Do you play an instrument? What's your favorite thing about it?

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Or have you played something else in the past? What's your favorite piece to play?

Edit: thanks for everyone that has replied. This has been so heartwarming to read

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My favorite thing about me playing an instrument are the cheers and frenetic applause of my neighbours when I stop it.

Really really inspiring.

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This thing is legit.

https://strumstick.com/

Super simple to get pleasant sounds from. Basic melodies just fall out of it. Can't recommend highly enough.

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My favourite instrument is a hammer. I love playing nails with it.

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Kinda basic, but my favorite is the bass. I play guitar too, but it's a bit easier to play bass and people are less aware when you make a mistake !

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I have been playing acoustic guitar since childhood. I like when I listen to a piece that marvels me, then I work on it a few minutes every day for months, and eventually I start to render part of it good enough that I can find the same pleasure as listening but from the other side. One of my current study subject is Prelude n⁰1 by Heitor Villa-Lobos. https://youtu.be/Pmry5uquwDI

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I’ve been playing many instruments for over 25 years. Sometimes professionally. My favorite thing to do with them is just explore the sounds they can make. Really listen to the nuance of it. A plucked or strummed string, for example has such a complex waveform. When you get to know how sound works on a physics level, it’s truly amazing.

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This brings me back. I hitch-hiked across Canada with a friend who brought one of these. He was meh on the guitar but amazing on this thing, and it was easy to travel with. I learned a few tunes, too. Lots of sitting in back seats, playing for whoever picked us up.

There's another vote for strumstick. Thanks for the memory.

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I played trumpet as a child but desparately craved to learn something else as my musical tastes didn't really match it - its hard to be interested in playing an instrument when you don't really like the music you are learning.

Later in life I bought an emotional support bass but I never really found the time or motivation to learn anything more complex than the famous riff from The Chain.

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I used to program electronic music and play live keyboard until I wrecked my hearing on stage.

I picked up playing drums 1.5 years ago and love it. I've been teaching drums for almost 2 months now at a music school.

Drumming relaxes me a lot, it's a good workout and even with my impaired hearing I can still play them.

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I don't and the fact I don't have to practice and listen to myself suck.

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Drums. I got a used electronic kit, a lower-end Roland model, and only play it for me. I learned the basic rhythms so I can throw some tunes on my headphones and try to play along. More meditation than anything else.

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I play guitar casually since a little before COVID. Becoming more fluent with it every time I play is an amazing feeling.

Getting into a groove, putting my own spin/expressing myself with songs I like, and jamming with friends are experiences that are unmatched in enjoyment for me.

Making up my own silly songs on the fly is fun too.

Learning to play is the best thing I ever did. I had to get over the idea that it would be hard work to get good, or the idea that I'd never be as good as someone who started as a kid, or that I'd ever even be technically good, at all. Letting go of that stuff allowed me to enjoy each moment playing, and just have fun.

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My favorite to play is the acoustic guitar, because it's largely unchanged for a couple hundred years.

You don't need to plug it in, just strum or pluck. It's incredibly versatile, highly portable, and it sounds amazing.

My favorite thing to do is playing chord melodies. Basically, I'll find chords to a song online and then play part of the chord and the melody on top of it. It's a quick & dirty way to arrange an instrumental version, though I do like to sing and play too.

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Viola! I like its range of sound and the fact that we get our own (alto) clef makes me feel special. But you end up playing a lot of lame parts when the violins get all the melodies and solos.

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Hopefully you've picked up some ear protection since then! Drums are loud AF and if you've already got hearing issues, drums will make them worse. +1 for Loop earplugs if you need some.

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I play the piano but haven't touched it in a while. But, at peak, I was playing pretty good since I did it for over 10 years. My favorite thing to do whenever I can bring myself to do it is come up with chords and melodies. I rarely write things down but the ones I do, I turn into electronic music.

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I play ukulele because when I miss a note or get a beat wrong it just makes me laugh because it sounds so silly. I got a banjolele too and that thing is ridiculous, but when it works it sounds awesome.

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Guitar mainly, but I can play any of the typical instruments associated with rock/metal.

My favourite thing about the guitar is all the expressive ways you can play a single note. There's the spectrum of how hard you pick it along with what you use to pick - fingers or plectrum, what angle you attack the string with said pick, vibrato, bend up to the note or down from it, slide into or out of it, etc...

It's such an expressive instrument. I love it. You can really hear someone's personality come out in their playing. There truly are endless different ways to play a single song. It all just depends on the choices you make.

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Mandolin - I like that almost nobody has heard of it so I'm usual. When I'm asked to play something I can honestly say "if you have heard of it I can't play it" while picking out several dozen tunes, some dating back centuries.

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Do you play an instrument? What's your favorite thing about it?