Do you play any musical instruments ??
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Raul_SJ
G.O.A.T.
That must be a difficult instrument. How in the world do the violinists figure out the pitch? There are no frets.
Nostradamus
Bionic Poster
I played violin before. I played with staradivarius before
BlueB
Legend
A bit of acoustic and classical guitar. I prefer the later, but I'm horrible at both 
I have an Ovation/Applause, a Lucida and another Korean made cheapo classical which I actually play the most. I also have a beautiful archtop, at my mom's house in Europe. That thing is incredibly loud and very bright in sound, almost like a harpsichord.
I have an Ovation/Applause, a Lucida and another Korean made cheapo classical which I actually play the most. I also have a beautiful archtop, at my mom's house in Europe. That thing is incredibly loud and very bright in sound, almost like a harpsichord.
Migelowsky
Semi-Pro
=), I'm learning to play Ocarina. At the beginning I could'nt read music but now I do.
Here are some examples of the way I aspire to play some day
Here are some examples of the way I aspire to play some day
Mr.Lob
G.O.A.T.
Sorry, the violin is my favorite instrument to listen to.
My niece is learning how to play. Perhaps she'll teach me.
Stretchy Man
Professional
Guitar. I have a good sense of rhythm but no sense of melody. I just play chords.
What was their reason?
What was their reason?
Guitar. I have a good sense of rhythm but no sense of melody. I just play chords.
What was their reason?
To loud and they only wanted me to do a active sports
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Chadalina
Guest
I can sequence sounds, playing an instrument is dedication
MarcusInKensington
Hall of Fame
Guitar (electric and acoustic), bass guitar, drums and piano.
Sudacafan
Bionic Poster
You are quite a band on your own. Only lead vocals missing.
Tennis_Hands
Banned
Sudacafan
Bionic Poster
A real Stradivarius? How come?
Sudacafan
Bionic Poster
Why?
Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil
Talk Tennis Guru
Piano
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Raul_SJ
G.O.A.T.
Those things are priceless. Thought nobody is even allowed to touch them.
Tennis_Hands
Banned
Quite a few musicians play them regularly.
However, Fedace will never get to see one even from afar.
tennis_pro
Bionic Poster
Guitar and piano on a pretty good level
krisdrum
Semi-Pro
what about flute?
jhick
Hall of Fame
Started piano when I was 5. My mom taught me until 5th grade and then said I was too advanced for her. Mostly grew up playing classical, but also dabbled into jazz (Gershwin) and ragtime (Scott Joplin). In high school I played competitively and briefly thought about making a career of it. I took 2 semesters in college and then my teacher told me it probably wouldn't make sense to continue unless I wanted to minor or major in it. Twenty some years later I still play for fun and took over doing church worship music about 4 years ago. There are still some pieces I can perform from growing up (Mozart Sonatas, clan play all 3 movements of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and 1st 2 movements of Pathetique). Love sitting down and playing through Chopin's Nocturnes and some Preludes.
My son (14) is now taking lessons. I taught him for a while but he plays by ear and likes to compose his own music, which are 2 things that I never excelled at.
My son (14) is now taking lessons. I taught him for a while but he plays by ear and likes to compose his own music, which are 2 things that I never excelled at.
Pete Player
Hall of Fame
Tried many, but no. Would have liked though.
Sme thing with singing. You may learn technically sound manner, but the music just is not there. Decided to leave it the more talented.
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Sme thing with singing. You may learn technically sound manner, but the music just is not there. Decided to leave it the more talented.
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max
Legend
Pete Player
Hall of Fame
I have seen a mom to my cousins praise her daughter, how talented she is with the piano...
It was second-hand embarassment at the best. Could not do anything, but applode the performance, yet it defenately hurt my ears.
I know, music is maths, but if you are stuck into counting, you’ll never get to the physics part and no art will occur.
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Stilljonesing
Rookie
I taught myself to play the guitar at 20 years old, before you tube and all the better resources we have today. My parents paid for my sister's piano lessons as a kid but for whatever reason never offered any sort of music lessons. I still don't understand that considering my dad plays the piano. He actually apologized to me when I was teaching myself to play guitar.
Anyway I've wrote songs, played many open mics over the years. It's a worth while past time I would suggest anyone learn even if you never play in front of anyone though. The inital pain and lack of success I think is what discourages most.
Pete Player
Hall of Fame
I’ve saved hundreds of people being sorry by not going to sing in kara-oke.
But isn’t that the same in tennis too? First ten years are just agony. Golf is even worse, the first twenty years are the hardest, as Gary Player has pronounced it. Don’t expect too much, it’s a hard game.
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Stilljonesing
Rookie
Very true, anything you are starting out at you will probably struggle, golf especially IMO. Guitar is actually painful on the finger tips though until you build up some callous. I don't play much these days like I used to and even my fingers will hurt after 20 minutes even with old callous's. I'd suggest a beginer get an electric guitar or classical one with less tension.
I've sang in front of 100's of people at open mics but never sang Karaoke even once if you can believe that. I guess I always felt more confident in the practice an work I had put in to learning a song though I've bombed a few as well.
Pete Player
Hall of Fame
Can relate.
I’ve spoken in front of half a thousand people and felt comfortable, cause I knew exactly the substance. However giving a speach in front of your relatives or dad’s 70th birthday is a whole different story.
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SystemicAnomaly
Bionic Poster
Someone mentioned to me that they played the Epidermis flute.
Could not find that type or brand anywhere.
Could not find that type or brand anywhere.
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SystemicAnomaly
Bionic Poster
@Tennis_Hands @Raul_SJ
I believe that (Mike) Stradivarius was his (real) next-door neighbor as a kid. Not a musical instrument.
I believe that (Mike) Stradivarius was his (real) next-door neighbor as a kid. Not a musical instrument.
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SystemicAnomaly
Bionic Poster
@Mr.Lob
What gets me is that most of them are doing this fine, intricate placement and motor control with their left or non-dominant hand. And they execute the larger, grosser movement with the dominant side. Are they all playing the violin backwards? Are there not enough "left-handed" violins to go around?
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What gets me is that most of them are doing this fine, intricate placement and motor control with their left or non-dominant hand. And they execute the larger, grosser movement with the dominant side. Are they all playing the violin backwards? Are there not enough "left-handed" violins to go around?
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Raul_SJ
G.O.A.T.
Don't play violin at all but I would think it would be similar to guitar in terms of left/right.
On blues guitar (say B.B. King), the fine motor skill is typically with the left fretting hand and the grosser movement with right dominant hand.
Of course, with fingerpicking style, it can be pretty equal.
SystemicAnomaly
Bionic Poster
Yeah, similar sitch for the guitar but you do have frets on a guitar to make it easier. (But a lot of electric bass guitars are fret-less, just like their acoustic brethren). As lefty, I found it quite easy to play a "right-handed" guitar. But I had a lefty friend who played the same guitar upside-down -- with the bass strings on the bottom instead of the top. He also had "left-handed" guitars. He knew 2 different chord fingerings -- depending on whether his was playing a lefty guitar or a righty guitar.
With flamenco and classical styles, the right hand is often performing quite a bit fine motor skills with the right (dom) hand. Ditto for the Eddie Van Halen style of guitar playing.
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SystemicAnomaly
Bionic Poster
I did learn to play a bit of ukulele, guitar, flute & piano/keyboards. However, I did not achieve a very high skill level on any of them and don't remember how to play very many songs/pieces.
But I did develop a pretty decent musical ear -- without the aid of a tuning fork, electronic devices (or any mechanical devices), I can still accurately tune a ukulele, tune a guitar or tune-a-fish (♫ sound effect ♫).
But I did develop a pretty decent musical ear -- without the aid of a tuning fork, electronic devices (or any mechanical devices), I can still accurately tune a ukulele, tune a guitar or tune-a-fish (♫ sound effect ♫).
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You would have been great if that was your true passion
Your true passion was programming , right ???
SystemicAnomaly
Bionic Poster
It is my understanding that playing the clarinet is a bit more difficult than the alto (& tenor) sax. The oboe, bassoon & French horn, in turn, are supposed to be tougher than the clarinet. Even the flute, especially an open-hole flute, could be a little bit tougher than the alto sax. Embouchure for flute playing might be a bit trickier than the sax. I was ok with the first octave on the flute and much of the 2nd octave. Beyond that, my embouchure was not tight enough to produce the higher notes. Of the woodwinds, the recorder might be the only easier one to play than the sax. (But I believe that the recorder might only be a 2 octave instrument).
The tenor sax might be slightly more difficult to play that the alto. Soprano and baritone saxes, harder still. Saxes have something like a 2.5 octave range. An octave key on the sax probably makes it easier to play higher octaves than on a clarinet. However, the clarinet is supposed to have a range greater than 3.5 octaves (nearly 4 octaves, I've heard).
The clarinet has open tone holes, like the open-hole flute. Not absolutely certain but I don't believe that any saxophones have open holes. A lot of the squeaks heard with novice clarinet players often occurs because they do not fully cover the open tone holes. Bottom line: clarinet fingering and embouchure requirements make it somewhat more difficult to play than the sax (esp the alto & tenor sax).
Somewhat different perspective than mine:
https://windplays.com/choosing-woodwind-instrument/#Pre-Woodwind_Instruments
https://savetheorchestra.com/index.php/2017/10/17/choosing-woodwind-instrument-guide/
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SystemicAnomaly
Bionic Poster
Badminton, tennis & volleyball (and, for a while, snow skiing) have been my true passions. Unfortunately, did not really develop these skills until my 20s & 30s. Might have been an advanced high-level badminton player or Div I tennis player if I had started much younger.
I did take quite a few programming languages and a few other software classes in college but, because of vision limitations (convergence insufficiency), sitting in front of a computer monitor, coding, for more than an hour or two was much more than my poor eyes could take. Ended up, a hardware troubleshooter (primarily digital electronics). And later, a tennis stroke mechanics troubleshooter.
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I have no idea what you said but I get the hole thing
Even through we are in different trenches in USA politics ; I have always found you extremity intelligent ,knowledgable, sagacious . and a perfect gentlemen
Is the violin harder than the clarinet ??
Vcore89
Talk Tennis Guru
MarcusInKensington
Hall of Fame
I’ve seen that before. It’s an insult to have The Edge and Jack White sharing a screen with the great Jimmy Page.
