how many of you here play an instrument?

Question

tell me what do you play, for how long, why... ;) and what's your fav. song you've learned so far...

Answer 1

i do!

i play the trombone- have played it for 16 years
i play the baritone (small tuba) also for 16 years
i play the guitar- 18 years
i play the bass- 2 years

the best song that i have learned to play is while my guitar gently weeps, which is a beatles song off of the white album, but i can play tons of other songs.

Answer 2

Guitar 6 years first love fav instrument, trombone 3 years for school, trumpet 4 months for personal reasons plus i could play in ska band, drums year musical roundness, bass 1 month musical roundness.

Back in Black on the guitar, simple yet great..

Answer 3

Violin, for nine and a half years. I started playing it fo no reason other than I wanted to, but I keep it up because it...it's beautiful.
Favorite song I've learned is probably Bach's Air on the G String, or Elgar's Enigma Variations (learned in a symphony orchestra).

Other fun songs:
Ave Maria (Gounod)
Polish Dance (Can't remember)
Any of the unaccompanied sonatas (Bach)

Answer 4

I play guitar and bass. I also play a lil keyboard and am learning drums slowly. Ive played guitar for 10 yrs but go0t serious about 4 yrs ago. I started playing bass about 4 years ago also. I play Emotional black metal. I despise most of the **** that passes as music

Answer 5

I play guitar, piano, clarinet, and a little bit of the violin.

I like guitar the best, but I've only been playing for a few years. I think it's easier to express myself on the guitar because you can just play and play. My favorite song is a Sheryl Crow song called "Believe" or "I do Believe" (something like that?)

Answer 6

Piano - over 40 years.
Guitar - acoustic - about 30 years
flute - 5 years.
Sax - over 30 years.
violin - 3 years.
mountain dulcimer - 1 year.
mandolin - 3 years
recorder - alto and soprano - over 30 years.
djembe - 6 months.

Working on teaching myself....
chanter
clarinet
Balalaika

Why? I love music. I love being able to play different instruments and different music.

Favorite song? All of them....I'm currently hung up on Celtic Folk music....before that I was hung up on 40s music....before that classical

Answer 7

Guitar for a few months,no fave song,love the instrument. Chimes,many years,was asked to by friends,one of many fave songs is Water Music.

Answer 8

I play the trumpet. I have played the trumpet for 12 years because I enjoy it, although I don't get many chances to play it these days (work, school, other priorities, whiny neighbors). My favorite song to play is "No One Knows My Plan" by They Might Be Giants because I am so damn happy when I actually play it right!

Answer 9

*sigh*... let's get started.
oboe- since February, only about 4 notes for now, being my first woodwind instrument, played because I had a free music block at school

trumpet- since January, small range, but playable, learned during same free block

french horn- since January, can play but not read music, learned during free block

trombone- since August 2004, first brass instrument learned, over 2 octaves, my best band instrument

baritone horn- since winter 2005, same range as trombone, interchangable with trombone

tuba- since January, okay range, learned during same free block

guitar- since January 2003, mainly rhythm, learned during school music class and developed independently

mandolin- starting as soon as I get the instrument back from the shop, again, mainly chords

bass guitar- eventually stemmed from guitar practices, date unknown, played enough to get by

piano- fiddled around since even before 2000, still no formal training but plenty of practice

My favorite song is "Waltz for Zizi", a classical guitar solo by Yoko Kanno featured on "Cowboy Bebop".

Answer 10

I play a Fender U.S Stratocaster.
I've played for ten years, and I play because I love it.
The best song i've learned is Shine On You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd