flying tigerpig’s one hundred comments

I do both. Not too hot at sight reading (well, you have to play loads of notes at once on piano). Wish I could sight read better, used to be a bit better but got out of practice. Normally learn by ear or from sheet music, do plenty of both. V. more…

Do I sometime wish I didn’t play an instrument? Are you mad? more…

Always, always have tune in my head. more…

A cello, and space to keep it. Fed up with playing cello effect voice on keyboard. An old dog can be taught new tricks, so there. more…

Often lose tunes but can usually pick them up again. Most often lose them if trying to follow music and/or count bars. But if using music then it’s easier to pick them up. more…

Love the idea of shepherds/ghost riders. It works really well; ‘One song to the tune of another’, provided they are carefully matched, is one of our favourite games. Unfortunately poor old Sir Cliff’s effort wasn’t too hot. more…

Oh! Merry Andrew! My dad took me to see that when I was a kid - I loved it, and yes, it’s the one with “The square on the hypotenuse” great song, I can still sing it, -it was a great help with Pythagoras when I was older. more…

Ptarmigan, I do agree that it was a good idea (read my first para again!) and things like this should always be encouraged. All I’m really saying is that it didn’t work for me, and I was trying to understand why. more…

Here we go again…. more…

Oh dear……..This is what I sent to BBC website: more…