A poll
I have a hypothesis and I need your help in collecting some data.
1. What year were you born?
2. Are you LDS (or were you raised LDS)?
3. How many years of formal music instruction have you had? (By “formal music instruction,” I have in mind private music lessons or music classes at school.)
4. Which instruments have you formally studied?
a. Piano only
b. One or more instruments besides piano (including other keyboard instruments)
c. Piano, plus one or more other instruments
If anything is unclear, please ask. (I’m hoping to refine my questions here and then set up a more formal survey.) I’ve turned off Blogger authorization for this post, so you should be able to post anonymously, if you so choose.
38 Comments:
1986
Yes
9
B
1. 1981
2. Yes
3. 15 (i think)
4. c
I am curious to know what the hypothesis is...
1987
Yes
7ish
B
1987
yes
7
b
Count me as another person who wants to hear the hypothesis and results.
a. 1984.
b. Yes and yes.
c. 12
d. c
1984
LDS
14 years piano
1. 1982
2. yes
3. 12
4. c
1. 1988
2. yes
3. um, we'll say 15
4. c, but piano primarily
I'm kind of relishing this anonymity.
1951
yes
4
c
1984
Yes
13
C -- Piano, trombone
1983
Yes
7.5
C (though the .5 was for piano lessons. The rest were for trombone.)
1. 1978
2. yes
3. 2 years piano, 2 years or so cello, 1 year trombone
4. c--piano, cello, trombone
1985
Yes
about 5 I think
a
1. 1985
2. Yes
3. 8
4. B
1991
yes
6
2 (ish)
I suppose I've technically had 4 different instruments (piano, organ, string bass, and singing bass), but I only had organ, string bass, and voice about three times each.
1. 1985
2. Yes.
3. 7 years of trumpet, two semesters of voice, and one semester of piano.
4. Um...(c) if you count one semester of piano, or (b) if you don't.
Just to skew your results a bit...
1. 1966
2. Yes
3. 16
4. D
1987
yes
10
C
1. 1985
2. Yes
3. 10
4. c
1983
yes
about nine
c
.
1. 1976
2. yes to both
3. ~11
4. a (also voice if that counts; I included it in 3)
1. What year were you born?
1982
2. Are you LDS (or were you raised LDS)?
Yes (raised LDS)
3. How many years of formal music instruction have you had?
4th grade through 10th grade band (one year of orchestra)
and private piano lessons for 8 months
4. Which instruments have you formally studied?
c. Piano, plus one or more other instruments
1982
yes
12, 2, 2, 1
C
1, What year were you born?
1967
2. Are you LDS (or were you raised LDS)?
Not LDS
3. How many years of formal music instruction have you had?
10
4. Which instruments have you formally studied?
c. Piano, plus one or more other instruments
1981
Yes
5 + 2 as an adult
A + B as an adult
1981
Yes
10
c: Piano, trumpet, french horn, guitar
1979
no
10
c
1981
yes
5
b
1983
no
9
B
1. 1979
2. No (but strict evangelical Christian, fwiw)
3. 16 years
4. a, piano only
1. 1988
2. Yes
3. piano: 5.5 years
voice: 8 years
4. cf. above
1. What year were you born?
1987
2. Are you LDS (or were you raised LDS)?
yes
3. How many years of formal music instruction have you had? (By “formal music instruction,” I have in mind private music lessons or music classes at school.)
um, about 5.5
4. Which instruments have you formally studied?
b. No piano, just violin, plus half a year of guitar.
1981
yes
14, 1, 3
c, piano, guitar, violin (see respective formal music numbers above)
1984
Yes
12
C
1981
Yes
20 years applied instruments or 24 years music instruction that includes theory/history, etc.
c
Is it sad when it's easier to count the years I haven't had formal instruction?
The second answer of mine should be 22 years, I forgot to subtract my mission from it.
1968
Yes
6
c
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