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doombilly:
or maybe even woodwindy?

So... am contemplating learning to play something I blow into, (having sucked on the guitar for so many years nyuk nyuk).

Having never played anything like this (barring harmonicas)...how likely is it at the ripe old age of well...some of your parents...is it for me to pick up  a blow-y instrument.

My choices from some meager research are:

alto sax
trumpet
c melody sax

Yes i know saxophones are not considered brass instruments.

Also my wifey might be taking up the double bass so we can both have no frets to accurately mark out notes. Because having another thing to fight about is aweseome. heh

So we'll likely be doing progfolkabillytronica music. Maybe I'll sequence the awfullest electronic hand claps as our only drum instrument.

So how hard is it to pick up one of these and play it convincingly.

I can read music (s l o w l y). I've had some training in teh piano, banjo, and been playing the guitar about 15 yrs.

McTaggart:
Trumpets are always way more fun to listen to that saxophones. Saxophone just sounds embarrassing on every track I hear it on.

jimbunny:
I think trumpet's known as a hard instrument to play. Brass players use a lot of face muscles, so they generally tire out faster than other instrumentalists. Which makes starting out practicing pretty frustrating, especially if you're trying to learn quickly. Then again, determination goes a long way, and the fact that you're already a musician helps.

That's my two cents. I played trumpet for ten years, though I wasn't always the most diligent student.

doombilly:

--- Quote from: McTaggart on 19 Dec 2008, 10:07 ---Saxophone just sounds embarrassing on every track I hear it on.

--- End quote ---
Charlie Parker?
Coltrane?
Boots Randolph?  :laugh:

Liz:
Flugelhorn is a ridiculous word.

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