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Ask HN: If you play an instrument, which is it?
Most of the coders I've met either play an instrument or wish they could play one.
I play the violin, but not at concert solo level. So I just play for my own enjoyment (digging into classical, modern and folk).
On the coder side I've run into people who do drums, piano, flute, etc over the last several years. Playing music or just wishing to play music is a consistent thread here.
I'm just wondering - what are you guys/girls playing?
- icey 17y agoI play guitar very poorly. When I'm stuck on a problem I'll run scales for awhile until the answer hits me.
- actually 17y agoThe AXiS49. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9-OSCl7kOc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9-OSCl7kOc It's like cheating at music.
- mixmax 17y agoI used to play saxophone - but I sucked. I also play a teeny little bit of piano.
- ScottWhigham 17y agoGuitar - jazz and blues. I used to play pro and then "found" computers :)
- simplify 17y agoAwesome. If you don't mind, do you have any music links of you playing I can listen to?
- ScottWhigham 17y agoI don't have but 1 or 2 songs today online and those are not ones I'm too proud of lol. I did just buy a new Eric Johnson Fender Strat and have started getting back into practicing though :)
- TallGuyShort 17y agoPiano - I really like how versatile and consistent it is. If I were to learn another instrument, it'd definitely be guitar.
- cperciva 17y agoViolin. I could have gone professional, but decided that I'd enjoy it more if I kept music as a hobby, and that computing/mathematics paid better for less work anyway.
- stonemetal 17y agopiano and saxophone(not at the same time :) ) Though recently I have been thinking of taking up bass guitar.
- brk 17y agoI don't play any instrument, but wish I could/intend to try to learn something. I do however do custom guitar pedal effects and mods, and have done some various bits of studio hacking/engineering work (when I still lived in Detroit I helped a well known artist get his first PC-based/digital mixing board up and running).
- alanthonyc 17y agopiano, guitar...not well
- cmos 17y agoguitar hero!
- paul9290 17y agoPlay piano and guitar; try to sing too as I write music and someone needs to sing it.
- bdmac97 17y agoExpert Rockband drums... that counts right?
- wooby 17y agoMe too. And absolutely it counts; VB programmers are still programmers aren't they?
- neoclassical 17y agoWeekend shredder here.
- weaksauce 17y agoI play the guitar.
- humbledrone 17y agoElectronic drums, banjo, guitar, piano, trumpet -- in order of increasing skill (not that it increases to any significant level).
- vabmit 17y agoI taught myself acoustic guitar. First, I learned from books and websites. Then when YouTube came out, I found a lot of very good "How to Play Song X" videos on it. I really enjoyed learning to play. Spending 5-10 hours a week away from my computer, and not looking at a screen for most of that time, significantly boosted my productivity and improved my morale. I was pretty burned out and looking for something to do besides computer work, and reading about computers, when I started picking it up. I haven't played in a few years, though. As I got older, I kinda lost interest in music (both listening to and playing).
- apu 17y agoClarinet
- nuweborder 17y agoI dont play music, but I love to listen to it. HipHop, R&B, Pop, Jazz, Classical, Blues, Rock, everything. I too have noticed that playing music is a consistent trend for many.