Do you play a musical instrument?

[mysteryowl]

I enjoy creating rhythms on my Djembe. It is a great stress reliever and meditative.

The flute comes out every December. I read music, yet the Christmas songs are melodies I know, so I am more successful playing.

[elleng]

1. No, sorry, 'just' utube and TCM.

[mopinko]

3. working on piano

not very hard, tho.
been taking voice lessons for about a year now. if i practiced the piano as often as i used my voice, i might not be hopeless.
need to do it, tho. if i cant play when i sing, i cant keep on key. i'm not bad, but i'd be a lot better of i worked at it at.all.

have a great guitar, too. mostly i just caress and thump it.

def a thing i'm planning to do in my old age.

[mysteryowl]

5. Nice, you definately have a fair amount of intention in it.

[elleng]

6. I quit 'working' on piano in 6th grade,

so Dad and brother Billy had our baby grand all to themselves; Billy now has it @ his house in Iowa.

Participated in high school choral groups, and still sing those songs.

[Deuxcents]

4. No, sorry

I play Sirus and discs and sometimes YT for music. My Bose helps 😎

[Hoyt]

7. Have a Djembe too. Loved it until head split. Play guitar, mandola,

and Bouzouki, and a few others. Keyboards can be nice for people who want to get into music.

Don’t play most of my instruments well, but I can fool people for 10 seconds. So, I play for enjoyment. Occasionally, record something to learn from. Often play while sorta watching TV.

Djembes are really cool. One can get so many sounds out of it. I need to get a new head. It’s on my list.

Flute is cool. I keep looking at Irish whistles or Native American flutes.

Play on.

[mysteryowl]

9. I have been to drum jams, what a blast!

We also brought the drummer from Saturday Night Live, Valerie Naranjo, to our town for a concert by her, and then a workshop the next day. It was so great!

She plays many percussion instruments. The Gyil is an African indigenous instrument she has mastered.

[woodsprite]

8. I sing in a choral group and can plunk out songs on my piano (even slooowly use 2 hands),

Oh, I also am teaching myself the Kalimba. The whole family does duet, trio, and quartets at times, and all 4 of us play handbells.

[mysteryowl]

10. Terrific!

It is so enriching to generate music from ones own efforts.

[NJCher]

11. I don't play much anymore

but I had an extensive musical education as a kid. I started learning piano when I was barely five years old. I learned a multi-keyboard and foot pedal church organ and was a church organist by the time I was 11. I also played the carillons, which are church bells.

While in school I learned bassoon and sax.

I tried drums but was terrible at at it.

[sdfernando]

12. Several actually...

Primarily Flute and Piccolo with some Sax and a little Clarinet thrown in….so basically a reed player…..single reed that is….no Oboe and Bassoon.

[Ziggysmom]

13. Oboe. Wish I were this good! My fav piece of music.

[JohnSJ]

14. Been playing the piano since I was 7. The classics from all periods

It has helped me get through some challenging times

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

15. Many decades ago I took violin lessons at my school. For about two years. Alas, I was not very

good, but I did okay.

Some decades later I took piano lessons, along with my two young sons. It was a wonderful experience. I have almost no ability to assess that time, but I will say it was very enlightening and interesting.

While taking piano lessons is not for everyone, I'm glad for my experience with them.

[frogmarch]

16. I started with piano when I was 6

then on to clarinet, and as an adult I play, or used to before my hands got too shaky, Celtic harp, mountain dulcimer, hammer dulcimer, violin, and cello. For hammer dulcimer, I tape the hammers to my hands to keep the hammers from flying away, but oh, well, it works. I can still play my Irish whistles with no problem, and I especially love my low D whistle.

[DFW]

17. Several. Music was alway a big part of my life

My main instrument is the 12 string guitar. The ultimate master is Leo Kottke, though I will never attain his level:

Leo is no slouch on the 6 string, either:

But on the 12 string, he is the master:

As for me, along with guitars, I also play bass, keyboards, Balalaika and a few sizes of the Balkan Tambouritsa family.

[Iggo]

18. Guitar and bass for the past 37 years. Saxophone, alto and tenor, from 7th thru 12th grade.

[littlemissmartypants]

19. Djembe, Latin cow bell and tambourine, baby.....

[gratuitous]

20. Reasonable people differ

I think I can play guitar; others disagree.

[Moebym]

21. I took piano lessons from approx. age 5 until age 12 or 13

and played the clarinet through middle and high school.

I've also dabbled in a few stringed instruments, but never got beyond learning to play a few scales.

[Tikki]

22. Electric Bass..

At this time I have a solid body Gretsch.

And an Acoustic Bass Amp.


Tikki

[Amy_Jones_90]

23. My guitar

My guitar has been a lifesaver during the pandemic!

[Brother Buzz]

24. I play a saw

Not very well, but if I can whistle a tune I can knock it out on a saw.

Note: I play a vintage conventional saw with a violin bow so I'm very limited in my range. Snagging a genuine musical saw and a cello bow is on my bucket list.

[TomSlick]

25. I play at the trombone.

Whether I can really play is open to debate.

[sakabatou]

26. I'm a pianist.

[3catwoman3]

27. Piano, flute/piccolo and handbells.

I only play my piano (a Gulbransen 1918 upright grand player piano) and flute when I am home by myself, so no one can hear my mistakes.

When I play my flute, my female tuxie cat shows up, meowing loudly. I can't tell if she is trying to sing along or squawking at me to stop. She does the same thing when I sing.

I used to know enough chords on the guitar to play a few folk songs.

[canetoad]

28. Sort of....

[CottonBear]

29. LMAO!

I’m sending that Far Side to my banjo playing musician friends!

[OriginalGeek]

30. I wish

There was a piano in our house and I could have learned but I hated practicing so never did it.

at 57 I now regret that I can't read music or play anything.