tuba. From 5th grade till 12th grade.
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I played the violin in 4th and 5th grade and then the drums from 6th to 8th. My parents are both musicians and singers. I didn’t have a knack for it though.
Although in the 7th grade I did play the wood block and drums on stage at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. That’s my only measure of musical success.
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The Grand Ole Opry, that’s pretty cool!