Permission to come aboard?!
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2020 5:24 am
in the American Navy that’s what they say when they want to get on board the ship. Someone else, probably an Ensign, either responds, “permission granted” or “permission denied.”
I trust that those of you who have been a part of this for him for some time will allow me permission to board.
I am a 63-year-old retiree, who spent 25 years in manufacturing of all different types, and all different machines and applications; and then 20 years in QA, starting off as a Bench Inspector and then becoming a Technician, and then becoming a Lead, doing some Engineering, Facilitating and so forth; and then doing some Management within that field.
Around the same time, I put down finally, anything having to do with tobacco products, after 40 years of consumption. The methodology I used to put that stuff down successfully I won’t bother to go into unless you ask, but I can tell you that the substitution I did was to purchase a Flute and started playing at the end of the cycle of getting off of the tobacco.
My entire life has been full of music. But the only other instrument that I ever owned and tried which was a wind instrument was a trombone back when I was in grammar school. I remember lugging that thing to school and back home again and I was really put off about it. Especially after I got braces and I would try to blow in the mouthpiece and my teeth would rattle. That was very unpleasant and it was the catalyst that drove me to stop playing the trombone.
On the other hand my voice has always been an instrument that I have used, since I was quite small. Along with my voice, I have used piano, Mandolin, guitar, ukulele, a quick dabbling in the saxophone which I did not enjoy, because of the vibration of my teeth on the mouthpiece, which reminded me of the trombone. I still on and play a Native American flute which takes virtually no push of air at all and requires extensive sustain, using a pentatonic scale.
So six months ago, or is it seven now..... I started in August 2019, which I guess means it’s been seven months, my wife who is a professional flutist and has been for many years, and has also taught many students agreed to teach me how to play it.
I pretty well know the notes on the scale in both the G clef and the treble clef; but if you go above or below the Registers, I get lost. I think the last formal lesson I had on the piano, taught me how to play “swans on the lake” from the John Thompson book (No. two, I think). But I have a really good ear and I can play improvisationally on just about every instrument I’ve ever played. And that includes the flute.
If you go to my profile and you look for the link to YouTube which is one of two of my accounts in there, You will see there a record of videos as I progress most of the time doing improvisational work with different pieces by different artists. I tend to prefer the slow jazz easy jazz folk gospel and country types of music, I am not a classical player by any stretch of the imagination, nor do I desire to be. The closest I get to classical, is trying to learn some of Ian Anderson’s more traditional pieces.
So I’m here to share what I’ve learned, and I’m also here to soak up what I can from those of you who have been playing forever. I am being told that my tone is improving every day and I try to give a couple of hours a day to practice, whenever possible.
Currently I’m playing an Armstrong, closed hole, concert C, Offset G, C foot joint Flute. Maybe someday I’ll advanced to a open hole flute, but I don’t anticipate that happening any time soon. From time to time I have attempted to play my wife’s open hole, very professional flute, made by Powell, and I have found it difficult to play, as you might imagine. Not because of the flute, I’m sure. Most likely because of the player.
I have tried my best to edit this narrated text, and apologize for any interpretations that have to be made because I have missed some correction that I should have done. I look forward to your responses and contributions.
-Nutmegger1957
I trust that those of you who have been a part of this for him for some time will allow me permission to board.
I am a 63-year-old retiree, who spent 25 years in manufacturing of all different types, and all different machines and applications; and then 20 years in QA, starting off as a Bench Inspector and then becoming a Technician, and then becoming a Lead, doing some Engineering, Facilitating and so forth; and then doing some Management within that field.
Around the same time, I put down finally, anything having to do with tobacco products, after 40 years of consumption. The methodology I used to put that stuff down successfully I won’t bother to go into unless you ask, but I can tell you that the substitution I did was to purchase a Flute and started playing at the end of the cycle of getting off of the tobacco.
My entire life has been full of music. But the only other instrument that I ever owned and tried which was a wind instrument was a trombone back when I was in grammar school. I remember lugging that thing to school and back home again and I was really put off about it. Especially after I got braces and I would try to blow in the mouthpiece and my teeth would rattle. That was very unpleasant and it was the catalyst that drove me to stop playing the trombone.
On the other hand my voice has always been an instrument that I have used, since I was quite small. Along with my voice, I have used piano, Mandolin, guitar, ukulele, a quick dabbling in the saxophone which I did not enjoy, because of the vibration of my teeth on the mouthpiece, which reminded me of the trombone. I still on and play a Native American flute which takes virtually no push of air at all and requires extensive sustain, using a pentatonic scale.
So six months ago, or is it seven now..... I started in August 2019, which I guess means it’s been seven months, my wife who is a professional flutist and has been for many years, and has also taught many students agreed to teach me how to play it.
I pretty well know the notes on the scale in both the G clef and the treble clef; but if you go above or below the Registers, I get lost. I think the last formal lesson I had on the piano, taught me how to play “swans on the lake” from the John Thompson book (No. two, I think). But I have a really good ear and I can play improvisationally on just about every instrument I’ve ever played. And that includes the flute.
If you go to my profile and you look for the link to YouTube which is one of two of my accounts in there, You will see there a record of videos as I progress most of the time doing improvisational work with different pieces by different artists. I tend to prefer the slow jazz easy jazz folk gospel and country types of music, I am not a classical player by any stretch of the imagination, nor do I desire to be. The closest I get to classical, is trying to learn some of Ian Anderson’s more traditional pieces.
So I’m here to share what I’ve learned, and I’m also here to soak up what I can from those of you who have been playing forever. I am being told that my tone is improving every day and I try to give a couple of hours a day to practice, whenever possible.
Currently I’m playing an Armstrong, closed hole, concert C, Offset G, C foot joint Flute. Maybe someday I’ll advanced to a open hole flute, but I don’t anticipate that happening any time soon. From time to time I have attempted to play my wife’s open hole, very professional flute, made by Powell, and I have found it difficult to play, as you might imagine. Not because of the flute, I’m sure. Most likely because of the player.
I have tried my best to edit this narrated text, and apologize for any interpretations that have to be made because I have missed some correction that I should have done. I look forward to your responses and contributions.
-Nutmegger1957