I started on the clarinet when I was in the 4th grade. Progressed to the alto and baritone saxes in junior high, and added the tenor sax and bassoon in high school. Added the flute when I was in the army. The only woodwinds I never got to were the oboe and the English horn. During my last year of high school, I started playing the guitar, which became my primary instrument thereafter. I went on to study classical guitar at the Mannes College of Music and jazz guitar with various top NY jazz guitarists. While in college, since I majored in music as an undergraduate, I also picked up a little piano, trumpet, tuba, and violin, (ut I hesitate to say I "played" any of them (although I could muddle my way through some Bach Inventions and some George Shearing arrangements on piano). These days I rarely get to play much af anything anymore, but I'm looking forward to getting back into guitar and piano when (IF) I get to retire in a few years.
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Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Karl Shah-Jenner <shahjen@iinet.net.au>
Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2003 6:52 am
Subject: Re: OT: What instruments do photographers play? was :what music do photographers listen to?
> Just to deviate evenb further from the may OT topic, how many of this
> esteemed group also play instruments? I know there's more than a few..
>
> I'll go first - I played the trumpet family before progressing to
> the french
> horn which I played for 11 years, though I had to stop and there's
> alwaysbeen a part of me that misses playing.
>
> k
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