What instrument did you play in school?

Question

Did you stop playing after graduation? What kind of songs did you enjoy playing most?

I have a 17yo son in marching/symphony band. He plays the sax and is trying to break into clarinet. He LOVES jazz. His school has a jazz band.

Answer 1

Piano, organ, and percussion (my favorite was timpani, but also snare, marimba, etc.) In high school I played piano in jazz band and in pep band, "tenor drums" (sometimes called tri-toms or quad-toms) in marching band, and every percussion instrument in concert band.

I continued in college, getting a music minor, and playing in wind symphony, orchestra, and jazz band (I got to play at Montreaux!) I really haven't played percussion much since my college graduation, but I do continue to play piano/keyboard in a quasi-pop band and just for myself (although I wish I played more).

Good for your son. If he wants to keep going, it's great for a reed player to be versatile (for example, he can get into a lot of ensembles if he knows how to play contrabass clarinet, all of the saxophones, etc.) Usually, the fingering is the same, it's just getting used to the different mouthpieces and reading different clefs.

Answer 2

Flute! I play flute and I love it! lol Your teacher will most likely let you try out a couple instruments since everybody will be beginners. You can play a few different ones, and stick with the one you like best. Pick the one which you feel comfortable with, and one who's sound you like instead of just going for what your friends choose. But don't buy an instrument until you are sure it is the right one for you or you will be stuck with it! I hear clarinet is the easiest, and it is also pretty similar to recorder, so you might want to try that one out.

Answer 3

I played Clarinet from grade7-12 Yes, I stopped playing after I graduated. I took private lessons for a few years too. I was in marching band and in symphony. Liked marching band the best. It was lots of fun and we travelled a lot and were good too!

Answer 4

Flute and piano!
I continued to play after graduation. Since I was able to play by ear, I would play along with records. I particularly enjoyed playing my flute to Fleetwood Mac songs. I spent many hours each day with headphones on playing the piano to songs by:
Little Feet
Dolly Pardon
Mac Davis
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Elton John
Bad Company
Jesse Colter
The Carpenters
Captain and Tenille
The Band
etc.

Answer 5

First picked up the flute - played for a few years, now purely an enjoyment for me - found some musical pieces I REALLY like and learned to play them on my own.

Now I've got a Viola, and man, I LOVE that instrument.

Answer 6

Trumpet
Flute
Clarinet
Piano
French Horn
Obo

Answer 7

I am still at school.

As preteens, we worked on a project about composing songs, so I had to play the xylophone, but it just lasted for a day, because our teacher soon realized we were disastrous at playing music.

I also know to play some songs on the keyboards without looking at a score, scores make my playing more difficult

Answer 8

I played the flute. I was pretty good, too. I was always 1st chair. I played some after graduation, but I don't play that much anymore. I liked playing fun, uptempo songs the most. We did sort of a tribute to Grease one year at our Spring concert. It was really fun! I also really liked playing Christmas music for our Chritsmas Concerts.

Answer 9

Although clarinet sounds great in jazz (i.e. Benny Goodman!), I think he'll get a lot more playing opportunities in a jazz band if he sticks with the saxaphone.

In H.S. I played clarinet in the marching/symphony band and piano in the jazz band, and in my free time I also played guitar. Even though I was good at the clarinet, my band instructor wouldn't allow me to play clarinet in the jazz band b/c it was too difficult for him to find pieces with a clarinet.

Also, in jazz band it's usually only ONE clarinet needed, so it's more difficult of an instrument to incorporate unless it's a 'big-band' style jazz band.

Hope he has fun! I played clarinet and saxaphone before, and I personally preferred saxaphone.

Answer 10

I never got past the recorder whan I was 9!
I wish I could play a musical instrument, though.