What instrumens do you play?

Piano! I played it for about 6 years now, and I can play a few songs! I wanted to play violin, but I couldn't since we didn't have enough money to buy one so I could practise.

 

I used to play cello middle school through high school. I didn't really continue into college due to other commitments.

 

Piano since I was around 8, would like to learn saxophone or cello someday.

 

I took piano lessons for 5 or 6 years when I was younger. I don't play quite as much anymore. I'm mostly just a singer now.

 

I play nothing now. I think I can remember how to find "C" on a piano.

In the past:

• 4-5 grade I was in the school choir. Highlight: the concert we sung "What Should We Do With the Drunken Sailor?" I bet that one would not fly in today's world. Nor would the Christmas songs, for that matter.
• In 6th grade, the school did some downsizing. The music teacher vanished, and got replaced by The Wicked Witch. I lost interest in choir before it even started that year.
• From 6th grade to early high school, I played trombone in the band. I was never great. Except for one time, I was never anywhere near first chair. (As my 8th grade teacher joked, I was first chair from the cabinet.) Of course, the sections were small--often only 3 guys. But I was not the greatest with practicing, and my 8th grade teacher frankly thought the trombone was a bad match for me. (Getting the slide right. He felt something where you hit a key, and get the right note more or less automatically would have been better. If he'd stayed another year, he planned to move me to the baritone horn.)
• 7th grade brought a music class, during which we learned a little piano. We never got any further than "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
• I played a bit with the recorder maybe about 10 years ago, but never got very far.

 

guitar, acoustic, electric

 

I am jealous of all the piano players on here, it's a great thing to learn- so many songs and arrangements are done for piano that you never have a shortage of music!
I play violin- very addicted to it, though getting that rich full vibrato is quite beyond me. I am going to name my instrument once I buy my own instead of rent
Hey, and Sherlock Holmes played violin, so that's enough incentive for me to continue
:eusa_booh

 

Supposedly it's not hard to learn "popular" piano, if that helps. One person has even taught a system where one uses "cheat" books and only really learns the right hand, and the left hand just does chords. I can't remember his name, but he has appeared on PBS specials, and has written a book as I recall.

Classical piano, on the other hand, is "just" a bit more difficult. I remember watching one pianist once whose hands were flying all over the place....

As long as one doesn't sound like this (violin starts at about 1:12): The Jack Benny Show - Violin Lesson - YouTube

 

As long as one doesn't sound like this (violin starts at about 1:12): The Jack Benny Show - Violin Lesson - YouTube[/QUOTE]

He has such talent! :lol:

The left-hand chord playing is about all I can do, + reading bass clef is also very slow. I am in awe of those pianists whose fingers go every which way, and on occasion, they cross their left arm over their right during a piece while maintaining form.

 

I play the trombone, baritone, tuba and handbells.

 

I was a flute boy from 6-8th grade. We were often made fun of. Slowly we dropped like flies out of band. Why do guys get picked on for playing the flute?

Just FYI, I tried for the trumpet but was told I did not have the lips for it, hence the flute

 

That's interesting. I see more people told they dont have the lips for flute!

 

I used to play guitar somewhat sporadically but I've kind of dropped off recently with school and everything.

I might get back into it though, work a little bit to get to know it better (I can play just fine, memorize scales/keys/chords and all but I can't read music; It would be benifical if I could get to that point).

 

The funny thing was that Jack Benny was supposed to have been a decent violinist. It was one of those cases of you have to be good to sound so bad.

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I've wondered about this one, too.

 

Piano, Tenori-on, Monome. I find acoustic instruments incredibly boring. I also play hang and steel drum.

 

I sing and write songs with my ukulele, which has been a really great outlet. A friend of the family has a studio so I might get to record an EP over the summer which is really exciting I also dabble with piano (my dad's a pianist) and I've been playing violin since I was 5 but I don't practice nearly as much as I should

 

I did guitar for 4 years but found it boring
then did sax for a year but found it boring/hard work
a now for the past year have been doing piano

so can more or less play them all

(I also did violin when I was like 5 so .... quit when started using the bow lol) (!)

 

Voice, Guitar, Drums, Bass, Clarinet, Saxaphone, and a little bit of Piano/Keyboards/Synthesizers, Trumpet, Violin, and Ukulele (I'm still learning every instrument though. There's always something new to be learned!)

 

Alto Sax, but not in a while...

I'd like to learn guitar or ukulele

 

I play guitar and piano and i just got a ukulele for my birthday and I'm attempting to learn that too I also sing and do a lot of cafe gigs and stuff