I am primarily a clarinettist and vocalist. I played the descant and tenor recorder in primary school. I can play the piano, somewhat, and have a clavinova (electric piano - not a keyboard!). My mum taught me to play her flute and my dad has a stash of penny whistles. I started learning the violin years ago from my theory teacher (who was also the violin teacher) once I'd finished my theory. I have a tambourine, ukulele, harmonica and various weird and wonderful instruments that I can't remember the names for. I had a crack at the bass guitar and loved it. To top that, my family own a theramin! I also find music helps my writing when it creates or matches the atmosphere. I recently wrote a medieval battle scene whilst listening to Trans-Siberian Orchestra. My brother often listens to soundtracks (usually Lord of the Rings) while he writes his fantasy novel.
An honest to God Theremin? I have played with minimal ones (from electronics experiment kits), but I've never even seen an instrument-quality one.
I've been taking guitar lessons since August. It's so much fun! I used to play flute, then the drums, but guitar is by far the most enjoyable for me. Can't believe how much it cheers me up, too!
Used to play guitar and drums, back in the thrasher days of old. Now, after three years I was thinking about giving the six strings another go.
In chronological order of learning: clarinet, bassoon, tenor sax, ukulele, and most recently mandolin.
I play guitar: Classical, acoustic, electric though I wouldn't say I'm amazing at it. I also wished I played the bass.
An honest to God Theremin I'd been away at Uni and when I got back, it was sitting there in the living room! It's so difficult to play. Even setting it up requires strategy because they're so sensitive to their surroundings.
I play the Piano, reasonably well, and the Guitar, ok but not great. I wish that I had put more into the piano, and I wish that I had more time and ambition to pursue music. It's just so hard to muster the ambition to do it and practice and run through the scales. If I could, the Cello has always fascinated me too, maybe someday...
I can play the clarinet up to grade 6. I'm really interested in learning both guitar and piano though, as they're both instruments you can play whilst singing, whereas a clarinet isn't really able to do that
I used to play piano, and still "pound" on the keys a bit... but if there were instruments that I would still like to learn to play, they would be the Violin, Guitar, and the drums.
I should get back into practice with the sax. I love the expressiveness and depth of the sound it produces.
I play cello, and I also sing cheesy love songs to my friends when they go out with people. Other than that, I'm just a music appreciator.
The sax approximates the expressive qualities of the human voice better than any other instrument I've heard. If you're not going to sing, play the sax!
I've always wanted to learn the cello. I play an assortment of brass instruments and never hat the chance to learn the strings.
I play the flute. I'd like to say that I'm pretty good at it, but then I go to things like band camp and think "Wow, I suck at this!" And then I have fun anyways and wind up not caring that I'm not perfect.
It was Alan Sheperd, I think, who said, "There are people who play guitar, and there are people who play with guitars." I'm the latter.
My college major was the classical guitar. I also play the electric bass (mostly Motown), and last year I bought an ukulele: it's fun to have an instrument you can carry anywhere. This year I begin studying scat singing, both for the fun of it and in hope that it will bring a new awareness of sounds in my prose and poetry.
