If you want to buy a musical instrument but don't wont to spend too much money I would choose either a guitar, keyboard, violin, clarinet or trumpet. These instruments are the cheapest to buy when starting out.
Which musical instruments are easy to learn and which are difficult to learn?
The easiest musical instruments to learn from the list above are: Guitars, Drums and Recorders.
Guitar
The guitar should be easy to pick a few chords and you can almost start strumming and playing a simple tune from your first lesson. It is best advised to learn the classical guitar first as it has nylon strings and will be easier on the fingers than a steel strung electric or acoustic guitar.
Drums
Drums are fairly easy to learn as well. The important thing is to feel the rhythm, once you have this, everything else should be easy to pick up.
Recorder
The recorder is probably the easiest of all musical instruments to learn. Most children at school take up this instrument before progressing on to the clarinet, flute or saxophone which is much more difficult to learn.
The most difficult musical instruments to learn from the list above are: Oboe, French horn, Trumpet and Piano.
The Oboe
The Oboe is probably the most difficult musical instrument to learn. It is very difficult to even produce a sound at first, let alone a musical note. This instrument can take many years to master
The French Horn
The French horn also takes quite a while to get the hang of. The sound is produced not only by blowing, but by creating an embouchure and buzzing the lips to control the air stream, which in turn creates the correct pitch to produce the note. Then the correct valves that correspond to the right pitch have to be learnt. The hand is also used to help the quality of sound by placing in the bell. Wow! Perhaps this is not a great instrument for beginners!
The Trumpet
The trumpet is considered difficult to learn initially because of the techniques needed (similar to the French horn but without using the hand in the bell). The difficult thing about the trumpet is trying to make a nice sound which can take a few years to perfect.
The Piano
Although it is easy to make a sound on a piano, just by pressing any note you sound like a professional, the piano is very difficult when you need to play more than one note at a time. All the above instruments require you to play just one note at a time but with the piano sometimes you need to use every finger and thumb at the same time! You also need to learn two different clefs, and to learn to read this at the same time is not easy at first.
Will it be a quiet musical instrument or a noisy one?
Do you have neighbours that don't appreciate music? And they live right next to you with thin walls. Do you want to play late at night or early in the morning Are you embarrassed that you are not making a good sound yet, or you don't want people to hear what you are playing.
If any of the above is true, you need a quite musical instrument or at least one that you can play with headphones or adjust the sound electronically.
If you want to learn a quiet musical instrument, then choose one of the following: Guitar, Piano, Keyboard, Recorder, Clarinet or Flute.
The Classical guitar is very quite and delicate but not the electric or acoustic guitar which are very noisy when amplified!
You can plug headphones in to a digital piano or keyboard or you can turn the sound down. This is the ideal instrument to buy if you don't want to make any noise. The acoustic piano (also known as the upright or grand piano) is very noisy and should be avoided if you need some peace.
The Recorder is fairly quiet, apart from the high notes, so this instrument would be ok. The Clarinet is a fairly quiet instrument. It does really depend on how it is played. The Flute is also quiet but the sound can be a bit piercing on the higher notes.
If I don't choose a popular musical instrument, will I be able to find a teacher easily?
You can find a musical instrument teacher almost anywhere; there are literally tens of thousands in the UK. You will almost certainly have no problem finding a teacher if you play the more popular musical instruments: guitar, piano, keyboard, drums or violin.
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Sep 24, 2022
2:52 AM
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