Do you play a musical instrument?

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Do you play a musical instrument?
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23 Apr 2012, 7:27 pm

I am a Flautist, picked it up in 6th grade.
I enjoy playing by ear on the flute, it is quite soothing.


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04 May 2012, 12:59 am

Burnbridge wrote:

Some aspies are musically inclined, esp the ones who are mathematically inclined, pattern seekers.



Me. However, my Dad almost certainly has Asperger's as well, and he can't carry a tune to save his life. He is a physicist.



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28 Jul 2012, 6:42 pm

I do not play a musical instrument.


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18 Aug 2012, 12:13 pm

booksandcats wrote:
Burnbridge wrote:

Some aspies are musically inclined, esp the ones who are mathematically inclined, pattern seekers.



Me. However, my Dad almost certainly has Asperger's as well, and he can't carry a tune to save his life. He is a physicist.


I am a musician and am studying music performance at uni and I still have trouble working out what the change is from buying something or adding up the numbers on playing cards!

I guess it varies a lot and there isn't really a strict rule, but I wonder if the majority fall into a certain area?



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18 Aug 2012, 12:26 pm

mainly bass & guitar (6 & 12 string)



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09 Sep 2012, 12:38 am

Clarinet


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15 Sep 2012, 4:37 am

Contrabass french horn..... who has the time and creativity to make such things? I can play trumpet okay when I need to. I started on French Horn a little more than three years ago, and have been practicing like crazy ever since. I added in trombone four or five months past, and am playing at a level almost as good as my horn playing. Everyone who I asked said it was impossible to play both. I have developed two seperate embochures so it's no problem for me anymore.......I proved my horn teacher, band teacher, orchestra teacher, parents, and brother wrong.



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24 Sep 2012, 4:09 am

Taught myself descant recorder at 7, piano at about 14, and acoustic guitar on a rainy bank holiday Monday a couple of years back. Now I'm learning violin. I've been singing for as long as I can remember. I guess music just speaks to us. (:


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24 Sep 2012, 3:37 pm

I play the guitar. Poorly.


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08 Oct 2012, 4:02 pm

Yes I can play the piano but I really don't practice much anymore. I gave up musicianship quite a while ago to take up musical composition.



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09 Oct 2012, 3:34 pm

Guitar and Bass


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25 Oct 2012, 11:54 pm

Percussion, trumpet, and does music production count? I produce music using a program called Fruity Loops. It's not a traditional instrument but I feel like ti should count though. It's a musical form of expression and it's taken me just as long to learn as my other instruments.


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25 Nov 2012, 1:08 am

Nope, I am not very musical.


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02 Dec 2012, 6:15 am

I'm a self-taught guitarist and singer. :D


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04 Dec 2012, 11:43 am

I used to play flute when I was little.


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03 Jan 2013, 3:03 am

I've heard that Aspies are particularly musically gifted. I knew a guy with Asperger's who was amazing at playing the Harpsichord and another who played the Irish harp.
I play the piano a little but I'm mostly good with singing.


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