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GuyDC21 · 22nd Dec 2011, 07:48 PM

Title says it all. Myself, I play guitar, bass, double bass, ukulele, mandolin, banjo, piano, harmonica, and a silly thing - a melodica. I've been making noise with things since I was three. Basically, I've had a lot of free time on my hands and haven't seen much sunlight.

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Allegro molto · 22nd Dec 2011, 07:55 PM

I mainly play viola. I can play violin almost as competently, and I dabble in cello a little (just easy stuff). I also used to take piano lessons when I was younger, but I've long since forgotten.

Black Cat · 22nd Dec 2011, 08:10 PM

I play a mean radio. Does that count?

If not, I took Saxophone lessons for a month in school, but then we moved and I gave up. At some point or another during my time on earth, I will learn to play the piano and the bagpipes though.

GuyDC21 · 22nd Dec 2011, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Cat

I play a mean radio. Does that count?

If not, I took Saxophone lessons for a month in school, but then we moved and I gave up. At some point or another during my time on earth, I will learn to play the piano and the bagpipes though.

Bagpipes...Righteous!!

No One · 22nd Dec 2011, 10:20 PM

My main interments are the Violin and the Bassoon, although I have been considering switching to the Viola. I can also play Baritone at pretty good level, although it most definitely isnt what I would call my instrument, Trumpet, Piano, and Baritone Saxophone, with the last three being only at a low-intermediate level.

Allegro molto · 22nd Dec 2011, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by No One

I have been considering switching to the Viola.

Switch to viola....do it. DO IT.

No One · 22nd Dec 2011, 11:48 PM

I'm not sure if I want to give up the repertoire of the violin. I do like the lower sound of the viola, but I just cant decide.

ChutneyFarmer · 23rd Dec 2011, 02:34 AM

Violin/Fiddle. Really into Scots/Irish music but also LOVING Baroque! Rock on STRINGS!!!

Dominoflare · 23rd Dec 2011, 03:35 AM

I'm a classical pianist

sokk · 23rd Dec 2011, 04:44 AM

I play the flute, played for 4 years. I am not good, but I can play some piano, I played piano for 2 years or so..

FleetFish · 23rd Dec 2011, 10:39 AM

I have a violin. Sometimes I attempt to play it. I need to take lessons...

thecat06 · 23rd Dec 2011, 10:48 AM

i play trombone, baritone, tuba and handbells.

Allegro molto · 23rd Dec 2011, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by ChutneyFarmer

Violin/Fiddle. Really into Scots/Irish music but also LOVING Baroque! Rock on STRINGS!!!

Baroque music is all I play, really. xD

Silver Sparrow · 23rd Dec 2011, 02:01 PM

I can dabble on piano, guitar, clarinet, recorder, and harmonica.
I have near-perfect pitch (not trying to brag), so I can kind of pick up instruuments like piano and flute and play notes that turn out well.
Oh. and I sing a lot.

PerfectInsanity · 23rd Dec 2011, 02:25 PM

I used to play cello (from elementary through high school), but haven't played since high school graduation night. New activities during college occupied all my time, but I do plan on picking it up again after I'm done with grad school. Cellos rock!

lucas52 · 24th Dec 2011, 12:40 AM

I play trombone.

cBuilding · 24th Dec 2011, 09:21 AM

Been playing drums for... about 6 years now (has it really been that long?) I've been getting into my set more, since drumline for the most part is finished, as far as I'm concerned. I've also played piano and guitar.

HazMattic_Force · 24th Dec 2011, 09:51 AM

trumpet for 6 years , tube for 2 . i can play intermediate baritone , beginners alto sax , violin , and trombone .

J Snow · 24th Dec 2011, 11:34 AM

Back in middle school I used to play the saxophone in band class. I took guitar lessons for a while, and later bought a bass with hopes of learning how to play. Can I actually play any of them to this day though? No. Not at all.

My Queer Studies professor is interestingly writing a book called "The Gendering of Musical Instruments" which I think will be interesting. Its about the silliness of stuff like why instruments like the trombone, saxophone, and trumpet are "for men" and clarinets, flutes, and piccolos are for girls.

I really want to learn how to play an ocarina, just because I'm a huge Zelda nerd like that :3

Allecto · 24th Dec 2011, 11:41 AM

I played flute and piano when I was a kid, and now I sing (I'm a lyric soprano). I want to learn how to play the mandolin, dulcimer, banjo, Celtic harp, and hurdy-gurdy.

22nd Dec 2011, 07:48 PM	#1
GuyDC21 Member Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Bisexual, more to the gay side Out Status: Out to BF and half a dozen friends Location: Missouri Posts: 66 Join Date: Dec 2011	Play an instrument? If so please elaborate. Title says it all. Myself, I play guitar, bass, double bass, ukulele, mandolin, banjo, piano, harmonica, and a silly thing - a melodica. I've been making noise with things since I was three. Basically, I've had a lot of free time on my hands and haven't seen much sunlight.n

22nd Dec 2011, 07:55 PM	#2
Allegro molto Kyoufu wo oshiete yarou. Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Kinsey 6 (100% Gay) Out Status: Officially told 1 person! Posts: 2,334 Join Date: Apr 2011	Re: Play an instrument? If so please elaborate. I mainly play viola. I can play violin almost as competently, and I dabble in cello a little (just easy stuff). I also used to take piano lessons when I was younger, but I've long since forgotten. __________________ In the end, I always end up alone.

22nd Dec 2011, 08:10 PM	#3
Black Cat As Seen On Hoarders... Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: This cat is out of the bag - I mean closet Location: Pennsylvania, with the cows Age: 21 Posts: 2,391 Join Date: Jun 2009	Re: Play an instrument? If so please elaborate. I play a mean radio. Does that count? If not, I took Saxophone lessons for a month in school, but then we moved and I gave up. At some point or another during my time on earth, I will learn to play the piano and the bagpipes though. __________________ "Your life is an occasion. Rise to it." - Mr. Magorium

22nd Dec 2011, 10:20 PM	#5
No One Eternally Male Crazed! Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Unofficially out to everyone but my family. Age: 18 Posts: 1,021 Join Date: Oct 2008	Re: Play an instrument? If so please elaborate. My main interments are the Violin and the Bassoon, although I have been considering switching to the Viola. I can also play Baritone at pretty good level, although it most definitely isnt what I would call my instrument, Trumpet, Piano, and Baritone Saxophone, with the last three being only at a low-intermediate level. __________________

22nd Dec 2011, 11:48 PM	#7
No One Eternally Male Crazed! Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Unofficially out to everyone but my family. Age: 18 Posts: 1,021 Join Date: Oct 2008	Re: Play an instrument? If so please elaborate. I'm not sure if I want to give up the repertoire of the violin. I do like the lower sound of the viola, but I just cant decide. __________________

23rd Dec 2011, 02:34 AM	#8
ChutneyFarmer EC's resident Scotsman! Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay (I THINK!) Out Status: Parents :D Location: Scotland! Posts: 61 Join Date: Jun 2011	Re: Play an instrument? If so please elaborate. Violin/Fiddle. Really into Scots/Irish music but also LOVING Baroque! Rock on STRINGS!!! __________________ A closed mind is like a closed book; Just a block of wood-

23rd Dec 2011, 03:35 AM	#9
Dominoflare Starving Musician Regular Member Gender: Female Orientation: Bi-Winning Location: London, UK Posts: 235 Join Date: Jul 2011	Re: Play an instrument? If so please elaborate. I'm a classical pianist __________________ {Insert Signature here}

23rd Dec 2011, 04:44 AM	#10
sokk EC Addict Regular Member Gender: Female Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: The closet is my friend Location: Norway Age: 24 Posts: 312 Join Date: Dec 2009	Re: Play an instrument? If so please elaborate. I play the flute, played for 4 years. I am not good, but I can play some piano, I played piano for 2 years or so.. __________________ John: "Oh please.. can we not do this this time?" Sherlock: "Do what?" John: "You.. being all mysterious with your cheekbones and turning your coat collar up so you look cool." Sherlock: "I don't do that." John: "Yes, you do."

23rd Dec 2011, 10:39 AM	#11
FleetFish I was following the I Full Member Gender: Whatever Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Ponyville Posts: 150 Join Date: Dec 2011	Re: Play an instrument? If so please elaborate. I have a violin. Sometimes I attempt to play it. I need to take lessons... __________________ Saw a white dog chase its tail And a pair of hearts carved into a stone I saw kindness and an angel Crying, "Take me back home, take me back home"

23rd Dec 2011, 10:48 AM	#12
thecat06 EC's Biggest LNJF and SNL fan!! Full Member Gender: Let's say Pangender! Orientation: Let's say gay!! Out Status: Out to parents, campus, and 75 friends on facebook Location: Central and Northern Ohio Age: 19 Posts: 2,504 Join Date: Jun 2011	Re: Play an instrument? If so please elaborate. i play trombone, baritone, tuba and handbells. __________________ So many years have passed, since I proclaimed my independence, my mission, my aim, and my vision, so secure, content to live each day like it's my last, it's wonderful to know, that I could be, something more than what I dreamed, far beyond what I could see -Dream Theater

23rd Dec 2011, 02:01 PM	#14
Silver Sparrow Proud to be a bookworm! Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Nothing quite fits... Out Status: One person IRL Location: Massachusetts Posts: 174 Join Date: Oct 2011	Re: Play an instrument? If so please elaborate. I can dabble on piano, guitar, clarinet, recorder, and harmonica. I have near-perfect pitch (not trying to brag), so I can kind of pick up instruuments like piano and flute and play notes that turn out well. Oh. and I sing a lot. __________________ Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth. ~Benjamin Disraeli

23rd Dec 2011, 02:25 PM	#15
PerfectInsanity Now I know I'm living for who I am Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay dude Out Status: Most family & friends; more in due time Location: Arizona Age: 25 Posts: 161 Join Date: Sep 2011	Re: Play an instrument? If so please elaborate. I used to play cello (from elementary through high school), but haven't played since high school graduation night. New activities during college occupied all my time, but I do plan on picking it up again after I'm done with grad school. Cellos rock! __________________ "You do what you love and fuck the rest"--Little Miss Sunshine

24th Dec 2011, 12:40 AM	#16
lucas52 Member Full Member Gender: male (boy in girls body) Orientation: Straight Out Status: out as trans to 4 people Location: Chatt. TN Age: 13 Posts: 55 Join Date: Oct 2011	Re: Play an instrument? If so please elaborate. I play trombone.

24th Dec 2011, 09:21 AM	#17
cBuilding Lurker Full Member Gender: What's that? O.o Orientation: Not straight Out Status: Well, now you know. +1 Location: IL Age: 18 Posts: 104 Join Date: Oct 2011	Re: Play an instrument? If so please elaborate. Been playing drums for... about 6 years now (has it really been that long?) I've been getting into my set more, since drumline for the most part is finished, as far as I'm concerned. I've also played piano and guitar.

24th Dec 2011, 09:51 AM	#18
HazMattic_Force EC's Residential Raver Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Little Rock, Arkansas Age: 19 Posts: 696 Join Date: Apr 2009	Re: Play an instrument? If so please elaborate. trumpet for 6 years , tube for 2 . i can play intermediate baritone , beginners alto sax , violin , and trombone . __________________ Humanity is Sadism at its Finest .

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24th Dec 2011, 11:34 AM	#19
J Snow EC Addict Regular Member Gender: Sex - Male, Gender -Female/bigender/not quite sure Orientation: Primarily interested in men. Out Status: fairly out about sexuality, gender not so much Location: Des Moines, Iowa Age: 22 Posts: 1,392 Join Date: Aug 2011	Re: Play an instrument? If so please elaborate. Back in middle school I used to play the saxophone in band class. I took guitar lessons for a while, and later bought a bass with hopes of learning how to play. Can I actually play any of them to this day though? No. Not at all. My Queer Studies professor is interestingly writing a book called "The Gendering of Musical Instruments" which I think will be interesting. Its about the silliness of stuff like why instruments like the trombone, saxophone, and trumpet are "for men" and clarinets, flutes, and piccolos are for girls. I really want to learn how to play an ocarina, just because I'm a huge Zelda nerd like that :3 __________________ "You don't need to hide my friend, for I am just like you."

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Allecto Fear this queer Full Member Gender: Femmebot Orientation: I'm pansexual, but right now I prefer femmes. ^_^ Out Status: So out of the closet that I was never really in. Location: The Berkshires Age: 22 Posts: 352 Join Date: Aug 2010	Re: Play an instrument? If so please elaborate. I played flute and piano when I was a kid, and now I sing (I'm a lyric soprano). I want to learn how to play the mandolin, dulcimer, banjo, Celtic harp, and hurdy-gurdy. __________________ And don't you know you're beautiful. ♥