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[Iona]

Oh that's cool, what do you play?

 

I'll come back to reply later. Off for dinner now.

[Spritzie]

I haven't played anything since HS, but I used to play flute, piccolo and tenor sax.

[phyxius_on]

Sports - I used to play baseball but I hate to watch it on T.V.

I do watch Nascar Sprint Cup (just starting up again woot woot, I was in withdrawl lol)

Instruments - I play guitar, mandolin and the chanter (hubby plays the guitar, mandolin, bagpipes, penny whistle, harmonica and drums ... wish I had his talent)

[Iona]

Woah, that's a nice variety of instruments right there!

 

Er, I played recorder and tenor horn in primary school and I played the piano round about the same time. I no longer play any instruments.

[Tedhaun]

So lucky that I don't have to go to work this upcoming week!

I have February Vacation starting right about now, so thrilled. :D

[Divya Bean]

I play a bunch of instruments. I played piano for 5 years, then I picked up viola for one year, then I played the clarinet for 3 years and I won numerous competitions but then I decided that I wanted to switch the oboe because you can get musical scholarships for the oboe.

[Spritzie]

I started playing the flute when I was in 5th grade. I added in the piccolo in 6th for certain songs. Then in 8th, I taught myself tenor sax so I could join my school's jazz band. They were considered the special band, so the jazz band, show choir, and special orchestra traveled to grade schools and perform in contests.

 

When I did contests with friends, I played the flute. I got 2 first place rankings for that. (The first year was a flute duet. The second was a trio with 2 flutes and a tuba.)

[Wembly]

I play the ukulele! And I used to play the piano. Wish I could play well by ear, not really so good at it. I really just like to practice my chords on my uke, I don't really play songs all that often. I always wished I could be one of those people who can just hear a song and then play it.

[Spritzie]

I wish I played guitar, and piano. Those, you can play by yourself, and continue playing longer to enjoy. After I stopped playing in school, I never really touched my flute again. There was no point.

 

But I do miss it. I always enjoyed it. My dad and I used to do trombone/flute duets. (My dad was in marching bands and such when he was younger, playing trombone, tuba and baritone.)

[jumpingbeans]

I play the tuba! And the piano. It's odd, cause I changed over from the clarinet to the tuba.

[Spritzie]

I stayed in the same general types. Flute and piccolo have pretty much no difference. Flute and the sax are tons more alike than most think.

 

I think the biggest change in my band classes, was when a flute player, changed to learning guitar.

[Divya Bean]

Clarinet and oboe are really alike as well. Most of the fingerings are the same, so it was a really easy switch. Other than this stupid double reed...

[Tyler.]

I'm a guitarist, both acoustic and electric

[Spritzie]

Oboes are awesome Divya. I don't think we had one in any of my band classes over the years though.

 

Reeds. That was the biggest change from flute to sax. I always hated dealing with the reeds. Plus, for some reason, I had to get slightly more expensive reeds for them to work right.

[Manta]

Ooh I play violin! *waves hand excitedly* And guitar, though not very well; and piano, though even worse :P

 

I actually made a YouTube channel to upload my video game music covers on, but I don't have a good microphone so I haven't uploaded anything yet xDD

[Spritzie]

My husbands played violin and piano. (Then my mom played violin. My dad's mom played trumpet and got college scholarships for it. And my dad's dad was a band director in the US Navy, as well as a Colorado HS.)

[Divya Bean]

Oboes are awesome Divya. I don't think we had one in any of my band classes over the years though.

 

Reeds. That was the biggest change from flute to sax. I always hated dealing with the reeds. Plus, for some reason, I had to get slightly more expensive reeds for them to work right.

 

Agreed. ;) I am the first oboe my band teacher has had in 5 years. o_O

 

Sax reeds are expensive? Oboe reeds are $18 apiece!

[livvy]

I play my vocal chords. :D They're very inexpensive.

[Spritzie]

:P I'm not the singing type. I enjoy it in the car, when no one's around. That's it.

 

Not overly expensive, but I had to get ones that were $1-3 more, per reed, than the ones most sax players used. They just worked better.

[antiaircraft]

Oh dear. I drop in here after missing seven pages or so and we're not discussing food at all? Even with our brand new :yum: smiley? :P

[Spritzie]

Nope, Theo. No food discussions. Not even any weather discussions. Weird, huh?

[-Ryan]

Maybe we should start one?

 

 

So my morning just got off to a weird start. You know how most neighborhoods have cats that climb walltops and stuff? Well our neighborhood has a dog that does that and I just took it home after it stalked me while I was bringing in the garbage bin.

This is the second time i've taken it back to where it lives this week. xD

[Spritzie]

Weather discussions would be okay. Though I have to say... the weather here has been mild recently. The closest to anything dramatic we got, was rain last night.

[-Ryan]

Really? I think we had a microburst where I live yesterday. The rain was just plain scary. Wind too. Now it's quiet and overcast out so i'll probably go outside later. This is my favourite kind of weather.

[Spritzie]

I think I read about that in the news. We're supposed to get snow, but it hasn't gotten cold enough yet, so it's just been rain in the evening.