tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post6947702919402453013..comments2024-01-12T00:24:35.544+01:00Comments on St Bloggie de Riviere: How was it for you...?Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-82206578741359937542007-09-12T20:32:00.000+02:002007-09-12T20:32:00.000+02:00We went and got the electric guitar and ampli this...We went and got the electric guitar and ampli this afternoon. Roaring success! He's at it even now.<BR/><BR/>I think your prognosis is a little dire re electric guitars. The guy over the road is an accountant at the tax office but plays the electric guitar for the fun, and in fact played for us on Sunday. It was terrific fun. It's such a convivial instrument.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13195684182481935384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18862674.post-44288477209999040922007-09-12T20:22:00.000+02:002007-09-12T20:22:00.000+02:00Similar debate going on here right now about music...Similar debate going on here right now about musical instruments. Oboe or guitar ? <BR/><BR/>I have to say that the guitar gets my vote. I so wish that I had learned from a young age.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, there's no chance of parts in the mixed inter-school orchestra like there would be with the oboe.<BR/><BR/>What lies in store for my eleven year-old ? Urbane connections with the cultured ladies of the string section - or a foray into cool guitar which might end up a loser's lifetime with just a heavy metal garage band for company ? <BR/><BR/>It's tough for a father to pick the right path sometimes. I'll leave it up to him.<BR/><BR/>But meanwhile, I showed him how to use the plectrum anyway ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com