Play Any Musical Instruments?

I was made to play the Recorder (happens quite alot in the UK) but I'm not really counting that.
I got to about grade 4-5 with the Alto Saxaphone, then gave up as the teacher had me doing the same pieces of music over and over again.

Seven years clarinet and piano

My sister just started playing Clarinet. That thing is annoying as hell when she's practicing.

10 years of piano. This is me playing Chopin's Op. 10 No. 5 "Black Keys" etude for piano jury last semester.

http://www.mediafire.com/?cu19xcmyzxz

I also play the guitar, keyboard, and drums. Of course, I'm not counting really easy stuff that anyone can just pick up and get good at in no time, like xylophone/recorder etc.

:shock: Woah
That's unreal

I play keyboard/piano, ocarina, and Xylophone. My skills are abit random. I play songs by ear (quite well), but I lack the formal knowlenge of some instruments to play many songs with both hands.

I started playing the piano 11 years ago. haven't had lessons in 4 years though. I kind of lost most of my skills because its not like I could take my piano with me to college. Clarinet I lost interest in after high school mainly because its not meant to be played by itself (I always played it in concert band).



It does suck when you first start playing because musicians crack the reeds all of the time. Also, the lower level reads are thinner and don't produce a full sound.

I study flute in college, and thus play flute well, and can also play the other six hole system instruments(recorder, non-eastern flutes etc.)

I try to play piano as well, but I suck at that, and I sing in my school's early music choir. Somehow I passed the audition even with my zero vocal training.

I don't think xylophone is easy to play well though....easy to play badly, but then most instruments are. Even recorder is hard if you play the hard music(though generally you have to get renaissance music, which is mostly obscure).

Actually, I just listened to that and I need to make a correction. This one was actually recorded with the help of my girlfriend after about one month of study. As you can see from the 'Date Modified', the file was recorded on March 2007, which is obviously only about halfway into Spring semester. The Piano Jury was right before the finals, which is around May-ish. You can tell I'm not very familiar with it yet with the mistakes I made. Also, the song is supposed to be a little faster.

Anyway, it's true that it's hard to play anything well. What I meant was, however, that certain instruments are much, much harder to become good at than others. For example, violin and piano are much, much more difficult to become good at than guitar or the drums. Comparing the recorder to something like the piano is like comparing basic arithmetic to calculus.

But as a musician, it's just something we have to live with. And there's nothing quite like jamming in a band. It's one of the most wonderful things in life.

Haha, I know what you mean. My brother played the clarinet last year, it was annoying enough for me to want to shove it up his...

Well, I play piano. I'm not that good, I can't read the notes right off. I usually write the corresponding key on top of the note, makes it easier for me to play songs.

I've gone to piano school for 4 years a long time ago. What about you guys, are you talented with musical instruments? (Your penis is not a musical instrument)

is harmonica counted? if yes, then yes, i play an instrument.
ah, i almost forgot, i play guitar too. But i wouldn't say that i talented on it, not really sucks, not really brilliant

You don't need to be talented, just so that you know how to play at least one piece of music. Like for me, I wasn't very good on the piano but my parents made me stay in that piano school. So yeah, if you can play one piece its good enough. Harmonica's count too.

Thanks for the encouragement. btw, isn't this thread is belong to music forum?

besides the flute i play the same instruments sei plays^^

I really don't like music just because my parents made me play on piano so I hope that it doesn't get moved into the music thread.
P.S. we are not talking about music, but rather the instruments.

Tried playing the guitar, wasnt very good (ok I failed at it) though I can still play a small piece of music I had myself. My hands are quite huge and I can't grab the chords without screwing up...

I had the opposite problem with piano. I started going to that school when I was 6 and my hands were just way too small. I had to cut out some parts of songs.

Used to play the violin.