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I have a lot of trouble with juggling multiple tasks, like playing separate things with each hand, so I’m a singer. I also have trouble picking out and carrying a harmony line, so I sing as a soloist, or in the soprano chorus (since it’s either the melody or above the blend of the lower parts).
Singing comes very easily to me. I can’t pull a note out of thin air and identify the pitch, but I quickly pick up songs by ear. I scored the highest marks in the district when I took my first two Royal Conservatory singing exams, but decided that I preferred to sing for pleasure, rather than study it formally. This is why I say that my voice was trained, but it escaped and returned to the wild. And with serious vocal power and a 3-octave range, it’s pretty wild.
My other musical history:
Mom made me take piano lessons for 8 years, before she finally realized that, if I didn’t enjoy it, I wasn’t going to learn it. Learned to read music, but still have to fiddle around to figure out what the chords are, both on the page and on the piano. Even the 2-note chords which, technically, don’t qualify as chords. At least I can plunk out the tunes when I’m learning songs from sheet music.
Played clarinet in grade 7 & 8. Quite easy, because it didn’t involve chords. Too bad it’s impossible to sing & play clarinet simultaneously.
Tried guitar & ukelele while in university. As with piano, had a lot of trouble with every chord change. Learned to play a couple of songs…haltingly. Still have guitar and ukelele, in case I decide to try again…or need them for props.
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