Why? Arguably punk was most important in its influence, encouraging kids in the suburbs to take up instruments, with little or no musical training.
He makes the Eagles a five-piece country band by playing mandolin, allows Leadon to take up instruments heretofore confined to studio overdubs and, by playing occasional rhythm guitar, lets Frey pound the keyboards.
Some took part in whole-family jam sessions with brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts taking up instruments.
Some of the players took up instruments, forming an ensemble that included oud (an Arabic lute), bouzouki, clarinet, accordion and percussion.
As for the Met's current "Puritani," rather than taking up instruments, the singers should concentrate on the rudiments of bel canto singing, like staying in tune.
The show, at the Flea Theater, takes Shakespeare's text, truncates it substantially and inserts songs along the way, with the actors taking up instruments — mandolin, clarinet, saxophone and many more — to supplement a core band.
But his instrument, too, is in decline, some experts say, as many kamancha players' children take up easier instruments, or even forgo music altogether.
The players are also asked to take up several instruments.
For years he has been urging the world to lay down weapons and take up musical instruments.
"Hedge funds and private equity may take up these instruments more quickly," says Avinash Persaud, investment director at GAM, a fund of hedge funds.
According to Nadja Weisweiler, who works for the German retailer and watch manufacturer Wempe, they are encouraged to take up musical instruments or horseback riding.
