What instruments do you play?

I play piano, electric bass and guitar. I have played piano almost a year now and I am on grade 4, I play bass and guitar alot.

<span style='color:violet'>i play piano, flute and alsot saxaphone....how can you tell what "grade" the music is? o_O</span>

Official national examinations, some countries don't do them - you could maybe figer out what grade you are from this.

Pieces like:

Bach - "Minuet in G" is grade 1/2

Beethoven - "Fur Elise" is grade 2/3

Mozart - "Rondo alla Turca" and Beetoven's "Moonlight Sonata - first movemant" are grade 3/4

Beethoven - "Moonlight Sonata Second movemant" is grade 4/5

The Heart asks first From the film "The Piano" is grade 5/6

Many chopin pieces come in here.

7/8 - Moonlight Sonata Third movemant, Fantasia Impromptu by Chopin.


If you research these, then you could get an aproximation.

I play violin and piano. No idea what grade I'd be, mainly because I played for 4 years and then stopped since Mom didn't think my private teacher could teach me any more. I have a private teacher for violin now instead.

Add this question: How long have you been playing these instruments?

Piano - 11 years
Trumpet - 7 years
Saxaphone - 1 year
Flute - 3 years
Trombone - 1 year
Percussion - 4 months

Piano- 7 yrs
Clarinet- 5 yrs
Acoustic Guitar- 1 1/2 yrs
Violin- Little less than a year

Add this question: How long have you been playing these instruments?

Piano - 11 years
Trumpet - 7 years
Saxaphone - 1 year
Flute - 3 years
Trombone - 1 year
Percussion - 4 months

Michael, this is an example of you go off-topic, I think off-topics are good as the add conversation, but this statement is just to back up my point for another thread.

Anway,

Piano - 1 year
Harp - 6 months
Oboe - 5 months
Electric Bass - 4 months
Electric Guitar - 2 weeks

Alot in such a short space of time! lol.

Asking how long you have been playing these intstruments is not off-topic, but if you say so, then I withdraw. And yes, that IS a lot in a short time. Congrats.

I play the:

Trp. 8 years
Flg. 2 years
Pic Trp 1 year
Piano On free time (meaing I suck)
Trb. 1/2 a week
Baratone 1 month


Though a mouth full, they are all a part of the trumpet/ bugle famaly

I play the:

Trp. 8 years
Flg. 2 years
Pic Trp 1 year
Piano On free time (meaing I suck)
Trb. 1/2 a week
Baratone 1 month


Though a mouth full, they are all a part of the trumpet/ bugle famaly

Asking how long you have been playing these intstruments is not off-topic, but if you say so, then I withdraw. And yes, that IS a lot in a short time. Congrats.

Yeah, sorry - dosn't matter people. Carry on.

Right now, piano. Just piano.

I play:

-Piano (9yrs.)
-Percussion (5yrs.)
-Bassoon (2yrs.)
-Other little stuff like the ocarina, irish whistle, etc.

If you give me something, chances are I can figure out how to play at least hot-cross buns.

i just play classical guitar :P

I ENVY YOU ALL~!
i only play 1 instrument - PIANO (7 yrs.)

:: sniff :: all of u are so talented.....

but if you play piano you will pick up any other instrument EASILY! piano gives u a better understanding of music cuz its like the most basic instrument (note-i dont mean its basic/easy to play) kinda like spanish is the most basic of all languages...and if u learn the basics it makes all the other stuff easy ^_^

Piano teaches you how to read music in both clefts. I picked up the bassoon very, very easily because I read bass cleft.

umm.....

:: pokes my pointer fingers :: :? ono......umm........how can i say this?.....

I CANT READ NOTES THAT GOOD~!.........i can barely read them...... :oops: :? :cry: :(

Hey, no problem! Just search in google for music notes site reading software and you should get a programme to help you read music.

i said i cant read them well~!
i can read them but when i play, i cant read it as fast as my playing.....which really sucks...

:: sigh :: it really is a shame that i'm too lazy to even practice much anymore....

hey
i've played:
piano
percussion
trumpet before
violin
acoustic/ electric guitar (own an acoustic and play around with electric at school)
and wanting to play alto sax.... =P

aznjoe: you've got some choices you can do to improve quickly...:
you can get flash cards and name the notes as fast as possible... play the song backwards (supposedly that helps. not literally, just play bar 40, then 39 and 40, 38-40, etc...) the classical get a teacher to teach you, the other classical teach it yourself, or get the program what's-his-name said.
I GARUNTEE, GOOD CHINESE PLANNING!!!!!

i said i cant read them well~!
i can read them but when i play, i cant read it as fast as my playing.....which really sucks...

:: sigh :: it really is a shame that i'm too lazy to even practice much anymore....

Really, all it will take is lots of practise.

i said i cant read them well~!
i can read them but when i play, i cant read it as fast as my playing.....which really sucks...

:: sigh :: it really is a shame that i'm too lazy to even practice much anymore....

Like BlackMage said, all you need is more practice. Myself has problems to keep the rhythm while playing notes. Practice will solve this, too.

I've played...

Clarinet: 8 yrs this summer
Alto Sax: 6 yrs
Tenor sax: five months...although if you can play one sax you can most likely play them all!!

As for the not being able to read notes well...Just practice and keep trying. Sometimes it takes awhile. To be perfectly honest, I can't read the notes over the high C ( the one three lines above the staff) on my clarinet. And I've been playing for eight yrs!! I know the fingerings of the notes...I just don't know where they are...lol

Is the system for clarinet fingering the same for other woodwind instruments? For example, I play the flute and saxophone, and the system is very similiar.

Actually, clarinet and sax fingerings are very close. that's why a lot of the times, if you meet someone who plays clarinet, they also play sax. clarinet is a Bb instrument, so you can play trumpet music on it too. Although, clarinet and sax...you can't do that. They come out in different keys and such. you'd have to transpose it or something of the sort. now, by system....what exactly do you mean? Clarinet music is read in Treble clef like sax and flute. And like I already mentioned above, the fingerings are very simialr. If that's what you meant, then i guess my answer to your question would be yes. And if i'm just being dumb and kind of slow (which i tend to be often..) sorry!

On the woodwinds I played, the fingerings are totally different. I have an Alto Sax, and I play the bassoon. Bassoon fingerings ae so confusing! It's probably so different because the bassoon in a double-reed and the sax is a single reed.

practice makes perfect...yadda yadda yadda....i know that...

getting the rhythm comes natural to me....dunno y...it just does when i play a piece...

mayb if i hear a good piece on piano...i'll practice reading again....havent heard a good piece yet tho....

Double reeds I think are totally different from the rest of the woodwinds. From what I've seen in band anyways. But I think other than the basson and oboe, they're pretty closely related. unless i'm very much mistaken. Which would be pretty sad considering i've been in band for eight years!!

havent heard a good piece yet tho....

Why are you playing then, or what was the reason that made you start playing the piano ? :?

i've played organ and piano level 7 for piano and stopped playing organ at level 8 i've been playing trumpet for 2 years now and the past year i'm learning flute and trombone

it WAS Flight of the Bumble Bee..... but then i saw someone play it....
my confidence was SHOT~!
I learned to play Valse by Chopin in a few weeks but Flight of the Bumblebee looks WAY too complicated for me.....

Thats why I started playin anime/game pieces from Ichigos....so much easier for me.....

Flight of the Bumble Bee on the piano? Wow... that's tough. I can do it on the trumpet. It took me a LONG time to figure it out though.

I found that for piano. It's very complicated. I would not recomend it for the average piano player. Only for the most advanced ones. I started it, and then I quit it for now because it was wasting my time.

I have a vid where someone plays it one the guitar. That speed ist just crazy :lol:
Heard it's around 180 bpm

Do you have a link to this vid? I really would want to see that.

http://pwp.netcabo.pt/playguitar/the_fligh..._bumble_bee.wmv (http://pwp.netcabo.pt/playguitar/the_flight_of_the_bumble_bee.wmv)

in my piano class, almost all of them say i'm really advance and good that i can memorize over 60 songs.......

i thought i could handle it...but i never even tried it....

http://pwp.netcabo.pt/playguitar/the_flight_of_the_bumble_bee.wmv

Wow! That's so cool! I wish I could play like that!

60 songs is not too difficult. Well, for me, the longer it takes for me to figure out how to play the song, the more likely it is for me to remember it later. Try practicing the same songs, by memory, everyday. Add a song everyday, and you'll eventually become an archive!

It takes me longer to memorize the songs. I can sightread and learn the songs in no time flat. It's just the memorization. It's my worst nightmare.

Here's what I play and how long I've played them

Piano - 10 years
Violin - 6 years
Flute - 5 years
Percussion - 6 months
I've tried a lot of other instuments too. I've learned the fingerings but I really can't play them at all

if i play a hard song for the first time, i memorize the first 2 pages like that~&#33;......

....i practice it without even looking at it afterwards....i dunno how i memorize it....since its my first time ever playing it......

lol same here its wierd how it kinda feels like u automatically memorize them...i always worry that ill forget some of them lol

yea, but you can always find the sheet music for it again and re-learn it and re-memorize it.....

but when i try to remember the song, like the jurassic park theme song the other day, i remember how it sounds like on piano so i just feel it out until i know it sounds correct....

lol yeh but doesnt it feel like ur hands are just....going? LOL like for me my hands just move (they have minds of their own? lol) but if i LOOK at them then i mess up and i dont know where i am it like jynxes the song if i look at what im doing lol o_O

Originally posted by eminatic@Apr 13 2004, 05:04 AM
lol yeh but doesnt it feel like ur hands are just....going? LOL like for me my hands just move (they have minds of their own? lol) but if i LOOK at them then i mess up and i dont know where i am it like jynxes the song if i look at what im doing lol o_O
mine is just the opposite...when i look away, i mess up....whe i look at it....automatic replay&#33;

I played the piano for about 10 years.... but I realized by playing piano, i got pitch-deaf *for example, singing, I used to get really out of tune, because piano doesn&#39;t require good pitch, you press the key, and the right sound comes out*

so I took up the violin *hopefully to improve my pitch and intonation* and have been playing it for about 8 years ^^

Piano... about grade 10~ARCT level... same with Violin ^^;... I&#39;m trying to quit taking violin lessons though <_<

no way&#33; u&#39;ve gone so far in violin&#33; u can&#39;t quit now&#33; >_<

unlike u.... i&#39;m juz a piano grade 7-er ^.^; and i suck at it...

I play piano, guitar, and trumpet.

i play:

violin-5 years

piano-2 years (NOT in beginner&#39;s level, i skipped all of the beginner&#39;s books because i played the violin)

flute-barely a year

Originally posted by Zero@Apr 13 2004, 03:57 PM
Piano... about grade 10~ARCT level... same with Violin ^^;... I&#39;m trying to quit taking violin lessons though <_<
How can you check what level you&#39;re at ? Are there specific tests for this and can you make those, independently from where you live ?

Originally posted by Lynx+Apr 16 2004, 01:25 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Lynx @ Apr 16 2004, 01:25 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by Zero@Apr 13 2004, 03:57 PM
Piano... about grade 10~ARCT level... same with Violin ^^;... I&#39;m trying to quit taking violin lessons though <_<
How can you check what level you&#39;re at ? Are there specific tests for this and can you make those, independently from where you live ? [/b]
these levels are for Canada ^^; the level of pieces can be found in some special books that have their grade levels -___- oh and if you do an exam, you&#39;ll know what grade level you are..

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no way&#33; u&#39;ve gone so far in violin&#33; u can&#39;t quit now&#33; >_<[/quote]
I&#39;ll only stop taking lessons, but I&#39;ll keep playing songs from anime soundtracks XD

I play.... Piano.

Harmonica. XD and the trombone. hahaha

Currently doing:

Piano - Performance Diploma (dipABRSM)
Flute - Grade 8
Violin - Grade 6

All grades are with ABRSM (which goes up to grade 8 and then diploma levels).

Originally posted by spoonpuppet@Apr 17 2004, 06:20 PM
Currently doing:

Piano - Performance Diploma (dipABRSM)
Flute - Grade 8
Violin - Grade 6

All grades are with ABRSM (which goes up to grade 8 and then diploma levels).
Wow, diploma. Can you play Fantasia Impromptu by Chopin? If so, I envy you as I worship that piece&#33;

welll lets see here


Tenor Sax- 6 Years
Alto Sax 4 years
Saprano Sax 3 Years
Barry Sax 1 Year
Violin 2 Years

lol i like Saxes..... and my violin

I play Violin , trumpet , clarinet, flute, piano and a little bit of banjo :) I simply love doing music composing playing listening&#33;

Originally posted by BlackMage+Apr 17 2004, 07:17 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (BlackMage @ Apr 17 2004, 07:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-spoonpuppet@Apr 17 2004, 06:20 PM
Currently doing:

Piano - Performance Diploma (dipABRSM)
Flute - Grade 8
Violin - Grade 6

All grades are with ABRSM (which goes up to grade 8 and then diploma levels).
Wow, diploma. Can you play Fantasia Impromptu by Chopin? If so, I envy you as I worship that piece&#33; [/b][/quote]
I&#39;m working on that song atm XD good piece good piece ^_^

I play:

Level 8 Flute

Level 4 Violin

Ive been playin flute for o so long :/

I have a few flutes and a guitar, but I don&#39;t play them as much as the piano. I&#39;ve played piano for almost a year, but I&#39;m not very good at it. And I hate sheet music. X_X When I&#39;m using it, I can never bring myself to learn more than two pages of a song. I lose interest. All I ever learn is the introduction.

For some reason, learning songs by ear&#39;s a whole lot easier for me. Man, I&#39;m weird.

Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Clarinet and Bass Clarinet

Originally posted by Hylian Princess@May 18 2004, 11:44 PM
For some reason, learning songs by ear&#39;s a whole lot easier for me. Man, I&#39;m weird.
Heh... use that to ur advantage&#33; U can Arrange music&#33;

I play...

Alto Sax - 2 years
Piano - 6 years

Ugh... and i cant sight read on piano either -_- I&#39;m gessin im in the same boat with aznjoe... unless he&#39;s better now

I play:

Violin (somewhere around 5-6 years)
Ocarina (5 months)
Piano (4 months)
Soon to be a cellist, too&#33; :)

Piano (2 years...taught myself how to play it)
Flute (since I was 8 years old I think...but then when junior high school stopped...so did my playing the flute...I play occassionally now)

I can sing though (singing for 3 years now)...^_^ the vocal chords are instruments as well...

Originally posted by BlackMage@Apr 4 2004, 12:41 AM
I have played piano almost a year now and I am on grade 4
What??? That is not fair&#33; I&#39;ve played it for three years and I&#39;m only on Grade 4&#33;
Which exam do you do, Trinity or Royal School of Music?
I want to learn how to play the piccolo, so I&#39;m pestering my parents for lessons.

i play piano, trumpet, and quit violin

im going advanced in piano

I&#39;m gonna start learning the trumpet after exams (so in like 2 weeks)

I&#39;m thinking about learning guitar just for fun XD pretty popular here

I&#39;ll be quitting violin ^_^ I&#39;ve had my last lesson.. I&#39;m glad it&#39;s over.. ahh.. I still like it, I just don&#39;t like taking violin lessons :frusty:

go piano&#33; :sorc:

*sigh i only play the flute and piccolo ...5 yrs, but i did play the piano for like 3 yrs

piano: 8yrs
flute & picc: 2.5yrs
guitar: 3yrs
perc: 4mths

=]

I play the alto saxophone&#33; I played the baritone saxophone for three years, and I&#39;m going to see if I can borrow one from my music director person dude... :cough:

I can somewhat play the piano, mainly saying... Once I know where to put my fingers, I&#39;m good. I can get going pretty well, and I&#39;m a wicked awesome sight-reader. ^___^ I&#39;m not bragging or anything, it&#39;s just, I haven&#39;t met many people who can sight read very well.

Well, I can somewhat play electric guitar. O_O That just reminded me to practice&#33;&#33; Ohh nooo... :sob:

But... yep&#33;

Wow.. so many of you guys know how to play more than 2 instruments&#33; Are you all planning to have a career on music? I could only play two - piano and organ/electone and I&#39;m not really good at either&#33;

wow&#33;&#33;&#33; :o
most of you know how to play so many different instruments
unfortunately i am not that talented :heh:
i only play the piano, organ and electone :sweatdrop: most of it pretty much the same..

so intimidated by all of you.....so talented.....

piano-i think i started when i was 5 or 6 yrs old...cant really remember....
quit violin (sounded like a cat screetching for life&#33;&#33;&#33; :heh: )

Violin-4 Yrs.
Piano-1 Yr.
Electric Guitar-2 Yrs.

Flute...can&#39;t rember how long
Piano...even longer

I play cello, piano, organ, and I sing Baritone in my church choir. I also compose. To hear those, follow the link in my signature.

I play the violin, piano, and the flute. I&#39;ve been playing piano for 7 years, violin and flute 5 years.

So wanna learn how to play violin but sadly no teacher...V_V

start learning piano at age of 5...so let&#39;s see..around 12 years
Flute- 2 years.
Bass clairnet- 2 years.
Trumpet- 1 year
Percussion- 1 year

i think that&#39;s it

Clarinet-2 years 2 months
Piano-started this week

I really wanted to play sax, but there weren&#39;t enough clarinets left for anyone to switch. Right now, in our school band, the clarinet number has dwindled to 5.

I just play the gatar right now but i know the basic for drums :D.

p.s: i love your siggy michael.:)

I&#39;ve started playing the guitar. Other than that, it has only been piano for me.

Well I play Base guitar in a band and I play Acoustic guitar just for fun

i play the flute, piccolo and piano...flute and pic are practically the same&#33; im trying to get back into the guitar, but holding the frets hurt my fingers alot.

Strange...I&#39;m the only French Horn player here. Although, that&#39;s not the only instrument I play.
French Horn/Mellophone: 3 years and counting.
Flute: 2 years and counting
Trumpet: Almost 1 year and counting
Violin: 2 years
Percussion: *shrug* A while, now. I dont know exactly.

I feel special...I&#39;m the only Horn player. ^.^

:w00t:I have been playing the clarinet for almost 6 years now, and I might be starting to play the saprano sax here pretty soon.

Wow, huge bump. I believe there is a more recent instruments topic, as I remember posting in it!

Anyways, I play the bassoon... I really like playing the saxophone as well, but I don't have one that works, and I haven't been able to learn it as much as I'd like to.