Wind Instruments

I play all kinds of different things, but as far as woodwinds:

I'm an excellent trumpet player (don't care much for cornet), though its a very difficult instrument to maintain full ability in (like most brass instruments it requires a lot of constant practice, especially to keep my higher range)

I'm a very good flautist
I'm a good oboist and a better english horn player
I'm great at many Andean folk instruments (sikuri, charrango, quena, etc)
I'm fairly good at piano improv
I'm alright at viola (just don't practice ever)
and I'm a phenomenal guitarist (classical, flamenco, and electric) and bassist (finger pick but prefer not to slap)

I'm thinking of getting a Chapman Stick

rileydog22 wrote: Atomic_Rooster wrote: I'm an excellent trumpet player (don't care much for cornet), though its a very difficult instrument to maintain full ability in (like most brass instruments it requires a lot of constant practice, especially to keep my higher range) I'm a very good flautist I'm a good oboist and a better english horn player I'm great at many Andean folk instruments (sikuri, charrango, quena, etc) I'm fairly good at piano improv I'm alright at viola (just don't practice ever) and I'm a phenomenal guitarist (classical, flamenco, and electric) and bassist (finger pick but prefer not to slap) I'm thinking of getting a Chapman Stick Which member of Gentle Giant are you?

all of them

asimplemistake wrote: Atomic_Rooster wrote: I'm thinking of getting a Chapman Stick Oh gosh I want a Chapman Stick too!  They're so awesome, but I don't think I'd be too good at it... You have a vary large lists of instruments you play, where do you get to play/learn them all?

I grew up near an arts school, so I took lessons on piano, trumpet, and guitar at an early age.  Once you learn how to read music and force yourself to practice for an ungodly amount of time on several different varieties of woodwind etc... for awhile, it becomes much much easier to pick up new instruments.  I studied ethnomusicology on my own and with a professor or two whom I met through my guitar instructor (who really hammered me with theory), during high school.  During my studies I chose an area to study, which turned out to be the Andes region in South America, so I learned to play many of the instruments to better understand the music.  I eventually traced the musical roots to Spain and then restarted the process with the Middle East and Eastern Asian music.

Yeah the Chapman Stick would be a tough instrument to learn, but I think I could pick it up fairly well with dedicated practice.

I do have my own tricks for learning an instrument intimately

Chus wrote: I like the flute.. currently learning the scales off that thing. It's more difficult to blow that one thinks, because while sax also requires some positioning, the flute doesn't blow unless you have it in the precise point. The sax requires more pressure than position IMO, but it sounds better and less sharp depending on the positioning, of course, whereas you can work around it.

Intonation with a sax is also a matter of reed and mouthpiece type (I prefer metal for playing rock)

I break other people's reeds.  They don't appriciate it much.  

I play the guitar, oh wait, oops...