Hey all...

For my statistics project, I need 100 people who are undergraduate students to fill out this survey about musical instruments.

Thank you for helping me with my project!


The questions:
1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar)
2) For how long?
3) At what age did you start taking lessons?
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior?
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today?


thank you so much for helping!

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar) ~Piano
2) For how long? ~6 years
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? ~10
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? ~Junior
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? ~yes

The questions:
1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar): Bass clarinet
2) For how long? 6 years
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? no lessons, it was in high school
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? sophomore
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? no

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar) Violin and Viola
2) For how long? 1-2 yrs with violin, 3-4 yrs with viola. I can't remember exactly since it's been awhile.
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? Not really lessons. Learned at school, but I will state it anyways. 7 yrs old for violin, 11 yrs old for viola.
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? Sophomore
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? Nope.

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar) piano, clarinet, french horn
2) For how long? respectively, 13 years, 3 years, 3 years
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? respectively, 1st grade, 4th grade, 6th grade
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? is this aimmed at high school students? i'm a freshmen in college
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? only piano

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? one.
2) For how long? nine years.
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? eight.
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? sophomore.
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? yes.

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? piano and flute
2) For how long? piano- 4 years flute- 10 years
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? piano- 10 flute- 12
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? sophomore in college
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? no

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar)
two; piano and clarinet
2) For how long?
12 years of piano, 9 years of clarinet
3) At what age did you start taking lessons?
started piano at 7; clarinet at 10
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior?
freshman
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today?
still play piano, not clarinet

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar) 3; piano, flute, piccolo
2) For how long? piano 11 years, flute 10 years
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? about age 8 or 9
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? freshman
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? only flute and piccolo

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? piano, percussion, guitar
2) For how long? piano - 16yrs, percussion - 3 yrs, guitar - 5 yrs
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? piano - since 3, percussion - since 16, guitar - since 14
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? freshman at college
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? oh yes.

I'm a freshman. I started playing piano when I was 7 and now I'm 18. You do the math. I don't play in recitals or practice regularly anymore, though I haven't exactly quit. I started playing the clarinet when I was 11. I quit 2 years after.

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar) one (violin)
2) For how long? 8 years
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? 11
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? freshman in college
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? yes

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar)
-3: piano, violin, viola
2) For how long?
-4 years violin and viola, 2 years piano
3) At what age did you start taking lessons?
-I didn't take lessons; violin and viola I learned in school, and piano I studied on my own in my spare time.
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior?
-Sophomore in college
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today?
-Not the piano; violin and viola, yes.

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? 1 - piano
2) For how long? 10 years
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? 8
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? 3rd year University (I don't know what U.S. people call that)
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? No, I stopped when University got time consuming

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar)
piano, flute, and violin. However, I don't remember how to play violin anymore.
2) For how long? piano~10 years. Flute~1-2 years. Violin~2-3 years
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? piano-5 years old. Flute 7th grade. Violin-3-4 th grade.
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? Sophomore in college
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? No. I still practice piano but I had to quit lessons when i was in the 10th grade because my family had financial problems.

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? 2, violin and piano
2) For how long? violin 7 years, piano 2 years
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? 9
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? sophomore
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? no

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? Flute and Piano
2) For how long? Flute was 3 years, piano on and off for about 9 years
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? Around 11/12?
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? I'm a senior in college
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? only the Piano

The questions:
1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar): 2 Piano and Flute
2) For how long? Piano: 4 years. Flute: 4 years
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? piano: first grade. flute: fifth grade
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? freshman in college
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? nope ><

QUOTE (beautifulfriend @ Nov 18 2007, 11:30 PM)

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar)
2) For how long?
3) At what age did you start taking lessons?
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior?
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today?

1. One, since the Guitar doesn't count.
2. 7 years
3. 11 years
4. Freshman in College
5. No... I should though.

The questions:
1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar)
2) For how long?
3) At what age did you start taking lessons?
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior?
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today?

THE ANSWERS
1) 1, the piano
2) ~5-6 years

The questions:
1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar)
2) For how long?
3) At what age did you start taking lessons?
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior?
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today?

1. Piano, Violin, Cello
2. Piano - 11 years, Violin - 4 years, Cello - 1 year
3. Piano - 5-10 ; no lessons for violin nor cello
4. Junior
5. Mostly into Cello. Others as hobbies

The questions:
1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar)
since guitar doesn't count..2..flute and violin

2) For how long?
flute - 9 years
violin - 6 years

3) At what age did you start taking lessons?
flute - 9
violin - 12

4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior?
freshman

5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today?
i still remember, but i don't =x

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? violin
2) For how long? nine years
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? school instruction at age 9, private instruction at age 12
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? freshman
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? Yes.

do you still need it? if so... here goes!

1) piano and alto saxophone
2) piano - 10+ sax - 6 years
3) 8 years old for piano, 12 for sax
4) freshman
5) just the piano. somebody stole my sax over the summer so yeah.. i havent been playing it since

The questions:
1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar)
2) For how long?
3) At what age did you start taking lessons?
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior?
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today?

1) 1 - flute
2) 9-10 years
3) 10
4) Junior
5) somewhat (don't take my instrument to school, but when I"m back on breaks)

The questions:
1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar)
piano

2) For how long?
few yrs

3) At what age did you start taking lessons?
7yrs old...


4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior?
final year uni student

5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today?
yes..

1) Trumpet, Baritone
2) 5 years
3) Didn't Take Lessons
4) Freshman
5) "MTSU Marching Band Over 350 Strong"

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? : er, my vocal, I guess. I suck at keyboard even tho I had lessons.
2) For how long? : since I was a kid; I love singing.
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? : I took vocal lessons when I was in 2nd grade. So I was 7 or 8-ish, I think.
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? : freshman
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? : Yep, I still sing. But no orgs or choirs at the moment. I still play the keyboard.

used to play the viola since 11 yrs old for 8 yrs total. that thing just collects dust now
i dont even think i can read the notes anymore

The questions:
1) How many instruments have you played seriously? 1 clarinet
2) For how long? 8 years
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? 11
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? freshman in college
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? not really

The questions:
1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar)
2) For how long?
3) At what age did you start taking lessons?
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior?
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today?

1. Viola, Clarinet
2. 4 years/7 years
3. 15 to 18, 14 to 16
4. freshman
5. nah. getting into piano and guitar instead

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar) 2- flute and piano
2) For how long? 7 years and 6 years, respectively
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? for flute, I took lessons during my freshman year of high school. for piano, I took lessons when I was 4-10 years old
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? freshman in college
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? I play flute during marching season, and I occasionally play the piano if I see one

hi there =] hope this helps

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? 2, Piano and Cello
2) For how long? Cello- 2-3 years. Piano...like....12?13?
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? Piano lesson started when I was around 6-7. I started taking cello in Middle school, so i was like..13
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? senior
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? not cello. don't have time. still plays piano though.

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar) Piano
2) For how long? about 4 yrs
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? i dont remember. it was when i was younger.
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? freshmen
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? no

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar)
2) For how long?
3) At what age did you start taking lessons?
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior?
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today?

1) piano and flute
2) piano//12 years flute//3 years
3) piano//5 years old flute//11 years old
4) junior
5) no

1)4
2)17 years
3)12
4)sophomore
5)yes, 2 out of 4

The questions:
1) How many instruments have you played seriously? 2: piano & clarinet
2) For how long? piano: 10-11 years // clarinet: 2
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? piano: 6? // clarinet: 11
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? sophomore
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? don't play clarinet at all anymore, piano sometimes/rare

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? one, violin
2) For how long? 4 years
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? at school freshmen year, 14/13?
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? freshmen~~~
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? hmmm...will be, I'm putting it on hold actually, but I do plan to continue it ^^

Hope this helps you (:

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? two
2) For how long? trumpet=eight years, oboe=three years
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? only took lessons for trumpet=15
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? junior
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? unfortunately, I'm not

The questions:
1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar)
- Piano, Oboe, Clarinet
2) For how long?
- Piano 3yrs
- Oboe 5yrs
- Clarinet 6yrs
3) At what age did you start taking lessons?
- 7
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior?
- Sophmore
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today?
- No

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar)
2) For how long?
3) At what age did you start taking lessons?
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior?
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today?

1. Piano and mallet percussion
2. 13 years; 7 years
3. 5; 11
4. Freshman
5. Piano, mallet percussion not so much. I don't have my own xylophone.

The questions:
1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar) 2 - Violin, Piano
2) For how long? violin=7 years, piano=6 years? (lessons were on and off)
3) At what age did you start taking lessons? piano=5 kinder (but i had to quit a lot bc we moved a couple of times), violin=11 6th grade
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior? college freshman
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today? yes

The questions:
1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar)
piano; violin

2) For how long?
5-6years; 4years

3) At what age did you start taking lessons?
10; 11

4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior?
freshman

5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today?
just once in a while

1) How many instruments have you played seriously? (vocal and piano counts, but not guitar)
2) For how long?
3) At what age did you start taking lessons?
4) Are you a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior?
5) Are you still actively playing those instruments today?

1). 2: piano and vocals
2). piano: 13 years vocals: 2 years
3). piano: 5 vocals: never took paid lessons
4). freshman in college
5). actively playing piano and singing :]


good luck!