Sep 11 2008
Let the Music Roll
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When my sisters and I were small, my parents gave us every opportunity to try things. We played sports, took swimming lessons and attended the parks and recreation craft days. We were also afforded music lessons. I don’t know how my parents could afford music lessons for three girls but they did. I paid $18 dollars a half hour for my two kids to take piano lessons so I know how the cost can drain a budget.
My sister, Lynne, was too small to take lessons but my sister, Grace, learned to play the accordion and I played the guitar. We carted our instruments back and forth to class each week as we took lessons from very qualified professional musicians. We were very lucky to have the instruction from such fine artists.
Grace and I played our instruments at church a few times. I can remember the apprehension of getting up in front of the congregation but once we began to play I had fun. We carted our instruments all over the place and with that came the effort of keeping track of large folders of sheet music. Mom often rewarded us by letting us choose a new book or sheet music from the display at the music store. My favorite book contained the song, Little Boxes and I Left My Heart in San Francisco. I must have burned mom and dad’s ears playing and singing my heart out each night back in my bedroom. I think I remember them telling me to, “close that door!”
Grace and I become proficient at using color labels to identify our music folders and our instrument cases. We never wanted to lose any of our precious music sheets nor mix our instrument cases with someone else’s case. My case held my favorite guitar picks and I might have cried if someone picked up my case by mistake. Thank goodness for Dymo Label Makers! We were marking fools! We used the Dymo Label Maker to mark our music, sports equipment and anything else we might argue over. Yep, we were the kids who argued over who’s ball glove belonged to whom. It got real ugly when we fought over clothes. Too bad Dymo didn’t make cloth labels to sew into our clothes! LOL
13 Responses to “Let the Music Roll”
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I play guitar myself and enjoy playing it on my own. I’d like to join a band though and play in front of people.
I wish my mom had sent me to piano lessons. I went myself when I was about 25 but I was too old to learn by that time! I quit
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You should join a band! I think that would be so much fun.
I tried to go back to take more lessons and found that my brain just wouldn’t function the way it used to. I gave up too.
My 2 girls want to learn the guitar so I may go along for the lessons, sounds like fun. I took piano lessons but I’m so out of touch now
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Hi, long time no comment
Just to let you know that they do make Dymo sew on/iron on labels. I’ll not link to a competitor here, but if you google something like “Dymo LetraTag Iron-On Fabric Label Tapes” you’ll easily find one example.
Hope life is treating you well.
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Thanks for the info. I was wondering what you have been up to. I see you pop off and on IM every now and then.
When they are young is the best time. I think age 12 is a good age to learn how to play an instrument.
I love this post, as just last week I found a person from whom my son can take piano lessons. He wants to play the drums and guitar, but we think a good place to begin is with piano. Such a great gift that your parents gave you, and I love seeing how much you can appreciate it today.
Since I was last in regular contact with fellow PPP/SSers (wow, last November it looks like!) I’ve been to Amsterdam a couple of times, Britain twice (Mum got married), same as everyone else got spanked hard by Google across twenty sites; the worst going from a PR4 to 0, and discovered that we are going to have a baby next February
Most definitely returning to Britain for the birth, I know some nice doctors here in Kazakhstan, but we both agree that care would be better in the UK.
I’ll try and grab you the next time I see you online in Msgr – think I’ve noticed an issue with SocialSpark that doesn’t appear to have been commented on yet.
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Congratulations discovering you are going to be a dad! Sounds like you have traveled a bit.
How old is your son? I hope he likes music lessons.