Hi Ardith,

On Tue 2039-Mar-22 23:06, Ardith Hinton (1:153/716) wrote to Richard Webb:

AH>  Chords          -- something organists play with one finger

RW>  Depends on the organ I guess, but never was able to do that
RW>  with a Hammond b-3 (and glad that wasn't available there.)


AH>           I imagine you know more about such things than I do!  The
AH> definitions were meant to be taken with a grain of salt, however,
AH> and this was the first in a group of three which IMHO made a rather
AH> nice parallelism... [chuckle]. 

YEp, caught onto that.  I could figure out the accordions
with the one button chords and the various bass notes, it
was working the bellows was a problem for me .


RW>  For drummers for whom that was true often dynamics are
RW>  trivial as well.


AH>           Some people may be attracted to certain instruments
AH> because they like making a lot of noise and/or because they believe
AH> (erroneously) that they won't have to work as hard as others do. 
AH> I've known folks who took up drums in order to avoid learning to
AH> read music...


YEp, me too, but good drummers might wish to expand their
horizons.  DOn't mind if they don't bother with the reading
the charts, but a metronome is essential if one's just
learning to play the drums .
I've known folks who took up the sax because they


AH> As a teacher I was often asked which instrument was easiest.
AH> My response was "Whichever *you* want to play more than any other." 
AH> I figured they'd be having such a good time it wouldn't seem like
AH> work at all.  But whatever the reason(s) for their choice people use
AH> an instrument in a manner which reflects their personality....  :-))

Indeed, would agree with all those assessments.  I learned
piano first as it was by default what was taught first at
the school for the blind.  HOwever, I maintain that if
you're serious about learning music the piano gives you all
elements right there, so it's easy to learn about musical
relationships, chord voicing, rhythmic elements.

I've known drummers who later on learned guitar as a writing tool, etc.  Just
seems to me that along with one's
instrument of interest learning piano gives one all the
basic building blocks, and can then easily provide one a
working basis for any other instrument he/she wishes to
learn.



RW>  Oh yeah, that's for sure.  Back when I was doing studio for
RW>  hire I did a rap album for a young man.  Never again!!!


AH>           Uh-huh.  Rap isn't my cup of tea either....  :-)

YEah I know the feeling.  I don't do sound reinforcement
these days, and rap folks don't usually hire somebody to
come on site and record their performances at the gig, so I
don't have to delve into that world these days.



RW>  Then there was the alternative band, not bad melodies, some
RW>  good words, but they wanted to run their vocals through
RW>  these awful guitar stomp boxes and a guitar amp and have
RW>  that track dominate over the actual capture of the singer's
RW>  voice in the room.  


AH>           I'm reminded here of the younger teens who rehearsed in a
AH> back yard a few doors down the street when I was a music student. 
AH> They obviously wanted to make an impression... and they got a bit
AH> carried away with amplifiers too.  ;-) 

HEard enough of that over the years.  Sad thing was I liked
these kids' songs, but the awful vocal effects made it so
you couldn't understand the words, and the words were what
made those songs stand out.


Regards,
           Richard
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