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Yes… technically, it should be titled Music: Musical Instruments… I was wondering about that too…
But let’s not go off on a tangent now… I like this conversation…
Debby-pay no attention to noitallmr! He is what his screenname says… just a ‘noitall!!’ I play the sax and when people find out, they think it is strange. I have gotten comments like: “It’s not appropriate for a girl to play a masculine instrument…” “Are you just trying to prove that you can do anything that boys do?…”
THe reality is, music is music. If you feel you want to express yourself using any specific instrument, you should be able to without people commenting…
Enjoy the drums!
I’d actually love to join a band… too bad we probably live miles away from eachother.
I would love to start a band for teenagers and kids one day. I always wanted frum people to play with when I was in school. I used to play in mini orchestras but they were not Jewish. I think that frum people can really benefit from a band or orchestra!
myshadow, I definitely know what you mean about the guitar. It does sound more pure. The advantage of using a piano is the fact that you can harmonize and play the melody at the same time. (You can have more than one melody at the same time and it can sound really good… You cannot do that on any other instrument…) I love how each instrument can add something completely different to the music.
The first instrument I learned to play was the piano. I took a couple of lessons in other instruments to get a little more variety. i can now play piano, flute, guitar, saxaphone, and harmonica. I don’t know what I would do without my music…
myshadow, Rabbi Carlebach’s music sounds really nice on the piano. You should try playing around on the piano instead of the casio when you play slow, Carlebach music. You are able to express yourself a lot more on the keys of a piano keyboard than on an electric one… There are also many Carlbach pieces that sound great on the flute…
I always loved music. I was actually classically trained since I was really little. I play many different instruments. A few years ago, I started playing Hebrew music for my own enjoyment and I find it very uplifting.
LeiderLeider… Have you tried guitar picks? They can be a little awkward to use but you get used to them after a while. If you do not wish to use guitar picks, just keep practicing with your fingers. Eventually your fingertips will callous and you will not feel a thing… Also, what kind of guitar strings does your guitar have. It is a lot more painful to use metal strings (as opposed to nylon). They also have slightly different tones…
rebetzin, I was also in Yavne! And I ditto what you just said… There were no ‘hashkafa talks’ or debates… Words like ‘kollel’ or ‘shalom bayis’ never even came up in class… The only hashkafa class we had my year was Igros Mussar. Any other hashkafa I received from my seminary year I pulled out of Chumashim, Neviim, Kesuvim, and Halacha that we learned…
I am a post seminary girl who attended seminary in the United States. I have a few comments to make in response to what I read on the previous posts. First of all, you cannot compare this generation to the generation that was 50 years ago. Times have changed and most girls graduating high school now are not yet ready to ‘go out into the real world’ yet. The amount of bad influences there are in the world is tremendous and not all 17/18 year-old girls are ready to handle them. Finishing high school is a very crucial time in people’s lives…
That being said, seminary in Eretz Yisroel is definitely a luxury. Observing my friends who have come back from seminary a year ago have made me realize what a world of good seminary in Israel can do, but I still consider it a tremendous luxury. There are seminaries in the US that cost a third of the price of the ones in E”Y.
I attended an out-of-town seminary in the US and gained tremendously from it. I connected with my teachers, who are all Gedolim in Torah or Neshai Chayil that are pillars of their community. Eretz Yisroel is not the only option!