What Instrument(s) do you play?

Off topic..for a moment!

Did all famous composers have big hair?

*just a question..lol.

Trumpet for most of my life

Piano for half of my life

I fool around on the harmonica and ukulele for kicks, and I'm pretty decent on them.

And no, George Gershwin had cropped hair

Well, I've played percussion since 7th grade...

...I'm a pretty good mallet player (I prefer vibraphone). I mostly play Jazz, classical, and pop, but I also play anything else I can get my hands on.

Oh, and I'm also okayish at Piano....sort of...

~Kal

I've been playing the flute for about 8 years now and started when i was really young. I can also play the piano up to Grade 8 RCM (it's a musical exam).

PIANO!! and brass thingys... (ie. trumpet and trombone)

and the digireedooo (excuse the spellling)

digireedoo? ;)

It's an Australian aboriginal instrument, essentially a long tube you rasp your lips into. It's very difficult to play. If you've ever heard a didgeridoo (correct spelling) played by someone who knows what they're doing, it's quite amazing and distinctive. I love the sound. We have a didgeridoo in our house, but can any of us play it properly? Heh, I don't think so! Niels, if you can play it decently, why not give us a little sample of the sound?

Yes I think we would all love to hear it ;)

Oh ya definitely

Ok......here is what I play in order of how well I play it.

Oboe

Voice...lol

English Horn

Alto Sax

Clarinet

Bassoon

Piano

French Horn

In how well I play, okay, umm.

Flute

Saxophone (Tenor usually.)

Clarinet

Piano

Trombone

Now, don't think I'm jealous, which I'm not, but there is a difference between playing an instrument one or twice in your life, or five times even, and actually practicing an instrument on a regular basis.

In that case, I'm profficient on piano and trumpet.

I fool around on harmonica and other things, but I don't take any of that stuff seriously.

I highly doubt that those of you who play more than three instruments actually practice each one at least half an hour daily. Or even own that many instruments. Particularly those of completely different families. For example, it's understandable if you play trombone AND can somewhat play tuba and trumpet, or a saxophone player doubling on a clarinet, but to be both proficient, and I mean, performance worthy on a cello, French Horn, Piano, AND flute, is highly unlikely, and if it isn't, it's one of my musical pet peeves when people say than can play virtually anything under the sun.

And by the way, anybody can play the didgereedoo. No offense lol, it's still pretty cool.

I had a music teacher in high school, and I asked him what instrument he played, and he said all of them. He could only really play the drums, piano - chords only, and sing with any decency. He squacked on the sax, and had the grovelliest tinny sound on all of the brass instruments. It's really pretencious. And that's my analytical rant of the day.

Anybody can make a sound on the didgeridoo, true, but to play the instrument well, like the aborigines, actually takes great skill. There's a lot more to it than just making a sound in the thing. I've tried to do what they can do before... it just blows my mind.

Anybody can play a tambourine too. But, to make it SING...

:innocent:

Actually... I used to be a percussionist. I've seen non-percussionists try to play tamborine parts, even triangle parts. It's pretty sad.

Triangle is actually really intense to play. When you gently caress up... EVERYONE knows you fucked up.

Percussion carries a lot of momentum with it, when the player has poor technique or just bad judgement it really brings the whole ensemble down.

Yup. I remember we once played a march and I was on bass drum. In a march the bass drum's pretty much a constant beat... one particular day early in the year I was tired and distracted, and I slacked off for a few seconds on watching the conductor. He stopped the ensemble and called me out on it, thankfully very kindly. To my credit, I never let it happen again.

Tambourine and triangle are fun, and not that hard. I can't do finger rolls on the tambourine, though, but then, only two or three in my section could. The crash cymbals, suspended cymbal, glock, and chimes were my favorite instruments.

I've been playing piano since I was 5 (so, I've been playing 10 years, lol). I absolutely ADORE the piano, though, unfortunately, my respect for the piano only sprung up this year. So I have had many years wasted where I never practiced, dreaded lessons and everything.

I also play the saxaphone, which is a different story. I'd MUCH rather practice piano than saxaphone, so it is rare that I would actually take the energy to take the instrument out of the case, lol. But, as my school band is very small and not very good (I go to a small, all-girls school) I can get away with just sight-reading. :)

Saxophone. SaxOphone. Saxa is salt.

I also didn't like playing the piano at a young age and it is only in recent years that I wish I had payed more attention to it!

Saxophone. SaxOphone. Saxa is salt.

:blush:

I'm a jazz trombonist...

I play quite a few instruments.

My first love, though not the first I played is alto saxophone. I picked it up a little while ago and instantaneously fell in love with it. I didn't expect to much from it, but yeah I found a lot...

What I've been playing for the longest is the trumpet, I like the instrument, but I know it's not the one for me. Soon after that I picked up the clarinet, which is pretty fun. Right now I'm learning piano, slowly, but surely. I have to, you know.

I'm saving up for a bassoon, and hope to learn it soon, I know it's not easy but I have a profound interest in it... Someday I'd like to learn the other double reeds as well, though. Oboe is a pretty instrument...

Yeah, so I mainly play trumpet, clarinet, and alto saxophone.

for some years i studied violin and piano before that

i had a brief rebellious period as a teen when i abandoned those and picked up the electric guitar

now i have retaken both very nicely

but now my mouth waters at the idea of learning the cello

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I understand what you mean. People will classify you base on your strongest and more prevalent guitar style. Mine is also jazz on an electric and flamenco on the classical.

Let's see, I played Tenor Sax in marching band this year, I'm playing Baritone Sax in Concert Band this year, and I'm trying out for Jazz Band for Alto Saxophone(I'm pretty good too, helluva lot better than I was last year). I played guitar for a while, but never really got good at, however I am pretty good at jazz and blues with Bass Guitar.