Instruments

Tyson learnt how to play piano from his grandmother, Ellen Delaney.

He asked to learn to stop Jethro butchering the violin, at his older brother’s request. Their father seems satisfied that at least one of them was learning an instrument and Tyson found that he enjoyed piano enough to keep it up after his grandmother passed away, playing on the piano up in the east-wing attic.

After sitting with Dick through some of his happier spells, Tyson has learnt the fundamentals of guitar cords and he is pretty good with a recorder.

He learnt how to play the harmonica from Sebastian. Originally it was Moran making an excuse to ‘teach Ty the proper mouth shapes to play’ and whilst that was often the excuse, Sebastian did actually teach Tyson how to play. Mostly Tyson plays a G harmonica.

He has considered learning other instruments a few times, largely flute and guitar, but they have always been pushed onto the back burner as other learning opportunities took precedent in Tyson’s mind.