Hi everyone
The last week or two have been very sad from the music point of view. Many professional musicians have lost their entire livelihood, and even us amateur players have seen all our quartets, rehearsals, concerts etc cancelled.
I have been looking at the prospects for ‘remote’ playing. My wife and I are in ‘lockdown’, so we don’t want to meet up with our regular quartet friends. Various apps like Whatsapp seem to offer the prospect for playing together over the internet.
First step – make sure your friends are all enrolled into Whatsapp (free). Then set up Whatsapp on (preferably) your tablet or laptop – the bigger screen helps.
Now call your first player, using the ‘video link’ symbol. If it’s all working, you should appear on your own screen, with a box (top right) showing your distant chum. To add more players (max 4, how cool is that !( just click on ‘add players’ and dial them up.
That’s as far as I’ve got. I’ll report more when we’ve managed some actual playing.
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