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I am so excited - courtesy of my lovely mother for my birthday I'm *finally* starting my very first flute lessons tomorrow!
I've wanted to play the flute ever since I was about 10 or 11 and learning the piano, on a very old, very badly out of tune upright piano. Always regretted giving it up, but now some nearly 20 years later I'm finally doing it!
So I'm wondering - does anyone else play a musical instrument here, and if so, what?
guitar. self taught so it's not hugely flash.
i always wanted to play violin. dh got me one for my 21st... needa find a teacher ><;
I used to play flute, I had lessons from year 7 till end of year 11.
Was fun but I was not committed enough, which is why I Gave up but music camps and band etc was lots of fun. Not that as an adult you will go to music camp LOL
Both my brothers are more musical 1st brother is a music teacher (saxaphones. clarinet mainly) 2nd Brother plays drums and is amazing classical singer. They both did year 12 music and did well.
Have fun and good luck
Flute :) I started playing when I was 7 years old so I have been playing for 23 years ... now I feel old.
I also play a little bit of piano. I don't play piano for other people though just for myself and sometimes for my kids. They love it.
I bought myself a clarinet a few years ago and have taught myself how to play that as well. But I am not very good.
Both DH and I play instruments - he play guitar, trumpet and the trombone. He also played the organ growing up but we don't own an organ so he plays a little bit of piano as well.
We figure our kids will have to choose between those instruments if they want to play anything when they get older. We have enough for a small band considering I own two flutes and he owns two trumpets as that is our main instrument each. We also have 2 accoustic guitars, one electric guitar, a trombone, a piccalo trombone, a piano and a clarinet :)
Have fun learning the flute. It has always brought me a lot of pleasure being able to play and I find music a great stress relief.
Wow, Just Me that's a lot!
I've started my DD on guitar lessons just this year as I got her a fairly basic acoustic guitar for Christmas - so far she's enjoying it and I hope she continues with it :D
Good luck with your flute lessons!
I used to learn piano in high school. I'm not very good at it, but I love to play on our keyboard every now and then. I used to take singing lessons (not really an instrument LOL) and sang a lot in church, etc. over the years. My DS1 started guitar lessons yesterday and we have hired a guitar for him through the school. I have wanted to learn guitar for years so I've decided to learn along with DS while he practices at home, I can't wait!
I use to play the violin but haven't got back into it, it's one of those things that if you stop you lose it.
I also play trumpet and a little bit of piano. I have recently bought a guitar and want to teach myself how to play so I can do songs with the kids but haven't got around to it yet. It also doesn't help that I can't read music; I've always played by ear.
I used to play Saxaphone but sold it so I havent played in a while! Now I play drums. My dad is a drummer and we have just bought DD her forst set of drums too!
Guitar here, since I was a teenager. DP plays too..atm bass in a band with one of his best mates. We have a nice guitar collection going. He bought me a gorgeous guitar for my birthday last year.
We had a recorder band in primary school, and I learned all of those - descant, treble, bass and tenor. I've also learned clarinet and slide trombone, have taught myself piano and am currently trying to learn tenor sax :)
I can play the theme song for Star Wars on the recorder using my nose :)
I play the flute and French horn also taught myself to play my older sisters clarinet and my younger sisters saxaphone but they were far from impressed so never let me use them again. And I can play a little bit of the piano.
Another flute player here. I started when I was about 12 I think...It was the cool thing to do...be in the BAND in school. I wasn't committed enough though. I also had so much trouble with allergies...blocked up nose, I kind of found it a bit difficult. Still loved it though.
I now have DS learning the drums!
Clarinet and guitar here.
Clarinet since 1996, and was in 'the band' AND i went to BAND CAMMP - I kid you not!
And guitar since 2002. :)
I went on band camp too LOL:
i have learnt and played heaps of different things.
all the recorders...
piano from age 8-18. nearly went to uni to study this
violin
cello
clarinet
bass guitar.
guitar.
i can pretty much play most instruments i pick up. i love music.
Piano here and another who was going to go study at the conservatorium of music but had DD instead. I must admit I didn't enjoy playing at all but I was made to play by my mother. My DD has been playing piano for 6months. I didn't want her to play but she nagged me so much eventually I gave in. I think she only wanted to play because I do.
Violin but haven't picked it up in months :shakehead: I want to - just lack the time!
I went on band camp too they were great fun!!:
"and this one time at band camp" PMSL haha love American pie!!
Lol, no band camp here ;)!
Prior to being a mummy (*having spare time*) I was a guitar player :)!
I went on band camp too ... I really didn't enjoy it. The next year I went on choral camp instead which I enjoyed more.
Dh and I actually met thru our bands :) over the years I've played flute, sax, guitar, bass and drums. Have been teaching guitar on and off since I was 14 (10 years) and played bass in pub rock bands. :) music has always been a huge part of my and my hubby's lives so I hope DD shares that too! Love singing and having a strum on the acoustic guitar most days!
Have fun playing flute! I loved it and would love to get another one one day...
Another flute player...played from 10 until just before I had dd, so 15 years. I want to keep it up but can't afford lessons and feel a bit stagnant (I have only played classical music).
I would love to play piano, but don't have a keyboard. My whole family are musical and dh's family are too...dh is the least inclined to play an instrument but learnt trumpet and piano as a child.
Em I would LOVE to play French horn!!
You should! I haven't played for quite a few years so I'd be a bit rusty I imagine, and the valves are broken in my french horn and I'm guessing they'll be expensive to replace. I stopped playing french horn in year 10 at school and played flute instead because at the time I was the only one playing french horn and I hated the pressure put on me plus the music teacher kept putting solo's in band pieces for me!:
Well first lesson went pretty well - had a lot of fun and found it a fair bit easier than I thought it'd be. Apparently despite not having touched anything music related (I don't count singing along to the radio in the car here) since school I remembered a fair bit.
Has anyone got any good recommendations for websites for a total beginner to look at to help with practice etc?
Great news about the lesson. What kind of things were you thinking of? Songs/sheet music, or actual instructions? YouTube has heaps of lesson based stuff, otherwise I have downloaded free music before at www (dot) 8notes (dotcom forward slash) flute
A little from column A, little from column B I think - just looking at some extra info, remembering how to read music (I used to be able to, but have forgotten huge amounts) that type of thing.
Not me personally (I danced) Hubby plays piano and is in a Big Band. he can also play Guitar, Sax and Drums. DD has been brought up with him playing and we listen to a lot of Jazz. If that influences her great if not so be it ... she'll prolly be a sporty girl rather than an arts girl :lol:
Total music nerd here (was the school music capt and even had 'band geek' on the back of my year 12 hoodie lol...I play the clarinet, bass clarinet, guitar and bass, DH is a semi professional muso and plays guitar and sings. Between us we own a clarinet, 5 guitars, a bass, drumkit, various noisy bongos/djembes etc, a trumpet, organ, piano and a nice little home studio. So DS has plenty to choose from, he better not come home in a few years and want to play the cello!
Flute player in high school, think mums still has mine!
i was a pianists in my previous life BK- use to teach it as well- studied it a uni etc
also saxophone, clarinet, guitar and recorder
also could play most instruments if you show me the basics as well
lol at band camps- i used to run them lol
nothing american pie happened that i knew of - but then again they were primary aged kids
Tenor sax here. Year seven I was given the trumpet after I fluked a sound and then never made another, so I went on to clarinet and then to the sax. I love the sax. Went to band camp too, and was the best! I even won the highest award for music that was offered at my school (yeah, brag moment there!!!!!). But sadly, we couldn't afford my own, so the hire of it came to an end when I finished school.
So a couple of years back I went and bought an alto sax.....and was so bad and rusty at playing it that I was too embarrassed to play it when anyone was around, therefore it didn't get used. I sold it last year.
I play DH's wallet! It makes a lovely 'ch-ching' sound when there are nice shoes on sale!!!! hahahaah
In all seriousness, no, is my answer. I'm in awe of people playing an instrument. It's like people who know another language to me. Best of luck with it!! Sounds awesome!
I play the tenor and descant recorders although they haven't come out since DS appeared outside, and I sing - both DH and I are in the same church band so it makes it a little hard to run around chasing DS while practising. DH plays the drums and DS is obsessed (or very nearly) with DH's drumsticks. DH can't play/practise drums at church easily as DS has to get in on the action as well :rofl: We figure DS is a drummer in training (at 19mths) as he can sort of keep a reasonable beat and has even managed to drum with crossed arms/sticks. We inflicted ourselves with a toy wooden drum for Christmas and he's just scored a second hand drum set toy thing with 2 drumsticks of his own - DH doesn't have to hide his drumsticks anymore, although DS has mangled and broken off the rods in DH's wooden multirod sticks (he has a set of nylon multirods).
:rofl: hmmm sounds just like my wallet!:
:lol::lol::
Guitar here.