What instrument(s) can you play?

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

I learned recorder for two years when I was 9/10/11. Go me.

The last few years I've been learning and playing bass. My dream is to get that to a decent standard and use those skills and take an opportunity to learn double bass so I can look classy.

[Lineker]

When I was a littl'un I played the Penny Whistle!!

And then the drums for a few years.

[SRN]

I played the bass guitar for a few years, it has been laying pretty low for a while now though. However, if I pick it up again I think I could get competent at it in a few weeks. I also play around with the ukulele at times!

[Skummy]

I play bass very, very badly. I have no real sense of rhythm or timing, and I insist on playing a two-stringed bass....so I'm not all that successful.

I've also dabbled at guitar (I own a three-string cigar box guitar that I really need to get round to learning to play well), keyboards/synths, various percussion instruments and theremin, with varying degrees of absolute failure.

[brenchill]

The triangle.

[MDK]

I'm not bad on bass, its the only thing I've bothered to learn. I can bang out a few tunes and I've created some nice riffs, but then I realised that I subconsciously stole the tune from a different song.

[TEOL]

Grade 3 clarinetist right here. Haven't played it in years though.

[AnnIQ Edison]

Played Clarinet for 10 years during school, going on International Tours with the school band and such.

Played Piano from as young as I can remember (My mum is a music teacher) till I was 11.

[NobBe Nobbs]

I'm a drummer, have been for approaching three years now, the kit was a 21st birthday present. I'd like to think I'm not bad, but it's all been restricted to playing in my garage alone. I'm trying to schedule some time to practise with other people, but it hasn't materialised yet.

[Matt]

How many bassists?

Anyway, I'm a very bad acoustic guitarist.

[SRN]

How many bassists?

Suddenly, bassists. Bassists everywhere.

[METALMAN]

I am best at piano and trombone, having been taught both to a pretty high level.

I'm also quite good at guitar, and by extension, decent at bass.

I'm okay at trumpet.

I have a cello but can't really play it. I want a saxophone next.

[SRN]

I really want to learn how to play the banjo. Because the banjo is an awesome instrument.

[thatshortguy]

Under a year experience: Trumpet, Trombone, Banjo, Piano

One to two years: Violin, Cello

Two to three years: Guitar, Ukulele, Vocals

Three to five years: Bass

I'm also a classically-trained percussionist with 17 years experience. (Don't worry, 'classically-trained' is a fancy way of saying I understand all the Italian on my sheet music.)

[The Sandman]

I can play very little on acoustic guitar, proudest moment is perhaps knowing how to play little bit of Metallica's Unforgiven. Hoping to get much better someday. I'd love to play drums someday as well.

Edited February 18, 2012 by The Sandman

[jack95]

When I was about 8, I tried to learn the Clarinet. I was woeful, I couldn't even make it produce a pleasant sound. That disappointment pretty much killed off my enthusiasm for playing instruments, but a friend of mine who is a genuinely talented acoustic guitarist was able to teach me to play Hot Cross Buns on a piano.

[Guest mr. potato head]

Drums well enough to not embarrass myself were I part of a crappy bar band. Bit better at what Midget called "classical" percussion (including drums), which I played all through high school, although xylophone and related instruments give me trouble because I never had piano training. Spent about nine months recently in a legitimate concert band (in a town where any live music at all is a novelty, there were a few good musicians in the band but overall we weren't any better than any of my high school concert bands).

I can also play a very, very limited amount of trumpet, pretty much just a couple scales and the Chariots of Fire song.

[Sousa]

I am a motherfucker of a trombone player. Nearly majored in it. I can play very basic trumpet, piano, and bass guitar as well.

[MalaCloudy Black]

I played trumpet for a few years in school, haven't played in years though. Started out really abyssmal at it, stayed abyssmal at it for a bit, and then actually got to the point where I was at least somewhat of an average quality player but I wound up selling my trumpet to pay for books for college.

[METALMAN]

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