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Rufus · 09-14-2009, 03:10 PM

Do you play a musical instrument?

Jnmcda0 · 09-14-2009, 03:27 PM

No. I'd like to learn to play the piano or the guitar, but I don't have the motivation or patience to teach myself and probably wouldn't take lessons due to anxiety (unless it was from someone I knew). Also, I live in a condo and worry about annoying the neighbors. I bought a harmonica awhile back, but haven't practiced it because I'm too concerned about the neighbors.

If I ever get a house with a basement, I'm going to make a room that is almost sound proof where I can crank up my stereo and not worry about annoying others.

Syrena · 09-14-2009, 03:45 PM

No, but I wish I did. I love the stringed instruments most, especially the violin.

My dad used to play all sorts of wind instruments: the flute, clarinet, saxophone. He doesn't really do it much anymore, but I really admire that about him.

Rufus · 09-14-2009, 03:57 PM

If music wasn't a part of your life at age five or less, you're not as smart as you could have been. I learned this on national geographic channel.

nothing to fear · 09-14-2009, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Rufus

If music wasn't a part of your life at age five or less, you're not as smart as you could have been. I learned this on national geographic channel.

one of the very few things i really really wish my parents had done differently when raising me was get me to learn piano at a young age.

anyway yes, i played violin for 5 years and flute for 9 years.

i really wish i had continued violin instead of opting for flute when i got into high school because i was better at it. i love strings and i listen to quite a bit of music that has violins.

i used to know some songs on guitar but that was years ago. i really want to start playing something again and my brother left his bass here so i might pick that up. i'll probably just learn some of my favourite bass lines...

steelmyhead · 09-14-2009, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Jnmcda0

Also, I live in a condo and worry about annoying the neighbors. I bought a harmonica awhile back, but haven't practiced it because I'm too concerned about the neighbors.

You could get an electrical instrument like a keyboard. Those you can plug headphones into. I have this http://www.amazon.com/M-Audio-PROKEY...2972983&sr=8-1 it works pretty great and I really enjoy it

millenniumman75 · 09-14-2009, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Rufus

If music wasn't a part of your life at age five or less, you're not as smart as you could have been. I learned this on national geographic channel.

Interesting, I remembered the late years of disco (1978-1980) and wanted to play the clarinet at five and the flute at six. I play them both now

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Auron · 09-14-2009, 07:20 PM

I play guitar. I havent made effort to practice constantly or learning entire new songs this year. I have a bass guitar which i very rarely touch and has damaged my electric guitar's amp. I have a piano...i was learning how to play last year and i forgot everything!

layitontheline · 09-14-2009, 07:46 PM

I've played piano since I was 6 but I suck because I only ever practiced right before my lesson. It can be really fun when I actually put some effort into a song and start to like it though.

Medicine Wheel · 09-14-2009, 07:54 PM

Started to learn the guitar when I was 20. Learned the trumpet and piano in middle school but I don't remember much of it.

Mercurochrome · 09-15-2009, 05:23 PM

I unofficially play the guitar and piano. I suck eggs at both.

squirpe · 09-16-2009, 01:28 AM

Piano/keyboard, trombone, guitar and drums. Right now I am loving my new guitar

carambola · 09-16-2009, 01:51 AM

I'm working on piano (since one year ago), starting cello, and I took a guitar class this summer. I have to wait until I have a guitar again to get back to that, though, since my old one fell over and broke about 20 minutes before my final!

teniralc21 · 09-16-2009, 12:43 PM

I play the clarinet.

Toad Licker · 09-16-2009, 04:13 PM

I always wanted to when I was younger but was never very musically inclined.

SixFigures · 10-02-2009, 10:33 AM

Yes, I play guitar.

Thurston Lowe · 10-02-2009, 11:08 AM

I've played the piano since I was six, but stopped having formal lessons when I was 11 (I was too lazy to practice), so I'm not great at reading music. I can pick up most tunes 'by ear' though.

dreamer222 · 10-02-2009, 02:05 PM

No. I wish I did though. I always wanted to learn to play the piano or violin.

bezoomny · 10-02-2009, 02:52 PM

No. I played piano as a child, and bass guitar as a teenager. I haven't touched either in years.

TheDaffodil · 10-02-2009, 05:27 PM

I used to play the trumpet in elementary school. I was pretty good! And I liked it. But then I moved and couldn't do it anymore. My family didn't have money for it at the time. When I was playing trumpet...well, my music teacher liked how good I was doing in choir and basically sponsored me so I could be in band, too. Yeah. From then on out I just did choir through middle school cuz it was less expensive. So I guess my voice was my instrument for a while! I tried to pick up keyboard and guitar but no money for lessons and I'm pretty bad at teaching myself things for more than a day haha. In high school my social anxiety came up and I stopped choir.

09-14-2009, 03:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
Rufus Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: PA Gender: Male Posts: 2,497	Do you play a musical instrument? Do you play a musical instrument?

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Auron Status: Fade to Black Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Gender: Male Age: 21 Posts: 656	I play guitar. I havent made effort to practice constantly or learning entire new songs this year. I have a bass guitar which i very rarely touch and has damaged my electric guitar's amp. I have a piano...i was learning how to play last year and i forgot everything! __________________ My Poetry and Photography Website! "What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence" - Christopher Hitchens

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Medicine Wheel Status: hmm.. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tennessee Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 258	Started to learn the guitar when I was 20. Learned the trumpet and piano in middle school but I don't remember much of it. __________________ i've forgotten how good it could be to feel alive

09-15-2009, 05:23 PM	#11 (permalink)
Mercurochrome Status: see other Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: away Age: 29 Posts: 2,964	I unofficially play the guitar and piano. I suck eggs at both. __________________ well acquainted with worms and dirt

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Toad Licker Status: Broken Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: A Fruitloop Daydream Gender: Male Age: 44 Posts: 29,594	I always wanted to when I was younger but was never very musically inclined. __________________ All will wither, go to sleep The ones you love you may not keep All you touch will fall apart The dreams you kill will break your heart There's no mercy, there's no rest The void will scream within your chest No one knows and no one will So leave this place that makes you Ill - Madder Mortem

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09-14-2009, 03:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
Jnmcda0 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Florence, KY Posts: 2,103	No. I'd like to learn to play the piano or the guitar, but I don't have the motivation or patience to teach myself and probably wouldn't take lessons due to anxiety (unless it was from someone I knew). Also, I live in a condo and worry about annoying the neighbors. I bought a harmonica awhile back, but haven't practiced it because I'm too concerned about the neighbors. If I ever get a house with a basement, I'm going to make a room that is almost sound proof where I can crank up my stereo and not worry about annoying others.

09-14-2009, 03:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
Syrena Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Northern Illinois Gender: Female Age: 25 Posts: 263	No, but I wish I did. I love the stringed instruments most, especially the violin. My dad used to play all sorts of wind instruments: the flute, clarinet, saxophone. He doesn't really do it much anymore, but I really admire that about him.

09-14-2009, 03:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
Rufus Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: PA Gender: Male Posts: 2,497	If music wasn't a part of your life at age five or less, you're not as smart as you could have been. I learned this on national geographic channel.

09-14-2009, 07:46 PM	#9 (permalink)
layitontheline Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Gender: Female Age: 20 Posts: 319	I've played piano since I was 6 but I suck because I only ever practiced right before my lesson. It can be really fun when I actually put some effort into a song and start to like it though.

09-16-2009, 01:28 AM	#12 (permalink)
squirpe Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Gender: Male Posts: 87	Piano/keyboard, trombone, guitar and drums. Right now I am loving my new guitar

09-16-2009, 01:51 AM	#13 (permalink)
carambola Status: SAS Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: California Age: 24 Posts: 735	I'm working on piano (since one year ago), starting cello, and I took a guitar class this summer. I have to wait until I have a guitar again to get back to that, though, since my old one fell over and broke about 20 minutes before my final!

09-16-2009, 12:43 PM	#14 (permalink)
teniralc21 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Northern Kentucky Gender: Female Posts: 66	I play the clarinet.

10-02-2009, 10:33 AM	#16 (permalink)
SixFigures Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Gender: Male Age: 29 Posts: 107	Yes, I play guitar.

10-02-2009, 11:08 AM	#17 (permalink)
Thurston Lowe Status: SAS Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ireland Gender: Male Posts: 16	I've played the piano since I was six, but stopped having formal lessons when I was 11 (I was too lazy to practice), so I'm not great at reading music. I can pick up most tunes 'by ear' though. __________________ When you naked, so shiver in the drizzle. Look at clothes by your feet, and think, "oh, yes. Warm." Then eat them by mistake. When you dream be dream, but only of a gloomy lobtoast... And when your west no longer be west of your east, but above it, and mock you like Bad Candle Jack. Ho har, you dim muddlebum. And your north and south be be altogether gone, or loony. Then oo welcome. Ah, oo mug welcome, in Jam...

10-02-2009, 02:05 PM	#18 (permalink)
dreamer222 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Gender: Female Age: 20 Posts: 216	No. I wish I did though. I always wanted to learn to play the piano or violin. __________________ What if the hokey pokey really is what it's all about?

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bezoomny Status: the new disease Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Mississippi Gender: Female Age: 21 Posts: 2,814	No. I played piano as a child, and bass guitar as a teenager. I haven't touched either in years. __________________ bravo - echo - zulu - oscar - oscar - mike - november - yankee

10-02-2009, 05:27 PM	#20 (permalink)
TheDaffodil Status: Antsy. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Maryland Gender: Female Age: 19 Posts: 1,166	I used to play the trumpet in elementary school. I was pretty good! And I liked it. But then I moved and couldn't do it anymore. My family didn't have money for it at the time. When I was playing trumpet...well, my music teacher liked how good I was doing in choir and basically sponsored me so I could be in band, too. Yeah. From then on out I just did choir through middle school cuz it was less expensive. So I guess my voice was my instrument for a while! I tried to pick up keyboard and guitar but no money for lessons and I'm pretty bad at teaching myself things for more than a day haha. In high school my social anxiety came up and I stopped choir. __________________ "Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt." - William Shakespeare NotForSaleCampaign.org \| StopTheTraffik.org \| SlaveryMap.org