Author Topic: what musical instruments can you play? (Read 5486 times)

Bluto · « **Reply #2 on:** April 27, 2007, 10:20:25 AM »

bluto plays the skinflute hahahaha gayer than etc

BroadStreetBruiser · « **Reply #3 on:** April 27, 2007, 12:23:21 PM »

Drums since 13 (26 now)
Guitar
Harmonica
Violin

Bluto · « **Reply #4 on:** April 27, 2007, 12:26:32 PM »

Quote from: BroadStreetBruiser on April 27, 2007, 12:23:21 PM

Drums since 13 (26 now)
Guitar
Harmonica
Violin

WHAT ARE YOU SOME KINDA WHIZ KID

Baby_Hercules · « **Reply #5 on:** April 27, 2007, 12:31:59 PM »

I played the saxophone from middle school through college. I went to school at Alabama State University on a band scholarship actually. I was section leader in the marching band my junior year and lead saxophone in the jazz band as a freshman and sophomore. Don't play anymore.

Here is a clip of our band in recent years still going strong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JJ7KqEZGzY

BroadStreetBruiser · « **Reply #6 on:** April 27, 2007, 12:40:59 PM »

Quote from: Bluto on April 27, 2007, 12:26:32 PM

WHAT ARE YOU SOME KINDA WHIZ KID

Hardly. My father played drums. I started playing an old marching snare at 12 and he found his set that was with my cousin and gave it to me. Violin I played through elementry and middle school. Guitar I started playing last year and harmonica at the same time.

Dr. D · « **Reply #7 on:** April 27, 2007, 01:16:33 PM »

Drums but just started taking up Air-Guitar!!!

bmacsys · « **Reply #8 on:** April 27, 2007, 03:10:03 PM »

Guitar and harmonica. My dad has played the guitar for 50 years. He is in Tennessee for some bluegrass festival as we speak.

Saxon · « **Reply #9 on:** April 27, 2007, 04:05:56 PM »

I used to play the cornet.

Debussey · « **Reply #10 on:** April 27, 2007, 04:06:24 PM »

Electric guitar
Acoustic guitar
Bass guitar
Piano/Keyboard
Drums (just basic stuff)

A womans body

Debussey also do orchestration

BroadStreetBruiser · « **Reply #11 on:** April 27, 2007, 09:33:37 PM »

Guitar is by far the most challenging and rewarding thing I've ever done. Drums are piss easy.

24KT · « **Reply #12 on:** April 27, 2007, 10:48:08 PM »

Quote from: Debussey on April 27, 2007, 04:06:24 PM

Electric guitar
Acoustic guitar
Bass guitar
Piano/Keyboard
Drums (just basic stuff)

A womans body

Debussey also do orchestration

DING, DING, DING!!!

Debussey · « **Reply #13 on:** May 02, 2007, 07:48:43 AM »

Quote from: BroadStreetBruiser on April 27, 2007, 09:33:37 PM

Guitar is by far the most challenging and rewarding thing I've ever done. Drums are piss easy.

Playing the guitar is like cummin'.

BroadStreetBruiser · « **Reply #14 on:** May 02, 2007, 07:49:49 AM »

Quote from: Debussey on May 02, 2007, 07:48:43 AM

Playing the guitar is like cummin'.

play for 3mins a night and take a shower when you're done?

Debussey · « **Reply #15 on:** May 02, 2007, 07:52:55 AM »

Quote from: BroadStreetBruiser on May 02, 2007, 07:49:49 AM

play for 3mins a night and take a shower when you're done?

More like 3 hours. Gotta warm up slowly, go two steps forward, one step back a few hours, have some jazzy fun, sweep around a little bit and then shred out a fucking orgasmic shredding manifesto at the end.

BroadStreetBruiser · « **Reply #16 on:** May 02, 2007, 09:21:51 AM »

Quote from: Debussey on May 02, 2007, 07:52:55 AM

More like 3 hours. Gotta warm up slowly, go two steps forward, one step back a few hours, have some jazzy fun, sweep around a little bit and then shred out a fucking orgasmic shredding manifesto at the end.

I actually discussed this with my instructor. I simply don't have the knowledge right now practice for more then 2-3 hours w/o being bored. Songs are boring, i like theory and reading

Debussey · « **Reply #17 on:** May 02, 2007, 09:44:31 AM »

Quote from: BroadStreetBruiser on May 02, 2007, 09:21:51 AM

I actually discussed this with my instructor. I simply don't have the knowledge right now practice for more then 2-3 hours w/o being bored. Songs are boring, i like theory and reading

Learn every scale system/mode, arp and so on over the entire guitar neck.

Then learn 1000002035 different chord voicings.

Now you can spend 5 hours every evening if you want to.

BroadStreetBruiser · « **Reply #18 on:** May 02, 2007, 10:59:36 AM »

Quote from: Debussey on May 02, 2007, 09:44:31 AM

Learn every scale system/mode, arp and so on over the entire guitar neck.

Then learn 1000002035 different chord voicings.

Now you can spend 5 hours every evening if you want to.

lol of course I COULD do shit like that but I don't think my wife, kids and family would enjoy it very much.

ToxicAvenger · « **Reply #19 on:** May 03, 2007, 11:32:02 AM »

does farting count?

tu_holmes · « **Reply #20 on:** May 03, 2007, 11:33:58 AM »

I play trumpet, sax, clarinet, and most percussion instruments like the marimba, timpani, drums... (I was a music major in college for a couple of years)

I'm learning guitar right now... but I "just" started that, so we'll see how it turns out.

Debussey · « **Reply #21 on:** May 03, 2007, 05:06:01 PM »

Quote from: tu_holmes on May 03, 2007, 11:33:58 AM

I play trumpet, sax, clarinet, and most percussion instruments like the marimba, timpani, drums... (I was a music major in college for a couple of years)

I'm learning guitar right now... but I "just" started that, so we'll see how it turns out.

Are you into players like Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Redman ++ ?

Timpani = one of the coolest instruments around.

EastWest symphony orchestra gold's got some great timpani and other percussive samples. Have you tried it?

YoungBlood · « **Reply #22 on:** May 03, 2007, 05:29:54 PM »

Quote from: Debussey on May 02, 2007, 09:44:31 AM

Learn every scale system/mode, arp and so on over the entire guitar neck.

Then learn 1000002035 different chord voicings.

Now you can spend 5 hours every evening if you want to.

Depending on your playing style, there is no reason to really learn that many inversions of a chord. Playing rock, there are really a few voicings that will get you by just fine.
If you're playing jazz, and want to know the neck in it's entirety (certainly helps while playing jazz more so than any other music), than lots of inversions is fine, but certainly not required.

The scale/mode thing, I think is really overdone. And not necessary, though it certainly helps to explain things at times; but can also be just as confusing for someone that is having a hard time trying to grasp what a 2nd inversion altered dominant chord is.
Plus, none of this is actually what all players do; especially in jazz. One may thing using tonal centers, another using arpeggios, and another will think chord/scale relationship. Yet another may use all three.

Debussey · « **Reply #23 on:** May 03, 2007, 05:39:20 PM »

Quote from: YoungBlood on May 03, 2007, 05:29:54 PM

Depending on your playing style, there is no reason to really learn that many inversions of a chord. Playing rock, there are really a few voicings that will get you by just fine.
If you're playing jazz, and want to know the neck in it's entirety (certainly helps while playing jazz more so than any other music), than lots of inversions is fine, but certainly not required.

The scale/mode thing, I think is really overdone. And not necessary, though it certainly helps to explain things at times; but can also be just as confusing for someone that is having a hard time trying to grasp what a 2nd inversion altered dominant chord is.
Plus, none of this is actually what all players do; especially in jazz. One may thing using tonal centers, another using arpeggios, and another will think chord/scale relationship. Yet another may use all three.

Debussey did not say that you need to do this

Knowing a lot of voicings/inversions = great though. If you can make them up on the spot = even better.

Debussey thinks that it's soloing changes a bit, when it changes its "thinking" (tonal centres/arps and so on).

It is not necessary to know everything, but the more you know, the better you are off.

If BroadStreet needs to kill 5 hours every night, learning 10235289356293526 voicings = great stuff

YoungBlood · « **Reply #24 on:** May 03, 2007, 06:27:31 PM »

There is enough stuff out there to never stop learning-ever. From inversions, secondary dominants, sequences/melodic patterns, chord patterns, tonal center approach vs. chord per chord thinking, reharmonization.....the list can go on and on.
For inversions, you can learn to memorize them, or you can learn to transfer them via "string sets" and you can put different notes on the bottom- not just the root, 3rd, 5th or seventh.
Then you have slash chords, which are cool, and are much easier to notate than using all the alterations involved- and many players don't care for seeing an altered major 7th chord.
Modulations; you can think of pivot chords, using ii-V's to get there, Coltrane changes, secondary dominants- all the above......to use in a song or transfer from song to song like a melody of tunes.
Music is really endless. Duke Ellington, Mozart, Beethoven, anybody of their caliber-if they were alive today would still be studying and/or taking ear classes.
Hell, I can practice a la Thelonious Monk- one song for 5 hours. You CAN practice creativity.