Musicians ahem!

[Taliesin]

So, I know that we have to make it quick before any pirate hijacks this thread, but:
Shea said:

I play harp et cetera

Who of you play any music instruments?

We now know that Shea plays harp. But who else?

We play flute for seventh years, accustic guitar for a few years and recorder as a sortofa hobby.

[Scheherazade]

Until I graduated from the High School I played the flute and mandolin but haven't touched either since then... unfortunately.

PS: Not telling you how long ago that was!

[Jester]

i've had a flute for a very long time and occasionally once in a blue moon ill get it out and dust it off to play.... i tried learning to play the mandolin, my dad plays the mandolin and even had that for a while but no teacher...

[subterranean]

i used to play recorder when i was in elementary school...

nothing fancy or cool about it...i realized that..

[ajoe]

Recorder eh? I still play it nowadays... occasionally... It lies with my harmonica and my pianica... I used to play electone, but they don't have it here in the U.S.

[Scheherazade]

what is an electone?

[ajoe]

A Japan product that apparently circulates only in Southeast Asia. It is way cooler than a piano or an organ. You can insert a floppy disk and you can have this whole arrangement and stuff. It sure takes some coordination, though. You need all hands and legsto play this thing. :^|

[mono]

I play the following fluently: guitar, bass, trumpet, piano, harmonica, hand percussion, and mandolin.
(product of a boring childhood)

[ajoe]

Product of a boring childhood? Not product of competitive parents?

[mono]

Product of a boring childhood? Not product of competitive parents?

No, I taught myself with books and videos on all of the instruments I know, except the piano and trumpet. But, anyway, I feel immodest now.

[kushi]

i used to play the recorder in elementary (i vividly remember learning how to play Colors of the Wind for some thing we had hehe), played the sax for about 3 years..and then clarinet for a year..and i know how to play this intrument called a "harmonium" (it's like a piano..but you use hand to play the keys)....

[Shea]

I've done the same as you mono, I've played piano, guitar, clarinet, recorder, flute, cello, and tinwhistle. Give me a book and an instrument an I can teach myself anything. But of all those instruments I get the most enjoyment from the harp (which I taught myself as well) and it's the only one that I've really excelled at. I've just about mastered Pachelbel's Canon and a few really tough Irish jigs.

Now it's my turn to feel immodest, but really, it's easy to teach yourself particularly if you already know how to read music.

[Taliesin]

The thing is - how do you get your hands on all of those instruments - most instruments (with the possible exeption of the triangle) are expensive.

[Shea]

I got lucky, my mom played a lot of those insturments or I borrowed others from friends. But I think that many music stores rent instruments. It could be worth the money to try out many different ones. It took me a while before I found that my best skill was with the harp. (that happened to be an out-of-the-blue christmas present though. I still have no idea why).

[seeker]

i play gitar and the bamboo flute, which i feel has a much more natural and harmonious feel than the metal flute.

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