What instruments do you play?

[kenny]

I play guitar, James Taylor type stuff.

I play piano, Chopin, Mozart and Bach are my favorites.

 

[anchor31]

I played the trumpet for 10 years. It's been 3 years since I stopped now, but I'm hopeful that I will be able to take it up again as a hobby.

 

[Iowa Lizzy]

I play piano, poorly.

 

[Amethyste]

I play the harp and the cello. Not really that well anymore.

I play vocal cords I love singing

 

[ksinger]

I sing. Does that count? Probably not.

 

[RhubarbPie]

I'm a professional violinist.

 

[Dancing Fire]

I play guitar, James Taylor type stuff.

I play piano, Chopin, Mozart and Bach are my favorites.

wanna hear you play "you got a friend"

 

[yssie]

piano, violin, can make my way 'round alto clef and a viola though nowhere near as comfortably.

 

[kittybean]

I play piano, flute, and love to sing.

 

[Tuckins1]

I actually took lessons/learned how to play the clarinet and violin. (I haven't played the violin in ages, and the clarinet- I could probably still play if I picked one up.) I have self taught myself to play the piano and guitar, although nothing more than just a little tune here or there. I can play instruments by ear once I play with them and figure out how they work.

 

[ChloeTheGreat]

Played classical piano for 8 years, but haven't played anything in quite a while. Bach was always my fave, followed closely by Mozart.

I also played the Cello in middle school orchestra and was really bad at it. Mostly because I refused to practice.

 

[elrohwen]

I played the cello for over 10 years. I really haven't played much recently. I've taken it back up off and on, but it's hard to get into it without lessons to keep me moving. I adore the cello though and I know I'll always play it more or less. It's tough now because I still have the muscle memory, but I've lost the muscle tone and the pads on my fingers, so I can't play nearly as long or fast (or as in tune) as I used to.

 

[Jennifer W]

Bassoon. My neighbours hate me.

 

[Madam Bijoux]

The radio and the CD player.

 

[NewEnglandLady]

The radio and the CD player.

Ha! This made me laugh out loud!

I played the clarinet in junior high and high school. After high school I planned to be a music major, but I wasn't really that good. A neighboring farmer gave me a flute in exchange for a homemade apple pie, but my lips are shaped in a way that makes it difficult to play. I also took up the violin in high school, but hated starting over with a new instrument. I would have started on a stringed instrument, but our school was too poor for an orchestra. I still toy with the idea of taking cello lessons.

 

[elrohwen]

NEL, do it! The cello is the best!

I've thought about taking lessons on a new instrument, but I realize that I just don't have the patience to start over with something new. I barely have the patience to get up to speed again on an instrument I know like the back of my hand (I'm also very impatient with myself when I try to get back into horse back riding - I can remember what it was like for things to come naturally and it's so frustrating for it to be so hard now). Maybe someday I'll learn to go easy on myself and take up something like guitar or piano.

 

[MustangGal]

Flute, alto and baritone sax. I used to play piano, but stopped for a while and now just cannot read the bass clef!

 

[Rockdiamond]

I started on double bass, then to electric bass, then guitar. I was a professional guitar player by age 15- when I first got into the diamond business it was really to earn money to buy more guitars....

As time went on my two professions reversed their importance in my life- but I've never given up playing professionally.
I started playing an instrument called "Pedal Steel Guitar" about 15 years back. Guitar players are like poop- seems like everywhere you turn, there's a guitar player- pedal steel? Quite hard to find... meaning more available gigs.

Playing the steel guitar I did some touring with a man named Vince Welnick from 2001 until his untimely death in 2006. We played in concert halls, festivals, and even bars from Maine to Key West- and as far west as Missouri.
After we lost Vince the tours fell by the wayside- my band still goes out, but I can't go ( I'm a new dad)
Nowadays I play local bars around NYC and vicinity....maybe once a month.

Kenny- I noticed some high quality microphones in a photo of your piano- do you record your playing?