Do you play an instrument

by **Doitzel** » Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:55 pm

Piano, mostly classical or contemporary stuff. I tried to play violin... so hard, for a while, but it was just too time-demanding and I wound up giving it up.

I used to sing once upon a time, but I never recovered after the age of fifteen or so. I still try, though!

by **Zdorvaiyoch** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 12:45 am

Used to play tuba, currently play piano, learning guitar.

by **Ocasnia** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 1:41 am

I dont play an instrument yet, but i maybe gonna play piano or drums.

by **Sarkhaan** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 1:47 am

Trumpet, though I haven't played in a few years. A bit too loud for an apartment, and the mutes that convert to headphones are a bit too expensive for me.

Maybe I'll take up guitar when I move. Always wanted to learn.

by **Autotelic** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 2:15 am

soprano clarinet
alto clarinet
bass clarinet
alto saxophone
baritone saxophone
trumpet
some percussion (timpani, xylophone, snare, bass, quads... i can't play set)
i know enough about keyboard to make it sound somewhat decent
i can run some drum machines (707, 808)
i can play the sh-101 to make it sound decent

by **GetBert** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 2:40 am

My current collection of instruments is: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, 2 mandolins, banjo, violin, electric violin, keyboard, melodica, a selection of tin whistles, a recorder, a fife.

by **Kulverint** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 2:48 am

Piano: Been playing for as long as I can remember, really! Done Grade 5.

French Horn: Been playing since January. Done Grade 3.

by **Pope Joan** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 2:54 am

I play piano, organ, trombone, guitar and autoharp.

I was in marching and pep band in high school, had a rock group called "The Montereys", played in dance band in college and dixieland after graduation.

I was once drafted to play backup with Jackson Brown at a club on Rush Street in Chicago.

I played piano in Chi town on upper Monroe at "That Certain Touch" piano bar.

My buddy from law school and I played folk music around the city with a sexy talented singer named Suzie; she got a full time gig and a record deal but he and I were left out.

i worked up a rap and dance routine with 20 inner city kids based on "Jesus Love Me'", to the bo-diddley beat.

My more recent experiences have been filling in as church organist now and then, and playing rhythm guitar for a Guyanese praise band. I wrote a song dedicated to them with a lyric from Joshua 1:9.

by **Louis Van Boxel Woolf** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 2:57 am

Clarinet, Piano, Violin and Trumbone.

by **Former Principalities** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 2:58 am

I play the piano. I also know how to play the guitar, although I don't know a hell of a lot.

by **Skibereen** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 2:58 am

by **Uawc** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 2:58 am

I have a broken guitar, but I'm still a vocalist/writer.

I DO METHUL.

-headbangs-

by **Lord Tothe** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 3:00 am

5-string banjo, and I have a violin that I plan to learn eventually.

by **Slaytesics** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 3:04 am

guitar, and singing

by **Dyakovo** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 3:04 am

Wazristan wrote:Anybody? I play the tuba and the recorder.

No

by **Post-Unity Terra** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 3:22 am

Bass guitar, and I'm always vaguely embarassed to mention it when there's people who play 'proper' instruments around. :lol:

by **Pope Joan** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 3:34 am

Post-Unity Terra wrote:Bass guitar, and I'm always vaguely embarassed to mention it when there's people who play 'proper' instruments around.

Most hit songs that can be recognized within their first four beats
and mainly recognizable because of the bass line.

Sure it's just my opinion.

But I'm right.

by **Post-Unity Terra** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 3:48 am

Pope Joan wrote:
Post-Unity Terra wrote:Bass guitar, and I'm always vaguely embarassed to mention it when there's people who play 'proper' instruments around.

Most hit songs that can be recognized within their first four beats
and mainly recognizable because of the bass line.

Sure it's just my opinion.

But I'm right.

I'm not talking about guitars or that kind of thing, I mean more like the kind of instruments you'll hear in an orchestra.

by **Czardas** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 4:01 am

Post-Unity Terra wrote:
Pope Joan wrote:
Post-Unity Terra wrote:Bass guitar, and I'm always vaguely embarassed to mention it when there's people who play 'proper' instruments around.

Most hit songs that can be recognized within their first four beats
and mainly recognizable because of the bass line.

Sure it's just my opinion.

But I'm right.

I'm not talking about guitars or that kind of thing, I mean more like the kind of instruments you'll hear in an orchestra.

If it's any consolation, there are several orchestral pieces with parts for bass guitar.

Although we'll still look down on you because Vivaldi never wrote any concertos for it, did he? And he wrote concertos for everything! Even obsolete instruments!

*makes mental note to learn how to play the arpeggione and the serpent*

by **Post-Unity Terra** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 4:09 am

Czardas wrote:
Post-Unity Terra wrote:
Pope Joan wrote:
Post-Unity Terra wrote:Bass guitar, and I'm always vaguely embarassed to mention it when there's people who play 'proper' instruments around.

Most hit songs that can be recognized within their first four beats
and mainly recognizable because of the bass line.

Sure it's just my opinion.

But I'm right.

I'm not talking about guitars or that kind of thing, I mean more like the kind of instruments you'll hear in an orchestra.

If it's any consolation, there are several orchestral pieces with parts for bass guitar.

Although we'll still look down on you because Vivaldi never wrote any concertos for it, did he? And he wrote concertos for everything! Even obsolete instruments!

*makes mental note to learn how to play the arpeggione and the serpent*

I'm going to have to take up the triangle, then.

by **Czardas** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 4:17 am

Post-Unity Terra wrote:
Czardas wrote:
Post-Unity Terra wrote:
Pope Joan wrote:
Post-Unity Terra wrote:Bass guitar, and I'm always vaguely embarassed to mention it when there's people who play 'proper' instruments around.

Most hit songs that can be recognized within their first four beats
and mainly recognizable because of the bass line.

Sure it's just my opinion.

But I'm right.

I'm not talking about guitars or that kind of thing, I mean more like the kind of instruments you'll hear in an orchestra.

If it's any consolation, there are several orchestral pieces with parts for bass guitar.

Although we'll still look down on you because Vivaldi never wrote any concertos for it, did he? And he wrote concertos for everything! Even obsolete instruments!

*makes mental note to learn how to play the arpeggione and the serpent*

I'm going to have to take up the triangle, then.

There's more literature for the electric triangle really.

by **Kanabia** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 5:31 am

Guitar. Keyboard too I guess. Can compose for a few different instruments though.

by **Ocasnia** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:22 am

I can play triangle.
:rofl:

Very silly right now

by **Extreme Ironing** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:23 am

Buffett and Colbert wrote:Oh, does singing count? I do that well enough so that the nearest piece of glass doesn't shatter. :/

Why would it not count? It uses the same physics of vibrating air columns and strings. In fact, I'd argue it's the best musical instrument there is.

by **Allied Governments** » Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:25 am

Violin, it's like a guitar, only it won't get you laid.

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