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Author: Milly
Date: 2003-03-08 11:46
Any ideas for a FUN instrument to play? I play piano and oboe for my music degree, but would like something to chill out on. Something I could pick up on quickly, and play FUN music? Possibly something more unusual....any suggestions?
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Author: Nick
Date: 2003-03-08 14:45
BASSOON!! im like the only one in my school who plays it, and you can play the soprano or bass part. i have had such a great experience with it, sure its big heavy and hard to hold, but once you get the hang of it, its really fun. once and awhile you need a break from you regular instruments, i know, thats what happened to me, i got tired of the flute, so i started playing the bassoon and i LOVE IT!!!
hope this helps
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Author: Theboy_2
Date: 2003-03-08 17:15
a sax. it's not hard to play and once you learn the fingerings you can play all types of music, but jazz imparticular. jazz is so fun to play.
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Author: Gnomon
Date: 2003-03-08 20:18
The alto sax is the ultimate fun instrument. It's not too heavy, easy to play and is generally reckoned to be THE instrument for people who don't wan't to practice too hard. If you're already playing two other instruments seriously, you won't have time for much practice on the sax. With your oboe training, you shouldn't find the embouchure or the fingering too much of a problem.
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Author: Steven King
Date: 2003-03-08 21:03
Go with TorusTubarius and play tinwhisle, it is a very unusualy instrument.
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Author: Nick
Date: 2003-03-08 22:44
If you want something different, i can suggest a few, bass flute, contrabass clarinet, contrabassoon, contrabass sax, alto clarinet, or if you want to be really different, you could try contabass flute, or octobass flute, but those are really hard to learn, so bassoon, or like torus said the tinwhistle would be easy to learn.
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Author: Milly
Date: 2003-03-09 11:46
Cheers. I think i'll go get one ( a tin whistle) that is! I think i'll have loads of fun with it. Do you think the posh serious people around will laugh if i tell them what i play?
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Author: Nick
Date: 2003-03-09 13:00
well, the oboe isnt as common as some other instruments *cough* trumpet *cough* so if they didnt laugh at that why would they laugh at the tin whistle.
and if they do, its out of jealousy
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Author: Gnomon
Date: 2003-03-09 20:19
If you have chosen tin whistle, get a model in D. This is the most useful one for playing traditional Irish music. I've written reasonably comprehensive guide to playing the tin whistle which you can find at:
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A489693">www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A489693</a>
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Author: TorusTubarius
Date: 2003-03-10 10:55
Umm... I don't think you can really consider the tinwhistle to be on the same level as the oboe... It's not like it's some oddball instrument that has been relegated to obscurity just because so few people are able to play it. I think anyone who would laugh at the oboe isn't jealous, but rather <i>ignorant</i>.
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Author: flautist 4 now ww forever
Date: 2003-03-19 22:17
hmmmm i play flute for everything ... but i play sax clairnet, and snare on the side ... and other instruments but don't tell then people will really say i am a band nerd lol
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Author: reed sucker
Date: 2003-04-03 01:27
The clarinet is pretty much fun to play.(When a band teacher isn't around!)
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Author: Emir
Date: 2003-04-08 12:44
Hi ,
I cann't read the music book, but I play the flute ,oboe ,sax very good . The song I sing the music I play for . It doesn't need a lot of knowledge but you like it . Just take it easy .
Emir
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