Does anyone play orchesrta instruments?

soadert · #1 09-08-2008, 07:15 PM

Does anyone here play an orchestra instrument? I do.

CamMcIntyre · #2 09-08-2008, 07:28 PM

Does Double Bass count? If so, yes. I played cello in Middle School.

Nappa · #3 09-08-2008, 09:19 PM

I wish, it is too late to join an orchestra class for me. (In High School)

Tejano Joveno · #4 09-08-2008, 10:19 PM

Just stringed instruments? If not then I've been playing tuba since I was twelve, ( coming up on five years now.)

BassChuck · #5 09-09-2008, 04:59 AM

I was a graduate french horn performance major. Played in several professional orchestras.

blizzard · #6 09-09-2008, 07:13 AM

Double Bass? yes.

Hoover · #7 09-10-2008, 09:42 AM

I played flute from 4th grade through junior high; then played double bass and tympani in my high school orchestra.

These days I just compose (and, under extreme duress, conduct) for orchestras.

Pilgrim · #8 09-10-2008, 10:59 AM

Played orchestral upright bass in Jr High and High school....hadn't touched one in years, but took the chance to sit in with a bluegrass group a few weeks ago and had a ball playing upright with them for a number or two.

Murder_Worship · #9 09-10-2008, 04:34 PM

i playd baritone for a few years, its not rly mah thang anymore, altho it is a very nice instrument.

WyrdoBass · #10 09-10-2008, 08:44 PM

I play cello and this year we don't have anyone to play UB, so I'm gonna fill in and learn some upright!

wfunder · #11 09-11-2008, 10:11 AM

I play the viola in the orchestra at Clemson University.

Hoover · #12 09-11-2008, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Murder_Worship

i playd baritone for a few years, its not rly mah thang anymore, altho it is a very nice instrument.

Do you mean baritone horn (aka Euphonium or Peck Horn), or baritone saxophone?

I always wanted to play a smaller Peck Horn...love what Django Bates does with that instrument.

gottawalk · #13 09-12-2008, 09:39 PM

I majored on bassoon in college. Haven't used it for quite a lot of years, though. Would have to work my lip up again...

Having too much fun playing bass!

Munjibunga · #14 09-13-2008, 12:21 AM

Sure. Think about it. If nobody played orchestra instruments, I guess there wouldn't be any orchestras, would there?

baalroo · #15 09-13-2008, 01:02 AM

Way back in highschool I was "lead percussionist" and ran around playing all sorts of different percussion instruments (often many different things in single songs/movements/whatev), spent most of my time playing Timpani though... which can be suprisingly difficult. Especially since we had no tuners on the ones I used and, unbeknownst to most non-percussionists, the timpani drums have a pedal that tightens and loosens the head to achieve different pitches and are often retuned multiple times in a single song. Let's just say it was some hardcore ear-training having to retune the drums by ear with an entire orchestra playing at the same time.

phat daddy · #16 09-13-2008, 03:04 AM

I've been a 1st chair oboist since age 11. I'm not playing with an orchestra these days, but I still keep up my chops and I get called for seasonal orchestral shows on occasion. Bass is the love of my life, but the oboe payed my way through music college, and that's where I really developed as a bassist.