Does anyone play a musical instrument? If so, what kind?

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 25 Feb 2017 20:38:43 -0500

Thought I would ask RP. A year or so ago, there was a thread about playing musical instruments for therapy, but I thought I'd start a wider thread about music in general. What instruments do you play, if any?

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SONGS OF AMERICANS IN THE VIETNAM WAR-Lydia Fish

Fan blades/helicopter blades rotating slowly above a troubled dreamer, Jim Morrison's voice singing "The End"... Young soldiers, on their way to Vietnam in the summer of Woodstock, marching on board their plane at Ft. Dix singing "Fixing To Die"... Correspondent Michael Herr catching helicopter rides out to the firebases, "cassette rock and roll in one ear and door-gun fire in the other," or crouched under fire in a rice paddy while Jimi...

Response by SN Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 25 at 2017 9:13 PM

SN Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 25 Feb 2017 21:13:40 -0500

Trumpet player since I was 10. Played for ten years, I haven't picked it up in 3 year though. Little rough on the piano, but I'm self taught. adn I can play a mean cymbal!

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 25 at 2017 9:37 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 25 Feb 2017 21:37:54 -0500

I have played the harmonica for years, but haven't ever gotten good at it. I can play a few old songs and hymns.