Musical Mahem!!! - UBB.Developers

Real simple...

What musical instruments do you play, or have played in the past.
For those wishing to elaborate, feel free to discuss your instruments.
For those who have aspirations, feel free to discuss what you want to play, or an instrument you wish to own.

I play piano, guitar, bass (although none very well). Own a 4-string elec. bass, an Ovation acous/elec (both are leftys). and a Yamaha keyboard. I'd like to get a nice upright piano for my living room next.

In elementary school I played the recorder.

I can still play a mean "Twinkle, twinkle little star".

i've been playing guitar for 36 years, and right now I have an Ovation super shallow bowl (purple sunburst) and a mahogony Les Paul. I play anything with strings or keys and a few horns and woodwinds. I'm looking for a good midi controller right now but I haven't really settled on one that has the right action, full keyboard and will wtill fit in my back computer room.

Erm... Piano/Keyboard...

I don't play hardly anything anymore, but I used to take lessons for lots of stuff. I'm terrible at most of it now, for lack of practice, but I suppose if I did a few quick refresher courses I could probably do something.

- 8 years of piano lessons. (I actually got pretty good at that.)
- 1 year of guitar lessons. (The teacher was, unfortunately, not very good, so I never really went far with it.)
- 4 years of flute in the elementary/middle school band. (f00.)
- 3 years of voice lessons. (I still sing, and I'm still good at it, or so people tell me. I don't really think so myself.)

---Jamin

I think the Flute is one of the coolest instruments on the planet, but the least efficient with airflow. I tried but I didn't have the lung power.

I play the trombone, been doing it for 3 years... I'm in the top band now in 7th grade, we auditioned and were accepted to play at Disneyland, and my friend's choire group is going 4 days after us to sing. Heh.

Good times.

I play two decks, a mixer and a laptop with loads of mp3's of not yet out on vinyl tunes!(progressive, hard house, trance and tribal)

Oh and apparently I can play a lady like a musical instrument but that's another story

Well in Music Class in Primary school I played Recorder and Keyboard. In Music Class in High School (Current) I usually just play keyboard.

been playing the piano (classical) for almost 8 years now

and I love it

excluding myself I'm seeing a pattern here

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Originally posted by Wando™:
Oh and apparently I can play a lady like a musical instrument...

Which one, the kazoo? Heheh, j/k!

I play the doumbek, aka the darbouka, which is a traditional middle eastern drum often played to accompany belly dancing. It's a really fun drum, has a huge range of tones. Very few of the rhythms are 4/4. Been playing for about 10 years now.

Wow if flies by fast!

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Originally posted by scats:
Very few of the rhythms are 4/4.

What are they, then? 5/4?

acoustic guitar and flute

i cant play them anymore though hehe. it was fun

Prolly more like 6/8

I've been playing trumpet about 26 years... still not very well (I don't apply myself the time it takes to practice like I should). I do play ok tho and play in a couple bands when I'm not singing back-up. I played a few sports in HS due to my size, but was more a band/choir nerd. Choir Prez Junior and Senior year. All-Region Choir a few times and qualified for All-State my senior year, tho I never went cuz I just didn't have the time between work/school/football/everything else to work that level of music (Russian/Italian/etc - I had to learn how to even pronounce the words before I sang a note of it

) up well enough to be comfortable singing it with so many other extremely good singers. I still kick myself for not doing it.

I have a desire to learn how to play that acoustic guitar sitting a few feet from me cuz I can't play trumpet and sing at the same time, but mainly just cuz it's cool...

I've taken a few piano lessons and a couple years or so of private voice lessons.

I have also been known to sing at a local coffee bar/internet cafe that has some great music on the weekends. backup... always singing backup

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What are they, then? 5/4?

Sure! Pick one!

3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 ... over 4 or 8.

Right now I'm happily stuck on an Armenian rhythm called "Georgina" that's in 10/4. (3-2-2-3)

But that sounds kinda snotty and I don't mean it to be. I've developed some skill after 10 years, but it's only now that I'm emerging from my shyness enough to play in front of a group. I'm leading a "drum circle", even. Heheh.

Well, I play the drums. And I still do, the band I was in split so yea. I play solo at the moment.

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Originally posted by Tech-Ni-Kal:
Well, I play the drums.

How many pieces and what kind of set do you have?