Hi, I'm Michael

Thank you, Kitty.

Great musical taste

Hi Kitty, thank you for your welcome. I'm a lover of classic rock, too. 

Shardovan, I can spell out (and play) all the Major and Minors scales, their related modes, the pentatonic and blues scales. These are the ones that interest me because they are used the ones used in contemporary songs and classical pieces.  The more unusual and exotic scales that exist are not of much interest to me because they are rarely used, and so I never take the time to learn them. 

Hi, Aaron. Thank you for your welcome. I visit the same cafes locally, usually, as they are on the same routes that I walk. When I go alone, I don't manage to sit for too long, though, perhaps 30 minutes—the time to drink a tea or a coffee—but when I walk with a friend in the morning, then I order toast with tea, or a very small breakfast. As far as sheet music goes, as I get older, I find it more and more difficult to sight-read because the staves are so small and as soon as you get extra ledger lines, it just makes it difficult to read.

Hi Shardovan Thank you for your welcome. Yes, I agree. For me, too, it is therapeutic to play and practice. It's a retreat into another world, a world of sound and emotion. I play so many different pieces, it's hard to pick one that is my favourite. I enjoy accompanying singers, and playing with other musicians in band, and so I tend to play lots of contemporary pop, rock and country songs. I recently started to play guitar, too, and am learning open chords.

I have forgotten about keys although did learn them once.  I would not say I am a good musician. I wonder if Autism explains my journey with it. A bit like being backward academically in some ways as a child but educated in other ways but such a splodge mix it doesn’t get applied in the real world.

Hello, Michael. I'm new to the Forum and I've found it very helpful and enjoyable. It is a very welcoming and supportive site. I hope you also get a lot from it.

P.S. I'm a music lover - classic rock and metal though! 

That makes me feel better about never knowing what key something is in. I just go 'it has those two sharps, ok I'll remember that' but it never translates unless I make myself play out the scale. Then I immediately forget! It sounds like you're in a different league though overall with music. I just have a bash at the odd choon - mashing the keys with these clumsy mits. It's it's own stim I suppose. I was away from my place/piano for three days there and kept wanting to press the keys.

Hi Michael and welcome.  I love walking in nature. I frequent different cafes both near nature and in cities. I go to a particular cafe at the same time Monday, Wednesday and Friday sit in the same seat and time myself for a one and a half hour stay.  I love all kinds of music. Have spikey profile with music. Dissertation on the Collaboration of Schoenberg and Kandinski. Studied music theory but now can’t remember where middle C is on the staff.  Did Karnatic theory. First band I saw was Black Sabbath for 80 pence.  Love Hildegard Von Bingen. Just been dancing to Status Quo. Practiced for years but would find it hard to play in a band. Love people. 

Hi Michael, welcome and I hope you like it here. It's a very supportive place. Definitely lots of music lovers around here, with an active 'share music' thread on the go that phases between busy and dormant spells. I also play the piano (not very well, but it's therapeautic to practice and keep trying to improve) - many years ago I got my Grade 5 practical but you'd never know it to hear me! Too many years of never touching the keys before I came back to it. What's your favourite piece to play if it's OK to ask? 

Hi, Trisha. Thank you for your welcome.

Hi Michael 

Welcome to our lovely community. I hope your enjoy being here :o) 

Coping. 

Thank you, Desmond. Hope you are well.

Welcome home, Michael.