You feel cool when you know how to play a song on an instrument, amirite?

E-D-C E-D-C E-E-E-E D-D-D-D E-D-C Yay!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

what song is that?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Mozart's Unfinished Symphony.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

HOT CROSS BUNS?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Fucking Hot Cross Buns. I play that like a boss on the trumpet.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'd be worried if you didn't play it like a boss. wary

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yea, after five years, that'd be quite disconcerting.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I can play that like a boss on flute, piano, guitar, trumpet, saxophone, timpani, xylophone, and drums. I'm commenting too much about this.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I could get in three-hour long conversations about band stuff.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Third line should be C-C-C-C. Just sayin.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I learned to play Enter Sandman on the trumpet. I wish I had more an ear for music so I could pick something up just listening to it and learn tons of songs, but I can't. frown

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I play drums and have a problem with that too.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's like... if you give me a piece of music, I can play it almost instantly, no problem. And I can count beats well. But If you play a note, I couldn't identify it for the life of me. And I can't memorize music. And it saddens me, because I put more time than a lot of people into playing my instrument.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's how I feel and I'm trying to work on it, but it's hard as shit.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yea, I've tried to memorize. All I've memorized are short, easy songs and my school's fight song. One kid, an eighth grader, just picks it up. He's so amazing at recognizing notes. I wish so badly I could. It would make my musical life so much easier.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Same with my friend. He's ridiculously good.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I can play songs by ear a lot better than I read sheet music. It's a 2 way street, I can't just look at a complicated piece of music and play it perfectly until I hear how it's supposed to sound, but once I hear it, it's easy.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Same here. I play clarinet and my instructor has us do this exercise where he plays 5 or 6 notes in row and we're supposed to copy him. Whenever he picks me to do it solo I fail so hard..

by Anonymous 12 years ago

CLARINET RULES. just sayin

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Same'd. My teacher told me that once I got good I would be able to play a song by ear, and I still damn can't. The bass drum is what screws me up really, 'cause it's harder to hear mixed in with the guitars and bass and it's hardest to see in a live video. Fucking bass drum.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I switched to drums so I could play a real version of songs I like and not a terrible imitation of the vocals. The only "real" song I could play was the Final Countdown. And some weird version of Learn to Fly I found on the internet. Same thing with piano, but I could play a few more things. And I can play like three chords on guitar, but my fingers are the stubbiest fingers in the history of fingers, so I can't play most songs.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Mine are stubby, too. I love playing the trumpet. Finding a piece of metal music or something for it seriously puts me in a good mood for a week. I really love playing it. I usually like the arrangements, but some are shit. we got Living on a Prayer this year and band, and it was awful. My friend and I (he also plays the trumpet) were both like "WTF is this shit?!"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The more music I found, the more pissed off I'd get because it sounded so bad. I could never get into it really 'cause it wasn't the real thing. Well, I always played pixelated free previews from sheet music sites so...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I always look for music online. My current search is Little Piece of Heaven.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I love that song...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Me too. I found it for the guitar, but I don't know if I want to transpose it and everything.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Pssh trumpet's just a whole step up from concert pitch, shouldn't be difficult.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I played violin in elementary school and I was like "What the fuck am I going to do with this?" so switched.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You played violin in elementary? We had to play plastic shrill Führerflutes.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I did that in music class in third grade, but we could join the orchestra in fourth grade and the band in fifth.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

we played recorders in elementary school

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I can listen to something and learn how to play it on piano just by ear

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I wish I could play the piano. And learn music by ear. 0/2

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I feel about 20% cooler

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I can play don't stop believin' on piano...its the ultimate crowd pleaser and everyone thinks I'm an absolute genius even though its way easy haha

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I can too! When I got the sheet music for it, I was shocked at how easy it really is.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If I could figure out the trick to playing four chord songs, I'd be set.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I feel cool because i can technically play 5 instruments and read sheet music: Clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, ocarina, and recorder(TOTALLY FUCKING COUNTS)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I can technically play three, even if they're all variations of flutes. Piccolos and alto flutes totally count as different instruments, right?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

they do count, different mouth positions and technique so essentially a different instrument

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Thank you for being one of very few who actually count them as different. Piccolos are hard as hell to play, and not every flute player can just switch on command. Alto flutes are a bit easier, but they're in a completely different key and everything.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

that's so true. only band geeks understand that they're different

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Kazoo. \m/ Oh, and I guess that flute thing is cool too.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I had my first drumming lesson today and I learned how to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. And I can play half of Grenade by Bruno Mars on the piano because my sister forced me to learn it so she could sing along.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Guitar, violin, viola, piano, recorder, mandolin. And the fun of learning songs goes away the longer you play.

by Anonymous 12 years ago