What musical instrument would you like to learn to play?

[WillParkinson]

I'd love to learn the piano but my fingers aren't very nimble.

[HopeHoops]

1. Didgeridoo

My dad has one, but he still hasn't figured out the double-breathing. I've never tried it.

[eShirl]

23. I have one, but it scares our cat shitless so I haven't played in a year

She's also incredibly terrified of thunderstorms.

[kayakjohnny]

2. Cello

Love that soulful sound.

[Lucinda]

3. Bass

:)

[redwitch]

4. Penny whistle

So sweet and plaintive. Great for Irish music!

[Rambis]

38. Ditto- A treat for you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raOhfgsft8I

another
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4FmiEYSpbg&feature=related

[nolabear]

5. Piano.

It's complex and you can play in so many styles, and sing along!

My mother played well. Interestingly, I never recall her showing a bit of interest in teaching me. Ah well, territory is territory.

[Throd]

6. Vibraphone. Such a cool tone.

[Brother Buzz]

7. A Stroh ukulele

That, or a musical saw, or a theremin. Actually, I already play the saw, just not very well; I need a bigger bow (cello or a bass bow).

[GoCubsGo]

8. Guitar and accordion.

I had some guitar lessons in high school, but I was never able to keep up with them. As for the accordion, I wish I knew how to play it, but I am far too uncoordinated to be any good at it.

I kind of know how to play the piano, but I'm not very good at it. Wouldn't mind if I could play better. Had organ lessons as a kid, but my teacher got pregnant, and that was the end of it.

[Chan790]

9. I've been thinking about a mandolin.

But every time I get close to having the $130 saved up for the "beginner's kit" (which is a steal) that my local independent music-instrument seller has, I'm beset with some financial mishap; currently a dead cell phone and a need for new interview clothes.

[Aristus]

10. The crummhorn.

A medieval instrument that sounds like a kazoo. I love it.

[femmocrat]

11. French horn.

I took piano and violin lessons as a kid. I wish I would have stuck with it.

[Inchworm]

12. Fiddle

:nopity:

Of the few people I know that have one, none can part with one long enough to lend it to me :D

:hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. piano (again, it has been years)

if these old hands can handle it.

[dimbear]

14. Dulcimer.

Most of them are not chromatic, I put in the extra frets so that it plays all keys. Fun.

[Brickbat]

15. Bagpipes and I'm not even kidding. I also started teaching myself the electric bass this year and

am LOVING IT.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

16. Spoons n/t

[TuxedoKat]

17. Oboe

They have such a romantic, exotic sound and then there's that self-sacrificing Camille-esque quality about them too.

[laundry_queen]

18. I played the Oboe.

Loved the sound. Your lips and cheeks sure get sore though!

[Iggo]

27. I played alto sax in the HS band.

Orchestra seating had us next to the oboes and bassoons.

I can attest that they complained about sore cheeks way more than we did.

[TuxedoKat]

35. I heard

it was hard on your lungs too, it that true?

[provis99]

19. Eigenharp.

[Rob H.]

31. Some of the Eigenharp videos on YouTube are amazing

Too bad they're so blasted expensive (well, except for the Pico).

[laundry_queen]

20. Guitar

Yeah, boring. I've already played the piano and oboe and tried to teach myself the guitar but it was so long ago. I'd love to learn the bass guitar and violin as well. Or the cello - that looks so cool! I'm not cut out for drums. I also say no to any brass - no spit valves for me, thank you! lol.

[Odin2005]

21. Cello.

Love Yo-Yo Ma!

[TorchTheWitch]

22. drums

I always was partial to percussion instruments.

[StevesRedLens]

24. Guitar

I picked it up about a year ago. Doing ok I guess. But I wish I would have started years ago (I'm 43 now).

[Sanity Claws]

25. Harp

Its sound is so angelic, spiritual. Besides I'm Irish and the harp is Ireland's national symbol.

[Iggo]

26. Trombone or one o' them bowed fiddles. (n/t)

[frogmarch]

28. Theremin!

Clara Rockewell playing "The Swan": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSzTPGlNa5U

[Kali]

29. Turkish version of lute

called a saz

beautiful sad bluesy Middle Eastern/Arabic sound

[libodem]

30. mandolin

I used to try, but my fingers are uncooperative.

[wickerwoman]

43. Me too.

I've always loved the way it sounds.

[lynne]

32. BANJO!

Love good pickin'. Done right, it can make me weep.

[bif]

33. Bagpipes & the Cymbalum

Coolest instruments ever.

[WinkyDink]

34. The two I should have long ago: Trumpet and drums.

[guitar man]

36. Organ

More specifically the Hammond B-3, with a leslie speaker of course. I've been playing electric guitar for 38 years and I'd be tempted to trade it all away to be proficient on that magical calliope :P

[SteppingRazor]

37. I've played guitar for 20 years or so, and I can noodle around on a harmonica, but...

I've always wanted to play the piano and/or the fiddle.

[dawg]

39. Guitar, for real - not whatever I'm doing with it now.

I'd like to really be able to play this thing, not just strum a few chords and warble along. But I think I've reached a plateau with it, and I probably won't get any better without professional help. :crazy:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

40. Piano...

...I am a guitarist and would love to have that one-two punch.

Too many bombs dropping in my life to make the commitment to learn right now, so I continue to hammer away on my Les Paul.

:toast:

[TZ]

41. Bass Guitar

Because some of the famous Bass Guitar players are the coolest of cool. I've always loved that deep sound (I played viola in HS, some parallels in sound IMO)

[trof]

42. The Swinette.

A Short History of the SWINETTE

The "Swinette" is a traditional instrument invented at the turn of the century by poor southern farmers who could not afford musical instruments.

You simply stretch two horse hairs across a hog's ass and pick it with your teeth!

[LeftOfSelf-Centered]

44. The drums.

I already play guitar, bass and piano (none of them particularly well, but it's enough for the kind of music I do), and I'm only missing drums to be completely self-sufficient. Then I could have TOTAL OBSESSIVE CONTROL!!! Muahahaha :evilgrin: I can manually program a MIDI drum track like nobody's business though...

Although I'd put having a decent singing voice above that, but, again, I make do.

Realistically though, I'd love to learn to play the ukulele.

[KamaAina]

45. Bells

up in Yale's Harkness Tower. There's a whole tradition surrounding them.

[Luciferous]

46. Drums. I wanted to learn to play the drums in middle school, but my mom

put the kibosh on that one :)

[canoeist52]

47. What musical instrument would I NOT like to learn to play!

Never met an instrument that didn't fascinate me.