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The topic for this week's Tuesday 4 meme is Music..
1. Do you play a musical instrument?
4. Do you have a favorite composer or genre of music that you like most? Maybe you like several. Please share with us your thoughts?
Here is a little story about my music "career"/
The topic for this week's Tuesday 4 meme is Music..
1. Do you play a musical instrument?
Yes. I can play piano and organ , and I've had lessons on flute and violin but didnt like them.
I have a little Irish flute as well but don't practice enough to be much good.
I was a church organist for about 15 years. My grandmother also played for several churches and was a piano and organ teacher as well. This helped her make a living during the depression. She also ran a snall in home bakery for bread and cakes.
2. Have you taken music lessons? What kind.
2. Have you taken music lessons? What kind.
I had one formal piano lesson. But, my grandmother and mother and father all played extremely well and I learned by watching. I was playing simple songs by age 3.
I learned to read music in school as we were taught from kindergarten to 6th grade to read and play a flute.
If not, is there one you might enjoy learning. It is never too late to start. You might be surprised at how accomplished it will make you feel.
Maybe I should try the violin again... hmmm.
3. Is there music in your home as background to your day's activities or do you have music playing in your car, etc.?
3. Is there music in your home as background to your day's activities or do you have music playing in your car, etc.?
Sometimes there is music in the house if I am playing a game. Never in the car, as I don't like the distraction.
If so, what kind of music do you enjoy hearing? I like many kinds of music and it depends on my mood or frame of mind.
What kind of music do you NOT like? Music with disgusting lyrics or discordant sounds.
What kind of music do you NOT like? Music with disgusting lyrics or discordant sounds.
4. Do you have a favorite composer or genre of music that you like most? Maybe you like several. Please share with us your thoughts?
I am a fan of several composers.. John Williams, Leroy Anderson, Astor Piazzola, Henry Mancini, Burt Bacharach and Bach.
As for genre.. so many!
In the 5th grade my friend Lynn and I began taking violin lessons at our school.
Lynn had a little dog named Cleo and a pet Crow that could talk.
One day we were practicing violin together at her house and the song of the week was Reuben and Rachel. When our screechy playing began, Cleo howled and ran under the bed to hide and the crow began shouting "shut up, shut up, shut up!!"
And that was the end of our violin careers.
Here is what it should sound like...
And the lyrics:
Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinking
What a queer world this would be
If the men were all transported
Far beyond the Northern Sea!
Rachel, Rachel, I've been thinking
What a queer world this would be
If the girls were all transported
Far beyond the Northern Sea!
I started playing music on, I kid you not, a plastic ukelele which evolved to a baritone guitar, then a six-string classical. I even took some classical guitar lessons for about a year which really helped with my ability to use my fingers as graceful picks. What a gift that was! Music, especially classical, country and Christian have made my world so blessed. Great post, Annie!
ReplyDeleteI had a plastic ukelele also! I loved it!
DeleteI would so love to sit and watch you play the piano or organ. I can imagine you play divinely! Oh, my mother took violin lessons when she was young and played in a small orchestra for a while, and then she took more lessons when she retired and managed to be in a recital, but that was about it. I remember on Halloween she would dress up as a hillbilly and take her violin along and play screechy music when we went trick or treating as a family! That was a fun memory. I enjoyed your post and would love to hear you play.
ReplyDeleteLoved your little story, so cute♥ With Mr D in the house there is always music to enjoy. I love music but not very talented at it. Blessings to you Annie☺♥
ReplyDeleteLove the story about you and Lynn and your most unappreciative audience !
ReplyDeleteI love how your mom ad grandma played piano. Movies would not be great without the music written for them.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely that you grew up in a musical family. I did too but people only played the guitar not any other instrument. Your story about Cleo and the crow is very funny.
ReplyDeleteThat's a funny story about the animals and your violin playing, but yes don't they screech when you're first learning to play :) I enjoyed your post.
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