Does anyone play another instrument?

[Hassouni]

Started on sax, played it for a while....transitioned to guitar which I've played for almost 10 years now before getting more and more into bass.

Also play saz
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and dirbakki(dumbek/tabla):
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[bstringkyle]

Bass is my main instrument. I play tuba as well. I play it in marching band and in concert band.

 

[powellmacaque]

I play bass mostly, I can strum a few chords and play a few licks on mandolin and guitar...

 

[paulygonemad]

Trumpet was my first, sousaphone and then bass followed.
I also suck at a lot of others. But those I can play.

 

[RNV]

I started playing drums in 6th grade ('87) when I got to HS I was in the marching, concert, and Jazz bands. I played all percussion instruments. I picked up bass at 24 for 2 years, stopped playing music all together for 7 years and picket it back up 9 months ago.

 

[Sam Evans]

Saxophone from grades 4-5, 7-12 ... but that was more than two decades ago.

 

[Bassman18]

I've always wanted to learn how to play blues harmonica aswell but it just seems so complicated.

@BassZach:

It's not as complicated as it sounds once you get the basics down. You managed to learn bass didn't you? Like all instruments, with proper technique and a bit of woodshedding, you'll get good in no time. But to reach the level of a virtuoso like Little Walter ,among others, will take a long time.

Look up lessons in your area, a face to face teacher is always a good move. I find a lot of the youtube vids are great once you get the basics down ( bending etc) but aren't that helpful for raw beginners.

Cheers.

 

[thelostuba]

I started on tuba in marching band, then fell in love with upright bass and then electric

 

[BassZach]

Yeah I just want to be able to play it like Neil Young and Bob Dylan because I play bass and guitar in a folk/acoustic trio and adding some harmonic would definetly spice it up a bit

 

[Klopp18]

i play acoustic guitar and ukulele

 

[funkingroovin]

I play the drums some,and I bar chord acoustic guitars 'round the campfire.I tried to teach myself the banjo once..turns out they make pretty cool clocks

 

[Bassman18]

Yeah I just want to be able to play it like Neil Young and Bob Dylan because I play bass and guitar in a folk/acoustic trio and adding some harmonic would definetly spice it up a bit

Well if that is the kind of harmonica you want to play, you haven't got far to go! It'll take a bit of practice using a Rack and playing bass and harp at the same time. All the best!

 

[Shakin-Slim]

Well if that is the kind of harmonica you want to play, you haven't got far to go! It'll take a bit of practice using a Rack and playing bass and harp at the same time. All the best!

He's right. All that folk stuff is 1st position and very simple. I picked that up confidently in a few months. I've been playing harp for quite a few years now and play at New Zealand's annual jazz fest and always get good reviews and that. Blues is a whole different ball game but it's just about sitting down and learning where your roots are for the chord changes. From there you just wing it. Trust me Unless you plan on being the next Sonny Boy Williamson. Then you should take it as seriously as a sax

 

[braydensharrar]

I am proud to say my first instrument was electric bass. Then as I got deeper into Jazz I went to doubling on electric and double bass. Next I got really into composition, so I started taking piano lessons, both Jazz and Classical schools.

Now I am a Film Scoring major at Berklee, but my principle instrument is electric, although I maybe switching it to acoustic soon. I compose exclusively on piano, and perform exclusively as a bass player on both electric and acoustic.

I love it all!

~B

 

[fivepointnine]

guitar, and by relation my wife is a professional violinist (is that how you say it?) and flutist (again, I dont know lol)

 

[Hutzbordello]

guitar, and by relation my wife is a professional violinist (is that how you say it?) and flutist (again, I dont know lol)

is that an innuendo?

also i beatbox

 

[rust_preacher]

Guitar is still my main instrument, I guess, although I now play bass in a covers band. Mandolin has seen a bit of stage time also earlier, and I like to dabble on anything that makse a sound...

 

[uethanian]

Guitar, dobro/lap steel, mandolin, keys, djembe. Man, when I was working on my MA in Ethnomusicology I played about two dozen instruments with a fair degree of competency... some of the instruments in the Javanese and Balinese gamelan orchestras I was REALLY good at. I've slacked off since those days!

o yea i totally forgot, i've been doing gamelan this year at college. i've moved up to bonang, gender is still kind of beyond me...

 

[EstrealLua]

guitar, and by relation my wife is a professional violinist (is that how you say it?) and flutist (again, I dont know lol)

Flutist or flautist. Both are correct. Correctly spelled, perhaps not. C:

 

[Spraeg]

I always think I can play guitar when I'm drunk, and I'm a drummer as a secondary thing, but I've never played seriously.

Oh, and I can bust a mean Kazoo