Wasn't sure the right section for this?
It occurred to me whilst posting in another thread, that I have let certain musical skills lapse, and I really wish I hadn't.
1) I used to play piano a lot as a teen. I could sit and reel off about 45 minutes of memorised music no problem. These days I have forgotten virtually all that music, have lost my 'chops' and I can't seem to memorise a single bloody bar of music! I still play keyboards, but mostly noodling around with chords
2) I used to be big on acoustic guitar, and would write short instrumentals in alt tunings. I rarely pick up acoustic these days, can't remember the tunings, can't remember many of my pieces and can't play the ones I remember very well.
3) I invested many years in playing Chapman stick, and could rattle off about 12 tunes. Got a bit jaded my the difficulty and not progressing like I wanted to so I stopped about 6 years ago. Can't remember a sodding thing now! One piece in particular I wrestled with for a looong time to learn and play. A bit gutted that I let it slip and forgot it.
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I need to get back into it but it's too loud to do when the kids are asleep. Need to join an orchestra or something again.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
We had a music teacher like that. In the cupboard and the light bulb went?
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!