tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post6795148544878444831..comments2024-03-18T18:58:51.536+00:00Comments on Family History Fun: Sepia Saturday: Musical Moments ScotSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-83071729188703580162014-02-16T05:48:33.234+00:002014-02-16T05:48:33.234+00:00I could play the piano but wasn't one for sing...I could play the piano but wasn't one for singing - at least I could participateJackie van Bergenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14108390437411946657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-50342479477206965202014-02-11T02:56:22.307+00:002014-02-11T02:56:22.307+00:00A great post and I liked reading about the discove...A great post and I liked reading about the discovery of your great uncle's singing history. It is very hard and usually impossible to learn much about personalities and interests of our ancestors. But singing puts them into an activity that we can immediately understand and even recreate the echos across time. Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-69565183708309284432014-02-10T14:10:45.956+00:002014-02-10T14:10:45.956+00:00What a wonderfully musical family : the best I can...What a wonderfully musical family : the best I can do is an uncle who played piano in a Working Men's ClubAlan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-81252054064419528742014-02-10T02:41:46.041+00:002014-02-10T02:41:46.041+00:00One of my friends tells a story about having to ge...One of my friends tells a story about having to get up early every day to practice for an hour before school, and her brothers (still in bed) yelling out cheek when she made mistakes.<br />Great-uncle George's story is sad - so much was lost in that war.Boobookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395043246338753023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-43976973479534292482014-02-09T01:03:41.722+00:002014-02-09T01:03:41.722+00:00What would we do without music. Once I even tried...What would we do without music. Once I even tried to invent a spoken language that was made from just musical notes instead of the sounds we make and call speech. I didn;t get very far !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-9872284643950803522014-02-08T18:58:41.058+00:002014-02-08T18:58:41.058+00:00The cold front room with a fire only on special oc...The cold front room with a fire only on special occasions struck a chord with me. Mind you I don't think there was even one note of music played in ours when I was a child.Bob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-55559368166669323332014-02-08T08:58:11.935+00:002014-02-08T08:58:11.935+00:00I enjoyed your post - lovely to have so many music...I enjoyed your post - lovely to have so many musical memories of your family to get to know them all a bit more.Anne Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17970750528434435027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-24002134114691197342014-02-08T04:39:57.991+00:002014-02-08T04:39:57.991+00:00Great that you have a musical family history! I ca...Great that you have a musical family history! I can't play or sing myself, but I do appreciate and enjoy listening to others who can.Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-76890931588052542032014-02-07T18:30:53.831+00:002014-02-07T18:30:53.831+00:00Love Broseley...lovely building! And I think that ...Love Broseley...lovely building! And I think that naming hymns by their standard names (rather than page number) is an Episcopal thing: my mother always did the same thing!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11658880722411505714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-73155942493640177152014-02-07T15:27:48.514+00:002014-02-07T15:27:48.514+00:00Thanks for your post. I am sorry your learning ha...Thanks for your post. I am sorry your learning had so many challenges.Barbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-37644062887017268422014-02-07T05:27:02.559+00:002014-02-07T05:27:02.559+00:00So you played your piano in a cold front room, &am...So you played your piano in a cold front room, & I played mine in the basement. Did you have a little heater? I remember there was a little electric heater down there that if placed within three feet of me, would keep my feet & legs warm, but my fingers - not so much! :))La Nightingailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769079547153094005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-46010331886228366752014-02-07T01:07:48.814+00:002014-02-07T01:07:48.814+00:00Great Story, Enjoyed it. ThanksGreat Story, Enjoyed it. Thanksluvlinenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16729397083701730823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-48044988698576189522014-02-07T00:58:29.855+00:002014-02-07T00:58:29.855+00:00Enjoyed reading your musical "notes".......Enjoyed reading your musical "notes"....(pardon the pun)...Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06015301472659256675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-32453688462649996422014-02-07T00:04:30.094+00:002014-02-07T00:04:30.094+00:00Bravo for reaching Grade 3; worth the freezing dig...Bravo for reaching Grade 3; worth the freezing digits! Wonderful to read of your family's musical traditions.Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-49563245272920270352014-02-06T21:56:05.113+00:002014-02-06T21:56:05.113+00:00I remember my grandmother often told me I should k...I remember my grandmother often told me I should keep studying piano because I could play it at parties. I never attended any parties where a piano was played but it sounds like you had a different experience!Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-55738527838814401562014-02-06T17:07:16.055+00:002014-02-06T17:07:16.055+00:00My family wasn't very musical, and I am defini...My family wasn't very musical, and I am definitely very nonmusical.Postcardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399915833682943432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427560122717203300.post-89685968043737978052014-02-06T00:06:42.559+00:002014-02-06T00:06:42.559+00:00Reading about all your various exposures to music ...Reading about all your various exposures to music makes me realize there was much more I could have done with my own SS contribution for this week. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.com