Music

You may not know this, but I play the Mountain Dulcimer. I was taught that I could play music while visiting Mt View, Arkansas one weekend. A lady that worked in the Dulcimer Shoppe sat me down and taught me to play a tune within 15 minutes. It was incredible! That was maybe 8 years ago now and I still enjoy playing my McSpadden Mountain Dulcimer.

Wednesday night (October 8, 08) I went over to a local restaurant because I wanted to meet and listen to a harmonica player. I think I can play that instrument. It is a diatonic instrument like the Mountain Dulcimer. It is a sound (or kind of music) that I enjoy listening to. And, I bought a set of 6 Piedmont harmonicas one day when a local music store had a "going out of business" sale. Now that I own them, I got to learn to play them - right.

So, like I was saying, I went to this local restaurant where Jon (not necessarily his real name) was going to show me a few things about playing. He got up to play with the duet (guitar and keyboard) on stage. He could sing fairly well, but he could play the harmonica great! I couldn't understand how he could draw in air through that harmonica for that long without exhaling! And then he said I could do that with some practice. Can you believe that? I can barely believe it myself! But I did learn to play the Mountain Dulcimer, even after telling that lady I could never play music. I think I can play that instrument - that harmonica. Maybe some of Bob Dylan's tunes.