Sesame Street musicians



Characters from Sesame Street and related productions who can play musical instruments.

Baby Bear

 * Trumpet, "Between" (Wayne Brady version)
 * Tambourine, "Gospel Alphabet"
 * Ukelele, "The Sesame Street Alphabet"

Bert

 * Bass drum
 * Guitar, "I Got a Song"

Big Jeffy

 * keyboards (Episode 3898)

Buster the Horse

 * Piano ("What's the Name of That Song?")

Cookie Monster

 * Bass drum, "Me Going to Munch You, Munch You, Munch You"

Count von Count

 * Pipe Organ, Number of the Day segments and several songs
 * Guitar, "You Gotta Count My Blue Suede Shoes"
 * Tambourine, "Gospel Alphabet"

Don Music

 * Piano, virtually every sketch he appears in

Elmo

 * Cymbals, Elmo's World: Sleep
 * Drum
 * Piano, Elmo's World segments
 * Violin, Peter and the Wolf
 * Trumpet, Talk, Listen, Connect: Deployments
 * Guitar, "Elmo's Ducks"

Ernie

 * Bugle, "Dance Myself to Sleep"
 * Clarinet
 * Drums
 * Piano, "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" pageant
 * Saxophone, "Put Down the Duckie"
 * Snare drum
 * Tambourine, "Gospel Alphabet"

Forgetful Jones

 * Guitar ("Remember, I Love You")

Grover

 * Flute
 * Guitar
 * Güiro (Global Grover: Puerto Rico)
 * Taiko drum (Global Grover: Hawaii)
 * Xylophone, "The Sesame Street Alphabet"

Hoots the Owl

 * Saxophone, at Birdland and almost every appearance

Lavender Monotone

 * electric guitar (Episode 3898)

Little Chrissy

 * Piano, virtually every appearance

Little Jerry

 * computer (Episode 3898)

Murray Monster

 * Piano, Murray Has a Little Lamb
 * Violin

Oscar the Grouch

 * Bass
 * Trumpet

Ovejita

 * Saxophone, Murray Has a Little Lamb

Pancho Contreras

 * Cello

Prairie Dawn

 * Piano, Sesame Street Pageants and art show segments on Play with Me Sesame

Rosita

 * Guitar, Spanish Word of the Day
 * Tambourine, "Gospel Alphabet"

Simon Soundman

 * His voice (ability to mimic any sound)

Slimey

 * Clarinet, in a sketch with John Candy
 * Tuba in Episode 3448

Sully

 * Piano

Telly Monster

 * Cymbals, "Between" (Wayne Brady version)
 * Guitar, "Three Sides Now"
 * Sousaphone, "The Sesame Street Alphabet" (referred to as a tuba)
 * Triangle
 * Tuba, Peter and the Wolf
 * Tambourine, "Gospel Alphabet"

Wolfgang the Seal

 * Glockenspiel in Episode 4171
 * Trumpet ("Antarctica!")

Zoe

 * Piano in Episode 3910
 * Trombone in Episode 3994.
 * Tambourine Sesame Sings Karaoke.