How many of the top players play a musical instrument?

No formal musical training here. I listen to a wide variety of genres though (classical included), if that had anything to do with how I perform in the game.

Pretty much everyone else in my family plays music except me.

I have no experience in musical instruments (except that one year while singing up for junior band),

but I do play music games that require accuracy often like DDR, ITG, EBA (don't ask what they mean) etc.

hey u guys its been a while since ive been on the website...but yeah ive been playin drums for metal and hard rock bands and have been playing for about 6 yrs...and i just started guitar about 7 months ago...but yeah i think playing the drums gives me an edge on playing ttr and all other tt games

I'm nowhere near being one of the top players, but I think my music history is both a blessing and a curse when playing the game. Certainly with some of the rhythms, having played music for a million years helps get them, but there are times when taps have to come slightly before or after the actual beat to get full points, and I find it difficult to ignore my musical training of staying on the beat in order to gain the points. I don't know if they're programmed a fraction of a beat off or if it's because the game if full of lag when I play that that happens, though.

I am very much into making music! Various instruments.

I took piano lessons for a couple months as a kid probably 10+ years ago. I don't think it counts too much and I know it does nothing to help me play.

I'm just good at picking up notes from memory and stuff. Usually takes me a few tries on a song in TTR to get it.

Yup. I've been playing clarinet for 5 years. I also play a lot of Guitar Hero >:)

I'm not in the true "top" category, but I've played classical guitar for about 18 years (about the first six years with lessons) and there's no doubt that it helps me pick up the patterns more easily.

Piano + Tap Tap = <3>re playing tennis, you can shake much easier! (joke :D)

Some years ago I've learned and played alt-sax .. but this was all before 14 .. so looong time ago ;) ... and I didn't play any instrument since then any more. ... But interestingly, all players which are quite good with the one handed grip seem to play (or have played) piano .. sounds reasonable ..

Haha I wanna see THAT! "goethe rocks the club"

Yeah

I'm 3rd online and have played years of piano (don't anymore) and years of guitar as well as some bass and drums. I definitely think it helps.

I used to play the alto saxophone, but that was a few years ago. Though, I still know how to play it, I just don't play it. :P

btw I would be one of the top players except that I have the iPod touch 1G AND NOT THE 2G!!!!! If only I had the 2G, I would pwn so many more people... lol

not sure if im top player or not .. but top 20 in every song in extreme .. some top 10 :P

and ive been playing Acoustic Guitar for about 8 years now :]

finger picking style and with pick :D

I am not the top 10 but when I was a kid I played the flute lol

I dont consider myself as a "top" player, but i did learn the Trumpet 5 years ago, and now im learning how to play Guitar. :) The beats i learned from these instruments help me a lot.

I'm not a "top" player either but I play the drums.

well, officially, in the globar raking i'm in the 200 place... or so...

but i think i'm of the top players... at leas the top 20, i think... (do i?)

and i play the guitar for 2 years and so for now, i have a formal band (the other werent that formal) from 2 months or so... and we play in local gigs... mostly oldies songs, rolling stones, the beatles... to new songs like snow patrol, radiohead, even a coldplay song (since i don't like coldplay... but the app was great... and shiver is very good)

sooo, yes i play an insstrment

Old but yeah... I'm a musician :)

I play the soprano, alto, tenor and Baritone sax (mainly alto).
I also play the oboe in the orchestra lol and I love to play my Electric Guitar!
o have been playing the sax for 7 years and I am currently working on sitting my grade 8 exam (AMEB hardest exam) This involves knowing every scale off by heart... blah blah and the pieces are extremely hard!

Check out some of my music @ www.myspace.com/clintoncave

Cool Beans Mant!

I've actually played cello electric guitar and the trumpet

Oh btw im around 170 in world ranking :")

I play guitar a little bit although I haven't played for like a year or two. I'm gonna be taking lessons again in 2 weeks =).

Don't ply an instrument <_><

I don't play an instrument, but music is my life. I listen to it all the time... for every mood... I like lyrics the most, but I can keep a beat real well... so im really good at taptap....

LOL I just saw this instruments topic.... (Haven't been on GS for a while), but anyhow, I've been playing the piano for 7 years now.... I think it's one of the reasons I did so well when I started off in TTR1. But yeah, that's me! :P

- Biblekid2

I played the piano for a few years, drums and baritone too. 4 years of baritone because i had to for school....and flute and clarinet didnt strike me as my type of instrument.
I dont think music has helped me be good at this game in any way at all.
Ive always been weird in an unexplainable way though...doing handeye coordination things like tapping the window in the car every time I pass a tree. And other things like that...

7 years on the guitar now :)

Finger-style guitar .. oooh yea.

Maybe I'm not a top player...
online rating is only 2265
Rank is 391
But anyway:

7 years on violin now :)