Once you learn, your fingers never forget. I haven’t had a lesson in almost 3 decades at this point. I pick mine up and practice once a month or so, but I can still just whip out songs at the drop of a hat. Unfortunately I never learned to sight read, and only play by ear. I can “read” music, slowly. I just can’t read it at tempo.
Well to be totally honest, there was a decade and a half that I didn’t touch the thing. Took me a few days of practicing for about an hour to get the skills back, but that also could be because while I wasn’t playing strings for that decade and a half, I was still tooting around on my woodwinds and brass. Love a French Horn. I should see if I can find a used one.
I have most of an orchestra in my spare room. I still need a good xylophone to round out my percussion, a French Horn and a Sousaphone to fill out my brass, a Bass Flute for my winds and a harp for a complete string set.
Yes, that’s what my colleague told me. They did specify that the luthier school requires that they can play a little, but not much.
Once you learn, your fingers never forget. I haven’t had a lesson in almost 3 decades at this point. I pick mine up and practice once a month or so, but I can still just whip out songs at the drop of a hat. Unfortunately I never learned to sight read, and only play by ear. I can “read” music, slowly. I just can’t read it at tempo.
Practicing every month is the whole reason you can still play.
I haven’t touched my French horn or piano in years and I couldn’t just sit down and play anything, and I was really good at both.
Well to be totally honest, there was a decade and a half that I didn’t touch the thing. Took me a few days of practicing for about an hour to get the skills back, but that also could be because while I wasn’t playing strings for that decade and a half, I was still tooting around on my woodwinds and brass. Love a French Horn. I should see if I can find a used one.
I have most of an orchestra in my spare room. I still need a good xylophone to round out my percussion, a French Horn and a Sousaphone to fill out my brass, a Bass Flute for my winds and a harp for a complete string set.