Keys, mallets, drums 'n percs, bass, some flute, some sax. Lotsa wiggy instrument things I've fabricated over the years too. I just got a set of V-Drums, so I'm hacking together some different approaches to triggering them...something else to figure out how to play, but at least I get some say in the design process...
It's a small life, but *interesting*
K
How many of you guys actually play an instrument? which ones
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- KVRist
- 492 posts since 26 Feb, 2003 from Vancouver BC
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- KVRist
- 115 posts since 8 Apr, 2004 from Milky Way
I seem to be on my own on this one... I play the pan flute (Romanian model). Been doing it for over 20 years. Been my livelyhood for the past 10 or so. So, yes, pan flute players can use computers, too 
I'm in Taiwan for a while so I'm also having a go at a very nice chinese flute (very similar to Japanese shakuhachi, but 10 times cheaper...). Improvised for 10 min in front of 500 people in Japan and they loved it so I guess I'll have to keep working on this one
Now that I'm reasonnably good on the pan flute, many other wind instruments seem easy to get started on. So I'm planning to get other chinese flutes while I'm here. Also want to get a Yamaha WX5 wind controller very soon and plug it into some synths, especially Tassman.
I'm in Taiwan for a while so I'm also having a go at a very nice chinese flute (very similar to Japanese shakuhachi, but 10 times cheaper...). Improvised for 10 min in front of 500 people in Japan and they loved it so I guess I'll have to keep working on this one
Now that I'm reasonnably good on the pan flute, many other wind instruments seem easy to get started on. So I'm planning to get other chinese flutes while I'm here. Also want to get a Yamaha WX5 wind controller very soon and plug it into some synths, especially Tassman.
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- KVRAF
- 1644 posts since 18 Mar, 2004 from Lincoln, CA
spacebeb - You must be enjoying all the Taiwanese food stands on the streets, eh? I was born in Taiwan and moved to the States when I was 11. Taiwan's got some foine chicks too. LOL
Back to topic. I play guitar, keyboard, and drums. I played the Chinese flute when I was younger. Didn't care for it as it's not nearly as soulful as the shakuhachi.
Back to topic. I play guitar, keyboard, and drums. I played the Chinese flute when I was younger. Didn't care for it as it's not nearly as soulful as the shakuhachi.
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- KVRist
- 441 posts since 8 Aug, 2003 from Bris, Aus
Guitar, bass, piano/keyboard, charades, hide-and-seek.
-Veg
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- KVRer
- 11 posts since 5 Nov, 2004 from Shingle Springs, CA
I play bass guitar, and back in the day, i used to play the cello, becuse i liked the deeper sound compared to the violin. I also used to play the trumpet and the french horn, none of which i could play now if i tried. Ever since FL studio invaded my life, i have no time for other instruments...
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- KVRist
- 494 posts since 2 Oct, 2004 from Northern Europe
I thought this was a forum for musicians?kaden wrote:Keys, mallets, drums 'n percs, bass, some flute, some sax. Lotsa wiggy instrument things I've fabricated over the years too. I just got a set of V-Drums, so I'm hacking together some different approaches to triggering them...something else to figure out how to play, but at least I get some say in the design process...
It's a small life, but *interesting*
K
Then again, I consider myself a singer/songwriter most, so I play guitar and piano, without being a virtuoso.
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- KVRian
- 517 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Baltimore, MD
played piano all my life hehe and tried violin and guitar.. they were nice but not my thing..
http://www.youtube.com/reflekshun
Music Producer / Audio Engineer
Music Producer / Audio Engineer
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- KVRian
- 1103 posts since 19 Apr, 2004 from Trent Severn WaterWay
http://www.geocities.com/edsojnocki/Images/studio2.JPG
Everything finally in one spot for the winter,,so there will be lots to play
Everything finally in one spot for the winter,,so there will be lots to play
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- KVRAF
- 4908 posts since 10 Aug, 2004 from Colorado Springs
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- Skunk Mod
- 21249 posts since 10 Jun, 2004 from Pony Pasture
I can play the musical saw.
No, really. Any decent handsaw will do, but it shouldn't be rusty or dirty. You bend it into an S-curve, just so, then play the non-toothed edge with a rosined bow, or tap with a mallet. The timbre varies depending on where you tap or bow it, and changing the tightness of the bend modulates pitch. Helps to have a little block of wood with a sawn kerf that you can slip over the end of the saw, for a handle.
I've been learning keyboard for decades and may get good at it in eight or nine more decades. I inherited my mother's bodhran and can play it with some measure of taste. Can toot a tune on a pennywhistle if lucky. I used to could play a pitiful pawful of chords on guitar, but forgot most of that. Oh, and if a Roland Pad-5 counts as drums, then I'm a meeean drummer. :-D
But mostly, no. I can't really play much of anything.
Meffy
No, really. Any decent handsaw will do, but it shouldn't be rusty or dirty. You bend it into an S-curve, just so, then play the non-toothed edge with a rosined bow, or tap with a mallet. The timbre varies depending on where you tap or bow it, and changing the tightness of the bend modulates pitch. Helps to have a little block of wood with a sawn kerf that you can slip over the end of the saw, for a handle.
I've been learning keyboard for decades and may get good at it in eight or nine more decades. I inherited my mother's bodhran and can play it with some measure of taste. Can toot a tune on a pennywhistle if lucky. I used to could play a pitiful pawful of chords on guitar, but forgot most of that. Oh, and if a Roland Pad-5 counts as drums, then I'm a meeean drummer. :-D
But mostly, no. I can't really play much of anything.
Meffy
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- KVRist
- 36 posts since 20 Nov, 2000 from Warwickshire, UK
Violin / electric violin for me.
Latest addition to the collection is a 6 string freted Viper, from Mark Wood in the US.
*grin* - mad isn't it...
Latest addition to the collection is a 6 string freted Viper, from Mark Wood in the US.
*grin* - mad isn't it...
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- KVRAF
- 2217 posts since 15 Jul, 2003
six strings and still tuned in fifths?
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- KVRAF
- 3125 posts since 6 Dec, 2002 from Ljubljana/ Slovenia
I play
1) sax
2) flute
3) keys (so so)
4) guitar (almost never)
5) clarinet
6) tarock
k
1) sax
2) flute
3) keys (so so)
4) guitar (almost never)
5) clarinet
6) tarock
k
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- KVRAF
- 3125 posts since 6 Dec, 2002 from Ljubljana/ Slovenia
I've an wx5.spacebeb wrote:Also want to get a Yamaha WX5 wind controller very soon and plug it into some synths, especially Tassman.
not easy to master.
k