I play clarinet, and sax. I'm much better on clarinet than sax though. I'll probably be majoring in performance if I can get into a music school.

[QUOTE=Ned]Man, you're [i]insane[/i]. I love the marimba! I'd marry it. I love the vibes too, but not as much as I love the marimba. Maybe you're just confused about what a marimba actually is. Your phrase, "the other metal keyboard percussion instruments", seems to imply that you think the marimba is metal. It is not. It's wood, and it's wonderful sound is about as woody as you can get. The xylophone is the metal one. I'm not a big xylophone fan, and I think it tends to be overused in a lot of twentieth-century orchestral pieces, especially twentieth-century orchestral by American composers.[/QUOTE]
Ehm, you're right on everything besides the xylophone, cause that one is definitely made of wood:

[img]http://www.csdm.qc.ca/stejarc/dictionnaire/imagesdicoxyz/xylophone.jpg[/img]

The vibraphone is made of metal, and is indeed the most interesting to get imo, I like that one the most to play although I do enjoy playing the xylophone and the marimba. I like the fact that you can have that weird sound when you put the electricity on (I don't know how to formulate it in English), although that doesn't work anymore on the vibraphone in my music school.

Oh yeah, I forgot, I also know how to play the flute but I haven't played that in 3 years or something and I wasn't very good at it either...

I can play alto, tenor, and bari sax reasonably well. My main instrument though, is tenor sax and bass. I play both electric and upright, and on upright, i play pizzicato and learning Arco (bow) one step at a time. To anyone who wants to take up saxophone- do so. It's much easier than it looks. The fingerings are not dissimilar to a standard recorder, and there is no lip buzzing or strenuous movement of the mouth. It's one of the easiest instruments to take up, in my opinion.

i want to learn every instrument i can possibly afford to own.

Right now I only play guitar, but I'd like to learn harmonica, pedal steel guitar, and sitar (seriously). I used to play the cello, but that was like 8 years ago.

Yous guys know nothing of weird instruments, except maybe Zappa's dad's contraption. Ever heard of the Samchillian Tip Tip Tip Cheeepeeeeee?

[url]http://samchillian.com/aboutsam.html[/url]

Read that sh¡t.

I've played alto sax since 4th grade and I really want to start soprano.
Either that or tenor, because I'd probably get more use from that.

I'd like to try and play the doumbek (i have one at home and only know a few beats here and there not much at all) [URL=http://www.asza.com/idumbek.shtml]http://www.asza.com/idumbek.shtml[/URL] and [URL=http://nasehpour.tripod.com/peyman/id58.html]http://nasehpour.tripod.com/peyman/id58.html[/URL] and i'd have to 2nd that with blusiestman's comment, like a jack/jane of all trades

[QUOTE=Bluesiestman]i want to learn every instrument i can possibly afford to own.[/QUOTE]

Me too, but then I'd own zero.

My school has a xylphone, I play it a lunchtime pretty much daily. Apparently, we're gonna get a vibraphone. They sound great in an orchestra.

I would love to learn violins, or violas, but the learning curve is huge. My fingers also can't fit together close enough for violin. And the alto clef is what repels me from viola.

I play the bass, guitar, drums, dulcimer, and harmonica. I want to learn to play a banjo and piano though.

I have played flute and tenor sax in the past. I've been playing trombone casually for a few years now.

I am beyond dreadful at all of them. But it's fun.

[QUOTE=Ned]Man, you're [i]insane[/i]. I love the marimba! I'd marry it. I love the vibes too, but not as much as I love the marimba. Maybe you're just confused about what a marimba actually is. Your phrase, "the other metal keyboard percussion instruments", seems to imply that you think the marimba is metal. It is not. It's wood, and it's wonderful sound is about as woody as you can get. The xylophone is the metal one. I'm not a big xylophone fan, and I think it tends to be overused in a lot of twentieth-century orchestral pieces, especially twentieth-century orchestral by American composers.[/QUOTE]

By "the other metal keyboard percussion instruments" I meant "the ones that aren't a vibraphone." I know that marimbas are made of wood.

The reason I say that about marimba is that I have a friend who makes recordings at his house that heavily feature marimba, and most of the people I've known to speak candidly about it claim that the marimba's sound is very irritating to them.

I personally don't have much against the marimba, but I definitely prefer the spacey sounds that can come out of the vibraphone.

The vibraphone is definitely the coolest mallet percussion instrument. Unfortunately it's also one of the more expensive, and it's not very portable ...

The marimba is really quite irritating. Its cheesy sound belongs only in Donkey Kong 64 music, not an actual band.

[QUOTE=LF96]Ehm, you're right on everything besides the xylophone, cause that one is definitely made of wood:

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Thank you. I stand corrected. It's a hardwood that sounds metallic to me. I much prefer the mellow marimba.

[QUOTE=Zappa]By "the other metal keyboard percussion instruments" I meant "the ones that aren't a vibraphone." I know that marimbas are made of wood.

The reason I say that about marimba is that I have a friend who makes recordings at his house that heavily feature marimba, and most of the people I've known to speak candidly about it claim that the marimba's sound is very irritating to them.

I personally don't have much against the marimba, but I definitely prefer the spacey sounds that can come out of the vibraphone.[/QUOTE]

I'm tempted to conclude either that your friend is abusing the marimba or that most of the people you've known have no taste.

[QUOTE=The Dropper]The vibraphone is definitely the coolest mallet percussion instrument. Unfortunately it's also one of the more expensive, and it's not very portable ...

The marimba is really quite irritating. Its cheesy sound belongs only in Donkey Kong 64 music, not an actual band.[/QUOTE]

Like this twit, for example.

the kazoo.
no wait.

next year i will play sax in a brass band but until then i am but a sucky guitar player

Just now, I play :-
Drums,
Keyboard,
A little Xylophone.

I used to play :-
Violin - Which I switched to Cello.


It's rather annoying when I'm playing a keyboard peice, and am trying to read the notation in Bass Clef, instead of Treble.

[QUOTE=biografiend]I play alto&tenor sax, trombone, guitar, and piano somewhat. I'm really considering getting a either a vibraphone, marimba, xylophone, or glockenspiel, but I dont know which one.[/QUOTE]

I played the glockenspiel in a fourth grade play :cool:

I was watching the special features of a movie a week or two ago (Triplets of Belleville,) and they used a vacuum cleaner and got some really nice sounds out of it. I tried it with my vacuum but it didn't work quite so well. I just got a hickey on my hands.

I played Clarinet (briefly) and I'd like to take that up again. Really, I'd just like to play around on any instrument that I could get my hands on.

[QUOTE=Lydisk]the kazoo.
no wait.

next year i will play sax in a brass band but until then i am but a sucky guitar player[/QUOTE]


Sax, in a BRASS BAND?

I play Euphonium and Bass trombone and will be taking diploma next year(for Euphonium)

ive been playing tenor sax for 7 years and clarinet for just under 1. im thinking of picking up the bass clarinet soon.

[quote=Robert Crumb]I was watching the special features of a movie a week or two ago (Triplets of Belleville,) and they used a vacuum cleaner and got some really nice sounds out of it. I tried it with my vacuum but it didn't work quite so well. I just got a hickey on my hands.[/quote]Okay, [i]that's[/i] an "alternative instrument".

(Love the Avatar. Have you seen the Honor Blackman's?)

i second Ned (haha as i do on most everything?) that a marimba is definitely far superior to the rest of the malleted keyboard percussion instruments.

oh, by the way



i play banjo, ukulele, dulcimer, upright bass, talking drum, gopichand, a bit of didgeridoo...

I would absolutely love to play the harp. Also, my Dad found a Sitar in a skip. Just needs a little TLC, and I'm gonna try to learn it.

I play autoharp, harmonica, banjo, mandolin, random electronic blippy instruments, fan, assorted xylophone-type instruments, etc.

I've played violin for....coming up to 13 years now. I am also able to play clarinet, flute, alto sax and anything I sit down to given a few hours.

I really want a pedal-steel right about now.

I play the Bass Clarinet and Clarinet. I've been playing both for about 6 years. I'm better on the Bass Clarinet and I play in the school concert band. Concert band was canceled and they don't write jazz band music for Bass Clarinet so I'm kinda screwed right now unless I play music for tenor sax.

I want to learn violin.

What instrument is it that they always use in aztec/maya movies. You know, the flute thingy. Pan flutes?

Also, what's the name of the huge wooden flute that the guy plays in Kill Bill 2?

[QUOTE=Ned]Okay, [i]that's[/i] an "alternative instrument".

(Love the Avatar. Have you seen the Honor Blackman's?)[/QUOTE]

Nope. Actually, I stole this off an album cover. But MacNee strikes such a dashing figure, even if it's just his head at 70x70.

I've been playing Clarinet for 5 years now, and I've been wanting to pick up the sax for quite some time. I hope to buy some sometime in the near future, once I find a used one for a decent price.

I used to Turntable, but yeh.

The next insterment i will get will probibly be a sitar.

[QUOTE=That_Dude]The next insterment i will get will probibly be a sitar.[/QUOTE]

I once told my mother I wanted to play the sitar, she laughed at me because she thought I was kidding:upset:

I really want to learn Sitar. And pedal steel guitar.

I play some Harmonica.

I'd like to learn alto or tenor sax. I can play some flute, trumpet, clarinet and harmonica.