Driving home tonight Radio 2 in the UK were discussing guitar riffs and what we all need to play.
I’m interested in two answers here:
Musicians: What do you play and what inspired you to pick it up?
Non-musicians: if my magic wand could give you great musical skill, it can’t by the way, what do you wish you could play both as an instrument and as a piece of music?
Personally,
My entry to the guitar was Deep Purple “Smoke on The Water” when I was shown you can main riff with one finger on the middle two strings. From there I progressed to ‘Stairway’ though I now play mainly folk and have added Tenor Banjo, Ukulele and Mandolin to my regularly played instruments.
Piano. The bit of music varies – sometimes it’s Blueberry Hill, sometimes The Lonely Man, sometimes others – but I’d probably pick something classical and complicated on the grounds that if I could play that then I could probably play the other stuff too
I play bass guitar.
I had a friend who had one and let me have a go, then I decided to see what I could play.
I did have some lessons, not formal music grading or anything. Just went down to a guy’s house and he showed me how to finger the notes and scales and how the progressions work etc - kinda interesting in a geeky kinda way.
I really like The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, the music has some really interesting bass lines and is fun, and also rocks!
This was me doing a play-along to Madness from a few years ago, tehehe
Sure, I would love to be able to play Flamenco guitar or Jazz on the piano. But I would be content just to be able to sing. The human voice can be amazing. Unfortunately, mine isn’t.
Not my favourite Madness track but well played sir. I can read the dots but as long as you are getting pleasure from it and (hopefully giving pleasure to others) that is the point of music.
The voice is a beautiful instrument in some peoples bodies. I too wish it was better in mine.
