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Hi everyone!
I'm Pauline from Yorkshire and I am a young 55. I played recorder in primary school for a couple of years (like most people) then violin in secondary school for five years (pretty badly). I was too young to realise that, whilst I was never going to be much good, if I had only practised I might have been passable!
Two years ago I started thinking that I would like to play something again if only for my own enjoyment. I briefly considered the violin again or the piano but wasn't sure, then last year I thought maybe the clarinet - especially as I read that it would be fairly easy to move onto the sax - something I had never even thought about. (I never did get round to getting a clarinet.)To cut the story short a few weeks ago I heard a sax live at a local performance and that was it! A week later I acquired a Trevor James alto. I was so excited and couldn't wait for it to arrive. When I opened the case I was blown away by the beauty of it and hardly dare touch it. It was so brightly golden that as my son and I gazed on it I said " I don't think this is for the faint hearted!"
For two weeks I have made slow progress (but progress none the less) however, this last week I have not been well and so have not been able to play and am feeling a bit low about it as I will probably be back now at square one. I have been reading the posts on this forum for the last three weeks and have found them very encouraging and so that is why I have decided to join in as I feel I need all the encouragement and help I can get!
Thank you for reading this ramble and for you Texans out there - my husband is Texan!
I'm Pauline from Yorkshire and I am a young 55. I played recorder in primary school for a couple of years (like most people) then violin in secondary school for five years (pretty badly). I was too young to realise that, whilst I was never going to be much good, if I had only practised I might have been passable!
Two years ago I started thinking that I would like to play something again if only for my own enjoyment. I briefly considered the violin again or the piano but wasn't sure, then last year I thought maybe the clarinet - especially as I read that it would be fairly easy to move onto the sax - something I had never even thought about. (I never did get round to getting a clarinet.)To cut the story short a few weeks ago I heard a sax live at a local performance and that was it! A week later I acquired a Trevor James alto. I was so excited and couldn't wait for it to arrive. When I opened the case I was blown away by the beauty of it and hardly dare touch it. It was so brightly golden that as my son and I gazed on it I said " I don't think this is for the faint hearted!"
For two weeks I have made slow progress (but progress none the less) however, this last week I have not been well and so have not been able to play and am feeling a bit low about it as I will probably be back now at square one. I have been reading the posts on this forum for the last three weeks and have found them very encouraging and so that is why I have decided to join in as I feel I need all the encouragement and help I can get!
Thank you for reading this ramble and for you Texans out there - my husband is Texan!
