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phuketblue
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Hi all. I'm 40 years old and originally from England not now resident in Thailand.
After a childhood of enforced piano tuition (up to age 16) I haven't touched a musical instrument for 24 years. Until yesterday that is. My son decided that he wanted to learn the violin and so I took him to our one and only music shop on the island. While buying him his first violin, I felt an unexplicable desire to do something myself. I am now retired and have plenty of time on my hands and after surviving Tsunamis, SARS and birld flu, I guess it was time to do something more useful with that time.
I looked around the shop and after briefly considering the violin (apparently very difficult to start at my age) and the piano (the enforced lessons puts me off touching another one), my eyes were drawn to the one and only saxophone in the shop (Yamaha YAS23 I believe). So being an impulsive kind of person I decided to buy it.
I then enquired about a teacher and luckily enough the shop knew of a saxophone teacher on the island. Unfortunately, he doesn't speak English and my Thai isn't great so it will certainly be a double challange but one that I am greatly relishing.
I will have my first lesson today and am looking forward to it more than I can say. It will be nice to be playing music again and this time for myself. I know that the language barrier between my teacher and me is likely to cause some difficulties, so if anyone could recommend a book or DVD in English that may fill some of the gaps, then please let me know.
Anyway thanks for an excellent an informative forum and site. I hope that I may be able to share my experiences with you all and gain some knowledge from the vast amount of information contained on this site.
Best wishes to you all.
After a childhood of enforced piano tuition (up to age 16) I haven't touched a musical instrument for 24 years. Until yesterday that is. My son decided that he wanted to learn the violin and so I took him to our one and only music shop on the island. While buying him his first violin, I felt an unexplicable desire to do something myself. I am now retired and have plenty of time on my hands and after surviving Tsunamis, SARS and birld flu, I guess it was time to do something more useful with that time.
I looked around the shop and after briefly considering the violin (apparently very difficult to start at my age) and the piano (the enforced lessons puts me off touching another one), my eyes were drawn to the one and only saxophone in the shop (Yamaha YAS23 I believe). So being an impulsive kind of person I decided to buy it.
I then enquired about a teacher and luckily enough the shop knew of a saxophone teacher on the island. Unfortunately, he doesn't speak English and my Thai isn't great so it will certainly be a double challange but one that I am greatly relishing.
I will have my first lesson today and am looking forward to it more than I can say. It will be nice to be playing music again and this time for myself. I know that the language barrier between my teacher and me is likely to cause some difficulties, so if anyone could recommend a book or DVD in English that may fill some of the gaps, then please let me know.
Anyway thanks for an excellent an informative forum and site. I hope that I may be able to share my experiences with you all and gain some knowledge from the vast amount of information contained on this site.
Best wishes to you all.
