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Title: Musician?
Post by: MeganJane on July 04, 2006, 03:56:57 am
Are you a musician? Choose your primary instrument, or list all you play.
Sorry if I have not included your instrument on the list!!

As for me, I play piano, guitar, bass, and drums... and sing!


EDIT: Dammit, the last option was "No, but I'd like to learn someday", but for some reason it's not there... sorry!

I fixed that for you. -Will
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Post by: Will on July 04, 2006, 09:10:30 am
Organ rules all.
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Post by: unsungmelody on July 04, 2006, 09:25:19 am
I play piano, violin, guitar, and I also sing. :D

There's so many instruments that I want to learn but don't have time for.
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Post by: whitehouses81680 on July 04, 2006, 10:16:11 am
Trumpet Master and Piano Extraordinaire
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Post by: Gina on July 04, 2006, 12:26:46 pm
Well technically I can only really play clarinet.  But I know a small amount of guitar and am gonna be teaching myself this summer... and well I used to sing... still do... but I used to be in choirs until last year.  Boo.  Miss it.
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Post by: tricia on July 04, 2006, 01:38:41 pm
Guitar, piano, clarinet, trombone
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Post by: JazzyManda on July 04, 2006, 02:08:53 pm
Trumpet (6 years) and Piano (4 years). I guess you could count Flugelhorn too, but I only play that as needed

Amanda
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Post by: MeganJane on July 04, 2006, 10:54:22 pm
Nessaholics are so talented  :D

With all these musical skills between us, we should be playing an a Vanessa Carlton album!  :wink:
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Post by: Manda on July 04, 2006, 11:17:27 pm
I used to be great at the clarinet. :)
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Post by: jessica73 on July 05, 2006, 03:22:48 pm
Whoops, didn't see the multi option.  :oops: >__>

Well, I've been playing drums since I was 9, and along the way I learned some piano, trumpet, and guitar. I'd like to get back into piano someday, but  right now, I'm just into guitar and drums. ^^

I also think I sound somewhat decent, vocally. Better than Beyonce at any rate. XD And I'm planning on picking up bass guitar as well. :)
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Post by: Ryou-Neko on July 05, 2006, 04:14:22 pm
I've played the piano for seven years, the violin for four (I was first chair in my old orchestra class), the guitar for three, and the bass guitar for two. I also do backup vocals.
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Post by: angelheart56 on July 05, 2006, 05:33:14 pm
Violin ( 9 years)
Piano ( Just over a year)
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Post by: MeganJane on July 06, 2006, 12:36:15 am
A minute after I made the poll I realized I should have added trumpet as an option. D'oh!
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Post by: JazzyManda on July 06, 2006, 04:03:41 am
Quote from: "MeganJane"
A minute after I made the poll I realized I should have added trumpet as an option. D'oh!


It's only the coolest instrument buuuut... I forgive you  :wink:

Amanda
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Post by: nosticker on July 06, 2006, 09:38:36 am
I've played drums for a few decades.  I play enough piano, guitar, and bass to get myself in trouble, but I would not call myself a multi-instrumentalist, at least not with people like Stevie Wonder and Prince around.

I do lots of backing vocals with my cover band, but that has more to do with my lead singer being good and my voice kind of blending in, ha ha.



Dan/NS
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Post by: zurielshimon on July 06, 2006, 11:28:26 am
I was something of a jack-of-all when I was in band.  I started on tuba, but I also played baritone, euphonium, clarinet, alto clarinet, and bass clarinet.  I still own a bass clarinet (which I love to play, when I get the chance) and I have a trombone (which I don't play and is for sale).  Other than that, I have played some piano and would really like to get into it, and I wish I had my own drum kit because I know I would kick ass! 8)
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Post by: nat on July 07, 2006, 07:21:30 am
i´m a singer, i´m study to one
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Post by: Ryou-Neko on July 07, 2006, 08:46:11 am
Is a sampler an instrument? lol
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Post by: JazzyManda on July 07, 2006, 08:49:00 am
Quote from: "Ryou-Neko"
Is a sampler an instrument? lol


If it's controlled by a keyboard then yes....

Amanda
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Post by: Ryou-Neko on July 07, 2006, 11:06:43 am
You're Manda!

Yes, I'm aware of that. I play piano and guitar and bass and violin and that's hott as Paris Hilton would say.
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Post by: JazzyManda on July 07, 2006, 12:04:47 pm
Quote from: "Ryou-Neko"
You're Manda!

Yes, I'm aware of that. I play piano and guitar and bass and violin and that's hott as Paris Hilton would say.


Well really I'm Amanda.. but JazzyManda rolls off the tongue better don't you think?

I wish I played violin...

Amanda
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Post by: Ryou-Neko on July 07, 2006, 06:59:57 pm
I wish that you played the violin, too! We have so much in common!!!  :D
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Post by: MeganJane on July 07, 2006, 07:54:44 pm
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I wish I played violin...


Then don't wish, do it! (If/When you have a violin)

Worth a try!
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Post by: Ryou-Neko on July 07, 2006, 10:23:10 pm
If you listen to one thing, my children dears:
It will kill you, kill you well
If you drink the beers

I like 1812 Overture. It's hot.
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Post by: JazzyManda on July 16, 2006, 09:01:24 pm
Quote from: "MeganJane"
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I wish I played violin...


Then don't wish, do it! (If/When you have a violin)

Worth a try!


lol. Find me the time and I'll gladly pick up another instrument.

Amanda
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Post by: MeganJane on July 16, 2006, 09:26:13 pm
^
was just trying to be encouraging...
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Post by: ManuelD on July 17, 2006, 08:31:33 pm
I wanted to learn to play piano(that happened after I heard A Thousand Miles), I even made my parents buy me a keyboard,  but, so far, I can only play Ode to Joy.
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Post by: Ryou-Neko on July 18, 2006, 06:10:18 pm
It's not the hardest instrument to learn, but I'd hurry up if I were you; everyone says that it's easier to learn an instrument when you're young.
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Post by: nosticker on July 21, 2006, 10:20:26 am
Quote from: "MeganJane"
Nessaholics are so talented  :D

With all these musical skills between us, we should be playing an a Vanessa Carlton album!  :wink:


I put together a CD of music played by only Nessa fans a few years ago.
It's intriguing how many VC fans are musicians.

Put me down for drums.  I also have a basic knowledge of music theory as well as guitar/bass/piano, but "multi-instrumentalist" is a term, to me, reserved for people like Prince, Stevie Wonder, and Steve Winwood in that they kill on several different instruments.

I don't fit into that category. :)


Dan/NS
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Post by: Ryou-Neko on July 21, 2006, 01:38:59 pm
Prince is wonderful, and so was 3121. For those of you who don't know, he plays guitar (duh), keyboards, drums, bass, and he does sampling and producing and such.
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Post by: Manny on July 21, 2006, 04:20:23 pm
I play piano since I am 6.. I used to play violin.. but i dont anymore  :cry:
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Post by: Jay_Oh on July 22, 2006, 06:55:52 pm
I played clarinet for 2 years and timpanis in the school concert band for 6 years but now that ive left college I just play the piano and I've been playing that for 13 years.
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Post by: Jessica on August 11, 2006, 03:21:18 pm
i play piano but my first instrument was a flute. then i quit because it made me light headed and so i switched to clarinet, and clarinet soudns like a dying duck so i gave up on woodwinds and went over to the piano, and then eventually i bought a guitar but i just know how to play a few chords and some riffs from popular songs.........


 when i was little my dad would bring me instruments from all the countries he'd travel to while on buisness trips so i have a little japanese drum, a weird costa rican thing that you blow into that was hand painted, and one that looks like a bird.... umm, a native american carved wooden flute... pan pipes from south america, although my favorite gift wasn't a musical instrument, it was a stuffed koala from australia that i've had since i was 5.


i want to learn cello next!!!!
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Post by: Jessica on August 11, 2006, 03:22:08 pm
Quote from: "Jay_Oh"
I played clarinet for 2 years and timpanis in the school concert band for 6 years but now that ive left college I just play the piano and I've been playing that for 13 years.


ooh timpani!! i love that..
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Post by: Ryou-Neko on August 12, 2006, 03:06:05 pm
I love timpani too, they're sexii. Especially in 1812 Overture.
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Post by: JazzyManda on August 13, 2006, 02:15:27 pm
Quote from: "Ryou-Neko"
I love timpani too, they're sexii. Especially in 1812 Overture.


That's a good one. But I think any song by John William has some pretty sweet timpani action... Theme from the Olympics, Star Wars, etc. He loves that instrument... as well as the french horn.

Amanda
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Post by: PianoPlayer12 on August 13, 2006, 03:16:48 pm
i just play the piano :D
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Post by: Ryou-Neko on August 13, 2006, 05:21:56 pm
Then you are aptly named :D
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Post by: zurielshimon on August 13, 2006, 10:57:09 pm
I have a trombone that I never did learn how to play, and I euphonium I never play anymore.  I'm trying to sell both of those right now, actually.
Title: Musician?
Post by: Ryou-Neko on August 14, 2006, 10:28:23 am
What's a euphonium?
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Post by: JazzyManda on August 14, 2006, 12:22:15 pm
Quote from: "Ryou-Neko"
What's a euphonium?


It's a smaller form of a baritone

Amanda
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Post by: zurielshimon on August 14, 2006, 02:35:48 pm
Quote from: "JazzyManda"
Quote from: "Ryou-Neko"
What's a euphonium?


It's a smaller form of a baritone

Amanda


Definitions tend to vary with both of these names sometimes, but the only I have is essentially a small tuba that plays an octave higher than a standard concert tuba, so it plays about the same range as a trombone.  In fact, due to a shortage of trombone players when I was in high school, and because I played the best audition for it, I played the first trombone on it in my high school's jazz band my senior year.  (Fortunately, there weren't any pieces that called for a lot of slide work in our repertoire.)  Oh, and that reminds me, this one includes the lead pipe piece to convert it to a forward-facing, shoulder-resting horn, which is what I used.
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Post by: Ryou-Neko on August 15, 2006, 05:49:46 pm
Thank you for that, then. Does anybody play the harp? I love it, but it seems hard to learn.
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Post by: Jessica on August 19, 2006, 04:00:12 pm
Quote from: "zurielshimon"
Quote from: "JazzyManda"
Quote from: "Ryou-Neko"
What's a euphonium?


It's a smaller form of a baritone

Amanda


Definitions tend to vary with both of these names sometimes, but the only I have is essentially a small tuba that plays an octave higher than a standard concert tuba, so it plays about the same range as a trombone.  .


wow... it must be easy to read music if you can only play an octave on that instrument...
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Post by: zurielshimon on August 21, 2006, 07:14:23 am
Quote from: "Jessica"
Quote from: "zurielshimon"
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What's a euphonium?


It's a smaller form of a baritone

Amanda


Definitions tend to vary with both of these names sometimes, but the only I have is essentially a small tuba that plays an octave higher than a standard concert tuba, so it plays about the same range as a trombone.  .


wow... it must be easy to read music if you can only play an octave on that instrument...


Oh, ha ha ha. :razz: I meant that it has the same range as a (three-valve) tuba, except up an octave.  So, where a tuba can play from E an octave below the (bass) staff upward, my euphonium can play from E at the bottom of the (bass) staff upward.  (Though, technically I can also play pedal tones from the lower E up to B-flat below the staff. :wink: ) but I'm sure you knew that, right? :roll:
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Post by: Star7 on August 21, 2006, 01:00:50 pm
i play the clarinet and ii've been playing for 5 years and i just started getting good at it :)
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Post by: TheCarltonCrew1213 on August 26, 2006, 05:28:00 pm
Yeah I play piano... but I plan on quitting.
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Post by: zurielshimon on August 28, 2006, 06:59:16 pm
You should read my post on another thread.