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Mixed Instrument Workshops It doesn’t matter what instrument you bring to this class. Here you’ll benefit from seeing other instruments being learned, played & you’ll be able to play along with them....& you won’t have to wait until a workshop comes up for your particular instrument. Knowing a little about & playing with other instruments is very valuable in an overall musical understanding & will help you become an asset to a group with sympathy of what your fellow musicians require. It may even lead you to playing a ‘second’ instrument. |
Whether you’ve brought along a penny whistle or a tuba, a keyboard, guitar or a banjo, the principal of playing it by ear is the same. First train the ear incrementally until you can:
The Mixed Instrument Workshop is not for complete beginners. You’ll be asked to try to find certain notes by ear. If’ you’re completely new to your instrument, you will not be in a position to do this. You need to be able to play a scale, a chromatic scale even better. |
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If you can find one note by ear, you can find all the notes of your chosen tune. If you can tell if the notes in your tune are going up in pitch you’ll know which direction to search for them on your instrument. If you can identify intervals – even roughly, you’ll be quicker at finding your notes. |
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All fine:
Accordion
Clarinet
Sax: (you should be able to play quietly – no mutes are available for the saxes, & they can overpower everything else if you can’t control your volume)
Flute
Trumpet (please bring a mute)
Trombone (please bring a mute)
Tuba
Euphonium
Guitar (acoustic or electric)
Bass (acoustic or electric)
Keyboard (can be provided but do bring you own if yours are portable)
Fiddle
Viola
Mandolin
No teacher is available for the following – but it you are competent enough to pay a clean chromatic scale, you are welcome. If in any doubt, please ring Dave
Oboe
Bassoon
Cello
Cor Anglais
Harp / Clarsach
Banjo
Bouzouki
Whistle, Recorder & Harmonica:
Whistles are in a certain key & can restrict you when playing in random keys, unless you have a few instruments in D, C, G, etc, Please bring a selection if you have them.
You should be aware that you will not be as flexible as many other instruments which can play in any key & this may mean you cannot join in on possibly half of the material.
Harmonica: you should be able to isolate a single note easily.
If you have an instrument not mentioned here, please phone Dave to find out if it's suitable.
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