So I'm at my banjo lesson yesterday, and I have practiced maybe 30 minutes the previous week. I almost always feel guilty when I don't practice enough, even though my instructor doesn't admonish me for it. But I feel like I get my money's worth more if I do practice, so that we can move along as I get better.
Anyway, I had sent her the music in a tabulature (not sure that the right word, my spellcheck is no help) form for several song that are played at these jams I go to. She was playing this one when I arrived at my lesson.
This is called "Shove the Pig's Foot a Little Further Into the Fire". It is not a cooking song, it's a blacksmithing reference, which someone had to tell me because I am clueless about such things. Anyway, it's a really nice old timey tune and I'm really pleased she's learning it to teach to me.
We were playing a song together as practice, and as we went along, I did this thing that cracked her up and she said it was bizarre. In the good way (so she said...). But as we played, if I lost my place, I would sing in a dum-de-dum kind of way until my fingers could jump in and pick up the playing again. Kind of like the singing was a placeholder while I found a place to get back into the song. I figured everyone kind of did that, but apparently not. I later though that it's probably because I'm not relying on reading the music; I've memorized the song and so am not looking at the sheet music.
Anyway, it's an adventure.
It sounds like great fun.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you've got good brain/finger coordination! The brain carries the tune while the fingers catch up - that is a nice song. I think that the banjo and mandolin are two of my favorite instruments.
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