I used to play viola from 5th grade until 12th. Not gonna say I was first row material, but I wasn’t terrible either. Stopped a few years later because I lost the instrument in a move and didn’t get another because I had kinda lost interest after losing mine.

I also bought an acoustic guitar last spring but so far I haven’t gotten far with it. It’s definitely a lot harder than viola, IMO. And a lot more painful on my fret/string/whatever holding down hand.

I’ve played various instruments over the years, but guitar is the only one I still pick up sometimes. I am basically an advanced beginner.

Meanwhile, I have recently taken up the recorder, tin whistle, and ocarina. I’m very much a beginner, but having a blast. My wife and a friend are also learning. We’re working on various baroque and early classical pieces.

I can play quite a few. High proficiency at saxophone and clarinet. But i can pick up almost anything and do something with it. I can play a lot of stuff by ear, so lock me in a room for a day with almost any instrument I’d have a decent ability with it and a few songs for you.

That’s one of those things I’d do if I won the lotto, buy as many instruments as I could and build a music room, and recording studio, invite local bands and kids to record there for free.

I played violin for about 10 years. I was able to play Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and similar before I put the bow down

I can play the piano decently well. Back in high school, I played clarinet and oboe, but I’m out of practice now

Guitar. I played as a teenager, but wasn’t very good, and quit around 20. I loved music, though, and got a degree in Music History, and then had a first career in the classical/Jazz record biz.

40 years after quitting the guitar, I took it up again during Covid. during Covid, but seriously this time. When I was a kid, I was struggling with learning it myself, even though I had good musical aptitude. Guitar is a hard instrument.

But after having learned the basics decades ago, a solid education in Music Theory, lots of experience in the music world with professional musicians, and a LOT of YouTube videos, I took to it pretty fast. I’m playing electric lead stuff and acoustic finger picking, and I’m now at a solid intermediate level, and having a blast.

YouTube was the main difference between self-learning now, and in the past. The best teachers in the world are on YouTube, and it’s basically all free.

My only regret is having quit in the first place, and losing 40 years of progress.

Guitar. Been playing for close to 35 years now, and I’m half decent. I also play bass, but I consider myself a beginner.

And I was pretty good at trumpet when I was a kid, but I haven’t played since I was 16.

I’m a serious skin flutist. I play mine like a seasoned master of the highest order.

I’m good enough at guitar to do it professionally. Not my only job but part of my income is playing as a hired gun for local acts and artists touring the region. I play mostly country, a lot of chicken-pickin, bending style telecaster stuff. Been at it over 25 years.

I bet if I had a recorder, I could still rip a mean hot cross bunz.

Vocal Cords, expert

Woodwinds: (Flute, Bass Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Saxophone, Bari-Sax, Pan Pipes) Journeyman to Expert

Strings: (Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass) Journeyman

Brass: (Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Tuba, Sousaphone, Cornet, Bugle) Apprentice to Journeyman

Percussion: Apprentice

Piano: Beginner, though I took lessons when I was 3-6, and I can sit and make it sound good, just can’t play sheet music with one.

Guitar: Bass and Rhythm guitar: Apprentice. Can’t do lead, chords mess with my fingers.

I’ve been playing instruments and singing my whole life.

Oh, technically I can play a recorder, but I hate that thing.

I can also “play” a didgeridoo, as in get consistent sound out of the thing. If there is more of a mastery than that, I don’t know.

Vocal Chords: Expert

Ocarina: Pretty good.

Harmonica: Decent.

Piano: Amateur.

Guitar: I can pluck strings and make it go “twang!”

Honorable mention to the mouth harp; I am not sure how you can be good or bad at it.

I’m decent at mayonnaise.

I learned music on saxophone, I have both an alto and tenor stashed in my house. I haven’t been able to play due to no community bands in my area. Thankfully it’s almost like riding a bike, including my talent for playing by ear.

I’ve also dabbled in a few other instruments, most notably guitar (in high school) where I eventually was able to play most of One by Metallica. The only thing stopping me was that the guitar only had 22 frets, and that song required 24 with standard tuning.

I’m also an amateur with Hurdy Gurdy, which is a European folk instrument. I’ve been fascinated by them since I was a teenager, and got a kit a couple years ago. Unfortunately I haven’t had time to play it this past year

Proficient at mayonnaise and okay at the gun.