What I am interested in: music (lots of great links)

One of my regrets in life is I never learned how to play music. So I kept a bunch of links for me and anyone who wants to try:

• First up, learn a bit about music: Learn music theory in half an hour. – YouTube
• Here’s some tools to help you learn music: Yousician | Learn Guitar, Piano, Ukulele With The Songs you Love
• You don’t need a physical instrument to start. Here’s some cool browser instruments to play around with: 10 addictive browser instruments for making music on your lunch break More of them: 10 Virtual Instruments You Can Play In Your Web Browser – Hongkiat Finally:  Launchpad
• Get your digital hands on a Roland: Roland 808303.studio. Use this for inspiration: Processed beats – the 10 best songs made on a Roland device
• If you have access to a piano or keyboard, then visit: How to learn to play the piano in six weeks – BBC Culture or this: What is pianu? – Pianu – The Online Piano That Teaches You How to Play
• If you want to learn to play guitar,  read this: John Mayer Teaches Guitarists How to Play the Blues in a 45-Minute Masterclass | Open Culture
• Want to learn to sing? How to Sing in Tune – The New York Times

If you don’t want to learn how to make music, here are some other interesting music links:

• Fun! Punk Dulcimer: The Ramones’ “I Wanna Be Sedated” Played on the Dulcimer | Open Culture
• Also fun: 49 Years of Lyrics: A Python based study of the change in language for popular music from 1970 to 2018. | by Carl Sharpe | Towards Data Science
• This is beautiful Watch this stunning performance of Arvo Pärt’s Spiegel im Spiegel – CBC Music
• Finally, I don’t know how long the Met will be offering this, so take advantage while you can:  Metropolitan Opera | Free Live Audio Streams

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