Also (in order of learning) violin, clarinet, guitar, mandolin, tenor banjo.
But… I don’t have a clarinet anymore, and haven’t played for 20 years, but I’m sure the 3 years I spent on one in my teens helped a lot on starting the whistle.
I put tenor banjo, though I only play for myself for a bit of fun - my dad had a 50 year old Windsor, so I got it restored. I’m taking a 5 string windsor along to Hobgoblin tomorrow for the same treatment, so maybe I’ll be able to try some scruggs style picking soon!
I DO have a violin, but it’s a real cheapie just so I can scrape away every now & then to remind me how uncomfortable I was with it as a pre-teen.
One day, maybe, wooden flute, if I can scrape up the courage and the cash…
I also regularly play:
low whistles (Dixon and Goldie/Overton)
fretted and fretless electric basses
acoustic bass
congas, timbales and myriad other bangy things
Malachy bodhrans
bones
I occasionally play (not well):
mandolin
ukelele
I own (but cannot play):
guitar (Gibson 335 copy)
Highland bagpipes (suitable-for-burning: won them as a door prize)
I played baritone saxophone for 7 years while in school: concert band (boring), marching band (heavy), and jazz band (my favorite). I no longer own a sax and haven’t played one since I discovered whistles (about 5 years ago).
I also currently play the D melodeon which is starting to get more practice time than the whistle…I haven’t decided if that’s a good or bad thing.
Hey Bretton!
I wasn’t going to post to this thread, but as another ex-Bari player, I just had to reply…I’ve still got mine(a Selmer with a low A key-I should sell it as I don’t play anymore…but the sentimental attachment!!) and also marched, did concert band, but especially loved playing in the jazz band(fun for 2 reasons-1. was the only girl in the jazz band and 2. got to play louder than anyone else..come to think of it, those are probably the same two initial reasons that I took up the Uileann pipes).
Anyway-ain’t whistle great after ALL those years of lugging (which really weren’t fun considering that I was tall, skinny and a weakling) and neck pain?
OK, and I also play Irish and legit flute, clarinet and conduct(which I got a master’s in and am doing as a minor in my doctoral Mus Ed program)
Well, I play Drums (full kit) and occasionally attempt to play Bodhran and Bones. Oh yes, the digeridoo is in the mail
After seeing all these wonderful music resumes, I feel rather weak. I shall go hide in my closet and learn at least five more!
I have a Celtic harp I was starting to learn when I got sick last year and will now need to start over with. Played trombone in high school and junior college many years ago.
Hi! My susato arrived today… more on that in another thread.
Order of learning:
clarinet
piano (college major)
voice
autoharp (tried to pick it a la Mother Maybelle)
organ
harpsichord
auxillary percussion (for fun in college)
bass clarinet
… and now whistle!
I grew up with my parents playing in Bluegrass Gospel bands, so I was exposed to a lot of fun music growing up!
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