In part 2, I mentioned that my mother had taken a few piano
lessons in college. I'm not
sure whether she ever took formal voice lessons, I would think I'd have
heard if she had. Mom & Dad actually had a guitar when we lived in Illinois. I don't know what was wrong with it, but they put it out, cased, for trash pickup. Mom said that the garbage collector did NOT put it in the back of the truck, it was placed in the passenger seat of the cab.
When I was in 4th grade, a band director (not our regular music teacher) brought in a variety of wind instruments for us to look at and try. A classmate and I were looking over the woodwinds, both interested in the flute. She tried the clarinet first, and couldn't get any sound out. But I could. She was able to get a note out of the flute, so the band director assumed I wouldn't. I told my parents I wanted to play, either flute or clarinet.
When I was in 4th grade, a band director (not our regular music teacher) brought in a variety of wind instruments for us to look at and try. A classmate and I were looking over the woodwinds, both interested in the flute. She tried the clarinet first, and couldn't get any sound out. But I could. She was able to get a note out of the flute, so the band director assumed I wouldn't. I told my parents I wanted to play, either flute or clarinet.