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We, my family, were subscribers in the 1950s when I was a little kid.

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In Reply to: RE: Estate Sale Find! posted by Inmate51 on May 30, 2025 at 12:05:06

I looked through them often, but I wasn't a piano player yet, nor would I ever be one of any competence, despite my mother's insistence that I take lesson, so I did for at least seven years. It's not easy when you don't have any talent, but try telling that to my mom.
There are many copies for sale at various online sites and an entire website devoted to the magazine.
https://etudemagazine.com/etude/ (Open in New Window)

Edits: 05/30/25

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RE: We, my family, were subscribers in the 1950s when I was a little kid. - Utley1 13:30:47 06/02/25 (0)
Great post Mali
RE: We, my family, were subscribers in the 1950s when I was a little kid. - Inmate51 07:30:19 05/31/25 (1)
An Etude Magazine website. In 2025. Huh, who'd a ever thunk it?! Thanks! :)

Don't worry about not being a good pianist. Taking lessons, and practicing and learning are all good things, whether you pursue it or not. Good for your body, your mind, your brain.

I took piano lessons starting in third grade, for five years. Later, as a music major (trumpet), I was required to take two semesters of piano. Piece of cake!

I can still play a major scale with both hands, using proper fingering technique, and girls love that I can play "As Time Goes By". ;)

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- RE: We, my family, were subscribers in the 1950s when I was a little kid. - Mali 17:52:03 06/01/25 (0)
  My mom made me take lessons until I was a senior in high school. I virtually never practiced and normally just exasperated my teacher week after week, but I provided a little of her income, so she put up with me.
  
  The trouble with my mom is that she had seen too many old movies, and thought I could become the life of parties, playing the piano for everybody while they sipped their cocktails. What a joke.
  
  I eventually became a school teacher and could play enough to accompany the kids' "singing." I never could teach them to sing in tune, a great failing of American school children. Then I'd go to England and hear the choristers, and think, "Here's this, and I can't teach my kids how to sing Yankee Doodle in tune." No doubt another failure of mine.

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