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Anonymous
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| posted: 12/7/2004 at 11:24:37 AM ET
Hi Maintube,
I'd like to thankyou for your very clear and informative replies. Do you teach?
|  maintube
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5/26/2004 | posted: 12/7/2004 at 12:28:25 PM ET
Yes I do.
| Anonymous
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| posted: 1/4/2005 at 11:15:59 PM ET
the hardest?
well, I play the guitar, cello, violin, piano, sax, and the penny whistle.
out of those right there, I would have to say definitely cello, then violin, piano, whistle, then sax.
I have also played brass before, and the flute, and oboe.
but the hardest I still have to say cello is the hardest. although it is easier to get vibrato on the cello then it is on the violin. but it is a lot harder to master the cello, on the account of its range, the fact that theres a lot more neck to work with, and you still need to move quite fast( just listen to Bach's 6 cello suites) needless to say all the strings are difficult, and in my opinion are more difficult then then the winds. sax and clarinet are easy, oboe is actually pretty hard, but not as hard as the strings. brass are difficult to get a nice, pure sound out of, but still not as hard as the strings. believe it or not, the penny whistle may be easy to strike a few tunes on, but its a whole different animal when it comes to mastering it(along with the fife and other six holed small winds that ppl think are little kid starter instruments).
the guitar may have frets, and may be easy to start, but it is quite the instrument to learn well, especially finger picking. It is also a lot harder to move fast on the guitar then it is for say... a violin. The piano is easy to start(most lil kids can pick out a tune in 10 min.) but It isnt a walk in the park to master. the big fat con to learning the piano is learning to read treble and bass staff at the same time, but when get experience and try and look at it as one bigger staff instead of 2 staves it isnt so cumbersome. bagpipes are difficult, but i was able to play it quite well in the week i borrowed it from my friend for the sole reason of seeing how hard it was.I have to admit I have never played a set of drums, so I have no opinion on them.
in conclusion, you cant say one instrument is harder then the other unless you have tried them both. the instruments I gave opinions about I CAN play. hope this helps. if you would like a more detail on a particular instrument feel free to email me at cup_of_faith@yahoo.com
| Anonymous
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| posted: 1/29/2005 at 12:10:35 AM ET
if you really love an instrument, then it wont matter how hard it is to play as long as you put the dedication into learning how. find an instrument that you could listen to all day, for me its the guitar, and just work at it. id say the hardest instrument i can play would be the piano, simply because of the awesome note range. because ive been playing for 8 years, its not that difficult for me. i also play the guitar (as u already know), flute, percussion, and violin. again, this isnt even a matter of opinion, its simply a matter of how much time you put into practicing.
| beero
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2/6/2005 | posted: 2/7/2005 at 12:33:26 AM ET
dear anon.
I don't think any person can learn any instrument... no matter how dedicated. At a low level... ok maybe... but some people just don't have the physical talent, and some are too old to begin
| suzyq
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11/18/2004 | posted: 2/7/2005 at 3:26:41 PM ET
To Beero, the more I thought about your answer the more I thought who are you to decide that a person is to old to learn an instrument.
I beleive that if it's something you've always wanted to do, and are willing to devote the time and effort is takes to learn, than go for it. Dexterity comes with exercises for a given instrument and time. Talent is only part of the equasion and even talent whether young or older needs to be developed.
There are many who have attended musical institutions and never see the stage, there are all kinds of musicians and each requires discipline and work - age dosen't enter into it - as my father always said, we are all students and should keep learning, to do otherwise is to put your head in the sand like an ostrich.
| Anonymous
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| posted: 2/8/2005 at 1:58:28 AM ET
My opinion that instrument are harder to learn depending on the anatomy of the person. If you have short arms, you might have considerable problems playing trombone. Or the musclature of the mouth and structure of the teeth can affect what instruments are difficut to learn.
| suzyq
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11/18/2004 | posted: 2/8/2005 at 11:05:04 AM ET
I often wondered, "how they do that" and you answered the question. My niece played the flute, and all she said was something to do with lips and she went to another subject.
Do you play the flute or another instrument?
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