tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661246123002726913.post3072343192264920516..comments2023-09-04T00:12:46.778-04:00Comments on Everything's Relative - Researching Your Family History: Is there such thing as a musical gene?Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02235026202257819623noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661246123002726913.post-77127860547295367432009-02-08T11:38:00.000-05:002009-02-08T11:38:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661246123002726913.post-43461176814770651722009-01-28T11:06:00.000-05:002009-01-28T11:06:00.000-05:00An interesting discovery! There are probably seve...An interesting discovery! There are probably several possibilities for playing piano for silent movies. Could have been an in-house pianist or possibly did recordings for movies - that might be something to check into (may be hit and miss since archiving of old movies is very haphazard). One of my husband's great-uncles who died young was a noted pianist; there are some recordings of him on old piano rolls.Greta Koehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05429623811794360612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661246123002726913.post-49952657251312395642009-01-28T04:57:00.000-05:002009-01-28T04:57:00.000-05:00Cindy,I agree that a musical gene can run through ...Cindy,<BR/><BR/>I agree that a musical gene can run through some families and wrote about the musical gene in my family http://findyourfolks.blogspot.com/2008/04/musical-genes-in-my-family.html.<BR/><BR/>It's amazing how we learn new information form our elders in casual conversations. I learn a lot in conversations either my 86 year old grandmother.Professor Druhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17674796159290496998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661246123002726913.post-75999579870666174902009-01-28T01:03:00.000-05:002009-01-28T01:03:00.000-05:00Wow - what a wonderful story!! I wish I could pla...Wow - what a wonderful story!! I wish I could play a musical instrument too, but I am just HORRIBLE when it comes to music.<BR/>My boyfriend on the other hand plays guitar, and he can tune his guitar on his own.<BR/>I remember when I was about 9 years old a lady from my great aunt's church came over and played the piano. I learned so many new songs that day (too bad I don't remember any of them now) and the whole family sat around singing songs. From what I was told, it is exactly what my great grandparents used to do with their kids to keep everyone entertained and have some family time.<BR/><BR/>Wow...I just rambled on. Lol. Thank you for the comments on my blog and the shout out on this post. I really appreciate it - and you are so right about having casual conversations. Those are what lead to the best stories.Elysehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15483136317329166274noreply@blogger.com