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Beat Writer
Posts: 160
Joined: 6 Sep 2008

Trombone for 8. Jazz and ska bands ftw!

Pulitzer Laureate
Posts: 928
Joined: 29 Jun 2008

I played piano a while ago but never practised it. I play both kinds of guitar but not in a practising kind of way. I just like to make some music and see if it fits my moment. I did try the trumpet for a while but it was meh.

Oh, and the kazoo.

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 2770
Joined: 13 Feb 2008

I've played trombone, bass, and drums. None of them really stuck. Drums was the most fun, but I didn't have a few spare thousand dollars lying around to spend.

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1663
Joined: 15 Oct 2008

Vorpals:
I've played guitar for about two years now and piano for a bit less than a year.

The funny part is that I'm left-handed, but I play right-handed guitar.

Lefty guitar is too awkward to play.

Not really, a lot of lefty's play right handed.

OT:Saxophone(alto)2 years, (tenor)2 years
Guitar:sort of, but fail miserbly
bass: on and off for 4 years

Beat Writer
Posts: 166
Joined: 30 Aug 2008

Koans, discreet mind games, utterconfusion, KOANS, that is as i/he/us will/have do/done/etique

these are my tools of mass phsychosis, along with horrible spelling.

Press Junketeer
Posts: 488
Joined: 19 Aug 2008

Piano: 12-ish years
Percussion/Drums: 4 years
Clarinet: 3 years (no longer learn)
Guitar: 2-ish years, self taught. Skills from that also allow me to play bass.

Copy Clerk
Posts: 71
Joined: 13 Jan 2008

I've been playing bass for about three years now and trombone for seven I think. I also used to play the piano and I sorta remember some stuff on it, but not a lot.

Muckraker
Posts: 338
Joined: 13 Dec 2008

Guitar - 2 years. Self taught from day one.
Trombone - 7 years. Class taught.
Piano - 3 years. Lesson taught.
Violin - 8 years. Self taught, took some lessons which I hated. I haven't picked it up in a while.

I currently play trombone for my school's Jazz band.

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 2806
Joined: 19 Sep 2008

I play a 4 and 1/2 string banjo.

I have played it in a metal band.

That is all you need to know.

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 2806
Joined: 19 Sep 2008

Vorpals:
I've played guitar for about two years now and piano for a bit less than a year.

The funny part is that I'm left-handed, but I play right-handed guitar.
Lefty guitar is too awkward to play.

I know many lefties who play the standard guitar. Actually I've only known ONE person who didn't.

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1598
Joined: 13 Oct 2008

Wow, am I the only guy who spins records?

Paperboy
Posts: 13
Joined: 5 Sep 2008

I play the bass 3 years
Drum set 4 years
Timpani 2 years
Assorted Percussion 4 years

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 2828
Joined: 20 Jul 2008

Clarinet for as long as I can remember, not bad with it but not great.

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 2453
Joined: 18 Sep 2008

this one time, at band camp, i made a reference to an old movie.

mostly, i'm on my bitchin' recorder.

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1803
Joined: 8 Nov 2008

Bass 2 months, I am actually pretty good considering how long I have been playing.

On the Record
Posts: 5834
Joined: 29 Jun 2004

Bass Clarinet(9 Years)
Contra-Bass Clarinet(3 years)
Baritone Sax.(3 years)
Tenor Sax.(4 years)
Alto Sax.(4 years)
Clarinet(9 years)
Trumpet(1 year or less)
Euphonium(1 year or less)
Sousaphone (1 year or less)
Guitar(5+ years...)
Bass Guitar(1 year or less)
Piano(less than 1 year)

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 2849
Joined: 8 Jul 2008

I've been playing the Ocarina for nearly a year now, I'm getting one with a much bigger octave range for Christmas. ^_^

This thingie:

http://www.focalink.com.tw/product/Triple.jpg

I played the Cello for three years and I've started picking it up again, I bought a Harmonica a long time ago and I've finally figured out how to play single notes, I want to learn the Piano but I can't play two melodies at once... I want to play Ukulele. Oh and I want to learn how to drum.

So yeah, a Jack of All Trades but a master of none...

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1445
Joined: 26 Mar 2008

Used to play the Ocarina yet failed epically at it. Now i just eat pizza.

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 2583
Joined: 27 Sep 2008

I've played the piano since I was four, although I'm a little rusty , I've played the flute for 10 years.
I also play tenor recorder, sing, and I'm currently collecting guitar-type instruments, although I'm not very good at playing them.

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1065
Joined: 27 Aug 2008

Bout the 4th time I've seen this thread so meh, voice and Ocarina.

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 2325
Joined: 5 Nov 2008

Guitar.

Infamous Scribbler
Posts: 507
Joined: 2 Jul 2008

I play guitar for about 9 months. I want to play bass, but I still need to work on the guitar. Itīs really coming allong though.

Infamous Scribbler
Posts: 621
Joined: 21 Aug 2008

I play sax, flute, piano and I sing.

Copy Clerk
Posts: 60
Joined: 10 Dec 2008

Just piano. Been teaching myself out of a book for a few months now. A few years ago, I took guitar lessons for seven months or so, but the instructor's teaching style didn't really mesh with me. I love teaching myself so much more, because I can go completely at my own pace, and practicing doesn't feel like such a chore.

Beat Writer
Posts: 209
Joined: 25 Sep 2008

Classical and electric guitar.

Muckraker
Posts: 320
Joined: 20 Dec 2007

Guitar on and off for a year

Muckraker
Posts: 247
Joined: 21 Feb 2008

jim_doki:
Guitar = 8 years (or so). I play an Epiphone dot and a Fender Telecaster through a Vox AC30cc2

Bass = I started playing bass out of necessity, on and off for about 5 years. I dont have a bass at the moment

Harmonica = 2 years. I got one for Christmas one year. i love it, it's awesome. I have a whole set of different keys now

ukulele = about 2 months. I bought it on a whim. its cool sounding and not that much more difficult to play than guitar

Drums = NEXT. im gonna get an electronic drum kit when i can afford it and learn to play

i can also sing

Are you by any chance Dave Grohl?

Oh, and I play Air Guitar. Going to learn the Bass though.

Pulitzer Laureate
Posts: 731
Joined: 16 Jul 2008

Bagpipes = 7 years

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1922
Joined: 31 Jan 2008

Bass for almost 3 years and its my major at uni.

Im alright.

Beat Writer
Posts: 159
Joined: 17 Jan 2008

I play bass and wish i could play guitar but those fucking twisted chords are killing me. The sad thing in bass is that its harder to compose interesting music. I also play drums and they are pretty fun too but it has the same problem as bass.

Pulitzer Laureate
Posts: 800
Joined: 25 Nov 2008

I played the trombone and baritone back in high school.

Infamous Scribbler
Posts: 578
Joined: 21 Oct 2008

I've played the Bass Clarinet for three years and counting.

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1922
Joined: 31 Jan 2008

Bocca:
I play bass and wish i could play guitar but those fucking twisted chords are killing me. The sad thing in bass is that its harder to compose interesting music. I also play drums and they are pretty fun too but it has the same problem as bass.

Harder but so so so much more rewarding =D

Gone Gonzo
Posts: 1577
Joined: 6 Jun 2008

mokes310:
Wow, am I the only guy who spins records?

No, I have spent a fair bit of time mixing and DJing, but I wouldn't call it playing an instrument.

I tried to learn how to play the guitar when I was about 14 but it was all a bit too much effort. In the end I got a computer with a stack of music programmes and started making hardcore techno instead.

Copy Clerk
Posts: 110
Joined: 19 Dec 2008

Never had a music lesson & failed arts in general, but have been playing guitar on and off for about 8 years. Smashed up my wrist in an accident a couple of years back , and I'm pretty much back to square one.

Played around on some decks I borrowed from a mate, turns out I'm a natural when it comes to mixing, but couldn't afford the kit.

Looking at picking up either drums or bass after I've finished my masters.

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