1. Which musical instruments could each of the four play?

2. Which of the four could read music?

3. Were any of the four classically trained?

4. Were any of the four fans of non-pop-music, say, classic, or jazz?

Thank you.

1. Guitar, piano and probably drums (never seen George behind the kit tho)
2. None
3. No
4. Not at the time. Paul did some attempts to write classical pieces in more recent year. They hated jazz.

I think we can add a little more to this list.

John played harmonica.

Paul played trumpet at one time, we have no idea how badly. They imported Brian Jones when they wanted someone to play saxophone badly, so maybe Paul gave up blowing into things.

Are we lumping all keyboards under "piano"? There's the Moog synthesizer, which at least JP&G played (I'm pretty sure John is in there). Harmonium, what else?

All the guitarists also played bass. Does this count-- different types of guitar? Slide guitar-- I've seen John and George both play it. Paul ever?

Then we've got the sitar, of course, and a whole raft of Indian instruments that worked their way into some of these songs. I'm sorry, I'd have to study to figure out which songs the Beatles played on and which used hired instruments.

Are we lumping all percussion under drums, or do things like bongos, tambourines, maracas etc. not count?

Apparently they could play bubble blowing into water, but they had to import Mal to bang the anvil to create the Maxwell's hammer sounds.

2-3: George was trained in Indian classical music and I believe learned to read the notation.

4: I believe Paul got into classical music when he was dating Jane. He always liked show tunes and forced the leather-clad Beatles to play "Till There Was You."  

They all liked blues; that's non-pop, isn't it? John and Paul liked avant guarde. Ringo and George liked C&W.

Quoted from harihead

I think we can add a little more to this list.

John played harmonica.

Paul played trumpet at one time, we have no idea how badly. They imported Brian Jones when they wanted someone to play saxophone badly, so maybe Paul gave up blowing into things.

Are we lumping all keyboards under "piano"? There's the Moog synthesizer, which at least JP&G played (I'm pretty sure John is in there). Harmonium, what else?

All the guitarists also played bass. Does this count-- different types of guitar? Slide guitar-- I've seen John and George both play it. Paul ever?

Then we've got the sitar, of course, and a whole raft of Indian instruments that worked their way into some of these songs. I'm sorry, I'd have to study to figure out which songs the Beatles played on and which used hired instruments.

Are we lumping all percussion under drums, or do things like bongos, tambourines, maracas etc. not count?

Apparently they could play bubble blowing into water, but they had to import Mal to bang the anvil to create the Maxwell's hammer sounds.

2-3: George was trained in Indian classical music and I believe learned to read the notation.

4: I believe Paul got into classical music when he was dating Jane. He always liked show tunes and forced the leather-clad Beatles to play "Till There Was You."  

They all liked blues; that's non-pop, isn't it? John and Paul liked avant guarde. Ringo and George liked C&W.

and unconscientiously like Jazz - see the end of "You know my name look up the number"

Paul did try to learn to read music but gave up , i'm sure i've read this somewhere ?

I think Paul intentionally avoided learning to read music. It's not hard, and he's clever. I think he wanted to keep himself creatively pristine.

Quoted from harihead

I think we can add a little more to this list.

John played harmonica.

Paul played trumpet at one time, we have no idea how badly. They imported Brian Jones when they wanted someone to play saxophone badly, so maybe Paul gave up blowing into things.

Are we lumping all keyboards under "piano"? There's the Moog synthesizer, which at least JP&G played (I'm pretty sure John is in there). Harmonium, what else?

All the guitarists also played bass. Does this count-- different types of guitar? Slide guitar-- I've seen John and George both play it. Paul ever?

Then we've got the sitar, of course, and a whole raft of Indian instruments that worked their way into some of these songs. I'm sorry, I'd have to study to figure out which songs the Beatles played on and which used hired instruments.

Are we lumping all percussion under drums, or do things like bongos, tambourines, maracas etc. not count?

Apparently they could play bubble blowing into water, but they had to import Mal to bang the anvil to create the Maxwell's hammer sounds.

2-3: George was trained in Indian classical music and I believe learned to read the notation.

4: I believe Paul got into classical music when he was dating Jane. He always liked show tunes and forced the leather-clad Beatles to play "Till There Was You."  

They all liked blues; that's non-pop, isn't it? John and Paul liked avant guarde. Ringo and George liked C&W.

. And maybe "Besame Mucho" and "Red Sails in the Sunset" were in this category too!

And of course George was addicted to that special kind of CxW, Rockabilly, Carl Perkins being emperor of the universe and all!

Quoted from snoozealarm

1. Which musical instruments could each of the four play?

2. Which of the four could read music?

3. Were any of the four classically trained?

4. Were any of the four fans of non-pop-music, say, classic, or jazz?

Thank you.

Paul can probably play anything if he gave it a try. (I have seen a photo of George behind the kit before, but that doesnt mean he was actually playing it.)

None of them could or can read music. Paul gave it a try, but he said it affected the way he wrote music and gave up on it.

No

I think Pauls dad turned him onto to some classical and jazz stuff, but i'm not sure if any of them really got into it heavily.

reading music is so simple...go figure...

Whoa, wait a minute there! Reading music is NOT simple. It's really hard for some people, especially if you're not good in math.