Learn to play a musical instrument

I have been practicing the bass w/ my step dad. He’s been teaching me a lot and I am really improving. I’m able to play a few songs and can get back up when I mess up :)

I realize how important practice is now. Last week we didn’t practice for 3 days straight, and when we finally did start back up again I was a mess. Now I try to get in at least 30 minutes-an hour.

i want to learn to play an instrument that is unique and not common.

i kinda know how to play the recorder. really, does that even count? i would like to know how to play something else.

I always have dreams about playing an instrument.

My moms bf bought me a really expensive guitar when I was 12 and I said I wanted to learn. Hes so good and was always willing to teach me but I never learned. I went through a few phases that lasted like a month each time where I would practice for 30 minutes. Now I am 18 and the guitar serves as a decoration in our dining room.

Recently I said I told him I wanted to learn the bass because he bought one for recording. I even learned a few songs. And then I stopped practicing and now I’m scared to ask him to teach me again. I am scared I will stop again and just disappoint him.

LOVE music:) It’s my life

I have asked my girlfriend to try and teach me how to read much but I guess we both got lazy and never went over it again.

I’m going to bug her again.

I still haven’t decided what kind of instrument. My fingers kind of suck at doing 2 different things at once. I always have liked the trumpet…so…3 keys…not so bad?

i am horrific at music.

i went through a phase where i wanted to get a piano and learn to play it. i didn’t.

i bought a flute at an auction and planned to learn to play it. i didn’t.

when i had a guitar bought for me, i wanted to learn. but i didn’t.

i bought a keyboard, hoping it would be simple and that i could learn it. i didn’t.

i had a harmonica bought for me one day. i thought i’ll learn to play this! everyone loves people with harmonicas! ....i didn’t.

i guess i just fail naturally at music-making.
i can’t sing either. just saying.

Just the right size for my petite (at least in some dimensions) frame.

What a joy to pick it up and practice effortlessly for half an hour this morning.

I now expect to make some significant progress in consolidating what I’ve learned so far.

And in related news, the little music shop where I take lessons is having its Spring Recital next week. I’m not yet proficient enough to perform on the guitar, but my teacher likes my voice (I tend to sing along during lessons while I’m picking out “Ode to Joy” and “Aura Lee”), so yesterday he asked if I’d like to sing something in the recital.

Not entirely clear to me why, because I’m not taking voice training with them (and in fact have never really had any voice training). I’m not shy about singing on stage, though: I sang in the school choir for years, performed in coffeehouses with a little amateur folk group when I was in my early teens, and occasionally venture into a karaoke bar). So if it’ll help him and his partner showcase their business, I’m fine with that. He’ll accompany me on piano while I sing one of my all-time favourites: The Rose.

Shortly after I wrote my previous entry, his business partner (the co-owner of the little music store where I bought my guitar and where my lessons take place) saw me struggling to find a comfortable way to hold the instrument so that I can see what I’m doing. (Short arms, a generous bosom, and a Buddha belly make this a challenge.)

He suggested that I’d do better with a 3/4-size guitar. I hadn’t even realized that such a thing existed. They didn’t have one in stock, but they let me try a 1/2-size instrument, and I found it much more comfortable to hold. The size of the neck and the space between frets doesn’t change, so I still have to stretch my small hands and fingers to make decent sounds – but at least my arms, shoulders, and neck aren’t all seized up after 15 minutes of practice.

So they ordered a 3/4-sized guitar for me. (They’ll take the other one back, and refund me the difference in cost.) But for nearly a month, there’s been some kind of holdup: their supplier (which is on the other side of the country) wanted to ship it with several other instruments they’d ordered, and those weren’t ready yet.

Meanwhile, I’ve been stumbling along, but not making much progress, because I found it so painful to practice on the full-sized beast.

This afternoon, my teacher called to say that the new one is in. We’ll make the trade at my next lesson.

I’m so pleased. Looking forward to, well, looking forward to practicing.

I’m interested in harp, cello, and violin.