Musical Insturments/Languages Question

Das Saxophon.

 

German sax? For some reason, I'm imagining weird songs from a Bertholt Brecht play.

 

I forgot the foreign language component.
I speak enough Spanish to make myself understood, barely.
I know a handful of phrases in Gaelic and Chamorro.
I've forgotten almost all of my high school Latin.

 

Played trombone when I was very young, but gave it up quickly.

Can play a little bit on the piano and I recently bought an acoustic guitar because I finally decided it was time to learn how to play and graduate from being a great "air" guitar player.

Languages: English, some Spanish and some Italian.

 

Trumpet and Piano. I also sing, which I consider an instrument, but many don't.

I speak English, read and write Latin, and perform music. Music is a language all of it's own, in my opinion.

 

Re: Musical Instruments/Languages Question

Guitar (took first lesson at age 39 (nearly 8 years ago) and stuck with it). Got to experience playing on stage in a band a few times. Now I just play what I want to play on my couch or out by the lake I live on.

Language? Two Spanish freshman and sophomore years of HS. Took a year in college, trying to get the back-credits by taking third-year Spanish but forgot too much because the two years of HS Spanish were six years before and I didn't get the required B grade (got a C) to get the extra eight back credits. That was 25 years ago. I remember a lot of the words but really can't be very conversational.

 

Trumpet and very knowledgable in spanish

 

Instruments: Piccolo, flute and piano (the last one kinda badly)
Languages: English and profanity. Also agree with spup that music is its own language.

 

I used to be fluent in French, but have used it so rarely in the last 10 years. Funny that you started this thread -- last night, I pulled out a French grammar book and started doing some of the exercises in it. I was planning to do another 30 minutes or so of them tonight, too.

I also took 3 years of Spanish in high school and can understand it pretty well. I can't really speak it or write it, though.

 

Piano (self taught after a couple years of lessons - I reach a point where my technique breaks down,but I can sightread really well) and sing in a classical/opera style. Doesn't work so well for your typical American Idol generation, but can be very impressive if busted out at the right time.

I can read German and Latin outloud and pronounce them correctly but not really understand them.

 

No instruments. I'm tone deaf.

Used to be pretty much fluent in French and German but haven't used either in a long time.

I also spoke Swiss German which sounds like someone hocking up a continuous loogiie.

I'll get HC on here. She plays about a dozen instruments.