Do you play any instruments?

[pika2000]

just asking XD
me, I played the flute long time ago and stopped, when it became to difficult for me^^
I'm now trying to learn to play the guitar, but I'm bad at it and I'm to lazy to learn this or try it harder^^

[Conan Edogawa]

I'm playing piano and still doing good. I've been playing for 2 years now...

[Fabi]

I'm only playing my keyboard on computer :P
No... I don't play any instruments

[Oblivion]

Nope... no instruments for me.

[Satoshi's Angel]

I play the piano(badly) and the keyboard(goodish).

[corral]

i played the clarinet-ish thing-ish

[Chareon]

I used to play the drums, but now I just rock out on my guitar.

[Angel]

I use to play the flute. THe band teacher was really upset when i quite band.

[Fuka-chan]

I'm playing on my acoustic guitar... it´s ok. ^^
btw. I'm making own music with a keyboard on my computer and just for fun I try on or two songs on our piano (like In The End <-> LP XD)

[En-Cu-Kou]

Ehh... I tried, but failed to learn to play anything I tried.... So, I'm left with singing O.o

[Mooshminky]

Ive been playing the piano since I was... duuno, 5 or something. And im still only on grade 3! Cos I hate exams. I like singing, but im too shy to try it in front of anyone.

[Trikip]

I've been playing the trumpet for about a year.

[DeathScape]

I play the guitar.

[Arielle]

I can play a recorder, does that count? XD
I want to learn how to play the piano or the violin though ^^;

[Latios]

I used to play the Clarinet, but I quit. I found it to be too difficult.

[Novacaine]

Charion..I envy you. I want to learn how to play drums SO bad, but we don't have enough money to buy a set. =/ Blah. I do have a guitar though. It's acoustic, but I'ma learn to play that, then switch over to bass. If I have to play a guitar, it's gonna be a bass. :3 (When I look at bass, I want to think it's base, not bass. But..that's for a drumset. >__> -Lights a drum set on fire.- BUUUUURRRN.)

[Electron]

I play the clarinet and piano. But I'd really like to play an instrument with strings, like a violin or something.

[Latios]

I play the clarinet and piano. But I'd really like to play an instrument with strings, like a violin or something.
My brother wanted to play the Violin, but he couldn't find a teacher. Oh well. The band teacher only teaches how to play Trumpets, Saxaphones, Clarinets, Flutes, Drums, etc. The normal instruments.

[Electron]

My brother wanted to play the Violin, but he couldn't find a teacher. Oh well. The band teacher only teaches how to play Trumpets, Saxaphones, Clarinets, Flutes, Drums, etc. The normal instruments.

Yeah, finding a teacher is sometimes very difficult. Where I live, I doubt I'd be able to find a clarinet teacher if I tried, so I just play on my own. And by the way, not a single music shop sells clarinet reeds. x_X I'm glad I bought a box of them when I had the chance...

[Novacaine]

My cousin plays the violin. o_o I tried voilin once, too..but it sounded like a horse that was being stabbed in the back was stomping on a cat's tail.

Electron: What are the reeds for? My friend played clarinet, but I never really asked. Is it there just so a pretty sound will come out of it? (You know, like how you have to make an elephant sound to play the trumpet right, ect.)

[Electron]

It's a piece of wood that vibrates when you blow over it correctly. In order to produce a sound, the air flowng through the instrument must have a specific form and local variances in pressure. So basically, it controls how air flows.

[Novacaine]

I see. o.0 So..how do you control the reed? Won't you need to change its position a bit to change airflow..or is all of tha done by the levers and such on the side of the clarinet?

[Electron]

Nope. I'm not an expert, so I'm gonna be vague about this ;)

When you blow too lightly, it stays open and you get no sound at all. When you blow too hard, it closes and stays closed and you produce a "squeak". The trick is not to blow too softly, and not too hard. Then you get a pleasant note.

I made a quick image to explain this better:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/SenecaPhilosophus/reed_functioning.png

So, the reed is controlled by your breath. (needs a bit of practice to get it right but you get the hang of it soon.)

[~*LV*~]

Nope no instruments for me

[Scary Fan Girl]

When I was younger I used to play the flute (at age four) and the piano (at age five), but when I was nine my mom got tired of taking me to the classes. And yeah. That's pretty much about it.

o.O Oh yeah, back on sixth grade I had to play the guitar. ~_~

[Saruki]

I used to play violin, but then I almost blacked out from having the stress of holding the violin on my back.

Aiyiyi, I need to be more fit.