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Q: What songs can you play yourself on an instrument? 🎸

HunterPandora — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:18:09 GMT

I'm an electric guitar noob, but I can play these songs all the way through:

Breaking the Law by Judas Priest

Anarchy in the U.K. by Sex Pistols

Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana

Elephant by Tame Impala

Long Kiss Good Bye by Halcali

12:51 by The Strokes

And right now, I'm learning to play Phantom of the Opera by Iron Maiden. It's a challenge because it's very fast for me 😅 but I love that song.

How about you? I'd love to read your responses.

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RagnerTheHiker — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:19:47 GMT

I can play Numb by Lincon Park on piano.

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RagnerTheHiker — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:22:53 GMT

I am currently working on Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol.

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Bing-boogerton — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 01:27:37 GMT

Enter sandman, wherever I may roam, call of ktulu, and one. I like Metallica.

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HunterPandora — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:07:47 GMT

Hi @Bing-boogerton Excellent choices 🔥 I love Metallica.

What instrument do you play?

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MariaPandora — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:35:47 GMT

That's a good question, thanks for sharing @HunterPandora !

I used to pay classic violin so I don't have a song that I can recall from memory, the only one I knew from memory was Twinkle twinkle little star, that was the first song I learned. I mostly played reading music sheets, but one of the songs that I used to play a lot and that I like is Dvorak's Humoresque.

Another one I used to play a lot because it was really fun was Paganini's Witches' dance Violin Solo. In general I think Paganini's compositions for violin are really interesting and fun to play, a bit complicated but really fun (for me at least).
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Hi @RagnerTheHiker, that's so nice! Piano is a very good instrument and really versatile, specially if you'd like to get into composing or like a career in music. I have some friends that are in music, not like full time as it is a bit complicated, but when they get an idea of something they would like to write, the first instrument they pick to start is the piano.

I really like the songs you mentioned. Are you learning them by yourself? Or are you taking classes?
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Hi @Bing-boogerton , thanks for posting!

They are really good songs! Specially the Call of Kthulu. It is the song that got me into Metallica, but I must confess that listened first to Apocalyptica's version and I still like it a bit more than Metallica's version. I love both, but for me, Apocalyptica's version is a bit higher on my preferences.

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StrawberryKiko — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:38:36 GMT

I can play sweater weather on the drums 🍡

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RagnerTheHiker — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:54:46 GMT

With everybody who is commenting on this post we could make a band!😏

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GenyaRaspberry — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:43:53 GMT

Ooh that's a good idea

I cannot play instruments, but I am good at singing 🍙

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