What instrument(s) do ya play?

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Posted by UFOz8MyGoat on March 12, 2009 at 11:05 AM

ok i play brass Bb trumpet,baritone, lookin into something like a french horn but not so um sissy looking like the concert kind? lol Thinking about learning sax ........ learning more about music,keys,transposing fun stuff I'll post some stuff to help others if the interest arises =)

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Reply by UFOz8MyGoat on March 12, 2009 at 11:09 AM

so I can read music ya I have not played since 94 ... Now i'm figuring out how to play with a band that half of them cannot read music lol They just jam and want me to kick in some solos off the top of my head??? I'm buying a mute today ... really wish i had a cornet for the more bluesey sound... I have 2 mouth pieces a 7c and really old olas 3 ... I've been playing for like a week lol with a working trumpet that I got from some friends. Mine is in sad shape =/ it's really old and going to cost some money to fix

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Reply by UFOz8MyGoat on March 12, 2009 at 11:10 AM

www.horntabs.net if you are interested in transposing and learning this subject of playing / writing music in different keys

Reply by CheekylilvixenPATRON on March 12, 2009 at 11:22 AM

Cheekylilvixen feliz dia de dar gracias! ~ happy thanksgiving! :)

I haven't played in a few years myself but hope to return in the fall to school to finish what I started.

I play Bb/Eb/Bass Clarinets,Alto/Tenor/Bari Sax's,Oboe,english horn,basoon, A little trumpet and Baritone( euphonium), piano, keyboards, drums and still learning to play guitar.

I can't play flute for the life of me! But I will continue to try.

Yea, those that can play without reading music, I envy them! My dad being one of them. I used to play without music before I got into band and orchestra. I started playing keyboards when I was 4yo and played by ear. Then when I started reading music, I would go back and buy the piano music sheets to see if I had it right and I did. I would giggle like it was christmas morning. I can still do it but just not as into it as I was when I was younger. Guess life has taken it's toll on me and my interest have now shifted to singing. My college voice instructor had some to do with that. I knew I could sing but never thought about getting into it other than singing in the shower LOL. She changed my mind, so I am between becoming a band director or a choir director. Since, I can't sing cus of illness at the moment, am leaning to band/orchestra.

Ok, enough chit chat LOL. Good luck with your music endeavors. I am at the moment looking into buying me a Loree Oboe, which cost over $3000 but it is one of the best brands out there. Like I said, Good l uck!!! :)

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Reply by UFOz8MyGoat on March 12, 2009 at 3:44 PM

Yea I am wanting to play something like a bari sax So that our lead guitarist doesn't have to play 'the mule' The stand up Bass that at the moment is missing 3 strings from a dunk guy falling on it lol We have too many instruments and not enough players... going to have to play a back track or something =/ I should have never stopped playing .. In chior the music reading thing helps alot! repeats and codas can loose some people

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Reply by Arizonagal on March 12, 2009 at 5:16 PM

I taught myself how to play the guitar when I was about 17. And it has been replaced by the karaoke machine. lol

Reply by flowerfaceGOLD on March 13, 2009 at 9:25 AM

Haven't played them for a while but flute and piano. I played the oboe for a while but it made my mouth hurt :s :D

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Reply by KatieSITE-ADMIN on March 13, 2009 at 10:08 AM

Katie > have a break....have a kit-kat :)

I play Piano/Flute/Harp/Violin/Guitar...and i dabble with others.... :)

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Reply by BrazenRaisinGOLD on March 14, 2009 at 10:46 AM

Throw just about anything at me and sooner or later I usually figure out how to play it. Self taught on guitar, though I did take a class on it in highschool. Didn't do me much good though. I REALLY suck at reading music.
I CAN get through a piece usually, but it takes me forever, and when I put it away and look at it later, it may as well be in Chinese.
I guess I just developed an ear over my lifetime, and seems once I play something I automatically commit it to memory. Lucky for me I guess, but sometimes I'd really like to be able pick up a sheet of music and just start to play.

Reply by mystikangel999GOLD on March 14, 2009 at 11:32 PM

I took piano lessons for two and a half years, until my piano teacher moved away..:-( Not sure how young I was when I took lessons...9,10 ? And I USED to be able to read sheet music really good...

I do have a piano at my mom's house. Just never went to get it. (It's so HEAVY & HUGE and not sure where I'd put it?)

But now, I'm with you Brazen, with reading sheet music. You put too many sharps & flats in there....and I'm lost big time! That works out okay most of the time though...because I pretty much only play and write my own music on my keyboards...

I saved money babysitting, when I was 17 ...and bought my first 12 string acoustic guitar (have since bought 2 more guitars...6 & 12 string electrics...that pretty much...just sit and collect dust...*sigh*)

Unfortunately, I didn't teach myself properly and only use my thumb and second finger when I pick....:-/

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Reply by Mickeymick113GOLD on March 19, 2009 at 10:38 PM

When I was 10 years old, I took up playing the Alto Sax. Then when I was 16, my high school band teacher talked me into not only playing the Baritone Sax for jazz band, but the tenor sax for concert band. At that same time, I took up organ lessons since I had gotten a Casio keyboard for my 15th birthday and wanted to learn how to, more easily, read Bass Clef notes. Up until then, I had only read Treble Clef notes. So, the transition was rough. I gave up the organ lessons and just started to compose my own materials.

Well, here I am....way down the road and have not touched a sax nor a keyboard for sometime. But being that I had sung in front of friends, just for fun, and told that I have a good voice.....I am glad to be able to do the SingSnap karaoke.

Reply by CanadaBlondeGOLD on March 20, 2009 at 7:33 AM

CanadaBlonde ,

Piano / Keyboard, but haven't for quite some time. I still have a keyboard, need to get back at it again :) Usually play stuff by ear if I don't have the music.
My childhood piano teacher also moved away Mystik, and I didn't want a new one; wish I'd stayed with it then though :( Although I took lessons again for about a year as an adult.

Used to know a few chords (3, I think...lol) on the guitar; enough to play a surprising number of songs actually. And have dabbled in others.

UFO, my Son used to also play Baritone while in High School Band, I miss going to hear them now that he's gone to University :(
All the best and have fun with your new endeavors!! :)

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Reply by UFOz8MyGoat on April 4, 2009 at 8:12 AM

thanks for the responses wow many multitalented people here =o gr8 to hear =)
My guitar teacher stiffed my family after one lesson ... think i learned a G chord hehe

Well I've been playing a few songs one is a slow song kind of a ballad where I do some melody and lead on my student grade trumpet lol and another is a rag time style with banjo,trumpet I'm really rusty and am having to look at a chart to follow the guitar amd in a few keys i'm figuring out how to jump tight in. when there is no guitar I can follow the mandolin sometimes because I know it is upside down and kind of the same as guitar string wise ;)

Thanks again for the responses

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Reply by MonkenGOLD on April 5, 2009 at 7:39 AM

I play the piano. (classical music). I took lessons in 8 years but now I am only playing for myself. :)

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Reply by werewoofGOLD on April 7, 2009 at 11:58 PM

I've been trying to learn how to play the guitar for over twenty years...

Maybe someday I'll figure it out...

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Reply by Matchbox21PATRON on June 15, 2009 at 9:47 PM

I Play Guitar. Im 61 yrs old and i started playing when i was 15.............. still playing..............James

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Reply by UFOz8MyGoat on August 2, 2009 at 5:06 AM

I'm learning to play along with guitar and follow a banjo decently... trumpet is in Bb so it takes some getting used to ... keys of C/G are getting easier but i've never really played lead before . Just got back from a folk music festival played with many people around the camp area ... was fun!

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Reply by ThurberMingusGOLD on September 12, 2009 at 8:16 PM

some guitar, banjo and mandolin :)

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Reply by TheAvonLadyGOLD on September 14, 2009 at 7:44 PM

I play Bb Trumpet, Clarinet, Alto Saxaphone, and piano. I tried to learn the guitar, but gave up when my fingers started to hurt. I guess I am just a whimp! LOL. I taught myself how to play the clarinet and the sax. I just love music!!

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Reply by kkiddGOLD on October 2, 2009 at 1:23 PM

self taught guitarist and harmonica player...played drums for a couple years...these days, acoustic guitar...singer songwriter style :)

Reply by fatcatGOLD on October 11, 2009 at 11:49 AM

fatcat my grandaughter willow !

Sel taught guitarist,bass guitar and cannot read music but got a full ride in college anyway for music and couldn't go due to getting married the first time.--he he

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Reply by singen_for_youGOLD on October 28, 2009 at 6:34 AM

DOES AIR GUITAR COUNT????...LOL HAD TO THROW THAT IN....LOL..LOL

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Reply by fatcatGOLD on October 28, 2009 at 10:04 AM

fatcat my grandaughter willow !

yes i would think so! lol

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