Anybody here play a 2nd instrument?

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MadAsAHatter said:
I can keep a basic tempo on drums but wouldn't consider myself anything close to a real drummer.

I play the hammered dulcimer, but it's been a while since I've really messed with it. There's a lot of rust and dust I'd need to knock off.
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I can play a straight four on the floor on the drums but never really got into them. Surprised to hear you say that about the dulcimer....would've never guessed. It's a cool instrument.

I been looking at laouto's and ouds....they are pretty neat. A lifetime, and my wallet, only allows for getting decent at so many instruments though. You can barely give away a cornet in this country so it was a low cost of entry....$150 for a vintage working conn with 2 mouthpieces....
 
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I can play a straight four on the floor on the drums but never really got into them. Surprised to hear you say that about the dulcimer....would've never guessed. It's a cool instrument.

I been looking at laouto's and ouds....they are pretty neat. A lifetime, and my wallet, only allows for getting decent at so many instruments though. You can barely give away a cornet in this country so it was a low cost of entry....$150 for a vintage working conn with 2 mouthpieces....
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I've always wanted to give the lute and mandolin a shot but never got around to it. Like you said the wallet can only afford so much to just dick around with.

I did give the bagpipes a try. I bought a practice chanter which are pretty cheap. I was able to learn the bagpipe solo for AC/DC It's a long way to the top. In the end I just didn't have the lung capacity for wind instruments.
 
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I did give the bagpipes a try. I bought a practice chanter which are pretty cheap. I was able to learn the bagpipe solo for AC/DC It's a long way to the top. In the end I just didn't have the lung capacity for wind instruments.
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I've never tried the bagpipes. I didn't think I'd have the lungs for a wind instrument either but it's really more about controlling the wind you do have i.e air/breath support. I can blow a longer tone through a contrabass bugle than my 23 year old son. I smoked longer than he's been alive. But he smokes me on a regular trumpet or 2 valve soprano bugle...
 
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I dabbled in didgeridoo too, but never went pro.

Does Vuvuzela count?
 
I started on trumpet and then baritone and ensemble percussion and drum set. Picked up a bass on the side along the way for several years before playing guitar. Played piano for several years while earning my music degree. Shoulda also mentioned I trained in vocals and still do those. Primarily play guitar and bass now.
 
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Assuming bass doesn't count, no not right now.

Grew up playing piano and trumpet though. Think about picking up a keyboard all the time, but in my limited spare time (kids) I'd rather put it towards just playing guitar (which is also hindering my pedal building interesting).

Also every year I consider picking up a set of harmonicas, but same issue with time and having to learn from scratch.
 
Skin flute. JK

I wish I had knowledge of chords on keys.
I've always dabbled with keyboards, synths.
I can make interesting sounds, soundscapes, but have no clue what I'm actually doing.
I feel I'd be way more effective at realizing the ideas in my head if I knew the chords on the keyboard, and the technical side of synth stuff.
 
I started playing trumpet in the 7th grade… the same year I started playing guitar. It’s how I met my bass player (tuba), my other guitar player (trumpet) and drummer (snare).

We’ve been a band 30+ years
 
I started on Flute at 8 years old. Played with the LA Philharmonic in 1979 after winning a performance contest at 13 years old. We played the Brandenburg Concerto.

Yes, I have heard just about every joke you can think of. That's why I started on guitar at 11 years old...

In the 11th grade I also started on piano. I'm still a pretty basic player on piano. But, I use it for chords and working out harmonies. I taught my two daughters their first year of piano and then sent them off to classical piano teachers...
 
I play drums with poor technique. I basically use brute strength when I actually should be working on finesse.
 
About 3 years after I started playing I got into Dream Theater and that was the first band that I REALLY took notice of the other instruments in, particularly drums. I was extremely fortunate that my best friend was and is a motherfucker of a drummer who was also a huge Portnoy freak back then and would teach he stuff I couldn't pick up from the instructional videos.

To this day I watch drum instructional videos as entertainment; Carter Buford, Simon Philips, Stewart Copeland, Terry Bozzio, Virgil Donati, they all have some amazing stuff they've put out pre-2000 that I sucked up. Drums came more naturally to me than anything else, my biggest regret in life will most likely be not playing more drums when it's something I love so much.

Vocals came after, my love of Layne Staley and Geoff Tate made me say "I wanna do that, too" and that didn't come naturally at all....that was over a decade of sounding fucking terrible on stages and blowing my throat out before I learned to appreciate my own voice. I really enjoy singing but there's a lot of mental trials I've gone through with that which is a bit hard to explain.

Bass was out of necessity though I really do love playing once I'm practiced a bit, I'd love to play bass in a band where I can crank through an SVT 8x10 w/ a Spector pounding away.

I'm looking forward to having a better grasp at piano after these guitar lessons.
 
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