Can you Play Musical instruments ?

[Lawyer105]

It's been a while since I was seriously active in the music scene, but I play piano, pipe organ, trumpet and violin.

I'm also a classically trained vocalist, and can get by (but am by no means an expert) on acoustic guitar, most of the recorder family and most of the classical percussion family.

I've tried (and failed miserably) to learn the flute. Perhaps I'll give cello a go next time I'm bored!

 

[Jolly Co-operator]

Currently I play the drums, guitar, ukulele, mandolin, saxophone, and ocarina.

 

[iamjustin]

i only played piano. i have difficulties on learning guitar or any other instrument.

 

[kyz2]

I can play Piano and Guitar ..

 

[Tarcolt]

Guitar teacher here, can play a bit of piano(mum was a piano teacher), not bad on other string instruments, just dont ask me to play a woodwind, that... that doesn't go well.

 

[Extra-Ordinary]

I'm not good at them (considering I've been out of practice for years and wasn't good at them before anyway) but I can kind of play Harmonica and drums.
I've started learning guitar and I think I'm going to have some good luck with this one.

 

[jhelai_shao24]

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Well, I play Guitar since i was in high school up to now but i also want to know how to play Drums because for me it is very EXCITING..

 

[Ten Foot Bunny]

Drums (my first instrument), guitar, bass, piano, and trying to learn the fife right now. It's kind of a pain in the ass.

Oh, and I sing. A LOT.

 

[gritch]

I played clarinet and alto saxophone in band through middle and high school. I always wanted to play the sax but we didn't have money for it when I started so I got to learn to play with my mother's old clarinet. As embarrassing as it was it was probably for the best - clarinet I thought was harder to play and it made my transition to sax so much easier.

I played in a few solo competitions in High school and did all right. I tried to keep it up freshman year in college but classes just started taking up too much time for me. I haven't touched my sax in about 4 years. I wish I had kept with it.

 

[Vigormortis]

Well, technically, I can play:
Guitar
Piano
Drums
French Horn
Flute
Cello
Oboe

That said, I'm not even remotely proficient with any of them. I'm even worse at reading sheet music.

 

[Shamanic Rhythm]

Guitar, piano/keys and bongo drums... although to what extent I can 'play' that last one is debatable. If I'm being honest I would say it's more like making noise. In the past I've played violin and recorder but if you hand me one of those instruments off the cuff I wouldn't know what to do with it anymore.

Makes me sad all these people here who haven't played instruments outside of guitar, bass guitar and percussion. There's so much cooler instruments to learn and listen to than the same three.

This is true, but the more obscure the instrument the more it becomes a) hard to find sheet music, b) hard to find a teacher, c) hard to find someone to jam with. It's all well and good being able to play the dulcimer or the didgeridoo, but if your primary motivation for learning an instrument is being able to play your favourite contemporary songs with or to other people it's not really surprising that most people opt for tubs, bass or gee-tar.

 

[MintSM]

I'm classically trained in piano and only piano... But thanks to the magic of MIDI keyboards, I can kinda play ever instrument ever. Kinda. Maybe. I'enno.

 

[Mikeyfell]

I can play the drums like a ************, but I can't read music... so I'm entirely useless.

 

[MintSM]

I can play the drums like a ************, but I can't read music... so I'm entirely useless.

Aw, don't say that.

BTW, I don't know too much about playing drums, but I thought drums didn't really need sheet music or liner notes.

 

[prowll]

Just got my old Korg keyboard out of storage, and restoring it to usable service.

 

[annecosta]

I can play the drums like a ************, but I can't read music... so I'm entirely useless.

The important is you can play drums, you know what? I want to learn how to play drums. Because as of now i can only play piano.

 

[Chemical Alia]

I'm a classical pianist, played the piano for 26 years! I've been trying to take it a lot more seriously again recently. I also played the violin in school and learned the pipe organ in high school. I played that mallet percussion stuff in the marching band but don't really count it because it's just hitting a silly piano with sticks. Also because I hated the marching band.

 

[Zemaddog]

I play electric guitar and the electric organ. The electric organ is a pretty awesome instrument in that it basically turns me into a one man band, with melody, rhythm, bass and drums.

 

[lechat]

define play...
to the untrained ear i'm getting pretty impressive with the violin, it's only when you understand the instrument and can read music you see the obvious flaws in my timing and intonation.
i also dabble in the ocarina which pretty much blows everyone's mind cause unless you are a zelda fan wtf is an ocarina.

 

[kirt93]

I have been playing guitar for around 6 years. I prefer electric but, i like to have a dabble on the acoustic from time to time.