I used to play the violin until I trained to be an accountant. You could say that I went from one fiddle to another

Do you have a violin now El Loro?
When did you last play?

 

 @ El Loro.

Brisket, I am totally talentless in the musical department.

I can play three cords on the guitar and Calypso.

Piano and flute darling

Champagne flute, Charli?

Hahah no a proper flute

Ah! but you make up for it in so many other ways Yogi.

Some people have made a fortune by playing just 3 chords.

I took up the Piano when I was 13, kinda got pushed into it by my parents. However, the lessons were on a Friday afternoon/evening when all my friends would be out getting up to mischief.....so i quit to join them.....

Wish I stuck at it though. Ah well, you live and learn.

Some people play more than one instrument at once.

Not so much anymore, but piano, acoustic guitar, all the recorders range, xylophone, glockenspiel and the triangle.

Status Quo, anyone?

I still have the violin that I had when I was at school. I last played when I was 14 and quit the same day as my brother (12 at the time) told my parents that he wanted to give up. My parents were not happy as they were both very musically minded, particularly my father who could have been a concert pianist if he had had the necessary emotional strength to cope with the demands of touring and performing to large crowds.

The violin teacher was not a school teacher but was known by the school music teacher. As an adult I now realise that my and my brother's unease with this violin teacher was that he was probably (but nothing ever happened to us and I have no evidence) a paedophile. I would expect that the man has been dead for many years. This was in the mid 60s when such things were not talked about, so it was impossible to explain what we did not understand to our parents at the time, though years later I did tell my mother.

This is something in my past which does not prey on my mind. As I said, nothing ever happened to me, just a sense of unease and a feeling that something was unhealthy about him.

I always wanted to play the violin but never did. I also wanted to be a music teacher and work with children with disabilities but I didn't do that either. I've still got my guitar, haven't played it in ages, but I'm a bit inspired to get it out of it's case now and start playing again.

One artist who I think is an absolute genius is Prince. He can play 27 instruments Now that's dedication

Goodness me! I didn't know that Karma. So he's much more than a pretty (?) little face.
Karma, it's never too late.  You may enjoy having the guitar in your hands again.
You could just try a strum a day, or a plonk a week.  

I have been known to strum the banjo and blown on a horn 

I only  played the recorder at school, but I really wish I could play a piano. I do love music though, all different genres,and I can't imagine a day without some sort of music in it. I do  love a saxaphone,  and a Spanish  guitar. But I love to listen to a full orchestra as well.
Lorro, I know what you mean by that teacher, like you say, things like that weren't talked about in them days, but, as children i think we just instinctively  "knew" which adults were not what they should have been.

Filth!

We shall have a GaGaJoyJoy band / orchestra before you can say Jack R.er.....GaGaJoyJoy.


El Loro - thanks for your interesting story.
It seems sad that your violin has lain unplayed for so many years. Worthy of an Oscar Wilde story.
Your (and your brother's) reasons for leaving your violin teacher are understandable and nicely described.
There is a questionable joke lurking somewhere based on the idea of a 'gut feeling' 

 If only!

Piano, clarinet and recorder

recorder, 2 tunes on the old keyboard  , the tambourine and the triangle.,. lol

I used to have this Bontempi Organ in the eighties and could play it quite well.....

Looks a bit dated now eh?

Did you play and sing at the same time Miss S?

Me my chums became quite proficient on the oboe at boarding school.

Unfortunately it was the pink oboe and the choirmaster's serving 8-10. 

French horn and later the trumpet.  I had a great lip!  I could never play a woodwind though and never had the strength in my fingers for a string instrument.  I have always wanted to play the harp.

It's a bit hazy brisket but I believe I did... I seem to remember being very good at "Beautiful Dreamer"


I must ask my parents if they still have it hiding in their loft somewhere

I think Beautiful Dreamer is a lovely song Miss S


Suzi - I'm impressed with the idea of the french horn.
I also love the sound of a harp.

Suzi, so have I but have you seen the price of them


... and, I'm sure the professionals make it look a lot easier to play than it really is

To quote Meatloaf:  You took the words right out of my mouth. 

I was taught the violin - under protest!  I managed to learn 'Lara's Theme' from Dr. Zhivago and then promptly got expelled.

Was your version really that bad? 

  I wasplaying all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order.....

God bless Eric Morecambe.