Music - Hobbies

Being naturally lazy, we are quite happy to stretch out and listen endlessly to our records. But, while some of us are content to listen passively, others are inspired by the recorded sounds to actively create their own music—to play a musical instrument themselves. If you have any aptitude at all, you will soon be producing satisfactory—if not good—music. Remember, if it satisfies you, it serves its purpose.

Many people who have no technical knowledge of music can sit down at the piano and give most creditable performances, playing by ear. Louis Armstrong, probably the greatest trumpet player that ever lived, once told us that he had never learned to read music until he began to play on the Mississippi riverboats. Harry Woods, who wrote the music for hit songs such as "Red, Red Robin," composed at the piano. But he could neither read music nor put his own compositions on paper. He dictated his tunes, so to speak, from the piano.

Most of us, of course, require at least some elementary teaching before we can make music. Modern teaching methods, particularly for the piano, cut down learning time.

Take a look at the Yellow Pages in your telephone book. You will find several advertisements of fast teaching methods for piano, guitar, accordion, organ, and others. Playing, in time, may lead to composition either for your own entertainment or for professional publication.

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