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By Ted Dunlap, on April 24th, 2020
Mozart Piano Concerto No 3 in D major is a lovely piece, but to watch a 5-year-old smoke it out on a grand piano is an amazing treat.
While 20 adult musicians read and play their parts off sheet music, the diminutive Russian holds it all in his head.
More amazing is the power […]
By Ted Dunlap, on March 6th, 2016 In February I finally got around to checking out the monthly gathering of Bitterroot’s Ragtime Society. It looked good and they encouraged me to bring my horn next time.
March 5th was next time.
I brought my horn.
Mom and Missy also came along … my fan club … hadda make sure somebody liked the […]
By Ted Dunlap, on March 5th, 2015
Missy came home yesterday evening with her “Baby Martin”, 3/4 Martin or, as I offered up, Martini. Missy likes the name. It is likely to stick.
She LOVES the guitar. It draws her to picking, strumming, studying and playing.
It is a pretty little thing and sounds nice.
Even Scooter seems to be […]
By Ted Dunlap, on March 3rd, 2015
After a very brief foray into playing the way-too-harsh sounding Dobro, Missy plunged wholeheartedly into the autoharp. Serious shopping, study, upgrading, reconfiguring and playing followed in rapid succession.
The ergonomics didn’t work. She couldn’t play it for very long before various body parts began to complain. The autoharp just wasn’t going to work […]
By Missy Dunlap, on February 2nd, 2015 Finally, missing string has been strung, 3 chord bars have been changed to new chords, and buttons installed for the strap. Now I can play my harp! Yippee! So excited to practice today! Fingers and hands are sore!
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