10-28-2013, 07:53 AM
(10-28-2013, 07:37 AM)tigerlily Wrote: Violin and piano. Started playing the violin when I was 3, but haven't really touched it much for the last 10 years.-- tho it's sitting under the stairs in case I ever feel like picking it up.
The piano I started when I was about 5. We've always had a piano in the house until I moved out of my parent's place 2 years ago. My dad's a piano teacher.
I can sight-read really well, but I get bored learning things.
I also have a weird ability to hum or sing tunes or songs and always get them in the correct pitch or key, even if I've not heard that song for months or years. I never knew I did it, but my dad picked up on it a couple of years ago. I've tested myself by finding songs on youtube or wherever just to see if I can do it. It's really creepy.
Violin + piano = winning combination. It's a shame you haven't picked up your violin in a while, though. Mine's in the UK so I can only play it when I'm back.
If I remember rightly, the knowing and recalling of the pitch, tune, etc, comes from growing up with music. If you have a musical ear (by nature [such as with absolute pitch] or through nurture), music tends to get encoded deeper in your memory and you can bring it up whenever you want. It's also like when a totally unexpected smell stirs up a memory you hadn't thought of for years, only you can't consciously bring a smell to mind, it has to be triggered. Odour memory is latent, but sound memory can be activated, if that makes sense.
(10-28-2013, 07:47 AM)CosmykTheDolfyn Wrote: Cosmyk's_Mad_Tricks.jpg
(Photo is at least 3-4 years old.)
I remember feeling like such a pro when my parents first got me inline skates.
PS - How/where did you land in your picture and how did you get up there ? You seem to be high up and over flat ground.