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Thread #133640   Message #3034129
Posted By: Darowyn
17-Nov-10 - 04:26 AM
Thread Name: Instruments you DON'T play: Why?
Subject: RE: Instruments you DON'T play: Why?
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