When I played drums as a kid and teenager, my dad used to get out his bass, and we'd jam together. Sometimes my brother would come in with his guitar too, or my dad would play guitar, which was fun, but not strictly necessary. The rhythm section don't need your fancy finger twirlin'. WE GOT EACH OTHER.
Your family were cooler than mine. We had a Bb-tuned clarinet, an A-tuned flute, and a C-tuned cornet. The cornet got the sheet music and my sister and I had to transpose two and three semitones respectively in our heads on the fly. Many mistakes were made and neighbours annoyed.
Haha, exciting! Admittedly, I don't know what all of those words mean in that order, but I assume that it's something about having to mentally change the notes to the right key or something. I should find out what that means. Wait, actually, you know what that means. What does that mean?
I never really learned to read music properly, with pitches and what have you. I'm good with rhythm, and I can read music written for a drum set. I can also read music written for a variety of percussion instruments that you can't play tunes on. There's probably a term for that. I had to learn to read music well enough to play the bells and a bit of glockenspiel in middle school, but it didn't work very well. I should try again sometime.
My family cool, but intimidating. My parents and my brother all play guitar. I tried to learn, but it's hard when you're constantly surrounded by people who are better at it than it seems like you could possibly hope to be.
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When I played drums as a kid and teenager, my dad used to get out his bass, and we'd jam together. Sometimes my brother would come in with his guitar too, or my dad would play guitar, which was fun, but not strictly necessary. The rhythm section don't need your fancy finger twirlin'. WE GOT EACH OTHER.
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Your family were cooler than mine. We had a Bb-tuned clarinet, an A-tuned flute, and a C-tuned cornet. The cornet got the sheet music and my sister and I had to transpose two and three semitones respectively in our heads on the fly. Many mistakes were made and neighbours annoyed.
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Haha, exciting! Admittedly, I don't know what all of those words mean in that order, but I assume that it's something about having to mentally change the notes to the right key or something. I should find out what that means. Wait, actually, you know what that means. What does that mean?
I never really learned to read music properly, with pitches and what have you. I'm good with rhythm, and I can read music written for a drum set. I can also read music written for a variety of percussion instruments that you can't play tunes on. There's probably a term for that. I had to learn to read music well enough to play the bells and a bit of glockenspiel in middle school, but it didn't work very well. I should try again sometime.
My family cool, but intimidating. My parents and my brother all play guitar. I tried to learn, but it's hard when you're constantly surrounded by people who are better at it than it seems like you could possibly hope to be.