I know you're out there. How many fellow followers of the musical Muse do we have here?
(public poll, multiple choice)
(public poll, multiple choice)
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I mostly do strings, mainly violin and viola. Have also dabbled in piano and guitar but am not particularly good at either. I have always wanted to try the mandolin and maybe have a go at a standard drum kit - I got rhythm, but maybe not the hand-eye-foot co-ordination. 
Despite having also had lessons, my singing is pretty horrendous.
I can read most music in standard notation, and most clefs, and am pretty good at sight-reading (it's how I got by all these years, really
). I used to write short piano ditties as a small child which I couldn't play, but nowhere near Mozart's standards. 
Part of my learning musical instruments also included knowing about aspects of music theory, including the structures and development of European classical music forms and styles. Actually, since I started learning the guitar I've been fascinated by certain aspects of music theory even more so than when I was learning other instruments - all the various chord patterns and progressions, melodic scale types, it all made perfect, if Pythagorean, sense to me.
I'm told I also have absolute pitch. Which to be honest, does have a ring of truth about it: I have a tendency to "remember" sounds and frequencies in my head - especially A440.
At a push, I can also play the kazoo.
Despite having also had lessons, my singing is pretty horrendous.
I can read most music in standard notation, and most clefs, and am pretty good at sight-reading (it's how I got by all these years, really
). I used to write short piano ditties as a small child which I couldn't play, but nowhere near Mozart's standards. Part of my learning musical instruments also included knowing about aspects of music theory, including the structures and development of European classical music forms and styles. Actually, since I started learning the guitar I've been fascinated by certain aspects of music theory even more so than when I was learning other instruments - all the various chord patterns and progressions, melodic scale types, it all made perfect, if Pythagorean, sense to me.
I'm told I also have absolute pitch. Which to be honest, does have a ring of truth about it: I have a tendency to "remember" sounds and frequencies in my head - especially A440.
At a push, I can also play the kazoo.
While I mostly play guitar, I do sing (with variable degrees of success) and can play the keys and drums well enough to pretty much fake it in any situation.
And, while I do "know how" to play several woodwind instruments, I don't play/practice nearly enough to count.
Oh, and as I've stated here before, I do have near perfect pitch.
And, while I do "know how" to play several woodwind instruments, I don't play/practice nearly enough to count.
Oh, and as I've stated here before, I do have near perfect pitch.
I can play guitar, drums and although I'm rubbish at it, keys. I'm 90% self-taught, my theory is a little rusty and I can't sight-read. I learn things easily, but I'm terrible remembering terminology and names for things. I know my modes, scales, chords (and how they work), but I usually use them without thinking about what I'm doing and just go on autopilot. I can't name notes when I hear them, but I have good relative pitch. I can figure most things out in my head or by ear once I have a couple of notes.
Here's my (rather limited) rig right now (well, a few weeks ago, but nothing has really changed).
At the moment the only pedals I'm running in it are a Morley wah and a noise gate in the FX loop. Simple stuff.
Here's my (rather limited) rig right now (well, a few weeks ago, but nothing has really changed).
At the moment the only pedals I'm running in it are a Morley wah and a noise gate in the FX loop. Simple stuff.
Nothing in brass, how are we going to get our DS9 theme? 
I have a kazoo.Nothing in brass, how are we going to get our DS9 theme?
Then we'll need at least a half-dozen!I have a kazoo.Nothing in brass, how are we going to get our DS9 theme?
Been playing music for about nearly 20 years. Started with the violin, but I know play mainly Bass, some guitar.
I play trumpet, and I can barely squeeze by on baritone.
I can play guitar, drums and although I'm rubbish at it, keys. I'm 90% self-taught, my theory is a little rusty and I can't sight-read. I learn things easily, but I'm terrible remembering terminology and names for things. I know my modes, scales, chords (and how they work), but I usually use them without thinking about what I'm doing and just go on autopilot. I can't name notes when I hear them, but I have good relative pitch. I can figure most things out in my head or by ear once I have a couple of notes.
Here's my (rather limited) rig right now (well, a few weeks ago, but nothing has really changed).
At the moment the only pedals I'm running in it are a Morley wah and a noise gate in the FX loop. Simple stuff.
Why the noise gate?
With a decent amp like that why on Earth would you want to suck the tone out of it?
My Decimator doesn't have any real negative effect on my tone (I've read the NS-2 sucks a bit of tone out though), unless you count culling hiss/hum/unwanted feedback as sucking up tone. It's not particularily important, but it makes a world of difference for playing riffs. You can't get a real tight sound when your playing is surrounded by hiss and feedback. It really comes in handy playing SUPER HIGH GAIN BRUTALZ stuff. It makes playing clean/quietly/with lots of dynamics a pain, but it's not like it's hard to step on it and turn it off. It's more of a pain getting from SUPER HIGH GAIN BRUTALZ to clean on a single channel amp than it is to turn a noise gate off.
I've played just about every instrument in a standard rock band, but after seeing Mark King of Level 42 in concert, I knew I found my niche with the electric bass.
Can't read sheet music worth a lick, but I can lay down a groove, slap and pop, and know when it's just appropriate to sit in the pocket with the drums and let the bass be a foundation for other instruments to launch off of...
Can't read sheet music worth a lick, but I can lay down a groove, slap and pop, and know when it's just appropriate to sit in the pocket with the drums and let the bass be a foundation for other instruments to launch off of...
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In order from least (decent) to greatest (proficient) ability:
Violin
Flute
Piccolo
Clarinet
Mandolin
Bass
Drums
Harmonica
Guitar
Trumpet
Piano
Vocals
I also read and write sheet music.
J.
Violin
Flute
Piccolo
Clarinet
Mandolin
Bass
Drums
Harmonica
Guitar
Trumpet
Piano
Vocals
I also read and write sheet music.
J.
I sing and ring handbells (I put that in "other", though I guess it counts as percussion), I also played clarinet until college. Haven't picked it up in years, though.
Brass (horn) and piano.
I used to be pretty good on the horn; I played in a few youth orchestras and got to All-State Orchestra. I never had much of a high register though, so that made things difficult. On the piano, I took lessons from 2-6th grade and quit, but I've been playing it nearly every day and have gotten to be decent.
I used to be pretty good on the horn; I played in a few youth orchestras and got to All-State Orchestra. I never had much of a high register though, so that made things difficult. On the piano, I took lessons from 2-6th grade and quit, but I've been playing it nearly every day and have gotten to be decent.
