I was a baritone boy. AKA a tuba, but for babies. And I was also terrible at it. And all that lip-buzzing was memorably disgusting. 

I played piano for 7 years (but was terrible at it — my teacher tried to get me to play the classics, but all I wanted to play was movie theme songs), and flute for four years. 

Still, if you handed me a flute or if I sat at a piano today, I would have no idea what to do. It’s amazing how quickly those skill sets just *poof* disappeared. 

I was a cellist too! In fourth grade. Fifth grade, I played the trumpet. By sixth grade, I stuck to my strengths and only did sports 

One of my BFFs is an elementary school teacher, and in college she had a whole LESSON on how to learn / teach the recorder. She'd walk around our sorority house playing Three Blind Mice / Hot Cross Buns for months. We wanted to kill her. 

I played flute for a couple years and then switched to private lessons on the piano. Felt like my piano career was really going to take off, even though I never practiced once and skipped recitals. Oops! Thanks mom and dad for making me well-rounded though!

Recorders, lol! Why did they force us to use them? And why did they do that to poor parents forced to listen to us play them? 

Last night's Abbott Elementary had a cold open featuring the students playing recorders and oh my god, remember recorders? Why is that the go-to instrument for music classes to play? I assume they are inexpensive but I sincerely don't envy the music teachers listening to the worst rendition of Three Blind Mice imaginable for years on end.

I actually played the cello in elementary school and I wasn't half bad at it but I really hated carrying that thing around and kids are mean and trying to be inconspicuous/left alone while carrying a cello around is impossible at that age. I regret quitting it now, to be totally honest, but there's no way I could pick it back up at the age of [REDACTED].

What about you? Did you play an instrument back in the day, and if so, what was it? Can you still play it today?

What instrument did you used to play in elementary/middle/high school? 

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