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Non Piano Board => Anything but piano => Topic started by: Bouter Boogie on May 22, 2005, 03:05:39 PM

Title: Any 2nd instrument?
Post by: Bouter Boogie on May 22, 2005, 03:05:39 PM
Hmm.. I was wondering.. Do you guys play any other instruments besides piano?

Me myself, I played the recorder and alt recorder a few years ago.. When I moved from Jakarta to Holland I actually quit ;D

Now I play the piano for sure buttttttt.. (You're never going to believe this..) I also play drums in a band :P Just for fun ::) Don't worry.. Piano is still my one and only passion ;)

How about YOU?
Title: Re: Any 2nd instrument?
Post by: Dazzer on May 22, 2005, 03:31:32 PM
I play the flute. then now i'm playing the piccolo in a marching band.

believe it or not, i've been blowing hte piccolo pretty much everyday, i've forgotten how to play a flute! not the fingering, but my amberture. lol its so embarassing...
Title: Re: Any 2nd instrument?
Post by: dave santino on May 22, 2005, 03:56:19 PM
Besides piano I play electric guitar, cornet, tenor horn, bass guitar, drums and alto sax. My main instruments though are piano and guitar for solo stuff, and cornet and tenor horn in a concert band and brass band respectively.
Title: Re: Any 2nd instrument?
Post by: Bouter Boogie on May 22, 2005, 04:16:33 PM
That's cool you can play so many instruments! I guess it's not all classical?  ;D You play in a band? (I mean, with electric guitar/bass/drums n stuff)
Title: Re: Any 2nd instrument?
Post by: possom46 on May 22, 2005, 09:06:30 PM
I played treble recorder up to grade 8 but quit years ago because I had no-one to play with  :(. I've also tried double bass, viola and violin but never got on with them that well, piano is always no.1  ;D
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Post by: minimozart007 on May 22, 2005, 09:15:04 PM
I play the cello.  Gotta love Bach... ;D
Title: Re: Any 2nd instrument?
Post by: Tash on May 22, 2005, 10:56:42 PM
ask me in about 3 years and i'll be able to play guitar, percussion, clarinet and trumpet! but for now it's just the piano, and cello in my mind- i really want a cello!
Title: Re: Any 2nd instrument?
Post by: Torp on May 23, 2005, 09:07:59 PM
Electric guitar (What can I say, the guitar solo from Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Freebird" just doesn't sound the same on a piano)
Acoustic guitar (Playing slide guitar on an open D tuning around the late night campfires is always a good conversation starter)
Bass guitar (Bass clef for the low notes)
some drums (You think 4 against 3 is hard, try doing that with all your appendages.  In other words...I suck at drums)
electric keyboard (mentioned because I think some of the techniques are different enough from an acoustic piano)
dabbled in the flute for awhile (that was my Jethro Tull phase, but it didn't stick)

Guess that's about all the noise making I'm capable of, other than some occasional eructations that garner kudos in non-mixed company.  :o

Title: Re: Any 2nd instrument?
Post by: dave santino on May 24, 2005, 02:29:14 PM
Yeah, I play guitar with a coupla bands, doin jazz-rock/fusion and rock metal. Also do loadsa solo instrumental stuff on guitar a la Steve Vai etc. I played bass in a Big Band for about a year, playing swing-type stuff, and also played keyboards in a fusion band. Music is kinda what I do!!!!
Title: Re: Any 2nd instrument?
Post by: pytis on May 26, 2005, 03:05:43 AM
I also play Flute! but piano is way beter hmm... i used to play the clairnet and i still play guitar.
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Post by: bernhard on May 26, 2005, 08:57:39 AM
Recorder. :D
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Post by: whynot on May 27, 2005, 03:33:59 PM
I've played many things over the years.  My latest venture is tenor gamba.  Just me and my scratchy bow paying karmic dues from all the fun I've made of bad string players.  I keep a little picture of Jordi Savaal hanging from the A peg to cheer me on.
Title: Re: Any 2nd instrument?
Post by: SirSteinway on May 28, 2005, 05:19:09 AM
I played tuba in concert and marching band for 3 years and I also play bass guitar.  8)
Title: Re: Any 2nd instrument?
Post by: rhapsody in orange on May 28, 2005, 02:39:33 PM
Hee I was a percussionist in my high school band and also play the flute. But ah well guess I still prefer the piano. =)
Title: Re: Any 2nd instrument?
Post by: nanabush on May 28, 2005, 07:47:19 PM
I play guitar, I like to play rock, no classical guitar, it's my only way to escape classical music, which I think is the best music for piano (obviously).. I also play sax, and was in a jazz band, hey we were pretty good, and the reason I didn' play keyboard in the band was because the girl who playd was like 300 times better than me, she's like a prodigy, finished performer's at 15 1/2
Title: Re: Any 2nd instrument?
Post by: Derek on May 28, 2005, 08:14:52 PM
I play rock/metal guitar. I'm not nearly as good at it as I am at piano. It just doesn't inspire me as much. But as someone mentioned above, it does serve as a nice way to take a break from saturating oneself with piano music.
Title: Re: Any 2nd instrument?
Post by: moderatissimo on May 30, 2005, 08:32:54 PM
Hi I' m a tuba player in a concert Band.

last year me and a friend (a pianist and trumpet player) gave a recital.  We played together the Tuba- and the trumpet Sonata by Paul Hindemith.  - A composer who was born in our Town
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Post by: haydn on May 30, 2005, 09:28:07 PM
No, I don't. I only play the piano, but I would really enjoy playing the violin !!  ::)
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Post by: Claire b-j on May 31, 2005, 06:07:11 PM
hi
i play violin, viola, alto sax, soprano sax, bari sax, all recorders (5), xylophone, tin whistle and bout to start trombone. Great being able to ahve so much variety.
Title: Re: Any 2nd instrument?
Post by: Bouter Boogie on June 03, 2005, 07:45:24 PM
Woaa.. That's surely a lot of instruments!  :D Way to go!