Anyone play any musical instruments?

[PepperRSM]

Just wondering if anyone here plays any instruments...and if you're any good at it

I play:
-Piano(My mom had me take lessons starting when I was 8. At the time I didn't want to do it, but now I'm glad I did )
-Viola(I played it for orchestra for school in 5th and 6th grade, I wasn't really that good at it )
-Violin(I switched to violin from viola because it seemed easier. Violin plays treble clef and viola plays its own weird clef, so I figured with a violin i could play the songs in the piano books i already had)
-Guitar(i think this is how it happened...one day like a year or two ago, my dad found some tabs online and he had to run to the store quick or something, i don't remember, but he left the computer on and it still had the page with the tabs on and i tried it and i was like, hey this is easy...and fun! I'm working on chords right now, I have a few down pretty well)
-Mandolin(here are a few pics if you don't know what they are. My dad got one recently because he's started to like the whole bluegrass thing and it's tuned exactly like a violin, the strings are G D A E, so I've been playing some songs from my piano books and some that I've found online)

also, 8notes.com has some popular riffs. I've found some good ones there.

[Dobiegirl24]

I've played the clarinet in band for the past 3 years, but i no longer enjoy playing so i'm quiting this year.

Currently i'm saving up money for a guitar, just a cheap 250$ one from best buy though, LOL

[tatsxxx11]

Wow, Pepper...that's quite a resume! You must be so talented!

I've played the flute since elementary school. Several years ago I played with a local quartet...flute, piano, cello and violin. We would play at churches, private functions, weddings and such. It was such fun; I miss it! Now I play solo, or with my "friends" on MMO (Music Minus One) It's a full piece on tape, minus the solo part, which you play. It's like giving a recital, without the audience!

[RubyMutt]

I played clarinet all through middle school & high school, but since I graduated (a little over a year ago) I haven't touched it I feel a little ashamed.

I've been playing guitar for around 5 years (... I think) and bass guitar for about 2 or 3 years. I don't have as much time to play as I used to, but I still enjoy playing when I get a chance

I started to self-teach myself the piano years and years ago, and my mom started giving me some pointers on how to better my playing a couple years ago, but I was never very motivated to keep up with it. I still dabble on my mom's keyboard every once and awhile just for fun

[Uabassoon]

The first instrument I learned to play was piano, because I started out as a music education major I had to learn all the instruments but I only got as far as all the woodwinds: flute, clarinet, sax, oboe, and bassoon and all the brass: trumpet, french horn, tbone and tuba. I never got to take string tech. But my two main instruments are bassoon and double second steel drums.

[binka_nugget]

I took piano in grade 8 because I thought it would be a nice slacker course lol. I loved it and I'm in it this year (grade 11). I taught myself out of a book (alfreds). I was playing a song for someone not too long ago and they said some nice things and said that the music I was playing was considered Grade 5. How did I ever get to grade 5 level music in less than 2 years (at the time)?

I also play a bit of sax. I picked it up right away because fingering is very similar to the recorder. I was forced to play the recorder for many years in elementary.

I tried playing the guitar but I suck. I didn't give up really, but my strings broke and I'd rather not invest in this guitar. I want an electric lol.

[Fuzzy317]

I played drums/percussion in middle school, high school, and a few years in college.

[I Love Brian, Forever <3]

Guitar for 2 years.

[dukedogsmom]

Ages and ages ago, I played the trumpet! From 7th grade through 12th. Was also in stage band. Was first chair trumpet. Now, I have no clue. One time I dreamed that I went to visit my old band teacher. He put me at first place trumpet and I couldn't even read the music. I was so embarrassed!

[Kfamr]

I can play a few songs on the guitar.

[Cataholic]

I play a mean sound on the radio...

[primabella]

I wish I knew how to play guitar and drums (we have both) but I can only play keyboards and that's only because we had to play it in Sec 1. I liked it so I got my parents to buy me one. Every so often I'll try to teach myself a new song.

[Karen]

Started on Piano, as my mom taught piano, and everyone had to get through John Thompson book 2 before they could take a musical instrument in school. I didn't practice as much as I should have, so I can play it still, but am slow at sight-reading. After piano, I learned Clarinet, then played e-flat Clarinet in middle school, then in high school played clarinet still and saxophone - started on alto sax, then played Baritone sax for the rest of high school. I haven't practices my clarinet in years, so my embouchure is shot. I also can play recorder, and am in a hand-bell choir as well, but mostly now I sing.

[Cincy'sMom]

I haven't played anything in along time, but I took flute lessons 5th-8th grade, then in 10th grade taught myself the French Horn. I also took Organ lessons fora few weeks when I was in elementary school...

[apcrs5122]

I play violin, and I think I'm really good at it. My teacher last year made lots of compliments on my report card, and was really pushing private lessons on me. I play it this year too, it's my second year, and I plan to keep playing it