Guess what I'm doing tomorrow night? I begin taking a class on how to play the steel drum!
I've always wanted to play one - I absolutely love the way they sound... we shall see if I have potential :-D
Just the fact that I already play accordian isn't any guarantee that I'll be successful... I love to play but do it mostly by ear rather than reading the music. (Music is akin to math - as in "a foreign language" LOL)
10 comments:
It looks so complicated!! Good luck!
BTW - I changed my blog address, your link won't work anymore terry.
new spot:
sherriisjustthinking.blogspot.com
Thanks Sherri - I'll update it :-)
Playing by ear is teh best way I think. I can´t do it, so I admire it in other people greatly.
I can read notes though :)
wow, is that ever cool!
i didnt know the notes were written on the inside!
interesting how the notes are arranged too...
thats gotta be a challenge to remember.
i love drums you can play with sticks...
i was thinking of trying something
like timbales (that they use in latin bands)
just cuz the sticks are easier to use
than arthritic hands...
and then, will you perform in a concert
with a steel drum choir like they have?
what fun Terry!
where do you get these ideas from
you wild girl?!
hope you have a blast!
xo
That's so cool!
Absolutely love the sound of the steel drum! It is one of the coolest, most powerful instruments around. Just hearing them can sweep me away to a warm and happy place. :) Ahhhh.
OOooh, excellent, well done you! How thoroughly exciting!!!! I absolutely love the sound of steel drums (courtesy of the London Carnival more than anything), I'm tempted to follow you. :-D
Have fun tomorrow and come back and tell us how much.
What do you play on the accordian?
Steel Drum is wonderful.
Very cool Terry. I love how you take all these classes and continue to learn new things. I don' think I have ever heard a steel drum played in person. Might be time soon for you to post some audio files. :-)
Have fun and all the best with the lessons. Keep us updated on how it goes. :-)
Monika - I play by ear because it is so much easier than trying to read the notes. I can read the music, but my brain just naturally rebels when I do it.
Lisa - I got a call from the class coordinator late last night: not enough folks signed up for it so they canceled the class. SO, she asks me if I want to go to the ensemble instead... all the folks who already took the class have moved up into the ensemble, and already know how to play. Hmmm - I'm going tonight to brave the class... cause damn it, I want to play! Maybe they'll let me play in the corner...
A - Where you been girl? I thought you went to Jamaica!
J - Before you get swept away, consider that I've never beat out a single note before... it might DRIVE you away :-)
Autumn, still going although it may be a rough class for a complete beginner. I can't wait!
Actonbell: I like your optimistic attitude - (speaking of my progress :-D)
Jeanne - Now put away your polka dress... yes I do play the accordian but only for fun.
Trée, it is so much fun to be somewhere where there is a band playing steel drums. Fun is in the air, people are laughing, smiling, swaying, tapping their feet with the beat... think I ought to get my hair into dreads? :-D
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