I am musical genius!!

[hiyacynth]

All by myself, with the piano at the house where I babysit and a pencil and some paper, I figured out the accordion part of Rufus Wainwright's "Hometown Waltz." I pecked it out on the piano, wrote down the notes, figured out the measures and note counts and drew myself little music paper and put notes on it. And then I came home and hauled out the

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[abyssinia4077]

wow.
*is impressed*

We have the cutest picture of my dad at the age of 7 in an "accordian band" - a whole bunch of scowling 7 and 8 year old boys in suits holding accordians.

I will be forever in awe of anyone with any sort of ear for music. *bows down before you*

[hiyacynth]

I think you'd bow less deeply if you actually heard me play.

[cunien]

Hurray! Wish I could hear it! Dagnammit, wish I could play accordion!!!
x.

[hiyacynth]

It is an amazingly fun instrument, and I play it so so badly. Really. Badly.

[nytekellyn]

<3's Hometown Waltz.

<3's accordians (okay, not really, but yay musical talent). ;) And abyssinia4077), what is it with dads and accordians? My dad used to play the accordian too. Hehe.

[hiyacynth]

Rufus!! I love that he loves waltzes.

[abyssinia4077]

really? weird.

Maybe it was, like, THE instrument to teach little kids back then?

Admittedly I think my father dropped it as soon as he could, gravitated to bass for a long time and is now completely obsessed with harmonicas. Even sleeps with one.

[zenatrix]

As always, I'm highly impressed that anyone can play a musical instrument no matter what it is. One year for my mom's Christmas present (I was woefully poor- which, come to think of it, really hasn't changed much in the past eleven years despite my steady employment) I spent two months learning to play Silent Night on the piano. I have since lost every single bit of amateur cuteness and have reverted back to musically stupid.

*genuflect* You have my musical respect... soon to include my Photoshop respect.

[hiyacynth]

I do not deserve genuflecting, I assure you. Three years ago I tried to learn Elvis's "Blue Christmas" and had to give up because I don't know how to play the black keys.

However your story about "Silent Night" is so sweet!

[timfromcali]

Hum a few bars and I'll pick it out on my pipes... once we transpose to B-flat hehehe, a duet of epic proportions!

[hiyacynth]

Um. You lost me at "transpose to B-flat." However the image of you playing pan pipes pleases me greatly.

[timfromcali]

That would be the "bagpipes"... tho i'm sure I have some Zamfir in my soul (goes with the cloven hoofs ;-)

[hiyacynth]

Bagpipes... Wow. We would so be the Geeky Musical Instruments Duo of Death.