Does Batman Play Any Instruments?

[Gorblax]

I know Batman sings in both the Justice League Unlimited and Brave and the Bold cartoons, and he even plays the piano a bit in the Arkham VR game, but is there any other evidence of Batman playing an instrument?

[The Royale]

If you count Lego Batman, he has a whole self written Industrial Metal song

[Lady Nightwing]

Of course Lego Batman counts!

[Grim Ghost]

I'd imagine he is competent on a lot of instruments just in case he needs to go undercover or whatever. I mean he is generally the guy who is good at everything. But I don't see him bringing a lot of feeling to it. He has the angst going but it isn't something he would put his heart into, he is too closed off for that.

[The Kid]

Sure. I view Bruce as basically a modern day Renaissance man. He's not like a master but I expect he's competent enough at a variety of different musical instruments.

[Aioros22]

Would be cool to snap actual panels whre such is evident or implied to from the dudes and dudettes of Wayne manor.

[Godlike13]

[Lightning Rider]

I can see him knowing the basics of piano. It's the most classic instrument, and it's the most intuitive for learning music theory. Plus, if he likes jazz, and his parents like the opera, he'll like piano.

After that, string instruments are most common. If you play bass, you can play a bit of guitar, and vice versa. I can see him playing violin for the same reasons he might play the piano, and him knowing a little bit of all of the aforementioned wouldn't be hard to believe at all.

I imagine Bruce is a very technical player too. More scale master and composer than fluid improviser.

[K. Jones]

I'd love for Bruce to not have that much musical aptitude because guy's gotta be bad at something, right? But if I had to imagine him on an instrument it would assuredly be a piano. Gotta imagine there's at least two rooms in Wayne Manor with pianos, and the Waynes have that "our son has piano lessons" vibe, even if it's never actually come up in story. But he just strikes me as a blues guy, and not just from the JLU "Am I Blue" solo.

[Aioros22]

I`m going to be that guy and venture that no, he doesn`t play particularly any instrumental in the comics medium.

[masahikotahara]

I know Batman sings in both the Justice League Unlimited and Brave and the Bold cartoons...

Kevin Conroy singing as Batman is one of the highlights of Justice League Unlimited.

...but is there any other evidence of Batman playing an instrument?

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[Gorblax]

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1. What issue is this from
2. What the hell is that instrument

[FishyZombie]

Oliver has drum stick arrows, of course he does.

[masahikotahara]

1. What issue is this from

Well...I actually cheated on this one. The panel is from Action Comics #350. Synopsis:

"Fingers" Cooley and his gang dress as Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Batman, and Supergirl in a rock band called The Heroes. They use this as a cover for robberies, which the rest of the gang commits in the wealthy homes in which they play.

2. What the hell is that instrument

I call it the Bat-harp (I guess?)...

[Aioros22]

Bat harp with just one string. The gang is surely playback to hell.

Bruce is musically inept in Comics.