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[haroldw1]

Hi everyone. I joined yesterday and sent an email, but it didin't show up. I'm 50 and started playing a few years ago with no other music experience. I wish I started in high school. But I'm having lots of fun. Would like access to the "special" areas of the site. It looks like a good resource.

 

[Pete Thomas]

Hi and welcome, you should have access to the extras now.

 

[drew_stewart]

hi haroldw1 lots of us on here are like that dont worry about it.welcome to the forum! 🙂

 

[ken]

Hello Harold,

I'm a similar age, but a more recent statrer... also little formal music experience. Are you self-teaching the sax?

 

[rs2sensen]

Welcome! It's interesting, it seems like most members so far are either High Schoolers or "late bloomers."

 

[ken]

At 07:03:08 AM 01/04/06, rs2sensen wrote:
Welcome! It's interesting, it seems like most members so far are either High Schoolers or "late bloomers."

rs2sensen, I've gone past blooming... I started to 'wilt' long ago 🙁

 

[haroldw1]

I had lessons for about 2 years and then moved a little too far from my teacher. So I've been going it alone for now. May start up lessons again. I would like to learn music theory as much as how to play, but find even the basic elements a little difficult to grasp.

At 1:46:10 PM 31/03/06, Ken wrote:
Hello Harold,

I'm a similar age, but a more recent statrer... also little formal music experience. Are you self-teaching the sax?

 

[ken]

At 4:38:31 PM 05/04/06, haroldw1 wrote:
I had lessons for about 2 years and then moved a little too far from my teacher. So I've been going it alone for now. May start up lessons again. I would like to learn music theory as much as how to play, but find even the basic elements a little difficult to grasp.

Harold,


I know everyone say's it's practice, but I wonder how much the 'ability' aspect is against me.

Ken

 

[aquatic]

hello haroldw1, welcome to The Breakfast Room.

ive been playing the sax for just 9 months and when I first started i figured I'd just learn to play " by ear " and for the first few weeks I was happy with that. Then I had my first proper lesson with a proper teacher. She found various methods of persuasion (including physical torture I think ) to talk me into learning to read music.

At first, all the little black dots formed a circle in the center of the page. congregated into areas which made it look like a face,,, which then stuck its toungue out at me..

Now, 9 months later, I've just taken my level 3 exam including the little sight reading bit, and thats the part i found easiest.

My teacher helped me to stop concentrating so much on the notes, and more on the key sig, time and rythm. the notes come easier once you have the basic tune in ya head.

 

[Melissa]

WELCOME! n00biE!