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Post by thornberry on Nov 20, 2018 23:22:11 GMT
What's the hardest instrument to play in your experience or simply in your opinion? I am not musical, by the way.
They say with some instruments it's hard to get them to sound good, to get nice tones from them. Like the violin and the French horn.
But to me keyboard instruments look the hardest, especially the piano. 88 keys and most of your fingers have to find the right ones.
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Post by mrellaguru on Nov 21, 2018 0:08:00 GMT
String instruments that don't have frets such as the violin look like they'd be difficult to learn. There'd be tons of off notes until you master the proper fingering.
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Post by yougotastewgoinbaby on Nov 21, 2018 0:16:45 GMT
The theremin looks pretty difficult to play.
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Nov 21, 2018 0:25:15 GMT
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Nov 21, 2018 0:28:26 GMT
88 keys and most of your fingers have to find the right ones. Yeah I’ve always wondered how pianists/keyboardists find the right keys, how they know how to start a song without even counting the keys or anything like that. |
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Post by thornberry on Nov 21, 2018 0:33:01 GMT
The theremin looks pretty difficult to play. It looks like a joke. I had never heard of it before. |
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Post by yougotastewgoinbaby on Nov 21, 2018 0:35:57 GMT
The theremin looks pretty difficult to play. It looks like a joke. I had never heard of it before. Haha, yea it looks pretty stupid, and most people use it as a novelty. But, having tried one before, it is pretty damn hard to hit the right notes. |
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Post by thornberry on Nov 21, 2018 0:38:14 GMT
It looks like a joke. I had never heard of it before. Haha, yea it looks pretty stupid, and most people use it as a novelty. But, having tried one before, it is pretty damn hard to hit the right notes. Sounds like you are a musician. I'm impressed that musicians can often pick their way decently on any instrument. |
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Post by bravomailer on Nov 21, 2018 0:43:42 GMT
I'm told the pedal steel guitar is hard to play.
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Post by thornberry on Nov 21, 2018 0:45:39 GMT
88 keys and most of your fingers have to find the right ones. Yeah I’ve always wondered how pianists/keyboardists find the right keys, how they know how to start a song without even counting the keys or anything like that. That's astonishing to me. Pianists can find not only a single note among all those keys, but multiple notes at once, like each finger has a brain. I don't think there are too many other instruments where you play more than one note at the same time. I've seen it done on a violin, but it's uncommon. Just keyboard instruments are like this. |
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Post by yougotastewgoinbaby on Nov 21, 2018 0:47:17 GMT
Haha, yea it looks pretty stupid, and most people use it as a novelty. But, having tried one before, it is pretty damn hard to hit the right notes. Sounds like you are a musician. I'm impressed that musicians can often pick their way decently on any instrument. Naw, not really. I play guitar/bass/ukulele/mandolin/banjo/piano at VERY mediocre levels. I lack both the drive and the talent to become a truly accomplished musician. I have known real musicians though. In college I had roommate who was a true musician. He’d just buy shitty horn, concertinas, and string instruments at garage sales or flea markets and just learn them in a day or two. It seems like once you have a grasp on the progression of notes, their sounds, and timing, then learning an instrument just comes down to figuring out which strings/keys/knobs/whatever to press. |
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Post by thornberry on Nov 21, 2018 0:48:35 GMT
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Post by thornberry on Nov 21, 2018 0:56:33 GMT
Sounds like you are a musician. I'm impressed that musicians can often pick their way decently on any instrument. Naw, not really. I play guitar/bass/ukulele/mandolin/banjo/piano at VERY mediocre levels. I lack both the drive and the talent to become a truly accomplished musician. I have known real musicians though. In college I had roommate who was a true musician. He’d just buy shitty horn, concertinas, and string instruments at garage sales or flea markets and just learn them in a day or two. It seems like once you have a grasp on the progression of notes, their sounds, and timing, then learning an instrument just comes down to figuring out which strings/keys/knobs/whatever to press. You're better than me. I think learning a musical instrument does take a tolerance for repetition, but no amount of repetition did very much to improve me. I agree with your last sentence. Musicians can hear and remember what they want, and they just have to find it. I can't really learn tones. I can't tell what key a song is in, listening to it, though I understand how to represent keys on the printed page. |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Nov 21, 2018 2:32:24 GMT
I've always imagined any keyboard instrument would be the least difficult, as you're basically just pressing keys as opposed to having to physically hold down strings, sometimes with no positioning guide or pressing down on valves while "blowing" a particular way. Of course playing well is another thing.
I would guess something like a saxaphone would be the hardest to at least play reasonably competently.
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Post by permutojoe on Nov 21, 2018 3:16:12 GMT
I never got the hang of my recorder in 3rd grade. Those little holes at the bottom were a complete mystery.
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Post by thornberry on Nov 21, 2018 3:38:18 GMT
This guy makes it look easy. I never got a really good look at one until this video. So it has foot pedals. Two necks. And so many strings. I'm told the pedal steel guitar is hard to play. |
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Post by Admin on Nov 21, 2018 5:05:39 GMT
88 keys and most of your fingers have to find the right ones. Yeah I’ve always wondered how pianists/keyboardists find the right keys, how they know how to start a song without even counting the keys or anything like that. The black keys tell all. If you were being silly, never mind.  |
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Nov 21, 2018 5:15:46 GMT
I never got the hang of my recorder in 3rd grade. Those little holes at the bottom were a complete mystery. |
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Post by Admin on Nov 21, 2018 5:26:44 GMT
I never got the hang of my recorder in 3rd grade. Those little holes at the bottom were a complete mystery. Ditto. I played a mean Three Blind Mice. |
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Nov 21, 2018 12:15:07 GMT
I think violin would be one of the hardest. Being fretless you really need to work on your intonation and because its small, there isn't a lot of room for error.
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