Comments on: Open Thread: Hi, I’m Joe, and I’m a musician. http://www.thegoodmusician.com/2007/07/open-thread-hi-im-joe-and-im-a-musician/ Be a successful musician, one note at a time. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:04:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Scott http://www.thegoodmusician.com/2007/07/open-thread-hi-im-joe-and-im-a-musician/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Scott Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:40:56 +0000 http://www.thegoodmusician.com/open-thread-hi-im-joe-and-im-a-musician/#comment-87 Hi I'm Scott...and I try to play Guitar. I have tried to get a band together in the past but it failed because of time and focus problems. I seemed to be the only one that wanted to make time and no one else wanted to focus. Sure just kinda Jamming is fun and all but I couldn't get everyone else to focus on becoming a band instead of dreaming about being rock stars. Hi I’m Scott…and I try to play Guitar. I have tried to get a band together in the past but it failed because of time and focus problems. I seemed to be the only one that wanted to make time and no one else wanted to focus. Sure just kinda Jamming is fun and all but I couldn’t get everyone else to focus on becoming a band instead of dreaming about being rock stars.

]]> By: oOgerryOo http://www.thegoodmusician.com/2007/07/open-thread-hi-im-joe-and-im-a-musician/comment-page-1/#comment-91 oOgerryOo Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:34:24 +0000 http://www.thegoodmusician.com/open-thread-hi-im-joe-and-im-a-musician/#comment-91 Hey, I'm Gerry. Just saying hi - I'm new. Hey,
I’m Gerry.

Just saying hi – I’m new.

]]> By: xztheericzx http://www.thegoodmusician.com/2007/07/open-thread-hi-im-joe-and-im-a-musician/comment-page-1/#comment-83 xztheericzx Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:57:49 +0000 http://www.thegoodmusician.com/open-thread-hi-im-joe-and-im-a-musician/#comment-83 i'm eric. joining a couple boards and looking forward to participating. hehe unless i get too distracted! eric i’m eric. joining a couple boards and looking
forward to participating. hehe unless i get
too distracted!

eric

]]> By: Vicki http://www.thegoodmusician.com/2007/07/open-thread-hi-im-joe-and-im-a-musician/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Vicki Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:46:27 +0000 http://www.thegoodmusician.com/open-thread-hi-im-joe-and-im-a-musician/#comment-25 The great thing about the Autoharp is that when the chord bar is pressed, you can only play correct notes and harmonies in the same chord! My Autoharp started out similar to the 15-chord Oscar Schmidt layout on this page and ended up more like the Keith Young 15-chord layout.<a href="http://members.cox.net/keithyoungdulcimers/autoharp.htm" rel="nofollow">http://members.cox.net/keithyoungdulcimers/autoharp.htm</a> (I hope that link worked!) Notice that the chords are now in a circle of fifths, so transposing is as easy as moving my fingers up or down one bar. This is such a great idea that I think only regular Oscar Schmidt Autoharps lack this feature. Also notice that Keith's turned the chord bars "upside-down" so that there are more buttons in the back row. I have Gm and Em, so I don't have room for E and B7 on my 15-bar 'harp. I can't play in E but Autoharps generally don't have the right bass strings for that anyway. The four minors on the bottom moves my 7th chords up where they are handy for my thumb. The great thing about the Autoharp is that when the chord bar is pressed, you can only play correct notes and harmonies in the same chord!

My Autoharp started out similar to the 15-chord Oscar Schmidt layout on this page and ended up more like the Keith Young 15-chord layout.http://members.cox.net/keithyoungdulcimers/autoharp.htm
(I hope that link worked!)

Notice that the chords are now in a circle of fifths, so transposing is as easy as moving my fingers up or down one bar. This is such a great idea that I think only regular Oscar Schmidt Autoharps lack this feature. Also notice that Keith’s turned the chord bars “upside-down” so that there are more buttons in the back row. I have Gm and Em, so I don’t have room for E and B7 on my 15-bar ‘harp. I can’t play in E but Autoharps generally don’t have the right bass strings for that anyway. The four minors on the bottom moves my 7th chords up where they are handy for my thumb.

]]> By: Arjun Muralidharan http://www.thegoodmusician.com/2007/07/open-thread-hi-im-joe-and-im-a-musician/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Arjun Muralidharan Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:13:24 +0000 http://www.thegoodmusician.com/open-thread-hi-im-joe-and-im-a-musician/#comment-22 Hey Nolan, hope you enjoy the blog. You have som great piano-related articles. It's fantastic to see so many music blogs out there, it's really a "hidden world". I hope to be working together with you guys on a few occasions, and hope to learn a lot from your side. Hey Nolan, hope you enjoy the blog. You have som great piano-related articles.

It’s fantastic to see so many music blogs out there, it’s really a “hidden world”. I hope to be working together with you guys on a few occasions, and hope to learn a lot from your side.

]]> By: Nolan http://www.thegoodmusician.com/2007/07/open-thread-hi-im-joe-and-im-a-musician/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Nolan Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:21:17 +0000 http://www.thegoodmusician.com/open-thread-hi-im-joe-and-im-a-musician/#comment-21 Hello all, My name is Nolan, age 20 from PA, USA. I am a piano student in a Music Business program at a public university. I enjoy performing classical music, accompanying singers/instrumentalists, playing keyboards in show pits, and occasionally singing in choirs. I would really like to start teaching piano so I can share my love of piano with others seeking to learn. I like to write about various music topics on my blog, including piano and popular music. Hello all,
My name is Nolan, age 20 from PA, USA. I am a piano student in a Music Business program at a public university. I enjoy performing classical music, accompanying singers/instrumentalists, playing keyboards in show pits, and occasionally singing in choirs.

I would really like to start teaching piano so I can share my love of piano with others seeking to learn.

I like to write about various music topics on my blog, including piano and popular music.

]]> By: Arjun Muralidharan http://www.thegoodmusician.com/2007/07/open-thread-hi-im-joe-and-im-a-musician/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Arjun Muralidharan Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:17:02 +0000 http://www.thegoodmusician.com/open-thread-hi-im-joe-and-im-a-musician/#comment-17 Hi Mark, your site is fascinating, just along the lines of what I do here. Keep in touch, I'm sure we'll have tons to share. Hi Mark, your site is fascinating, just along the lines of what I do here. Keep in touch, I’m sure we’ll have tons to share.

]]> By: Mark Gibson http://www.thegoodmusician.com/2007/07/open-thread-hi-im-joe-and-im-a-musician/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Mark Gibson Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:56:07 +0000 http://www.thegoodmusician.com/open-thread-hi-im-joe-and-im-a-musician/#comment-16 Hi All, I'm Mark and I'm a musician/sound engineer and music blogger. I run www.ImproveYourMusic.com, www.AustralianMusicHistory.com as well as an all-Australian internet radio station called www.AllAustralianMusic.com I'm really enjoying your new blog and hope you continue to do well. Hi All, I’m Mark and I’m a musician/sound engineer and music blogger. I run http://www.ImproveYourMusic.com, http://www.AustralianMusicHistory.com as well as an all-Australian internet radio station called http://www.AllAustralianMusic.com

I’m really enjoying your new blog and hope you continue to do well.

]]> By: Arjun Muralidharan http://www.thegoodmusician.com/2007/07/open-thread-hi-im-joe-and-im-a-musician/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Arjun Muralidharan Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:05:00 +0000 http://www.thegoodmusician.com/open-thread-hi-im-joe-and-im-a-musician/#comment-14 Wow, Vicki, the Autoharp is a fascinating little instrument. I didn't know exactly what is was, but after some research, it turns out to work like so: You press down the button for a chord and all the strings except the ones in the chord get muted, so you can freely strum through all strings. Pretty neat, wish the guitar worked like that...sometimes :-) . You say you have custom chording, can you tell us more about regular chording and what you have done with it? Wow, Vicki, the Autoharp is a fascinating little instrument. I didn’t know exactly what is was, but after some research, it turns out to work like so: You press down the button for a chord and all the strings except the ones in the chord get muted, so you can freely strum through all strings.

Pretty neat, wish the guitar worked like that…sometimes :-) .

You say you have custom chording, can you tell us more about regular chording and what you have done with it?

]]> By: Vicki http://www.thegoodmusician.com/2007/07/open-thread-hi-im-joe-and-im-a-musician/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Vicki Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:01:13 +0000 http://www.thegoodmusician.com/open-thread-hi-im-joe-and-im-a-musician/#comment-8 My name is Vicki and I sing folk music, Pagan songs, Sacred Harp, and filk. Sometimes when people ask what I sing, I tell them "I sing along" because group singing for the fun of it is my favorite. I play a custom-chorded Autoharp, and some piano. I plan to learn a few dance/fiddle tunes this year after being inspired at the BACDS Family Dance Camp. My children are almost grown and only one of them has played an instrument recently. I'm 54. At festivals, I frequently lead singing circles. My name is Vicki and I sing folk music, Pagan songs, Sacred Harp, and filk. Sometimes when people ask what I sing, I tell them “I sing along” because group singing for the fun of it is my favorite. I play a custom-chorded Autoharp, and some piano. I plan to learn a few dance/fiddle tunes this year after being inspired at the BACDS Family Dance Camp.

My children are almost grown and only one of them has played an instrument recently. I’m 54.

At festivals, I frequently lead singing circles.

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