Instruments

[Earnil]

Do any of you play a musical instrument? Do you take lessons or learn by yourself? How long have you been playing?

I play violin (weird thing to hear from a guy that listens to metal). Been taking lessons for several years now, so you can say i'm a veteran. Some of my friends play guitar and they teach me some simple tunes on it.
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[generic-coolname*]

I used to play the piano a bit. I'm not any good any more though. The violin's a wonderful instrument. I reckon it's the most expressive of the lot. I wish I could play it. I took lessons when I was a kid but didn't progress beyond the "cat in a bag" phase quickly enough to shed myself of the opinion that violinists must be masochists, and vioin tutors sadists. I kinda regret that now.

[ella]

i used to play the violin, and i really enjoyed it. but i was a horrible player, and i got tired of my family making fun of me. i haven't played in about 5 years now. i picked my violin up the other day, and i noticed that i have almost completely lost the feeling of it. i want to take lessons again, but i'm afraid of looking like an idiot.

and earnil, what you play and what you listen to can be 2 totally different categories...
when i was in high school (haha 2 years ago) there was this one metal-listening kid and he was a fantasic violin player... but he got up on the stage at the talent show and played this horrible piece he had written himself... then he flipped a switch on his electric violin to torture the audience even more... and he played for nearly 10 minutes. i wanted to cry...
but his violin was soooooo cool. it was black, and it was like a violin skeleton or something. it was cool. but it sounded ugly.

[moneky]

well i took piano for 3 years .. then quit it when i started playing bass .. now i have been playin bass for 6 years and about 10 months ago i started playing piano again and just recently bought a new guitar .. <3 music

[devil_1411]

I used 2 learn guitar b4..nw im learnin drum..i wish 2 hav a band...

[aSagi]

i used to play flute....got tired of it after somewhat 3 years of practicing. now i'm learning how to play piano

[i_m_p]

piano first and then guitar,,,hoping to learn violin but perhaps not

[Tornix]

I play violin and recorder... That's pretty much it for me. But I think it doesn't matter what instrument you play. If you don't your soul and feelings into the melodies you are producing, it's not music anymore and it's not art. One reason why Herbert Von Karajan's music or Horowitz's performance rarely affect me in an emotional way...

[vandread_pyoro]

i used to play flute loooooong time ago. but eventually, i quit playing flute. now i don't play any musical instrument.
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[fiOn12]

hmm..i must be the only one who plays the clarinet! haha..been playing it for about 3 years..awesome instrument..hehez..used to learn the piano but gave up cause i was to lazy to learn the bass clef..hahaz

[DrJaySlay]

i used to play the clarinet and bassoon it was fun but a challenge.

[praxisilver]

I play the guitar. I played for 2 years, took a 2 year break, and now I've taken classes for another 2 years.

[billiamz]

i play clarinet...started about 6 years ago, and started lessons around 3 years ago. i've also always been in the first section in the bands i played in! until this year, when i dropped down to first chair second.....
also took piano for about 4 years, and dropped out

[distortedMind]

Right now, I'm teaching myself to play guitar. But in the future, I'm planning to take classes. I've played for about 1 year.

[seraphic_guardian]

i've been playing the alto saxophone at school for about 6 years now, but i'm still not really any good