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Post by Girl next door on Jun 1, 2005 8:10:46 GMT
What musical instuments do you play? I play the piano and violin(suck at this one). If u r choosing percussions or others, please specify.
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Post by beckie on Jun 1, 2005 8:11:51 GMT
I don't play any of them :/
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Post by Shwoo on Jun 1, 2005 8:16:35 GMT
How could you leave out the recorder? It's a real instrument, it's not a toy. I mostly play the bass recorder right now, but I can play most types. It's a really nice sounding instrument.
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Post by Girl next door on Jun 1, 2005 8:19:20 GMT
I left it out cuz in Hong Kong, any kid can play it(or should I mean forced to learn it) so I think it's not pro...but I didn't know there were a few kinds of recorders...
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Post by Shwoo on Jun 1, 2005 8:25:37 GMT
It's the same here. But recorders are supposed to be played with much more skill than that. They can do almost anything a flute can, and in my opinion, they have a better sound as well.
They only have slightly less range than a flute, which is what they can do and recorders can't.
Sorry, but the assumption that recorders are little kiddy instruments really bothers me.
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Post by Girl next door on Jun 1, 2005 8:47:12 GMT
I never regard an instrument kiddy, I just think it's not important, I hardly see it in a concert or hear music played with it.
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Post by Shwoo on Jun 1, 2005 8:50:17 GMT
That's because it's not mainstream. There are concerts where they're played, I've been to a few. I'm in a bass recorder trio.
I think it's more important than a French horn. No offense to people who play French horns.
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Post by Girl next door on Jun 1, 2005 9:00:11 GMT
I think French horns are more important cuz at least they're in the orchestra.
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Post by Shwoo on Jun 1, 2005 9:07:35 GMT
Recorders aren't in orchestras because they're too quiet. That doesn't make them any better or worse.
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Post by Girl next door on Jun 1, 2005 9:12:49 GMT
Is it? I actually think flutes are very quiet. Sometimes I see someone playing the flutes without hearing them.
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Post by Shwoo on Jun 1, 2005 9:20:37 GMT
Only compared to brass. If you have a recorder in the orchestra, it's almost impossible to hear it over the flutes, unles the recorder is having a solo. I used to play the recorder in the school band.
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Post by Girl next door on Jun 1, 2005 9:32:44 GMT
A band has recorder? My primary school is actually good at this instrument, and they have a recorder band, only that I wasn't in.
Who ticked the violin in the poll?
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Post by Shwoo on Jun 1, 2005 9:37:44 GMT
I think it's called an ensemble when you're talking about recorders. They only let me play the recorder in the band because I was really good at it.
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Post by tako on Jun 1, 2005 10:18:59 GMT
Who ticked the violin in the poll? Oh. That was me. ^^;; I've been playing the violin since I was four, but actually, I quit this year. I was kind of falling behind the rest of my orchestra (I don't even know how to do vibrato!). And, Clanker, wow, you play the recorder? I've never met anyone who plays it seriously. And that's awesome how you're in a recorder trio. There's a string trio at my school and I'm always jealous of them because they get to play at weddings and stuff. |
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Post by yogirl38 on Jun 1, 2005 12:49:53 GMT
I play the Saxaphone. the best part is that there's a jazz band and i'm in it and well I get to miss school for going places.   |
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