Well spotted Molly- they are in the woodwind section of the orchestra but, hey, he is Finnish.

Molly, think calm peaceful thoughts. What pieces are you playing?

I "play" piano (usually one handed) by feeling my way across the keys & making matches to my favourite songs. I can't read musical scores & I can barely add a decent base line (3 finger chords) but I can mix & match notes to the melody of any piece of music that I hear (unless it's on a weird scale like F minor or something). I usually get the combo right on the second or third go & I remember it pictorially = like I remember the position of my fingers on the piano but I wouldn't be able to recite the notes (CDEFG style) & wouldn't be able to plot them on a staff somewhere

I have a funny relationship with music. Though I cannot read musical score, I can play the main melody to any song that I hear on the piano. It's an intuitive process that's difficult to explain. I have no idea how I do it. Only that I can.

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Possibly slightly dorky, but I've played the recorder for well over 20 years. I can play all kinds, from sopranino to bass, but in our little recorder "orchestra", I usually play alto. I also learned how to play basic piano, but never really went further. I can also play the guitar, but mostly just the strumming bonfire style.

I used to sing in a choir too (alto), but gave that up due to time constraints. I'm the only one in my family to actually play any instruments... And I will admit that I'm not much into classical music.

I play lots of instruments and have done through 17 years in life.

Between the age of 10 and 13, I played the trumpet. I were actually pretty good at it and played in orchestras and stuff. But it became boring, mostly because I couldn't sing along with it when I played.
When I was maybe 12 I started playing guitar, but only at home. I didn't take any lessons in it until a year ago, when I also started with electric guitar. I really love to play both of it, and I play it in two different ensembles. I can play anything between classical music to rock, and I think I'll continue playing guitar even as an adult.
I also take piano lessons. I started playing piano when I was around 8 years old, but just as the guitar I didn't take any lessons until last year. I have really easily for the piano, and most of the stuff I can I've learnt from YouTube.
When I started with the piano lessons, I also started to play organ. I play it at our local church and it's really fun, but very hard. It's three keyboards and one pedal board to concentrate at at the same time. I don't really know why I play the organ, but I started with it because my piano teacher want me to be a cantor... haha!

I find it really easy to learn new stuff when it comes to music, which is great because music is so fun. I also dance and sing in a choir, which I've done now for 11 years.

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