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My early memories of singing are at the age of seven or eight. I remember playing my mum's collection of old film songs and singing along at the top of my voice (or so I thought!). I didn't understand Hindi and so had difficulty making out some of the words but that wasn't going to stop me. I was happy enough to make my own words to 'fill in' the gaps!!
One day, my father brought home an old harmonium. After days of driving the family mad, I finally got my act together and managed to string together a few notes and sound remotely melodic (very remotely!).
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Luckily for everyone around, we were soon visited by a singer from India. He took pity
on this little girl desperately trying to impress her family
with a musical performance. He taught me my first piece of instrumental music and more importantly, something that was actually melodic (rather than my earlier efforts) - a melody I still remember, probably because I played it a million times. And then, off I went to show off my newly acquired 'musical skills' to my mates!!!
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