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Benedict Arnold

Did you learn to play a musical instrument when you were a kid? Did you go on with it? Were you any good?

Posted - January 25, 2017
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    I started to learn the piano when I was about 9 years old, learned to play a part of Fur Elise, thought I was awesome and achieved my goal haha never went to another lesson.  
      January 25, 2017 11:20 PM MST
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  • I know what you mean. I started to learn to play the banjo but was lousy at it. I'm about as musical as a bucket full of pebbles. 
      January 25, 2017 11:33 PM MST
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  • 53526
    Nope, and I regret it to this very day. I would have loved to be a great saxophone player. 
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      January 25, 2017 11:20 PM MST
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  • 46117
    You seem to love to play the TRUMPet to me.
      January 25, 2017 11:22 PM MST
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  • 53526
    I'm not even pro-Trump, and I've stated so before. I guess you took a selective reading course. 
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      January 25, 2017 11:33 PM MST
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  • 46117
    You love him.
      January 26, 2017 9:56 AM MST
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  • 53526
    You love him; you want to have his baby. 
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      January 27, 2017 5:31 AM MST
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  • 46117
    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
    Who doesn't?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Omen This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at January 27, 2017 9:22 AM MST
      January 27, 2017 7:35 AM MST
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  • A great instrument. I envy people who can do that. 
      January 25, 2017 11:34 PM MST
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  • Why can't you?
      January 27, 2017 1:48 PM MST
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  • I played Trumpet when I was in grade school but when the Beatles came out? I changed to the drums and played them till I shipped out. I got pretty darn good and played for a few bands. Awww, the good old days!
      January 26, 2017 6:30 AM MST
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  • I think you're the kind of person who would excel at anything. You seem to have the right mind-set for getting the best out of things. 
      January 26, 2017 4:43 PM MST
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  • 2219
    Piano, violin, organ. Still regularly play the keyboards.

    I have on occasion pinched the wife's fiddle... 
      January 26, 2017 10:29 AM MST
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  • On the first line, that's great. I envy you. On the second line, wow! :D
      January 26, 2017 4:45 PM MST
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  • I learned to play the piano. I'm a competent piano-player, but nothing special. 
      January 26, 2017 10:36 AM MST
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  • Nev, I think that to be a competent musician IS special. Well done. 
      January 26, 2017 4:45 PM MST
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  • 53526
    I agree, especially the piano. I think it denotes talent. 
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      January 27, 2017 5:32 AM MST
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  • 22891
    no, i never learned to play one
      January 26, 2017 11:31 AM MST
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  •                                                            "No"
      January 26, 2017 4:03 PM MST
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  • Yes, I play classic guitar.
      January 26, 2017 4:34 PM MST
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  • Nice one. Do I know you from Ask?

      January 26, 2017 4:47 PM MST
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  • No, Mr D. I don't know what that is. 
      January 27, 2017 1:49 PM MST
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  • Ask.com was a Q&A community that was my online home for 5 or 6 years. When it closed in June 2015 a lot of us found our way to Blurtit and then here. One of our regulars (forget his user name) also played classical guitar. I wondered if you were he. Clearly not. :) 
      January 27, 2017 1:54 PM MST
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  • 3523
    They thought I was anemic and shouldn't play outdoors much.  So they forced me to take piano lessons for eight years.  I hated it.  I had loads of energy and ended up being an outdoors guy.  A few years ago I decided to try to play some of the classics my piano teachers said I wasn't ready for.  I learned to play Beethoven, Grieg, and Rachmaninoff by heart without the help (or hinderance) of any piano teachers.
      January 26, 2017 8:55 PM MST
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