Still very curious about the demographics of Lemmy :3
I used to play viola from 5th grade until 12th. Not gonna say I was first row material, but I wasn’t terrible either. Stopped a few years later because I lost the instrument in a move and didn’t get another because I had kinda lost interest after losing mine.
I also bought an acoustic guitar last spring but so far I haven’t gotten far with it. It’s definitely a lot harder than viola, IMO. And a lot more painful on my fret/string/whatever holding down hand.
I’ve played various instruments over the years, but guitar is the only one I still pick up sometimes. I am basically an advanced beginner.
Meanwhile, I have recently taken up the recorder, tin whistle, and ocarina. I’m very much a beginner, but having a blast. My wife and a friend are also learning. We’re working on various baroque and early classical pieces.
I can play quite a few. High proficiency at saxophone and clarinet. But i can pick up almost anything and do something with it. I can play a lot of stuff by ear, so lock me in a room for a day with almost any instrument I’d have a decent ability with it and a few songs for you.
That’s one of those things I’d do if I won the lotto, buy as many instruments as I could and build a music room, and recording studio, invite local bands and kids to record there for free.
I played violin for about 10 years. I was able to play Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and similar before I put the bow down
I can play the piano decently well. Back in high school, I played clarinet and oboe, but I’m out of practice now
Guitar. I played as a teenager, but wasn’t very good, and quit around 20. I loved music, though, and got a degree in Music History, and then had a first career in the classical/Jazz record biz.
40 years after quitting the guitar, I took it up again during Covid. during Covid, but seriously this time. When I was a kid, I was struggling with learning it myself, even though I had good musical aptitude. Guitar is a hard instrument.
But after having learned the basics decades ago, a solid education in Music Theory, lots of experience in the music world with professional musicians, and a LOT of YouTube videos, I took to it pretty fast. I’m playing electric lead stuff and acoustic finger picking, and I’m now at a solid intermediate level, and having a blast.
YouTube was the main difference between self-learning now, and in the past. The best teachers in the world are on YouTube, and it’s basically all free.
My only regret is having quit in the first place, and losing 40 years of progress.
I’m good enough at guitar to do it professionally. Not my only job but part of my income is playing as a hired gun for local acts and artists touring the region. I play mostly country, a lot of chicken-pickin, bending style telecaster stuff. Been at it over 25 years.
Guitar. Been playing for close to 35 years now, and I’m half decent. I also play bass, but I consider myself a beginner.
And I was pretty good at trumpet when I was a kid, but I haven’t played since I was 16.
What kind of guitar? Answer carefully.
Several. A Montana acoustic, an Ibanez electric, a Yamaha electric, and a Jackson electric.
You have answered INCORRECTLY!!!
A Mexican Fender Tele?
Closer.
I don’t remember if it was a telecaster or a stratocaster, but I do remember that it had a heart of chrome and a voice like a horny angel!
anyone can play bass! nobody can be good at bass unless you’re one of those guys
claypool, wooten, etc lolol
just kidding
anyways wanna start a ska band?
I was noodling around on the bass yesterday, and one of my kids asked me to play Master of Puppets. So I did what any guitarist would in that situation: I just played the guitar riff on the bass, as I don’t remember the actual bassline. But it sounded pretty good. Had to use a pick, though.
The first part of starting a ska band is having difficulties keeping a band together, so naturally I would have to say No.
fuck yeah I’ll see you at 6!
EDIT: at least they didnt ask you to play any metallica drums!
I’m a serious skin flutist. I play mine like a seasoned master of the highest order.
I can play some Zelda songs on the piano, not very well, but I enjoy it
I bet if I had a recorder, I could still rip a mean hot cross bunz.
I learnt the recorder to get out of having to sing/pray, frequently got told off because I wasn’t doing it loud enough. Well over a decade later I can still remember “miss! miss!! he wasn’t singing/praying!” which resulted in the teacher yelling at me for a while.
The music corner was more hidden away and the recorder was my way in.
I came here just to see if anyone claimed proficiency at the recorder.
Vocal Cords, expert
Woodwinds: (Flute, Bass Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Saxophone, Bari-Sax, Pan Pipes) Journeyman to Expert
Strings: (Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass) Journeyman
Brass: (Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Tuba, Sousaphone, Cornet, Bugle) Apprentice to Journeyman
Percussion: Apprentice
Piano: Beginner, though I took lessons when I was 3-6, and I can sit and make it sound good, just can’t play sheet music with one.
Guitar: Bass and Rhythm guitar: Apprentice. Can’t do lead, chords mess with my fingers.
I’ve been playing instruments and singing my whole life.
Oh, technically I can play a recorder, but I hate that thing.
I can also “play” a didgeridoo, as in get consistent sound out of the thing. If there is more of a mastery than that, I don’t know.
I play and teach bass for a living. Been playing for over 12 years and making my own tunes on the side.
I play bass too, about 20 years. Still not like, great, but I enjoy it. Thats cool you teach classes, must be rewarding :)
Thanks, I do find teaching to be very rewarding. Very fortunate that I get to do things I genuinely enjoy for a living!
Vocal Chords: Expert
Ocarina: Pretty good.
Harmonica: Decent.
Piano: Amateur.
Guitar: I can pluck strings and make it go “twang!”
Honorable mention to the mouth harp; I am not sure how you can be good or bad at it.
I learned music on saxophone, I have both an alto and tenor stashed in my house. I haven’t been able to play due to no community bands in my area. Thankfully it’s almost like riding a bike, including my talent for playing by ear.
I’ve also dabbled in a few other instruments, most notably guitar (in high school) where I eventually was able to play most of One by Metallica. The only thing stopping me was that the guitar only had 22 frets, and that song required 24 with standard tuning.
I’m also an amateur with Hurdy Gurdy, which is a European folk instrument. I’ve been fascinated by them since I was a teenager, and got a kit a couple years ago. Unfortunately I haven’t had time to play it this past year
