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RE: Another 41 year old beginner

Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2001-04-11 14:29

Cathy -

Welcome aboard.

Everyone needs to work on the mechanics -- scales, arpeggios and so on, but you need to play the music you like, too. Children's songs are great if you put yourself in that mood. It gives you a chance to be a kid again for a few minutes.

When you tire of Hot Cross Buns, try a book of old favorites arranged for clarinet and piano (if you have a pianist), or just the vocal/piano version to play alone. Stephen Foster songs are perfect. There is (or at least used to be) a large size Dover edition of Foster sheet music, printed on good paper and only about $15. I often pick up an instrument before I leave for work in the morning and play a verse of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair, or even Teddy Bears' Picnic.

It doesn't have to be hard to be good.

Come back often.

Ken Shaw

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