#still play it). alto saxophone. piano/keyboard. ukulele. violin. electric bass.

[majorshatterandhare]

[Answer options in order are:

1. Yes, guitar, mandolin

2. Yes, piano/keyboard

3. Yes, violin, viola, cello, bass (inc. electric bass)

4. Yes, percussion

5. Yes, a woodwind

6. Yes, a brass instrument

7. Yes, multiple

8. Yes, something not mentioned here

9. No, I do not currently play an instrument but I sing

10. No, I do not currently play an instrument and I do not sing.

End Options]

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I’m sorry there aren’t more options, I only had 10 spaces or I would’ve included more. I tried to go with the most common and obviously with groups!

What counts for singing is up to you. I think most people sing some amount, but you can decide if yours counts or not. The reason for this is because you can teach yourself an instrument, so not requiring lessons or anything for either instruments or singing.

If you want to learn an instrument, especially if you don’t currently play any, I would love to know if you shared!

Please reblog! I wanna know how many of us play instuments ourselves and what that distribution is.

If you don’t listen to the Mechanisms don’t respond to this poll! I’m sure your answer is very interesting, but it will skew the results!

#the mechanisms #poll #i included the answer options in brackets because my phones screenreader wont read them if i havent voted. ive heard other peoples do but i- #included it to be safe! #i have experience with multiple instruments! #chronilogically they are guitar. recorder (which i still count even though it was required in my school because i still have it and can- #still play it). alto saxophone. piano/keyboard. ukulele. violin. electric bass. #i have most experience with the saxophone and least with the bass! #i also sing. i did musical theatre ages 10-14 and a bit of non-musical theatre outside of that. so i have *some* amoung of training.- #plus chorus in middle school. but very little of it was one-on-one. plus i take t now and my voice dropped! so i dont havd any idea how my- #singing is now. not that i really knew before. #anyway im very curious! i always think its interesting when people are really into music but play no instruments (like my dad) #sorry to harmonica and accordion for not being able to fit you in the poll and also everything else because there are so many instruments!

[notenderlaith]

I present to you a history of me playing instruments

11 yrs old- Joined middle school band, asked to play saxophone, was assigned French horn anyway. Kept stealing my then dates trumpet. I like playing trumpet, if I had one to practice I feel like I would be bomb at it. Tried to do the same thing with my friends flute, I can not play flute.

12 yrs old- Filled in glockenspiel for Christmas concert and practiced that for a few months before never touching it again. Found and fell in love with an ocarina, got good, then lost it. Fooled around with a harmonica I stole from a friend, I loved it a lot but that friend stole it back after the 367th round of "cotton eye joe". Begged Band directors to let me play sax.

13 yrs old- forcefully drafted into marching band and played mellophone. Hated it, but Its one of the instruments I'm the best at. Still begging to play other instruments.

14 yrs old- Joined Jazz band in High School Band and tried low brass but I CAN NOT play low brass so I was stuck on key board for a moment but then finally got to play alto sax, then was moved to tenor sax.

15 yrs old- Life went to shit no music, only chaos and tragedy.

16 yrs old- life still shit and made a make shit kalimba with the zipties on my tennis shoes in the mental hospital. Which they took away from me along with my humanity and will to live.

17 yrs old- Got an actual kalimba and loved it and I still do. Then got a ukulele. I love it but also hated that I couldn't really play my taste in music with it. Played "Riptide" by Vance Joy for a talent show, which I lost. Still I got props for it. I also practiced it so much that I almost fist fought my roommate. Got Electric guitar and was and is in love. I have never been able to sit down and play an instrument for hours on end for weeks in a row with out getting sick of it. Haven't expanded much since then, so yeah...

Results

Instruments that I can play well (in no particular order):

French horn

Alto Saxophone

Tenor Saxophone

Kalimba

Ukulele

Glockenspiel

Ocarina

Instruments that I CAN NOT play at all (in no particular order... again):

Flute

Any low brass instrument

Instruments that I can play a little or just really want to learn (in no particular order... maybe I should sort these or something...):

Drums, all of them, even the bongos

Bass

Trumpet

Keyboard/Piano

Omnichord

Guitar

Me (I just want to be able to sing)

Violin

Cello

Harp

Harmonica

The bagpipes

Sistrum

The panpipes

Tank drum

To be continued...

#muisc #musician