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Do you play an instrument?

published by walter rowe on Tue, 02/12/2008 - 2:09pm

I do not. I took piano lessons in elementary school. I hated it. Too restrictive. Now I wish I had learned more. I play "air drums", meaning I have never sat at a drum kit in my life but I like to tap the different parts on my leg or a desk. I'm not overly coordinated at trying to play different timings with different limbs of my body. As long as the different parts are even multiples of one another, I usually can work it out. If one of the parts is a not a multiple of the others, I'm screwed.

So, what instrument(s) do you play? Have you ever played in an organized music group or band (even the school band counts). What genre of music do you prefer to play? Rock? Jazz? Classical? Blues? Rap? Techno?

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Submitted by Will Hawkins on Tue, 02/12/2008 - 2:18pm.

Owning guitars, bass, drums, djembe, and harmonica for years doesn't mean that I can make it through a single song ;)

I've always known music theory... and I learn quickly when I practice. But I am miserable to listen to! ha!

I am in weekly drum lessons at this time, though! Hoping to add piano & guitar lessons if I get off of the road.

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Submitted by Nick Brownrigg on Tue, 02/12/2008 - 3:08pm.

Canon 20D, 350D, 35mm 1.4, 85mm 1.8, 430 EX and 580EX flash.

I grew up in a very musical family. All of my 4 older brothers and my father played numerous instruments and were continuously in one band or another but I've never picked it up. That is sort of why I began music photography actually.

A great game for the musically interested yet challenged is "rock band" or "guitar hero". Rock band has a set of drum pads you beat on that is very much what I would imagine drumming to be like along with a guitar and a microphone. As a person who doesn't play but always wanted to it's very fun.

Canon 20D, 350D, 35mm 1.4, 85mm 1.8, 430 EX and 580EX flash.

Submitted by Angelik99 on Thu, 02/14/2008 - 2:39pm.

I used to have a guitar, wasn't very good at it.

I later learned how to play a b/f's bass. But then we broke up and I never got around to buying myself one. lol!!

But I can sing....and do...well just around my kids these days. But I used to sing a lot in front of people....fun times.

Submitted by BrandonHambright on Thu, 02/14/2008 - 10:37pm.

with 2 strings, horribly out of tune, but it still makes some sort of noise.

Submitted by Kathy313 on Fri, 02/29/2008 - 2:52am.

Still have the violin I played for 4yrs back in elementary school. I haven't played it in like decades!! I had quit when I found rock n roll and decided classical wasn't any fun. Couldn't sing to it, couldn't roller skate to it.... (Hey, that was in 1978!!) Last year I stumbled across Mark Wood violins and holy cow, they blew me away! Made me wish I could play, made me wish I could afford one!!! At the end of summer I got my own violin refurbed, new bridge, new strings, bow rehaired - maybe just maybe I can figure out how to screech out parts of contemporary songs.

Also at the end of summer I bought a beautiful acoustic electric guitar... I can't play at all. (It gave my musician ex-b.f. somethin to do at my house though!) But there are certain parts of certain songs that I like, and would love to 'parrot' just that part. LOL

Submitted by Shooter5150 on Tue, 04/01/2008 - 12:10am.

I play a WICKED compilation tape.

That count?

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Submitted by Camerastageleft on Sun, 01/09/2011 - 1:55pm.

I gigged as a bass player for 25 years.

Also played lead and rhythm professionally for a year or so, many moons ago.

It never fails to open a rapport when working with bands, as I have many stories to share with them that I can't share with my kids ;-)

You can call me Steve!

Submitted by briancadephoto@... on Mon, 01/10/2011 - 11:20am.

I played trumpet and triple tenor (drums) in a marching band while I was growing up in Chicago, drifted

into guitar a little later in life, played in some basement bands (garage) mostly Rock and Blues. I have a

Fender strat that I put through a Marshall 50w combo now, still get that bug once in awhie to play some Rolling Stones

or Buddy Guy :) I listen to everything though, from Classical, Jazz, Blues and everything in between.

Brian Cade

Quinwood, WV. USA

www.briancadephoto.com