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Can you play an instrument?

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  • 06-03-2015 4:28pm
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    ROAAAR
    Registered Users Posts: 316 ✭✭


    I'm sure there'll be loads of people ready to make a joke about playing their flute, so let's get that out of the way :p
    I play a few instruments but would only really be solid playing the guitar and even at that it's something I'll constantly be trying to master my whole life. In the future I hope to take some drum lessons. I've been at a couple of small gigs and a good drummer is something that really impresses me.
    I'd be interested to know what instrument people would like to be a master at if they could just pick one. The guitar is obviously very popular but even from just having a look on YouTube some of the rarer instruments played are really amazing to listen to when you hear someone play it brilliantly.


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    Generic Dreadhead
    Registered Users Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭✭Generic Dreadhead


    Yes i can


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    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    I can play three!

    The symbals, the tambourine and the triangle !


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    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,203 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    I played a bit of bass but haven't picked it up in a while now, just stopped making time for it.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    I used to play guitar, but I got too strung out.


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    [Deleted User]
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    No.

    And all these talent threads lately make me feel very inferior :(


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    brummytom
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    Yeah, play a few. Mainly play Irish trad, so I love this time of year now. Started on piano when I was about 6, then took up the guitar, mandolin then tenor banjo. Can't beat just picking a guitar up and then realising you've spent hours in your own little world.


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    Maximus Alexander
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    Used to be fairly handy with a guitar but being a grown up means I can't find the time for it anymore and my ability is declining all the time. Breaks my heart.


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    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    brummytom wrote: »
    Yeah, play a few. Mainly play Irish trad, so I love this time of year now.

    Do you play for pay? Heard there's a nice bit of money to be made out of it playing around the bars.


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    blue note
    Registered Users Posts: 4,505 ✭✭✭blue note


    I'm okay on the cello. Played a little piano too and a few chords on the guitar to impress the ladies. That never worked!


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    Ruu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,622 ✭✭✭Ruu


    A little bit of tin whistle. :)


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    BBJBIG
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 277 ✭✭BBJBIG


    Yeah ! I play with me aul Flute on a regular basis .... ;)


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    brummytom
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    WoollyRedHat wrote: »
    Do you play for pay? Heard there's a nice bit of money to be made out of it playing around the bars.

    Yeah, not as much as I'd like to though. I don't know about Ireland, but I'd imagine it's similar to over here, the money's decent enough for doing something that's embarrassingly easy.


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    ROAAAR
    Registered Users Posts: 316 ✭✭ROAAAR


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    No.

    And all these talent threads lately make me feel very inferior :(

    Don't be silly! Things always appear like that but I'm sure you're not giving yourself enough credit. It's a pretty strong Irish trait :D.
    Is there an instrument that you think you'd like to learn?

    I can't quite think of the name of the song, but it was some boyband backstage on the late late show with a trad band and I remember the thin whistle player being pretty brilliant. I must look for it actually..


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    BizzyC
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    Drummer here, also play a bit of guitar.

    I'd love to be able to play something like piano without having to spend years learning to play it....


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    Nucular Arms
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    Bass and drums..

    Or drum and bass if you prefer! ;)


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    The Diabolical Monocle
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭The Diabolical Monocle


    ROAAAR wrote: »
    I'm sure there'll be loads of people ready to make a joke about playing their flute, so let's get that out of the way :p

    We're more mature than that here if you give us a chance.

    Anyway Ive a pink oboe, tried playing it but didn't work out.


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    Adamantium
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    My flute.






















    ;)


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    AnonoBoy
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    I play triangle for a reggae band. It's pretty casual. I just stand at the back and ting.


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    sadie06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,706 ✭✭✭sadie06


    Yes, I play a few instruments (piano, guitar, whistle, percussion) but I would call myself a master of none, though I can play to a decent busky accompaniment/performance standard.

    Mastered my vocal abilities. That whole '10,000 hours to become an expert' idea definitely holds water. You have to put in the work, and I did with singing.


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    x43r0
    Registered Users Posts: 4,277 ✭✭✭x43r0


    A good few years experience playing my banjo string


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    Nucular Arms
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    Oh, and I can play the star wars theme music on harmonica...


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    IvySlayer
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    I can play Three Blind Mice AND Hot Cross Buns on the recorder


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    Duggy747
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    Guitar, though I haven't played in about a year or 2.

    I can do the solo to Freebird perfectly without missing a note...............well...................on Guitar Hero anyways :(


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    Pataman
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    As much sax as I can get


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    sadie06
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    Pataman wrote: »
    As much sax as I can get

    Is this you?



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    The Diabolical Monocle
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,618 ✭✭✭The Diabolical Monocle


    Duggy747 wrote: »
    Guitar, though I haven't played in about a year or 2.

    I can do the solo to Freebird perfectly without missing a note...............well...................on Guitar Hero anyways :(

    fly high freee bird yeaahh .... hang on, I can get this.


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    Pataman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,534 ✭✭✭Pataman


    sadie06 wrote: »
    Is this you?


    Rumbled again:D


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    GLaDOS
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    BBJBIG wrote: »
    Yeah ! I play with me aul Flute on a regular basis .... ;)
    Adamantium wrote: »
    My flute.






















    ;)
    x43r0 wrote: »
    A good few years experience playing my banjo string
    Fair play OP, called it in the first line :pac:

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    #30
    Green Mile
    Registered Users Posts: 494 ✭✭Green Mile


    I’m fairly nifty on the guitar, I have an music ear so I found it easy to jump straight to the piano. That being said, I can find the keys by ear but am limited if the song is complexly fast.
    I wish I could sing. I know a few tips to sing but it’s just not natural to me and I hear it different to others. I cringe listening back on a recording. If I could pick anything to become good at, it would be singing.


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    Nero707
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    Drummer and guitarist, prefer drums tho, much more fun :)


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