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[ALRATIBA]

Only instruments I have here now are guitar and tenor and alto recorders.

I took piano lessons for 8 years, played saxophone in high school orchestra and took guitar lessons in college.

My mother bought an accordian at a garage sale and back in the 1990s, I taught myself to play German "drinking songs" - great fun at family gatherings.  All the men would sing along!

[happycat]

I played the clarinet for two years in Jr. High school. I have a piano in my house, that we bought for my daughter a long time ago, but no one plays it. 

[Anniedog]

Piano and guitar but its been quite awhile.

[spiderw]

 My chosen instrument in Grammar school was the accordion.  At first it was exciting but as time went on I realized I wanted to be out with my friends and not in a room practicing or going weekly for lessons.  

I did however, win two trophies, second and third places at separate concerts in front of an auditorium filled with people!!!!  I still have the trophies  but my accordion eventually disintegrated from being in the basement for such a long time!!!!

[ninjawife]

I started playing the flute in elementary school but I was awful.  My mother wanted to learn to play the piano so my father bought her one.  She enjoyed playing until I also started taking lessons and was better than her so she quit. 

My husband plays the drums, bass and guitar.  We have an entire room dedicated to our musical insruments.

[pattiewaddle]

Played saxophone seven years in grade and high school.  Enjoyed marching band and stage band went on to play sax for a dance band and then got married...

[J Town Girl]

My maternal grandmother had been a professional pianist.   My mother also played the piano.  When I was a young girl I decided that I too wanted to learn the piano.  

My parents set me up with lessons from one of the Nuns who taught at my grade school.

I would go to the convent each afternoon when school ended and torture this poor sister with my extreme lack of musical talent.   

Not only was I completely uncoordinated with the keys, I also lost interest in record time.  

This extremely patient Nun finally told my parents that they should probably save their money and stop with my lessons.  I wasn't ever going to play the piano well.   

Since that time I never had any interest in learning to play any sort of instrument.  I did take dance lessons as a child for years and did fairly well at that.   I went to a dance school that was started in our town by Gene Kelly.  I even met him when he came to one of our recitals.   I had childhood dreams of becoming a choregrapher.  Of course, that never happened.  

To this day, I still love to dance.  I just do it around my livingroom now when I'm alone.💃

[Deree]

Self taught keyboards, guitar, harmonica, uke and I sing.  I'm a one-person band and I record on an 8-track which gives me a lot of pleasure.

[AuntG]

Violin and tenor saxophone - neither of them well because I didn't practice.

[depglass]

In grade school I took violin and in high school I took clarinet.  What a waste.  I have no musical talent whatsoever, I can barely hold a tune. DD is self taught on piano and guitar, she sure didn't inherit that from me.