 Years and years and years ago I bought a sitar. As I moved around the country it got more and more beaten up to the point where everything it needed in order to be played had fallen off. I bought a new one two years ago but tuning 20 strings is quite a chore! I can't play guitar - but if I could only ever play one tune on the guitar, and it was "Dargai", the final tune on Richard and Linda Thompson's "Pour Down LIke Silver", I would be satisfied. Last month, I bought an Appalachian Dulcimer and I have been teaching myself tunes on it (mostly Richard Thompson ones). So I have a plan - decide on a core set of tunes, and learn them first on three strings, then on six strings, and finally on 20 strings. "Splinters" here I come! Alan Jones
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What bravery!
I admire your ambition, Alan. The only instruments I've ever attempted were descant recorder, violin and harmonica. I soon gave up in disgust at my own lack of musical ability. I wish I had persevered as a child but having failed to do so, I am content to admire the efforts of others. As you've seen from my playlists, there is so much music out there to explore and enjoy, it doesn't leave time or room for my own puny efforts.
Bob
Ambition dissed
A few weeks ago I gave in and got myself the first Richard Thompson box set - "RT - the life and music of Richard Thompson". This morning I was reading the interview with Richard in the excellent book which comes with it. On the topic of his multi-instrumentalist status he said "Anybody can pick up a dulcimer and play it in about ten mintes or so. So you can cross that off my list of musical achievements!" Despite that, I still feel it's a big deal to be able to play "Down Where the Drunkards Roll"., "Withered and Died" and "Poor Ditching Boy" at last, after loving those tunes for nearly 40 years.....
Alan Jones