Acoustic guitar, recorder, ukulele, djembe. I have a small collection of folk instruments and try to learn to play each one of them at least a little bit, so I can play (or at least produce semi-musical sounds from) things like duduk and rababah :)
Ask HN: How many of you play music?
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#72This has been asked before: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=428776 and my comment from that thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=428969
Thanks for the link I found: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=429043 to be an interesting take. I have zero intrest in Music and don't link CS with Math. While I was well above average in math, relative to the average person, I am a far better programmer and consider it a compleatly seperate toppic. PS: My college DiffEQ teacher got annoyed when I said I had little intrest in getting a masters in Math. I wonder ho…
The Knuth comment was very interesting. I majored in Math and everyone in the math department played some sort of instrument, even if it was the stereotypical "nerdy kid forced to play the violin". Since I left school and been in industry I'd say maybe 1 in 50 I meet play an instrument. However, probably 4/5 of programmers I meet are bicyclists, or at least at own an overpriced bike.
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#73I played trombone through college (jazz band). Now I play bass and sing in a rock/blues band that gigs once or twice per month. I also hack around on guitar.
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#74Guitar, electric and acoustic. I'm very much out of practice these days - my two year old son is the priority. He already has musical taste - he comes over and mutes my strings whenever I play!
I love playing some of those old Celtic tunes I grew up listening to in Cape Breton, meant for violin but nice on guitar as well.
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#75Violin, saxophone, learning the bass. Mostly jazzy style, but all-around.
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#76Acoustic guitar - mostly folk and alternative rock. And typically it's just for myself or my family. :)
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#77I play keyboards, guitar and just started learning the drums. Plus I'm typing this from my studio full of equipment. Synths, samplers, drum machines etc, mostly used for house and breaks tracks.
Also played the trombone in school until I was kicked out for improvising all the time.
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#78I play guitar and drums. I did the band thing 15 years ago and had some local success with a band called Uncle Knucklefunk. Our high point was opening up for Ace Frehley (who had no desire to even say hi to us by the way, which was devastating for our other guitar player whose idol was Ace.)
Now I play drums more than guitar, just because I enjoy it more. I have two boys who are both amazing on drums. The funny part is that I didn't teach them much. They learned by playing Rock Band and they're both better than me now.
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#79I'm in the middle of a taiko apprenticeship.
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#80I play music in many different styles; from electronica to folk. When I recently bought a banjo, my girlfriend forced me to count how many musical instruments I had. I lost track around 14... The only problem is that with my time divided between them I never have a chance to get very good at any of them.