What musical instruments do you have?

[Daniel Palmer]

A Kawai digital piano - a welcome change after years of an old upright, which could best be described as a 'saloon piano'. I was quite sad to see it go though after all the hours I'd spent on it!

Daniel

 

[ses]

A Kawai grand piano

 

[Muza]

spanish guitar

 

[Contratrombone64]

1 x e-flat clarinet
1 x b-flat clarinet
1 x viola
1 x Moeck alto recorder
1 x Yamaha synthsizer

and a partridge but not pear tree

 

[NEB]

Hmmmm. a gaggle of various keyboards, basses both double and electric. all sorts...

 

[musicalis]

Hi !
I have had many instruments in my life, many organs, including a Philicordia (when I was 16 yo), an Hammond organ L122 when I was 18yo, a farfisa, a Crumar organiser duo, an electronic church organ (Riha Allegro) a few years later, then many synthesizers (Korg, yamaha, ARP , Casio, RSF....).

Nowaday, I have :
- 2 pianos ( the best one is a small concert piano Yamaha and belongs 50% to my mother in law and 50% to me. This piano is in her house. She does not play music, but payed half the price because she wanted something nice to furnish her living room).
- 1 electronic piano Roland FP8. I use it as a midi master keyboard and as the Great manual when I play with Kloria MyOrgan (virtual organ).
- some old synths (Dx7, RSF) and expanders (D110, U110, Tx81z)
- 2 arrangers roland RA95 (1 comes from my father, when he died)
- a drum mchine RSF
- 1 guitar and 1 bass guitar
and two pC computers that are my main musical instruments.

J-Paul

 

[NEB]

Jeez- I've even got a harmonica somewhere...

 

[Serassi1836]

-4 voices
-a piano
-an electronic keyboard
-a computer
-2 guitars
-2 recorders
-various percussions
-2 violins
I hope I remembered all...

 

[C5Says]

does a rubber band count?

seriously, a classical guitar, an octavina and 2 bandurias.
all are used for rondalla.

 

[Krummhorn]

Hi C5says,

Excuse my ignorance, but what is "rondalla" ... is this a musical form indigenous to the Philippines?

 

[C5Says]

it's a group of string instruments that usually plays folk music but can play classical as well. from what i recall it was only introduced to the Philippines but since it was adapted flawlessly it seemed that it originated from the Philippines.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=91clyHlC6mY

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jvnXsL4Atm8

Flight of the Bumblebee
http://youtube.com/watch?v=o7eT3VpnGEc

Poet and Peasant
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AQLzpvars3o

 

[Krummhorn]

Hi C5,

Thanks for the wonderful explanation and musical examples :tiphat:

 

[marval]

C5

That was very interesting, and the music was lovely.

Thank you


Margaret

 

[C5Says]

@Krummhorn
You're welcome. I was looking for others played by Mr. Espejo like The Four Seasons but I guess they were not recorded. Besides the recorded ones at YouTube were takes from cellphones, I believe. I was able to witness them (with little kids as young as 8) personally at Villa Escudero (a very fine resort that captures the ambiance of Philippine culture; also the most collection of antiques and artifacts in the whole archipelago; life-sized dioramas were built by my stepdad that includes collection of real stuffed jungle animals; they even have a skeleton of a whale and a shrunken head as small as my fist) in Tiaong, Quezon. If you come here, I highly recommend going there. I'd like to go back there but I can't afford it.

 

[chromaticism]

Let's see, I've got an old locally made acoustic upright piano (tuned A = 437 Hz), a Korg X5 (this is currently for sale), a classical guitar (in standard tuning), an electric guitar and steel-string guitar (all tuned G2, D3, A3, E4, B4, F#5), plastic soprano and alto recorders, a 3-octave melodica, and my old computer loaded with softsynths, samples, and sequencing/notation software. :grin:

 

[intet_at_tabe]

Being the best air-drummer this world has ever known. Two old drum sticks belonging to the Danish jazz drummer Mr. Alex Riel and my comb :grin::grin::grin::grin:

 

[C5Says]

Being the best air-drummer this world has ever known. Two old drum sticks belonging to the Danish jazz drummer Mr. Alex Riel and my comb :grin::grin::grin::grin:

We used to use a comb for music when we were kids!

 

[Krummhorn]

Ha ha, Intet-at-tabe,

At least you never have to worry about the neighbors complaining when you practice.
I remember those days too of the comb and wax paper - a poor mans kazoo of sorts

 

[C5Says]

Does a candy wrapper count? I can play one octave.

 

[intet_at_tabe]

Ha ha, Intet-at-tabe,

At least you never have to worry about the neighbors complaining when you practice.
I remember those days too of the comb and wax paper - a poor mans kazoo of sorts

Krummhorn :grin::grin:

Exactly sir, and you may play as loud as you wish for doing whirls on the 5 toms in front of me, no one will ever know. But it sounded like Steve Gadd or Dave Weckl. At one time, I even did "The Song Is You" by the Standards Trio, with brother Jack DeJohnette on the drums, and suddenly, while looking around in my living room the "audience" applauded me. Until I realised it was my turntable playing the live album :grin::grin:

Thank you for the word kazoo, my old and tired brain (Yes, I do have one) out of ordinary function, couldn´t remember - kazoo. But I still have the comb always with me in my back pocket of the trousers. You never know when the chance comes to - sit in on a set :grin::grin: