I used to play brass (euphonium and trombone) although I'm very out of practice. Like tealeaf (and for the same reason) I play berimbau pretty regularly and I also play didgeridoo every so often. I've got a massive collection of little instruments as well, various shakers, panpipes, badly made thumb pianos, kazoos, harmonicas... and other various stuff that I like to mess about with sometimes.

My girlfriend is a professional cellist, although I've resisted taking that up. (Strings? Pah! )

I can play the piano, guitar, and trumpet. I also did some percussion, vocals, and chalumeau in my band. As soon as finances, room, and wife permit, I want to get a tenor saxophone and a hammond organ.

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I play ocarina and recorder. I can play piano a bit, but I'm awful at chords and can't do rhythm and melody at the same time. I'm much more suited for monophonic instruments.

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I play guitar and sing in a rock band, but my real instrument is the piano, which I've played since I was a little kid.

I also spent ten years playing in a Balinese gamelan, so I can play most of those instruments.

I played cello pretty seriously for 7 or 8 years, in highschool/college. Haydn's concerto in C was one of the last things I learned. I was in a community college orchestra at the time and got to perform it with them.

Nowadays I get it out once a year or so, if that. Too much other stuff to do.

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I played the trumpet for about eight years, then I played tuba for about a year, took a two year rest, then played the euphonium for a bit. Now I'm looking to switch to a baritone.

However, the concert euphonium is by far the best musical instrument I've played. But the marching baritone just fits my personal body better. I'm not a sitting-and-playing guy, I'm a drum corps marcher.

Cameras. What? You don't hear music in pictures?

I also mess about with harmonicas. I played clarinet in high school. Every two or three years or so I consider picking up a saxophone-- but talk myself out of it. And the guitar asks me to learn it about every 5 years. I may actually give into that next time. Just depends

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I'm still trying to figure out how to bend the harmonica notes. Any tips? Everyone says to "drop your throat" but that doesn't seem to work for me... (or I can;t figure out what they mean).

I don't play the harmonica, but perhaps "drop your throat" means to drop your tongue (or the back of your tongue)? Say (and hold) "eee". Feel how your tongue is. Now say (and hold ) "oh". Your tongue should be lower. That's how I create a lower note (thus "bending a note") on my brass instruments.

It's hard to describe the exact technique, and I admit I'm not a great player myself. I think Hēphaistos gave a decent description.

Have you tried different types of harmonica? Some makes are easier for that kind of bend than others.

As to instruments I play myself, here are my primary instruments in order of skill:

piano
vocal
saxophone
guitar

I also dabble with the harmonica on occasion. All of this is casual play. I never got very serious, though I've played piano for over 20 years now and play fairly well.

I play piano and guitar. I played viola for a few years when I was in elementary and intermediate school as well.

I used to play the harmonica pretty well. For bending notes, play around with tongue placement, keeping the tip fairly close to the teeth.

I don't like the harmonica anymore because it's so limited. You're either playing blues or folk and in both cases the harmonica sounds kinda kitschy and dated. Of course there's also the chromatic harmonica but it's much less expressive (can't bend notes well or change the timbre much) and ridiculously difficult to play (the notes are arranged in a very stupid way in a failed attempt to accommodate diatonic harmonica players).

I've played and enjoyed classical piano my entire life (some favorite composers: Mozart, Beethoven, Prokofiev, Barber). I also played the viola for several years in elementary-middle school, which I'll probably come back to some day.

I do not play the cello.

In a way, though, I think that is the charm of the little guy. I kinda want to hook a Mic up through guitar pedals, just to see what new noises I can make with the harmonica like that

EDIT: I should add I just do this for fun, and am in no way shape or form an expert. It sounds like you have a TON more experience than me.

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Pity. If you were that yoyoma I'm pretty sure my girlfriend would suddenly gain much more interest in go.

It kinda sucks that most of you decided to quit what you played...I could seriously never see myself quitting playing cello or composing, but that probably has something to do with the fact that I'm a music major hellbent on having a career in music.

I didn't quit anything... just sort of drifted away.
Mainly because I ran out of bands to play in (also I never owned my own euphonium), I've got no soloist intent at all.

Btw, any of the other brass players here heard of the Youngbloods Brass Band? New Orleans marching band crossed with hip hop - very tasty.

I played guitar for a very long time - rock, blues fingerpicking, and some classical.

A dozen or so years ago, I took up the viola da gamba, one of the most beautiful instruments with a solo repertoire. Following a car accident, I couldn't play it, so I stopped; it's too bad, because I really loved that sound.

Then about 7 years ago, I bought a digital piano, in the hopes of learning to play the keyboard. I made some progress, but there are no teachers locally, then a health issue made it hard to play, so I gave it up. Anyone want to buy a Yamaha P-80?

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The instruments I know and can play quite well are the
Piano
Violin
Upright Bass ( Finger and Bow )
Dizi ( A type of Chinese Flute )
Guitar
Mandolin

Currently somewhat learning or have taken an interest in
Yangqin
Bagpipes
Celtic Harp

Can we classify Go as an instrument ( Lol )? or at least a form of art, because when someone plays the game with a passion it is as though they are painting a picture and for them it is their form of art, their way to express beauty, execution, style just like many forms of art.

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