hey folks:
just want to know apart from the piano,how many instruments do you play??Please list after the vote.(only offical ones please,singing counts as one,the instrument only counts if you get at least Grade 3 pass level or you have learnt it for at least 3 years.Be honest please!!)

mine's

1.Piano
2.Violin
3.Viola
4.Flute
5.Harmonica
6.recorder
7.Singing-barbershop/chorus
8.guiter
9.drums

That counts as 9 instruments.

Ummm.....I don't know if you're honest, either!

I just play cello besides piano. But I can play recorder, I have played it in school because they make us do that, and I've played it for 4 years then.

Ooops. I voterd at 2 before I read the "grade 3 pass" thing. But other than piano I also play flute (grade 6), and violin (grade 4) but piano is around grade 3 but havent actually taken an exam...

The flute, I did Grade 7 a couple of days ago, but when I played I also could do the keyboard to around Grade 4 standard, and had played it for 4 years. I stopped playing it about 2 years ago. I don't think it is the number of instruments which is important, but whether you enjoy playing them. Also maybe quality over quantity?

Technically only clarinet after piano, if you're counting more than 3 years and grade 3 pass etc

But I started playing flute 1 year and a half ago, and don't intend to take any exams, coz I just want to enjoy playing it!

I've sang in the school choir/productions/competitions for 7 years! But I haven't done exams or lessons, so I wouldn't really count it as an instrument even if it does match your criteria!

you play 9 instruments haha yeah sure!

erm me, saxophone and clarinet other than piano, but i can play the flute and gto to grade4 violin

I play violin at about Grade 7 and I used to sing and got my Grade 3, although singing exams aren't really that important!

QUOTE (DGA @ Mar 6 2005, 08:36 AM)

Ummm.....I don't know if you're honest, either!

Ops...
you're right!!
I even forget that I put the rule -learning at least 3 years or done grade3.
sorry people-then I 'm taking away the flute and viola!!
just forget....just forget....

I play piano, flute, guitar and organ. I can play bass but I play on it at my friends but it's quite simple because the strings are the same as the bottom four strings on a guitar. Can kind of do recorder and little bits and bobs. My main instruments are piano, flute and guitar. I don't want to do many or I might not excell aswell.

stupid trumpet, i hate it

QUOTE (ConcertPianist @ Mar 7 2005, 06:12 PM)

stupid trumpet, i hate it

I've just borrowed a trumpet/ long something-or-other cornet and I'm having great fun playing it!

i can play jingle bells on a cornet, does that count lmao

Erm I can't really properly clasify my instruments!

My main isntruments are : flute and piano

BUT i started with the recorder (but i dont take exams) and i play the pennywhistle when I am free

I have tried the chinese flute before but i dont count that as one lol

QUOTE (ConcertPianist @ Mar 7 2005, 06:12 PM)

stupid trumpet, i hate it

Nonononono! You must not hate your instrument!

Your instrument is like you best friend!

When I went for a holiday in the UK, I took my flute with me It travelled many miles. LMAO

Apart from the piano, I can play the recorder. I'm not sure whether that counts since I've never taken any graded exams before...I learnt it in school for about 4 years. =) Well, I voted for the first one anyway.

QUOTE (missfabflute @ Mar 8 2005, 02:35 AM)

Your instrument is like you best friend!

I 'll have to say nothing but agree!!
My Piano is my First Love

only clarinet

I play:

1. Clarinet
2. Piano
3. Keyboard
4. Flute
5. Acoustic guitar
6. Electric guitar
7.. Bass guitar
8. Descant recorde
9. Tenor recorder
10. Mouth Organ
11. Occarena

QUOTE (pianist_1210 @ Mar 6 2005, 04:30 AM)

hey folks: just want to know apart from the piano,how many instruments do you play??Please list after the vote.(only offical ones please,singing counts as one,the instrument only counts if you get at least Grade 3 pass level or you have learnt it for at least 3 years.Be honest please!!) mine's 1.Piano 2.Violin 3.Viola 4.Flute 5.Harmonica 6.recorder 7.Singing-barbershop/chorus 8.guiter 9.drums That counts as 9 instruments.

What's with your mega-cheesy sig??

only one..

piano!! MY LOVE!

apart from piano,
i play the cello, and in school they make us play recorder.

QUOTE (davidyko @ Mar 10 2005, 03:27 AM)

in school they make us play recorder.

Same here when I was in primary

My main instruments are piano and oboe

I do play the Cor anglais occasionally in orchestras and occasionally the organ for services, weddings and funerals.

I love the sound of the Cor anglais its rich tone and it is a lovely instrument to play.

1. Oboe
2. Bassoon
3. Recorder
4. Baroque oboe
5. Shawm
6. Dulcian
7. Saxophone

1.Voice
2.Flute
3.Recorder

My Piano, I will admit, is fairly terrible though.

I said 3...

Clarinet
Flugelhorn
Guitar

But I can also play the triangle...

I play Piano and Viola also Viola da gamba, but I can't take exams with it so I didn't count it

QUOTE (Freedom @ Mar 26 2005, 11:11 AM)

I play Piano and Viola also Viola da gamba, but I can't take exams with it so I didn't count it

Wow..
Viola da gamba, isn't that's a old instrument that's already extincted??
Can you play it?? Wow...and what's the different between it and the Viola ??I would love to learn the Viola da gamba.....

(removed - sorry)

I play piano and I sing so that would be 2. I don't know how those of you who play so many can find the time! I do well to just practice my two!

QUOTE (Sotto Voce @ Mar 27 2005, 08:13 PM)

I play piano and I sing so that would be 2. I don't know how those of you who play so many can find the time! I do well to just practice my two!

True...
the problem with me is i play too much instruments and don't have time to practise them all in a day...
Therefore i only often practise the ones that i like the most.
E.g. the piano ,violin.(although i 'n forced to practise the viola because of our Chamber Orchestra...)

QUOTE (pianist_1210 @ Mar 27 2005, 12:07 PM)

QUOTE (Freedom @ Mar 26 2005, 11:11 AM) I play Piano and Viola also Viola da gamba, but I can't take exams with it so I didn't count it Wow.. Viola da gamba, isn't that's a old instrument that's already extincted?? Can you play it?? Wow...and what's the different between it and the Viola ??I would love to learn the Viola da gamba.....

Well the Viola da gamba has six strings (not always though) and is held between your legs, hence "Da Gamba", it was popular mainly during Renaissance and Baroque, but after Bach nobody really wrote for anythhng for it. You hold the bow very different from Cello and Viola. It very resonant and had a very unique sound, I love it.

I wonder where you can buy a Viola da gamba...i think they're all exstincted by now

QUOTE (pianist_1210 @ Mar 6 2005, 12:30 PM)

hey folks: just want to know apart from the piano,how many instruments do you play??Please list after the vote.(only offical ones please,singing counts as one,the instrument only counts if you get at least Grade 3 pass level or you have learnt it for at least 3 years.Be honest please!!) mine's 1.Piano 2.Violin 3.Viola 4.Flute 5.Harmonica 6.recorder 7.Singing-barbershop/chorus 8.guiter 9.drums That counts as 9 instruments.

I would only like to ask an question, how do you count whether you play that instrument?

QUOTE (pianist_1210 @ Mar 30 2005, 04:14 AM)

I wonder where you can buy a Viola da gamba...i think they're all exstincted by now

erm. . .no. I bought my Viola da Gamba from a dealer in London. You can also buy from a huge range in The Early Music Shop in London and Bradford, that is a fantastic store. My one is Czech made but I know that there are still very good Finnish one still being produced.
You probably just don't have a very alive early music scene where you live. I play in a Viol consort and often we accompany singers from around Scotland which is so much fun.

And please stop saying extincted it's extinct.

Freedom

Go to Leeds uni, and they'll do anything in their power to help you play one!

QUOTE (Freedom @ Mar 28 2005, 07:12 PM)

I would love to learn the Viola da gamba..... [/QUOTE] Well the Viola da gamba has six strings (not always though) and is held between your legs, hence "Da Gamba", it was popular mainly during Renaissance and Baroque, but after Bach nobody really wrote for anythhng for it. You hold the bow very different from Cello and Viola. It very resonant and had a very unique sound, I love it.

I would love to try playing one. Are they easy to play?

QUOTE (Freedom @ Mar 30 2005, 06:09 PM)

QUOTE (pianist_1210 @ Mar 30 2005, 04:14 AM) I wonder where you can buy a Viola da gamba...i think they're all exstincted by now  :lol: erm. . .no. I bought my Viola da Gamba from a dealer in London. You can also buy from a huge range in The Early Music Shop in London and Bradford, that is a fantastic store. My one is Czech made but I know that there are still very good Finnish one still being produced. You probably just don't have a very alive early music scene where you live. I play in a Viol consort and often we accompany singers from around Scotland which is so much fun. And please stop saying extincted it's extinct. Freedom

i know it's still not extinct but i live in New Zealand and i don't think we have any in here...