Lyrics & Knowledge Personal Pages Record Shop Auction Links Radio & Media Kids Membership Help
The Mudcat Cafesj



User Name Thread Name Subject Posted
Darowyn Instruments you DON'T play: Why? (57* d) RE: Instruments you DON'T play: Why? 17 Nov 10


I'm generally useless with wind instruments. It's something to do with the timing. I suspect that from years of playing strings, my fingers have learned when to move, and I expect to hear the note at that instant. I can just about use recorders etc. in the studio, though I don't think I'd try it live.
I'd love to play violin too, but I find that it requires such an extreme rotation of my left wrist that it seems to jam up the tendons in my fingers. So if I do play, I have to play with the violin upright, on my knee, like a little cello.
Apart from that, my biggest blind spot is a drumkit. Hand drums, I'm fine with, but two hands, two feet, and a pair of sticks, all playing different patterns- my brain doesn't work that way!
Cheers
Dave


Post to this Thread -

Back to the Main Forum Page

By clicking on the User Name, you will requery the forum for that user. You will see everything that he or she has posted with that Mudcat name.

By clicking on the Thread Name, you will be sent to the Forum on that thread as if you selected it from the main Mudcat Forum page.
   * Click on the linked number with * to view the thread split into pages (click "d" for chronologically descending).

By clicking on the Subject, you will also go to the thread as if you selected it from the original Forum page, but also go directly to that particular message.

By clicking on the Date (Posted), you will dig out every message posted that day.

Try it all, you will see.