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Why Don't More People Into Music Reproduction At Home Play Around With Musical Instruments

 In the pursuit of music reproduction in the home it is my firm belief that you must listen to live music every now & again so that you know & understand how real music,with real instruments,in real physical spaces sounds...
 With that as a foundation I used in judging equipment's "voice" I also believe that playing around with a musical instrument is an excellent way to gain first hand experience with musical sound...EVERY person that reads this can learn a few musical notes,on ANY musical instrument on the planet..For instance I play around with electric guitar.NO I can NOT play,but I can play the notes EFG,on first string & BCD on the second string...Now  I know those few notes & easily recognize them in any song..I am just this coming week going to start playing around with an electric keyboard....So I wonder,why don't more audiophiles simply play around with real instruments as part of their pursuit of honest reproduction in the home?Surely the education in reality is worth the $100.00 it takes to get an entry level guitar,keyboard,horn etc...
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erik_squires
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One of the strange things that happens when I suggest Audiogon'ers support local music programs is the number of people who come on and say you don't need to teach music, people just magically know it or don't.

But still, I persist.

We need to fund education, including music programs if we want to be worthy of being called leaders.
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bkeske
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I’m a visual artist and designer. I think one of the reasons I like and respect music and musicians so much is their ability to play their instruments. I learned a very long time ago that I just didn’t ‘get it’. It was in third grade, when we learned the basics of music on a plastic ‘flutophone’. I started OK, but as we went along, I realized I just didn’t understand it, and faked it the rest of the course.

When it comes to artistic endeavors, I do not like to participate unless I can do it well. I can do visual arts and design well, music? Not so much.

I’m OK with that. Again, probably one of the reasons I adore those who can.
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tomic601
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i am just a retired Economist. Engineering is simple, so now i dabble in Quantum computing…..

because snark does not always translate well, Engineering isn’t simple…

@guidocorona what a wonderful post you make anf offer of help. Grace and peace to you.
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tomic601
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there is always the Tambourine…man
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bkeske
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there is always the Tambourine…man

Now, that, I might be able to handle Jim 😄
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