RPoAG, that looks like an alto recorder, to be precise.
My main instrument is piano. While "everybody plays piano", it's nonetheless probably the single best skill I have. I have an AMEB L.Mus.A, and once I graduate, I'm thinking of picking up teaching. While it's not my profession, I want to complete the path to the technique I was given by my ex-teacher...a bit like martial artists of traditional forms aim to master their art.
I also play french horn, but never sat any grades. I only practice when I have an engagement or a gig (preferably paid hahahaha).
I think I would be downright terrible at most wind and string instruments. And guitar is like a foreign object to me.
Oh yeah, that fun yet annoying instrument. I play it too, but not like the recorder (thanks Strop) I only play it when I have music lessons, don't actually own one.
Used to play the recorder for 6 years in school. Was horrible...Then when I moved to a new school, they made us play the piano and acoustic guitar...Again...I was horrible.
I play the violin, like some others on here. I can also play the guitar, and tinker on the piano and mountain dulcimer. And I can sing. Voice is an instrument too you know! ^_^
I play bass (also guitar a bit), and am learning some piano now :P and I think the piano is somewhat hard...I mix up my fingers sometimes and then the whole play goes down the drain :P
What does that mean Strop? Australian Musical Examination Board what?
Well, the grades go from prelim and 1 through to 8. After that you have your A.Mus.A (Associate), a.k.a. the Diploma, which is the minimum level required to join the Music Teachers' Association (Australia), and the rather much rarer one, the L.Mus.A (Licenciate) a.k.a. your license to ki- hahaha, just kidding.
The difference between the A.Mus and the L.Mus is that there's this cute little blurb in the AMEB syllabus book under the L.Mus section that stipulates:
A concert level of performance will be required.
So essentially, the Australian Examination board has deemed my performance of a standard that I can officially call myself a "concert pianist"*. In other words, the title is most useful for making my penis look bigger at parties and snobby gatherings (i.e. among culturally elitist med students), where people ooh and ahh and say ZOMG YOU HAVE AN L.MUS I TOTALLY FAILED THAT EXAM xD
I shouldn't downplay it so much. Actually, the L.Mus not only increases my likelihood of getting work as a professional piano teacher and accompanist, it's also the perfect excuse to jack up my prices, and for another thing, I worked d*** hard to get it!
* This qualification is generally irrelevant to the big, scary world of piano performance.
The ambertures are pretty hard to do on the French Horn since the mouthpiece is so small and requires so much air.
You reckon? Try playing the trumpet. Or the bugle. French Horn is a cakewalk compared to those machines. At least there have been no cases of hornists ever blowing out their cheeks or even their heads (yes, this is fatal) when playing high notes. Unlike the trumpet family.
The main difficulty would be getting the hang of lipping the harmonics, but once you realise that it's all in the passage of air (faster => higher whereas more => louder), it's easy from there.
At least there have been no cases of hornists ever blowing out their cheeks or even their heads (yes, this is fatal) when playing high notes. Unlike the trumpet family.
Wow... it's a good thing I won't be playing trumpet in high school.
