Poll: Any multi-instrumentalists with us on the escapist? + Best instrument ever! poll

[sagonas123]

Bwah?! You seem to be lacking an instrument. The instrument I just so happen to play.
The drums. D:<

So, yes I play the drums, and am quite well, if I do say so myself. I also picked up the bass last week, and can already play a few songs.

 

[Raven's Nest]

I'm awesome at Vocals and Bass.

I play good - Guitar (Electric/steel and classical style), Drums, Double Bass and Harmonica.

I can sort of play the Piano, Sitar, Bagpipes and Recorder.

Next on my list of instruments to learn is the Violin/Viola, Shakuhaci (Japanese Flute), Saxaphone, Cello and Clarinet...

You should cosider doing cello...

Yeah, it's definately the one I'd love to learn, but I dont have the space to keep one nor the money to buy one. I'm long out of school so no chance of picking it up there...

It's my favourite instrument by far, so expressive and poignant.

 

[Florion]

I sing in choir and play piano. But I voted violin, chiefly because I am in love with the Scheherezade solo. <3

also WHO VOTED VIOLA AS THE BEST INSTRUMENT? o_o!

ME. SCREW YOU!
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV SUCKS

(I'm a Viola Player :3)

EDIT: by the way, to whoever was arguing about range: the French Horn has a larger accessible range than the Cello. As does the piano, harp, and guitar. But then, range means nothing, really.

GAAAASP YOU DID NOT JUST DISS RIMSKY-KORSAKOV. But you did own up to it, so I suppose you are a worthy opponent. BUT BACK TO YELLING! HOW DID YOU BECOME A VIOLIST?

Ahh, I'm only pulling your leg. Scheherezade is awesome. I'm actually playing in a performance of the whole work on tour in Italy later this year :L
And HELL YES I owned up to playing THE BEST INSTRUMENT EVER!

Lies, btw. Viola actually isn't that awesome: it's not the right size for its pitch so has trouble projecting. Most composers realise this, so they always give us boring parts and nobody writes us any solo music, so we just steal the Bach Cello Suites etc. :3

And originally, I became a Viola player because I auditioned for one of the National Youth Orchestras on both Violin and Viola and only got in on Viola, back when I was very small. So I play it by default, really :L

Florion says "YES!" to stealing Cello Suites. DD

Ohhhh, they pulled that on you? D: If you ever want to get into an orchestra for violin, never mention you play viola otherwise they will make you a violist even if you're good enough to play violin for them. My sister's a violinist in McGill Symphony Orchestra, and they eventually found out she played viola, so they were all like, "Hrm, you know you could be in first viola if you switched! " (she was second violin at the time), and she basically just kept saying "NO I'M A VIOLINIST" until they gave up and put her in first violin. xP But her not-boyfriend (they're both just shy) plays viola, just because he likes the sound; I have a lot of respect for people who willingly bear all the "viola burns longer," etc. jokes for the love of their instrument. <3

 

[Horticulture]

I have a lot of respect for people who willingly bear all the "viola burns longer," etc. jokes for the love of their instrument. <3

I was going to say that is sounds like the Viola is the French Horn of strings, but it's apparently much more roundly mocked.

 

[r0qu3]

I'm able to play guitar, drums and piano...

...But there is one simple reason a favor the piano over any other instrument. If your working alone or making electronic music, the piano is your "All-In-Wonder" as can emulate nearly every other instrument and its a handy MIDI-controller. Also i think its one of the most easy to learn or self-study...

...but that's just me

 

[megatron2.0]

clarinet and alto sax. can do a little ( a little) on the piano.

Glory to the whistles!

 

[Cherry Cola]

Harmonica owns you!

 

[zen5887]

I play bass pretty well and with my left hand strength, knowledge of the fretboard and knowledge of chords, I think I could tackle Guitar pretty easy.

Ohh yes.

Mmm.. That would of been a lot edgier if it was on the Ultimate-Guitar forums.

 

[Dauntlessidiot]

I play bass pretty well and with my left hand strength, knowledge of the fretboard and knowledge of chords, I think I could tackle Guitar pretty easy.

Ohh yes.

Mmm.. That would of been a lot edgier if it was on the Ultimate-Guitar forums.

it probably would have been, but its on the escapist, and it cant be edgy twice, (or can it?)

{[That sounded a lot better in my head, but hey, what the hell?]}

 

[ICantBelieveItGoesBoom]

I play Bass and drums foremost. But I also (barely) play the guitar and occasionally the piano when the mood takes me. I'm also trying to get the self control to play the Ukulele seriously without resorting to strumming and singing "Somewhere Over The Raindow".

Oh yeah, I also sing a bit.

 

[Berethond]

I play several instruments, like the cello (foremostly), violin, viola, bass guitar and acoustic guitar,

sooooo basically, the exact same instrument in different sizes? yep, okay.

My "glorified whistles" are just second on your poll, if you'd kindly take a look at it, and I personally happen to play French Horn, and Mellophonium (yay jazz!). And I'm a vocalist.

But i do rather enjoy the sound of a lone string instrument, as compared to a lone brass. ;P So I'll give ya that one. (Also, Piano pwns faic, IMO)

just one thing:
A cello has a higher note range than any of your glorified whistles, i'd like you to come upwith one mainstream glorified whistle that has this range:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Range_cello.png

If you do, you get a cookie.

Pipe organ.

 

[Berethond]

I'm able to play guitar, drums and piano...

...But there is one simple reason a favor the piano over any other instrument. If your working alone or making electronic music, the piano is your "All-In-Wonder" as can emulate nearly every other instrument and its a handy MIDI-controller. Also i think its one of the most easy to learn or self-study...

...but that's just me

So you play keyboard then, huh?
<url=http://www.sudbury.ma.us/services/library/custom/truck07/baby-grand-piano.jpg>Piano
<url=http://www.achamilton.co.uk/Yamaha/Keyboards/Pictures/psrs700.jpg>Keyboard

Also, piano is the hardest instrument to play, as it takes the most coordination.

 

[Elexia]

I play cello, trombone, bass guitar, piano, tuned percussion and voice. Cello is my favourite, but each one has its pro's.

 

[Horticulture]

just one thing:
A cello has a higher note range than any of your glorified whistles, i'd like you to come upwith one mainstream glorified whistle that has this range:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Range_cello.png

If you do, you get a cookie.

Horn and Cello have similarly broad standard ranges (~4 8ve).

So you play keyboard then, huh?
<url=http://www.sudbury.ma.us/services/library/custom/truck07/baby-grand-piano.jpg>Piano
<url=http://www.achamilton.co.uk/Yamaha/Keyboards/Pictures/psrs700.jpg>Keyboard

Also, piano is the hardest instrument to play, as it takes the most coordination.

Really?

 

[r0qu3]

I'm able to play guitar, drums and piano...

...But there is one simple reason a favor the piano over any other instrument. If your working alone or making electronic music, the piano is your "All-In-Wonder" as can emulate nearly every other instrument and its a handy MIDI-controller. Also i think its one of the most easy to learn or self-study...

...but that's just me

So you play keyboard then, huh?
<url=http://www.sudbury.ma.us/services/library/custom/truck07/baby-grand-piano.jpg>Piano
<url=http://www.achamilton.co.uk/Yamaha/Keyboards/Pictures/psrs700.jpg>Keyboard

Also, piano is the hardest instrument to play, as it takes the most coordination.

Uh i'm terribly sorry i have no piano its an keyboard ;P...and it requires more skill...i started on a real piano back in my music-school days...

...also i tried learning violin, and in my opinion its far more difficult then even classic piano... That's because you have to find the natural tones on the string w/o orientation like on a guitar so in contrast to a classical piano where you don't have to find a tone first...

p.s.: did i mention that english is my second language you little nitpicker you

 

[FolkLikePanda]

I play bass and I'm learning electric guitar and the harmonica.

 

[C117]

Piano and electric guitar. Also, I used to play the flute.

 

[Dauntlessidiot]

I'm able to play guitar, drums and piano...

...But there is one simple reason a favor the piano over any other instrument. If your working alone or making electronic music, the piano is your "All-In-Wonder" as can emulate nearly every other instrument and its a handy MIDI-controller. Also i think its one of the most easy to learn or self-study...

...but that's just me

So you play keyboard then, huh?
<url=http://www.sudbury.ma.us/services/library/custom/truck07/baby-grand-piano.jpg>Piano
<url=http://www.achamilton.co.uk/Yamaha/Keyboards/Pictures/psrs700.jpg>Keyboard

Also, piano is the hardest instrument to play, as it takes the most coordination.

ermmm....
i dunno where to start with this one, ermmm...
to be honest, I think that ''''piano is the hardest instrument to play, as it takes the most coordination'''' is not... (how to put it politely] ...correct.
I garuntee you, that you could give me a piano now, and I could play canon in d on it, and I have almost no experience in piano at all.

take cello/violin/viola/upright bass for some examples:
these instruments are harder to play than a piano, as they are not designed as comfortably as the piano (i.e.: the notes are not all splayed out infront of you in an orderly fashion, octave by octave,tones and semitones displayed in the layout), and on one of these instruments, while reading music, you have to pay more attention to more different things. i.e.: bow direction, vibrato (which is hard enough to learn in its own right)/no vibrato, pizzicato/arco/col legno, (which is easy to do, but hard to do well), how close to/far away from the bridge the bow should be, which hand position you have to be in to play the next note comfortablyand quickly, yet in the correct key, and with the right tone, all while contantly and individually moving your left fingers,and selecting the right string without clipping the wrong ones with the right hand, while moving the bow in the right direction,while not looking at the actual instument, as the rest of what litte concentration you have left is taken up by reading the music.


whereas,on the piano, you have to just know which octave of the piano you should be in, pedal/no pedal, attack/ no attack on the notes, quiet/loud.

 

[Dauntlessidiot]

I play several instruments, like the cello (foremostly), violin, viola, bass guitar and acoustic guitar,

sooooo basically, the exact same instrument in different sizes? yep, okay.

My "glorified whistles" are just second on your poll, if you'd kindly take a look at it, and I personally happen to play French Horn, and Mellophonium (yay jazz!). And I'm a vocalist.

But i do rather enjoy the sound of a lone string instrument, as compared to a lone brass. ;P So I'll give ya that one. (Also, Piano pwns faic, IMO)

just one thing:
A cello has a higher note range than any of your glorified whistles, i'd like you to come upwith one mainstream glorified whistle that has this range:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Range_cello.png

If you do, you get a cookie.

Pipe organ.

the pipe organ in a keyboard/wind instrument hybrid, and you need keyboard skills to play it, not glorified whistle skills, so sorry m8, the cookie had alredy gone to the person who suggested french horn, guess I forgot about that eh?