What Musical Instrument Do You Play?

[sad_eyes]

Sadly, I can only play a recorder and the harmonica. For those of you who do not know what it is...and please no sarcasim on that note, there are a few individuals who I have met that dont know what a recorder is. But I am pretty sure everyone here knows what it is.

[Tres Bien]

Oh wow, I always loved the piano.

What type of music did your teacher have you play?

Do you still play it?


Yes. I still play the piano but mostly for fun, and not really serious practise anymore.

I got to play mostly classical pieces, but also other kinds of music.

nowadays im stuck in armenian folkclore and schumann, as ive stoped going to my piano teacher.
thats the only thing i play, and frankly these shalakhos are starting to make me feel really crazy.

[ardenik]

nice playing stud!! the energy & drive in ur playing is apparent despite the sketchy quality of the recording. i like the polyrhythm u play at 0:12-13. i dont know if u realize technically what that is, but its pretty cool

i started playing keys around 11 & took 7 years of classical piano lessons starting at 12. i started exploring on my brother's guitar around the same time, but never took lessons. in high school, i played recorder, flute & alto sax, but unfortunately havent touched either one since. (except the recorder when im wasted... lol) i started playing bass at 13 & played it in a rock band for a few years, until i switched to guitar in the band. by this time, i had learned quite a bit about the guitar.

i finished HS & went on to study music in CEGEP. (diff school system in quebec) there, i majored in classical piano the first semester because i knew nothing of jazz, but switched into jazz after. this is around the same time i joined a serious armenian band as a guitarist, so i started taking it more seriously even tho it wasnt my principal instrument. in my 3rd year of cegep, i was finally able to get some second instrument electric guitar lessons, after 6 years of a self-teaching. those lessons cleaned up a lot of technical problems that kept me from progressing & they helped me start seeing the guitar in a diff way, kinda more like the way i see the piano, interestingly enough. since then, ive been seriously infected by the jazz virus & through it, have explored funk, latin, r&b, fusion... now, im majoring in jazz performance at l'Université de Montréal, on piano.

i picked up a duduk a coupla years ago & can make some noise on that, however painful.. lol

as of now, i still play guitar in the armenian band, 4 yrs later. i also play keys in a new soul/r&b band called Tiffany & The SoulSektion. (https://www.djparanoid.ca/www.barcod...ons.ca/tiffany) i recently joined Senzafine, on keys as well. they are a pretty heavy progressive rock band. the Montreal Mirror voted them #5 best band & #3 heaviest last year. they have a website (www.senzafine.net) but it needs to be updated. all this plus the various opportunities i get to play jazz with many very talented dudes (& dudettes) around town. & the very latest: the drummer in my armenian band & i are starting a band of great rock covers. a bar band!! hehe ac/dc, van halen, kiss, steppenwolf!! hehehe

oh ya, & a few years ago, some family friends gave me an accordion to mess around with. it was their son's & was sitting in the closet for maybe 10 years. im still trying to find my way around that thing (particularly the left hand side, with the bass & chord buttons) & i cant afford to spend much time with it when theres all that other stuff to do, & shoes to fill... hehehe

i tried attaching a clip to the post, but 'file too large'.... ill try to figure how to make it work & next time... meanwhile, yea, thats my story..

[jilbagh]

does anyone play the "lee-lee-lee-lee"... like when the women go "lee lee lee lee" during a party or somethin...

[Genuine_Stud]

nice playing stud!! the energy & drive in ur playing is apparent despite the sketchy quality of the recording. i like the polyrhythm u play at 0:12-13. i dont know if u realize technically what that is, but its pretty cool

i started playing keys around 11 & took 7 years of classical piano lessons starting at 12. i started exploring on my brother's guitar around the same time, but never took lessons. in high school, i played recorder, flute & alto sax, but unfortunately havent touched either one since. (except the recorder when im wasted... lol) i started playing bass at 13 & played it in a rock band for a few years, until i switched to guitar in the band. by this time, i had learned quite a bit about the guitar.

i finished HS & went on to study music in CEGEP. (diff school system in quebec) there, i majored in classical piano the first semester because i knew nothing of jazz, but switched into jazz after. this is around the same time i joined a serious armenian band as a guitarist, so i started taking it more seriously even tho it wasnt my principal instrument. in my 3rd year of cegep, i was finally able to get some second instrument electric guitar lessons, after 6 years of a self-teaching. those lessons cleaned up a lot of technical problems that kept me from progressing & they helped me start seeing the guitar in a diff way, kinda more like the way i see the piano, interestingly enough. since then, ive been seriously infected by the jazz virus & through it, have explored funk, latin, r&b, fusion... now, im majoring in jazz performance at l'Université de Montréal, on piano.

i picked up a duduk a coupla years ago & can make some noise on that, however painful.. lol

as of now, i still play guitar in the armenian band, 4 yrs later. i also play keys in a new soul/r&b band called Tiffany & The SoulSektion. (https://www.djparanoid.ca/www.barcod...ons.ca/tiffany) i recently joined Senzafine, on keys as well. they are a pretty heavy progressive rock band. the Montreal Mirror voted them #5 best band & #3 heaviest last year. they have a website (www.senzafine.net) but it needs to be updated. all this plus the various opportunities i get to play jazz with many very talented dudes (& dudettes) around town. & the very latest: the drummer in my armenian band & i are starting a band of great rock covers. a bar band!! hehe ac/dc, van halen, kiss, steppenwolf!! hehehe

oh ya, & a few years ago, some family friends gave me an accordion to mess around with. it was their son's & was sitting in the closet for maybe 10 years. im still trying to find my way around that thing (particularly the left hand side, with the bass & chord buttons) & i cant afford to spend much time with it when theres all that other stuff to do, & shoes to fill... hehehe

i tried attaching a clip to the post, but 'file too large'.... ill try to figure how to make it work & next time... meanwhile, yea, thats my story..

As far as the quality, I had to reduce it in order to attach a 50 sec sample to my post.

The polyrythm thing
Yea that came kinda naturally, I wasn't intending it. I mean, obviously you have to listen to the music and figure out how to react at certain spots, but sometimes the music drives me and my heart just does what it feels best. So I kept mimicing the polyrythm in the following breaks of the beat.

[Sally]

i played piano when i was at secondary school but i will play again. I want to play guitar very much. ı will learn it soon

[ardenik]

i played piano when i was at secondary school but i will play again. I want to play guitar very much. ı will learn it soon

hi sally
why did u stop playing piano in the first place? how long were u playing piano when u stopped?

[Sally]

hi sally
why did u stop playing piano in the first place? how long were u playing piano when u stopped?

hi i don't know why i stopped playing but it came to me very difficult. I was playing for 3 years when i stopped but i feel so sorry for stopping

[ardenik]

hi i don't know why i stopped playing but it came to me very difficult. I was playing for 3 years when i stopped but i feel so sorry for stopping

its really hard to start late. because a lot of what it takes to be a strong pianist is a lot of repetitive practice & thats hard to do when ure older.. i guess mostly because "if u practice ur scales, then u can go play outside" doesnt work anymore! lol

i started late too... i was about 11 when i started, which is considered late. im glad i never stopped playing, instead i just kept playing more & more!! hehe but on the other hand, there are a lot of fundamental technical things that i wish i had worked on more when i was younger so i wouldnt have to worry about htem so much now...

[Sally]

its really hard to start late. because a lot of what it takes to be a strong pianist is a lot of repetitive practice & thats hard to do when ure older.. i guess mostly because "if u practice ur scales, then u can go play outside" doesnt work anymore! lol

i started late too... i was about 11 when i started, which is considered late. im glad i never stopped playing, instead i just kept playing more & more!! hehe but on the other hand, there are a lot of fundamental technical things that i wish i had worked on more when i was younger so i wouldnt have to worry about htem so much now...

i am very glad that you play piano
in my house there is a guitar, a piano but i donT play them my father always tells me "Why donT you play". You are certainly right and thanks for your suggestions