Instruments - Page 2

Swoop · 10-14-2006, 04:17 PM

To tell the truth, I don't think any instrument is boring. I think that if you play or modify the song so you can play it, and you like it, It's not boring.

**Cenright** · 10-14-2006, 04:32 PM

I am basing this scale on that a 6 means you are very good compared at HS standards, as Jursey said.

I found that I learn instruments quickly, but because I got used as a utility player, I was put wherever there was a need, so I never got great at any one instrument. Here is my list, in order of appearance:

5 Trumpet
5 French Horn (Bb & F / Double)
3 Clarinet
5 Ocarina
3 Fluegel Horn
4 Mellophone
6 Baritone
3 Flute

imockthepea · 10-14-2006, 10:25 PM

Yeah played violin for 3 years and gave that up. Now I can't even read trebel clef. But I have just last year started to play double bass and after about 9 months of it went to a competition to see how good I was. Apparently I'm at a level where no other bass player in a small part of NY is at. Then again how many kids do you see these days playing a double bass? I'd give myself a 4 at the least and a 6.5 at the most.

**D4rkAng3l** · 10-14-2006, 10:31 PM

never noticed that alot of people played instruments,anways i played the violin for 2 1/2 years, and piano 5 1/2 years

Codename46 · 10-14-2006, 10:54 PM

I play piano and have been playing for almost 11 years (I'm almost 18 now). I would rate myself a 8/10 because last year I got 1st place in the Texas Federation of Music Club's annual All-State competition at TCU in the category "Very Difficult Level II".

FluorescentArmy · 10-15-2006, 08:57 AM

Well, Dragula, can you hold up a porn groove on your bass? Those things have mean string skipping, octave, and slap n pops in them. Look up Billy Sheehan. He's a really good bassist.

Tonberry_Kid · 10-15-2006, 09:38 AM

Trumpet-7 or 8
French Horn- 7 or 8

I'd be better at horn but switching from mello to horn to mello messes me up >_>

kickassbuddy · 10-15-2006, 09:41 AM

Piano for six years and still playing.
I know how to play some songs only just to listen to it once (godfather, tetris, etc.)

**eurostud4** · 10-15-2006, 10:03 AM

I've been playing alto saxophone for about 4 years. I always play first part in my school's wind ensemble, so I would rate myself about a 5 or 6,

My father brought home a didgeridoo from a business trip to australia, so I've been working on that as well, except I'd give myself about a .5 skillwise

Oh yeah and I have a neighbor who got accepted into Juliard for trumpet a couple years ago, he was also invited to join the Canadian Brass

soccer345 · 10-15-2006, 10:34 AM

Palying the drums for about 2 years now. Not as i good as others so i'd rate myself a 4.

Verruckter · 10-15-2006, 10:57 AM

Drums, and of course, the Mighty Keytar.

Linkisdoomed · 10-15-2006, 11:28 AM

I've been a violist for 6 years now, and I'd rate myself a 6.5 on the old scale there.

I've recently picked up a Bass Guitar within the last year... so maybe a 2 or 3 there.

ClAsSiC_RoCkEr · 10-15-2006, 12:28 PM

I played electric and bass guitar for about two years, and i never did find any reason why i should pick it up and try to advance on it if i'm just gonna do power chords the whole time. Timing is everything, so as long as I have that, i'm good. I'd rate myself a 3 or something.

Also played piano for about 4 years but went on and off on it after that. I was forced into it, which is probably the reason why I didn't like it much. I'd rate myself a 3 or 4 only because I can read fairly well and Bach's Invention No. 8 or Joplin's Entertainer only to be my best songs =/

**D_Magik** · 10-15-2006, 03:12 PM

I've been playing the violin for 9 years (since 4th grade) and would rate myself a 7 or 8.

I also picked up Viola, which I would rate myself a 7 or 8 as well because once you learn to read the viola music it's basically the exact same, except most viola music is easier than vioin.

lord_carbo · 10-15-2006, 03:34 PM

11 at human beatboxing

SuperPrettyDisaster · 10-15-2006, 04:39 PM

I'm a drummer, I've been playing for almost 2 years. I picked up the drums because I got mad/frusturated at guitar and kinda quit. My brother played drums at the time, but he quit after a few months, so I bought them off of him for 280$. Decent price considering It's a 5 peice pearl kit with two cymbals plus roto-toms.

I don't exactly rate myself, but if I had to, I'd rate myself like a 7.

dsadsadsa · 10-15-2006, 06:19 PM

I've been playing the trumpet for about 6 years now, and thanks to ffr, I have the quickets chromatic runs out of the whole band

. I also mess around with the piano once in a while, and I also have a bass. I can also play treble baritone, but that's the same thing as the trumpet, really.

If 1 is just got it, and 10 is beehtoven, I guess 6?

10-14-2006, 04:17 PM	#21
Swoop FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Where am I now? Age: 32 Posts: 174	Re: Instruments To tell the truth, I don't think any instrument is boring. I think that if you play or modify the song so you can play it, and you like it, It's not boring. __________________

10-14-2006, 04:32 PM	#22
Cenright You thought I was a GUY?! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Beaumont (A town with 25 times fewer people than this site) Age: 39 Posts: 3,139	Re: Instruments I am basing this scale on that a 6 means you are very good compared at HS standards, as Jursey said. I found that I learn instruments quickly, but because I got used as a utility player, I was put wherever there was a need, so I never got great at any one instrument. Here is my list, in order of appearance: 5 Trumpet 5 French Horn (Bb & F / Double) 3 Clarinet 5 Ocarina 3 Fluegel Horn 4 Mellophone 6 Baritone 3 Flute __________________ http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...Cube_in_55.mpg

10-14-2006, 10:25 PM	#23
imockthepea FFR Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: New York Age: 36 Posts: 235	Re: Instruments Yeah played violin for 3 years and gave that up. Now I can't even read trebel clef. But I have just last year started to play double bass and after about 9 months of it went to a competition to see how good I was. Apparently I'm at a level where no other bass player in a small part of NY is at. Then again how many kids do you see these days playing a double bass? I'd give myself a 4 at the least and a 6.5 at the most. __________________ And the pea mocks me. AAA's to date- 2 Newest- Excite Bike

10-14-2006, 10:31 PM	#24
D4rkAng3l FFR Player Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 237	Re: Instruments never noticed that alot of people played instruments,anways i played the violin for 2 1/2 years, and piano 5 1/2 years

10-14-2006, 10:54 PM	#25
Codename46 FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2006 Age: 37 Posts: 108	Re: Instruments I play piano and have been playing for almost 11 years (I'm almost 18 now). I would rate myself a 8/10 because last year I got 1st place in the Texas Federation of Music Club's annual All-State competition at TCU in the category "Very Difficult Level II".

10-15-2006, 08:57 AM	#26
FluorescentArmy Forum User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Gattrobe, Pistolvania Age: 34 Posts: 1,754	Re: Instruments Well, Dragula, can you hold up a porn groove on your bass? Those things have mean string skipping, octave, and slap n pops in them. Look up Billy Sheehan. He's a really good bassist. __________________

10-15-2006, 09:41 AM	#28
kickassbuddy FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: UNITIИU Posts: 594	Re: Instruments Piano for six years and still playing. I know how to play some songs only just to listen to it once (godfather, tetris, etc.) __________________

10-15-2006, 10:03 AM	#29
eurostud4 FFR Veteran Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: thicket of solitude Age: 34 Posts: 995	Re: Instruments I've been playing alto saxophone for about 4 years. I always play first part in my school's wind ensemble, so I would rate myself about a 5 or 6, My father brought home a didgeridoo from a business trip to australia, so I've been working on that as well, except I'd give myself about a .5 skillwise Oh yeah and I have a neighbor who got accepted into Juliard for trumpet a couple years ago, he was also invited to join the Canadian Brass

10-15-2006, 10:34 AM	#30
soccer345 FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: LOOK BEHIND YOU!!!! Posts: 68	Re: Instruments Palying the drums for about 2 years now. Not as i good as others so i'd rate myself a 4.

10-15-2006, 10:57 AM	#31
Verruckter FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Canada, with the cool people! Posts: 2,707	Re: Instruments Drums, and of course, the Mighty Keytar. __________________ Truth lies in loneliness, When hope is long gone by -Blind Guardian, The Soulforged Image removed for size violation.

10-15-2006, 11:28 AM	#32
Linkisdoomed FFR Player Join Date: May 2004 Location: Where empty thoughts die. Age: 36 Posts: 594	Re: Instruments I've been a violist for 6 years now, and I'd rate myself a 6.5 on the old scale there. I've recently picked up a Bass Guitar within the last year... so maybe a 2 or 3 there. __________________ R^3 Skin God R^3 Engine Skin Curator

10-15-2006, 12:28 PM	#33
ClAsSiC_RoCkEr FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: SHL POP Age: 37 Posts: 375	Re: Instruments I played electric and bass guitar for about two years, and i never did find any reason why i should pick it up and try to advance on it if i'm just gonna do power chords the whole time. Timing is everything, so as long as I have that, i'm good. I'd rate myself a 3 or something. Also played piano for about 4 years but went on and off on it after that. I was forced into it, which is probably the reason why I didn't like it much. I'd rate myself a 3 or 4 only because I can read fairly well and Bach's Invention No. 8 or Joplin's Entertainer only to be my best songs =/ __________________

10-15-2006, 03:12 PM	#34
D_Magik FFR Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bay Area, CA Age: 37 Posts: 96	Re: Instruments I've been playing the violin for 9 years (since 4th grade) and would rate myself a 7 or 8. I also picked up Viola, which I would rate myself a 7 or 8 as well because once you learn to read the viola music it's basically the exact same, except most viola music is easier than vioin. __________________

10-15-2006, 03:34 PM	#35
lord_carbo FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: fighting villains from afar, NJ Age: 34 Posts: 6,222	Re: Instruments 11 at human beatboxing __________________ last.fm

10-15-2006, 04:39 PM	#36
SuperPrettyDisaster FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nova Scotia. Age: 36 Posts: 6	Re: Instruments I'm a drummer, I've been playing for almost 2 years. I picked up the drums because I got mad/frusturated at guitar and kinda quit. My brother played drums at the time, but he quit after a few months, so I bought them off of him for 280$. Decent price considering It's a 5 peice pearl kit with two cymbals plus roto-toms. I don't exactly rate myself, but if I had to, I'd rate myself like a 7.

10-15-2006, 06:19 PM	#37
dsadsadsa Take out the D and S. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Palm Coast, Florida Age: 34 Posts: 349	Re: Instruments I've been playing the trumpet for about 6 years now, and thanks to ffr, I have the quickets chromatic runs out of the whole band . I also mess around with the piano once in a while, and I also have a bass. I can also play treble baritone, but that's the same thing as the trumpet, really. If 1 is just got it, and 10 is beehtoven, I guess 6? __________________ Hey, I'm a pro-amateur smash player.

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