What instrument?

[SarDragon]

That is cruel.  Unbelievably cruel.  You will be haunted by an oboe for 3 years time to repay and repent for your sins.

Hey, baby, my tuba kicks brass. 

[SAR-EMT1]

Trombone, some vocals, some Baritone, recorder and bagpipes. Alumni of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and several college bands. Future Goal: Learn how to play a Swiss Mountain Horn ... "Riccola"

[dwb]

Is it me, or are there a lot of low brass people on this board?

For the number of low brass instruments in your average band, there appears to be an  unusually high percentage of those people posting on CAP Talk.

[DeputyDog]

I started out on the baritone, then switched to the sousaphone a few years later.

I can still play "When the saints go marching in..." on both of them.

[Camas]

Is it me, or are there a lot of low brass people on this board?
For the number of low brass instruments in your average band, there appears to be an  unusually high percentage of those people posting on CAP Talk.

Gotta plead guilty.  I played lower brass throughout high school, college and was a 76150K (bass player) in the Air Force.  I still have a Conn Connstellation 48H trombone that I've had since 1959.

In answer to the poll, I can play a scale on every instrument listed except the bagpipe.  I checked "Piano" for no special reason.

[SAR-EMT1]

Awesome...

As for the simplest explaination as to the high number of brass on this board...

CAP tends to attract people of a higher intellect. What can I say?

[jimmydeanno]

Awesome...

As for the simplest explaination as to the high number of brass on this board...

CAP tends to attract people of a higher intellect. What can I say?

...or it is a direct reflection of our organization...too much brass 

[SAR-EMT1]

Awesome...

As for the simplest explaination as to the high number of brass on this board...

CAP tends to attract people of a higher intellect. What can I say?

That was classic !
...or it is a direct reflection of our organization...too much brass 

[tvknight415]

voted trumpet, but also have to list:

Euphonium/Baritone
Tuba/Sousaphone
Piano
Vocals

[Tubacap]

Awesome...

As for the simplest explaination as to the high number of brass on this board...

CAP tends to attract people of a higher intellect. What can I say?

...or it is a direct reflection of our organization...too much brass 

As someone who is fairly educated on instrumentation (Bachelor of Music) I would concur that CAP definitely attracts brass players, especially low brass players, because of their naturally superior intellect. 

If anyone has information about any oboe player that has infultrated our ranks, please pass it up your chain of command, or the IG, so that this issue can be resolved quickly and quietly. 

[SarDragon]

OOM-PAH, baby!

[Major Lord]

Hah! A trick question! You can't play a Major Scale on bagpipes...only a Mixolydian scale!

Lord

[Michael]

Hah! A trick question! You can't play a Major Scale on bagpipes...only a Mixolydian scale!

Lord

Yeah.

I heard a bunch of bagpipes play a conventional college fight song (ND) and thought they slaughtered it due to the crazy change of tune.  It's nice to know it was the instrument and not the players.

[alexalvarez]

I can play the radio!

[RiverAux]

Was picking up some old stuff from my parent's house recently and got my trumpet.  Though I barely remembered the basic scale (and had to look up a chart on the internet to figure out one problem area) and don't remember hardly anything about reading sheet music, with just about a half hour or so of practice I was able to still hit the highest notes I was able to get in high school. 

I'm not sure if that says more about how bad I was in high school or whether it says its like riding a bike again. 

The one thing I can tell you is that a jar of vaseline thats been sitting untouched in a trumpet case for at least 20 years is NOT a pretty sight. 

[cap235629]

guitar hero III

[SAR-EMT1]

guitar hero III

Uh...

....
You are CUT

[CadetProgramGuy]

^^^B-Slapped

[flyerthom]

^^^B-Slapped

Is that a major or minor chord?

[Chappie]

Trumpet, baritone,  piano, vocals.