wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 (edited) *instrument :blush: Can't believe I spelled that wrong :blushing: Dd8th plays the clarinet. Dd4th is going to start an instrument this year-- she is leaning towards flute right now. So what do your kids play? Edited October 18, 2011 by wy_kid_wrangler04 misspelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheryl h Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Dd13 just started fiddle lessons, casually, after 9 yrs. of classical violin. Ds11 just started 5th year of piano, ds/dd8 twins just started their second year of piano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 DS19 - clarinet DD17 - 3 or 4 different types of saxophones, and recently started clarinet and keyboard DS15 - trumpet DD10 - piano. She is trying to decide which other instrument she would like to try as well.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrid Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 DD 14 (only) plays the oboe. In fact, we are going to pick up her new (used) professional oboe tomorrow. It is ridiculous how much these things cost. :svengo: astrid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 ds 10 violin dd 8 piano Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Piano for both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Ds10, piano. He's been playing for 6 years. He wants to learn guitar, flute and upright bass next, lol. This year, ds8 started guitar lessons and eventually wants to learn to play banjo too, and ds6 started piano lessons. Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 We've started all of them on piano only so far. Once they have a basic knowledge of music, we'll encourage them to choose another instrument (or vocal lessons) if they're interested. I suspect only one of them is going to be really musical (actually she's climbed up on my lap asking me to put some music on right now lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquinas Academy Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 All of them play violin except DS 10, who plays cello. Even DS 2 has a box violin that he "plays" sometimes. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In The Great White North Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 ds played viola for 4 years and piano for 2 dd(1) played viola for 6 years dd(2) played violin for 4 years and is on year 5 of trumpet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriedClams Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Two kids... Piano for both...this year started year our fourth year. Our kids can quit when they are 16, or at least that's what I've told them. Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenneinCA Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 dd (almost) 13 plays recorder ds 11 plays piano ds 7 plays piano Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 DD15-piano, fife, learning guitar DS13-18th century snare drum, regular drum set DD11-piano DD9-piano DS3- flute, harp, classical guitar, beginning tuba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyD Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 DS6 has played the cello for two years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairyMom Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Both girls play the violin. Rella (7) is learning to play the piano as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyD Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 My oldest plays violin, cello, viola, concert harp and piano. She's doing a doctorate in violin performance and pedagogy. She plays a pretty mean tin whistle, too! :D My next plays cello, piano and organ. She got to play her cello in Brazil two years ago with the Navy Glee Club and once got to play the HUGE pipe organ for a concert at USNA's chapel. She was the church organist through high school. She and her sis made good money for many years playing weddings. Oh, and she played the cymbals and the second largest bass drum for Navy--no marching cellos... :D My next played violin for several years, but now just does piano. My next plays the bugle for Scouts. And my last plays cello, piano and Celtic harp. She's dropped her youth orchestra (too much travel) and now is in the college orchestra. All the girls have been in it for many years. We spend a fortune on music... Wow, that is one musical family you've got! But the logistics of managing all of those lessons, classes, and instruments must have been a bear .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted October 18, 2011 Author Share Posted October 18, 2011 DS3- flute, harp, classical guitar, beginning tuba A 3 year old??? :svengo: Or 3rd ds?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 A 3 year old??? :svengo: Or 3rd ds?? He's 3. I was just being silly. :D All the rest of the kids are correct. We shall see what he wants to play in a few years. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueinNC Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Dd,10, plays piano, guitar, and fiddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted October 18, 2011 Author Share Posted October 18, 2011 He's 3. I was just being silly. :D All the rest of the kids are correct. We shall see what he wants to play in a few years. :) These last few weeks have been WAY to hectic because I seriously thought you were serious :blink: ! I am looking at my 5 and 7 year olds and thinking 'there is NO way what so ever he MUST have a prodigy on her hands' :lol: I am SO glad we have a week off of school next week because I need it ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 DS piano and recorder and he's desperate to learn violin but I'm dragging my feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinter Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 All of mine play the piano. They started at 3 or 4 and my mother takes them to a parent& child music class that focuses on piano. In first grade, they start private piano lessons. My two oldest are talking about trying guitar, so I think I'm going to sign them up to have "private" lessons together after Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquinas Academy Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 We spend a fortune on music... Wow, I can't image! We spend a fortune on music, too, and my kids only play one instrument each. Someday, I want to learn to play the organ. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Dd1=guitar Dd2=flute Nothing for ds yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imprimis Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 My 16 yo daughter plays piano, electric bass guitar, guitar, and she took drum lessons, but has not been doing much drumming lately, even though we have a drum kit. My son plays guitar. My youngest plays piano, guitar, and wants to take drum lessons. If it weren't for her, our drum kit would be doing nothing but gathering dust... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silliness7 Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 We have a tuba, trumpet, baritone, and flute player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah CB Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Dd plays piano, ds (11) plays violin and piano, ds (9) plays cello and piano and ds (6) plays violin but really wants to start piano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommyrooch Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Ds 7th grade plays the guitar. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerPoppy Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 My 9yo dd plays piano (new to it this year). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Hobbes plays the clarsach (Scottish harp) and Calvin has singing lessons. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maplinmum Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 DS 18 plays double bass as a music major DD 14 plays harp and flute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishboneDawn Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 DD has been playing the violin for about 3-4 years now. DS just started the piano (well, electric keyboard in our house :)) although he's been in music theory lessons for about a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassy Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 DS7, DS10 and DS12 all play the piano. DS10 also plays the cornet, while DS12 plays the trombone. Cassy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renee in NC Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 My 8yo plays the violin. My 10yo wants to play the banjo and the 7yo wants to play the piano, so I hope to be able to do that for them in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Both of mine started with piano when we got one. They were, I think, six and nine at that point. After a couple of years, my daughter switched to classical guitar. She played that for about a year before she left for college. She still picks it up and play occasionally, but she is also teaching herself to play the ukelele. She minored in music, with emphasis in vocal performance. My son continued with piano longer, but eventually switched to pipe organ. He played that for a couple of years until he wanted to start voice lessons and we couldn't afford both. He also did snare drum lessons with the bagpipe band for about a year and a half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenC Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 14 yo violin - but wants to play the oboe also 12 yo flute 10 yo violin Karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 DD15 plays the flute. She dropped piano a few years ago after a couple of years of lessons after Kindermusik (they learned to play the glockenspiel, tin whistle, and a mini-recorder there.) She just played a solo for the youth symphony on Sunday :thumbup: and last night she found out she had been bumped up the the Philharmonic group (the highes onet, with adult symphony music.) We're very excited. DD13 has played the piano since she was 6 or 7 when she graduated from Kindermusik, and she picked up the clarinet just over a year ago. She worked really hard in her first year of clarinet and made the youth symphony this year, too. DS9 has played the piano for a few years. He wants to join the youth symphony, too, in a few years (it is affiliated with our local symphony orchestra and does an amazine job with the kiddos.) He is trying to decide between trumpet and horn, but dh is rooting for percussion. Flute is a wonderful instrument. She can't go wrong there. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 DS10 has been playing piano for 5 years. DD7 has been playing violin for about 2 1/2 years. We love music here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Piano and recorder right now, probably moving to flute once her hands/arms are big enough that she can use a standard one (I've looked at the modified ones for Suzuki flute, and decided that doing a couple of books of Suzuki recorder first and transitioning to flute later was a better choice, just based on cost). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trresh Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 dd 8th grade - Guitar, Mandolin ds 5th grade - Banjo dd 3rd grade - Fiddle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Ds22 played guitar for a little while--part of his homeschooling journey was to get familiar with an instrument. DH taught him--I think Dh was secretly hoping to imbue ds with a little "chick magnetism." ;):D Dd11 is in her 3rd year of piano, and her second of viola. Viola is just at school and isn't particularly well-taught, but piano is "her" instrument--she's fully invested and loves it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Dd8 is playing the bells in a beginner band this year. She's really enjoying it. She will probably switch to the flute eventually. She was going to play it this year, but couldn't get a good embouchure with no front teeth. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 DD - piano (accomplished), flute (accomplished), piccolo (pretty fair but did not pursue her technique as far as she could have), clarinet (intermediate), various recorders (accomplished), and violin (beginner), classical guitar (beginner). Ds #1 - piano (only two years but he still plays by ear), trumpet (just beginning) Ds #2 - violin and piano (beginner - intermediate) Ds #3 - no, hasn't expressed an interest though I still hold out hope. Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splash Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 ds 16 plays violin 7yrs and now also plays guitar and piano ds 14 guitar 2yrs played violin from 7-9yrs old dd 12 piano for 2yrs now dd 10 violin for 2 yrs ds 5 still trying to decide between drums, piano, violin and cello Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 DD10 just started playing trumpet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 DS16 - electric bass, flute, piano DS14 - cajon, banjo, piano, and possibly going to start viola soon DD11 - harp, piano DD8 - violin, piano Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennynd Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 ds 7 played violin for 3 yrs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 (edited) DS15 plays drums, cahon, bodhran (all percussion) DS14 play guitar, banjo, mandolin and is begging for a bouzouki (plays other people's bouzoukis at Irish sessions and saving up) DD9 plays violin and fools around on piano (also recently began learning tunes on a tin whistle) Edited October 20, 2011 by Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVA Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 (edited) Dh- piano, trumpet Me - piano and voice Son #1 - Bass guitar, electric/acoustic guitar Daughter - piano, violin Son #2 - Drums, piano Son #3 - String bass, piano, violin, viola, guitars(you name it), mandolin, cello, drums (Can you guess? He's a strings teacher/conductor!) Son #4- violin, piano We currently have: 2 drum trap sets, a myriad of guitars, piano, trumpet, mandolin, violins, and the bass in our music room. Edited October 20, 2011 by JVA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-M- Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 The Misses, 15 and 14, have been playing piano for five years. They began guitar lessons in early summer and will plan to begin voice lessons in late autumn. The guitar teacher is also giving Miss M-mv(ii) some instruction on the ukelele. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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