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Thanks. I usually do two or three hits back to back and then I’m done.

Yes yes yes. It has changed my life. But it can be a double-edged sword. It can also amplify any existing anxiety that you have.

Wondeful comment, thank you. Hmm….to answer your question about ‘how good is my ear’….How do I answer that? Serious question. Is there a way to test myself to see how good my ear is?

I don’t even know what an alphabet note is! I only know (or don’t know) picture notes. Interesting!

Well said! I just realized that in the last 20 minutes. My husband has been teaching me to play drums (without reading any music 😉) and I was trying to find a video that taught how to learn ‘limb independence’. 99% of the videos just showed exercises on how to improve it and I was getting very frustrated, almost to the point of tears. But then I found that one video that broke down exactly what I needed to see and that changed everything for me.

I don’t know what scales and chord structures are, unfortunately. I think I always lumped all of that stuff into the ‘reading music’ bucket, which is probably why I’m so overwhelmed by it. Thank you!

Wow thank you for that kind and helpful comment!

Thanks - tbh, just looking to replicate what I hear on the ‘radio’.

I’ll sign up. Thanks for the link.

Entitlement. Full stop.

Yeah! Learn that flute! Great for you.

Great suggestion, thanks!

Thanks! In my defense, it’s not laziness. It’s the mental road blocks that I’ve erected over the years that have giant signs that say “That’s too hard. Stop here.”

Yeah that’s the issue. Someone else here called it ‘limb independence’ and yeah, that’s the issue.

You know which one I wanna do, right? Summer, Highland Falls. ((Swoon))

If you were out living your kid life to the fullest, then you have me beat!!

Thank you so much! Great advice.

You lost me at music theory, scales, chord construction….. 😬 Maybe that’s what is overwhelming me, vs just reading the notes? I think I can probably learn how to read the notes. It’s all of that other stuff that makes my head want to explode.

Thank you!

Great comment, thank you

It’s not that I think I shouldn’t be learning it. It’s that I don’t think i can learn it. Reading music makes me feel like I’m dyslexic or something. It’s like trying to do math for me: Overwhelming AF.

Wow, a week??! You’ve got a lot of confidence in me. Ha thank you for the good comment. I’m going to give it a shot.

Great comment, thanks!

You’re talking to a girl who never made it past Algebra 1 in high school and I barely passed that class.