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Dream instrument, or….?
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I've got piano, bass, guitar, mandolin, autoharp, mountain dulcimer, drums, and of all things a saxophone under my belt. I'm one of the few that wishes he could play a banjo. I have plucked around on a couple, and even have my moms tenor banjo that I can play (strumming), but would love to just be able to go to town on a banjo ala Earl Scruggs.
OK, one more, I have always wanted to play vibes, you never see them anywhere.
Agreed.
Seen Gary Burton ( with Pat M at least once ) and holy cow.
Vibes is like a marriage between a Pianist and a Drummer.
Blasphemy!
I wish I were a good drummer, but I don't have the natural coordination to get very far. It's not a perfect fit for the question though, because thanks to my brother being a drummer there was a nice kit in the house, and I worked on it enough to be able to play some basic rhythms. So I did get started, in a sense, but no musician would ever mistake me for a real drummer.
Otherwise, the closest answer would be harmonica. It would be useful, and I have a few lying around that I received as gifts. I've had them for many years, but I never made any effort to play them until a few months ago, and I didn't make all that much effort. Too many bass and vocal parts to learn!
Otherwise, the closest answer would be harmonica. It would be useful, and I have a few lying around that I received as gifts. I've had them for many years, but I never made any effort to play them until a few months ago, and I didn't make all that much effort. Too many bass and vocal parts to learn!
Gaolee
Official leathers tester and crash dummy
I learned drums starting in my 50s. I'm hoping to learn to play guitar far better, but that's probably going to happen after I retire when I'm 70 or so.
Lionel Hampton, when he played piano, did it with two fingers a'la vibe mallets, but you'd have thought, just by listening, that a jazz cat was killin' it. In his case two equaled ten.
You don't just whack it.
First, you "warm it up" by lightly tapping it with the mallet, THEN you whack it. The way the sound will build and crash is really something. If you just wind up and hit it once, it sounds like a trash can lid and you can crack the gong.
yes on this. We all have sat down at the drum set, I cant get my feet to work with my hands. I get the sticks working, try to kick, I crash!! I have 'beat' but no 'rhythm'
Ah, I see you have some experience in this area!
Thank you for this info. How embarrassing it would be to finally get my chance, only to make a huge terrible trash can sound and then crack the instrument!
