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Jim Henderson wrote:
> You played violin? That's cool. :-)
>
> Did you just take lessons in school, or private lessons, or self-study?
All students at my school were required to learn violin and recorder.
But then the music teacher retired, and the music lessens stopped.
Eventually they found a replacement, but we only learned how to play
electronic keyboard [or rather, how to call up the autobacking]. Oh, and
guitar. Ever heard a Persian guy sing "Amazing Grace"? That song is
boring at the best of times...
Interesting fact: When *you* play a violin, it sounds nothing like what
you hear on the TV. It sounds like somebody dragging a strip of horse
hair over a cheese wire. (Which, actually, is what it is.) I always
assumed my violin was just naff. But then one day the teacher is, like,
"no no Andrew, that F is flat. Give me that!" She takes my violin and
plays what I had just been playing. Except it sounds amazing.
Um, OK. So it's *me* that's naff. :-|
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