honey: was learning to play bass guitar hard?

me: my fingertips were bruised purple and then they calloused so that wasn't fun

honey:

me: *lists 9 million more reasons about the benefits of music and instruments*

me: *complains about a sheet of music because there is nowhere to breathe*

also me: *melts inside because this is fun anyway*

@guerrillarain hi, i have a bass guitar, and my fingers are already made of callouses — how do i get started here?

@meena the damage is already done, it's all uphill from here!!!

@guerrillarain i just never use moisturiser, and sometimes i use my hands as plyers or as a hammer

@guerrillarain but another important thing: why can't i find a pic of Finn The Human saying "i'm made of calluses" ???

@guerrillarain
Man, your music posts remind me I need to pick up an instrument more than twice a year. 😳

@ignitionigel loooooool that is the ultimate struggle though isn't? I just got back into playing as I posted those 💀💀

@kara I 100% interpreted this as Shakespeare covertly talking about sex.

@guerrillarain haha XD

@shoutcacophony @guerrillarain
omg the son of a friend loved his violine too much but after scraping it for three good years they forced him to stop. they couldn't bear it a single day longer. I felt so sorry because the boy was all along really enthusiastic and maybe some time later he would have stopped scraping.

@aka2 @guerrillarain it's different from person to person, but three years has been known to not be long enough, sadly.

i was able to fake my way through after six months, but it wasn't getting to publicly playable levels until after four years, and never really got that classical music sweet tone happening. i could hold my own, though. :)

it's easier to progress if that's not someone's primary focus, i think. i wound up playing jazz and folk, then segued to piano and composition.

@shoutcacophony @guerrillarain
this is what I felt: give him some more time ...well, he can come back to it later in life.
It was sooo funny always like kwiikwiiikwiii...
but @guerillarain got some solid ground from former lessons. you've already passed this level, haven't you?

@aka2 @guerrillarain from taking lessons? lol, definitely.

@aka2 That happened to me as a kid--playing flute irritated my mother so much because it was loud and high-pitched and sometimes just grating on the nerves when you're trying to practice/figure things out. Hearing that kind of feedback as a kid can be tough. I moved to practicing in the garage.

@guerrillarain yes tough disencouragement!

lucky children who experience their ability to create expressive noise. thats so empowering!
and can set a little fire burning :)

@shoutcacophony
My mom's mom decided that my mom should not play the drums because they were too loud.
Instead, she allowed my mom to learn violin.
The practice pad would perhaps have been easier to listen to at the beginning.
@guerrillarain

@naugeleh @guerrillarain Hahahaha. Wondering if your mom practiced with a mute, and part of me -- well ok, much of me -- is sort of wishing she didn't 😂