Just wonderful, I been tryin to find out about "music basics for beginners" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Foonlant Dumbstruck Formula - (just google it ) ? It is a good one off guide for discovering how to teach your child to read music notes without the hard work. Ive heard some super things about it and my partner got great success with it.
Yeah you aren’t gunna get a top ten. Music is more complicated than that. It’s based on your skills and what you prefer that’s what really makes it easy. And it’s hard to measure the difficulty because they are all difficult in different ways. But even if you could measure the difficulty, your skills and biases would interfere.
I'll have to disagree. I've been attempting to master the cowbell for many years now & have yet to master it completely. It is also very frustrating when Betsy doesn't show up to practice in the evenings.
Have you tried playing Latin music (salsa, danzón, cha cha chá)? IT IS DIFFICULT, mostly because of the different patterns and when several have to be played at once using different patterns without getting lost in the clave, etc.
A lot of your videos have interesting questions but your answers are always non-answers. How much to tune a piano? It depends. Best age to start music? It depends. How often to tune a piano? It depends. Best piano to buy? It depends. I'm not saying you're wrong but these answers often leaves the viewer hanging and walking away with more questions than answers
I'm not here to toot any horns, I would hate to do so but as a pianist, guitarist, drummer, bassist, violinist, singer, ukulele, harmonica and ocarina player, I can say that the piano is a paradox. One of the easiest to approach, but the MOST difficult of all. The mastery of the piano goes beyond all instruments, even in it's theory and sheet music. Only piano has the grand staff, and it is even scientifically proven that the piano is the ultimate instrument demanding skill and both sides of the brain.
Mousey Ok I see what your saying. But it's not fair to say one is forsore way harder than the rest depends on the person. Although I would say Drums and Piano are tied for hardest insterment to master in my book.
+Mousey What about the organ? It loses something in complexity because it's not touch-sensitive (valves are open or shut), but it gains quite a bit because of the pedal, multiple manuals, and stops/registers.
You should treat us a piece where you play a French horn, as it's such an awesome sounding instrument. We don't care if you don't practice it much or at all nowadays, would just be nice to hear. Great comments about the difficulty of instruments, thanks for sharing and all the best for this new year that just started.
well said, Robert, but to slightly expand what you stated earlier, perhaps the piano is the easiest to approach or start with but certainly perhaps the hardest to master because; 1, the complexity of the score (polyphony and rhythm) , 2, the fact that the piano is an indirect instrument, meaning, one is relying on a mechanism to produce the sound, (unlike most other instruments where the hand or the mouth actually is directly in contact with the sound production). Therefore, if a piano is not well regulated, tuned etc, the musical result is going to suffer despite the player being a master. Hence Horowitz and Gould would take their own pianos on tour. So, yes, I think the piano is the easiest to approach but also the hardest to master.
They are ALL difficult in one way or another. Wind and brass instruments require proper breathing, reed-making. Singing (and I mean real singing, not pop crap or auto tune) requires years of breathing and placement technique. Piano can sometimes call for 10+ notes to be read/played at the same time, requiring great finger technique. And with piano, you are trying to turn an essentially percussive sound into a legato singing line. It's all difficult. And all very much worth it!
Dave Glo true. I’ve been doing singing since I was little. I’m 17 now and it got easier but it’s still so hard and more to learn. Especially the breathing and all it’s so hard. I do classical and old blues. But if you really love what you play and are determined, it’ll make it easier
Woodwind and brass instruments is much harder than playing guitar or piano. The only instrument which is probably the hardest in coordination alone is drums. I'm surprised nobody mentioned this underground instrument. Brass instruments are tougher than woodwind because there's only the mouthpiece and buzzing, Woodwinds are little easier but here's why they are harder than string instruments or piano. They don't just require good pitch listening they also require coordination, Breath support from diaphragm like singers, Articulation which is easier to do on piano or guitar, Vibrato is harder because of air speed and overtones are harder to embouchure and air adjustment.
I play piano for 30 years, guitar for 20 and drummed for 12 semi pro, I found drums easy to get going on, but to get good at it is very hard, lots of subtleties people don't appreciate. I still think to site read piano at a reasonable standard is extremely tough
i'd say viola is hardest. You have to learn two clefs, 5 shift patterns, and you must be good at playing more than one note at a time. In certain concertos, like the telemann concerto in G major, you have to play 4 notes on 4 strings at the same time. Even if you are playing one note, it is extremely hard to get a good quality sound from a viola or a violin.
SeymourHope YEEEEEESSSSSSSSS YYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS AGREEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDD OMG DOUBLE NOTES AND CHORDS ARE SO FREQUENT COMPARED TO VIOLIN but i think it's a ti between celloo and viola Cello- harder shifting, two clefs, also alot of double notes but not nearly as much as viola, more shifting is required and it's fast sometimes
I think piano (or hate) truly is the easiest instrument. You can see all of the notes clearly laid out whereas on guitar and other instruments you have to think about what fret and string to pluck and it's much harder to think about about it without muscle memories.
the recorder is the easiest because this flute has an easy beautiful sound production and you need less ability to play it compared to the piano and strings instruments.
Have you ever heard a well played recorder? Look up Clas Pehrsson, for example. As to the recorder being "easy", I think the same remarks as to the piano apply: yes, it's easier to get a tone out of a recorder than out of (e.g.) a transverse flute, but to play it well requires quite a lot of skill.
That one Guy A recorder absolutely is a flute, as are dozens if not hundreds of instruments because flutes are an entire family of instruments. They encompass everything from recorders to pan flutes to whistles.
Depends on how you look at it. In terms of fingering a tin whistle is simpler than a recorder. You could argue that a keyless flute is simpler than a recorder, however creating the note takes a while to get used to. I play the Northumbrian Smallpipes which has simple fingering, but is difficult to create the correct air flow. The answer to what is the simplest instrument to learn depends on what things the musician finds easy or hard.
I play several instruments, the easiest one to start making music with is the native american flute. I have taught multiple instruments and the one that people have progressed the fastest on is the native american flute. It doesn't require complex fingerings, or high levels of coordination from both hands, or a complex emboucher . The hardest thing to do is cover all the holes. And if your flute is the right size for your hands this is easy. The only other thing to remember is not to blow, just gently breathe.
My brother and I used to talk about this as kids. He was a horn player. Same argument, wether is is easier to form a tone on one note or read four part harmony.
I can play the piano but not too well. But I loved it and played every day. I had to move country and now live in a narrowboat... So obvioulsy can't have a piano now. So I what to learn a new smaller instrument. One that sounds relaxing and quiet. I'm am thinking of the Spanish guitar. I am also blind so can't read sheet music now... So will be interesting challange.
Wind & brass instruments require learning to breath properly to get a good sound. String instruments require the proper use of the bow and fingers to get the proper pitch. Some people who play violin or another string instruments would think piano is hard because of reading music in 2 clefs (Treble & Bass) at the same time. If you take music away from playing piano, it is the matter of playing by ear which can be easy for some but challenging for others. Besides getting the notes always in tune you have the problem of coordination between both hands.
I started my musical education with classical piano at one hour per day for two years, qualifying me for the basic grade. I did not think the piano particularly difficult as I had earlier tried the clarinet and was totally discouraged after mastering the chalumeau register. While reading music for clarinet is easy the piano requires two quite distinct staves to be read at one time and this requires that the pianist must necessarily be something of an unnatural human being able to operate each hand and each finger of each hand independently of the other while reading two staves each of five lines with only one set of two eyes which eyes operate together and not separately as do some reptiles.This ridiculous requirement of being able to see two discrete sets of information at one time with only one set of eyes and operate ten fingers of each hand independently of each other from the two discrete and independent sets of information for each finger of each hand, must involve more than natural ability to see and manipulate twenty fingers independently. I then tried the trumpet seeing that there were just three buttons to operate and yet manage almost three octaves. I had to give up on this amazing instrument as I was not endowed with sufficiently robust lips and not enough of lip either. My lips again proved a hindrance on the flute , another beautiful instrument most especially in its alto form. I finally settled on the saxophone and this proved to be the easiest instrument to learn as there were no giant leaps of hands as required by the piano, the fingers remained fixed in their positions and there was just one set of informational material related to one finger at one time, to be read with one set of eyes. My meager lips did not present any obstacle as there were and are an amazing range of mouthpieces and reeds to suit almost any lip configuration. Mastering any instrument is quite another matter and in this regard all instruments are difficult with the saxophone coming close to being the easiest.
I started on Piano, but actually found French Horn much easier and progressed through graded exams much more quickly. Still find it weird that people, even other musicians, consider the Horn so difficult.
I have found the comments here very interesting and some very humorous too. I don't know what is the easiest instrument, but I do know that it isn't my instrument. I play the accordion. I have loved the sound of the accordion, especially wet tuned or musette tuned accordion all my life..I didn't start playing however till I turned 67. In my humble opinion the best sound in the world of music. Much more versatile than most people think.
I learned how to play Nocturne op.9 no.2 on piano in my first week of playing, but only memorized it and learned all the techniques that it entails in about 2 months, it all depends on the song and the complexity of it’s techniques. I.e: Hungarian Rhapsody will take you a couple fucking months to master compared to the 30 minutes it takes you to learn twinkle twinkle little star
I can tell you which is not the easiest....the Violin! I always compare learning Violin vs Piano to learning Ice Hockey vs other sports like Basketball. See, with Basketball you need to dribble and run and shoot. We all know how to run and take something and throw it. Does not mean we will be perfect but at least to start moving around, the basic skills of running, you already have it. With hockey, you first need to learn to Skate...takes a WHILE. Then need to learn stick handling and shooting to finally put it all together. Same with Piano and Violin. With the piano like you said you can just push a key and it will make a sound, clear, no issues. With a Violin oh well...you need to learn how to bow to start approaching clean sounds that do not sound like you are strangling a cat. lol I love my piano btw..my favorite instrument of them all. :)
shaolin95 piano is much harder than the violin. Piano you play up to 10 notes at a time, sometimes up to for different lines playing at once. Violin you play one note most of the time
shaolin95 what your saying is completely wrong. I play piano vilolan and drums. I would say once you first learn violan its pretty hard but not on the same level as it is to master drum set or piano
Kalimba is the easiest. And if you just want to play intuitively (and not bring it to mastery) the handpan or steel tongue drum are definitely very easy too.
Yeah there is no clear answer to which is the easiest to learn, because learn is a broad term. You have to ask yourself, by learn, do you mean simply being able to create some decent sounds or actually mastering the instrument? I think piano is one of the easiest to start out, learn the basics of and start making decent sounds with. But on the flip side, it is also one of the hardest to master, because there is such a large and diverse repertoire and lots of difficult things you have to learn to do at the higher levels of playing.
I've been playing Oboe and Piano for 6 (Oboe) and 10(Piano) now and i have to say: Oboe in the beginning is very hard. It take a couple of months to get the right tone out of it. And it takes years to get to a Level where you can Play for example 2 or 3 ours in a concert with an orchestra. But once you manage that, you can learn new pieces fairly easy. With the Piano on the other Hand, there are so many possible difficulties in new pieces and you can alway find a great challenge. Dont get me wrong, There are also very difficult pieces for the Oboe but never to the same level
For what you can do with it, I say the piano is the easiest instrument to learn. For instance, Bach's Bourrée in E minor, BWV 996 has some difficult shifts when played on the guitar. However, on the piano, where you can play each line with a separate hand, these passages don't present the same problem. Indeed, I suspect that it is because of the piano's relative simplicity that composers have created the most demanding music for it.
Singing may be natural for some... once watched a young man on American Idol (TV show) who claimed to be a good singer. His father couldn't stand his singing so he practiced in the basement. Being on stage for just 5 minutes he was asked to get off (singing is definitely not for him). An instrument like the violin you hear tuning problems constantly. A well tuned piano it is just a matter of pushing the right keys however... some people assume the left & right hand coordination is difficult.
Piano: easy to approach, a two headed dragon to master. And I was one of those four hours a day kids. Eventually one can get really good on it but everything hurt, from my back to my fingers to my shins.
Actually the electric guitar is the easiest one cause it's smaller, it has a thinner neck, lower action, and thinner strings so it's much much easier for the left hand especially when playing complex chords cause again complex stuff is easier on a lower action.
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As soon as I saw him I knew he wasn't going to actually answer the question
Ian Suess lmao
Just wonderful, I been tryin to find out about "music basics for beginners" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you ever come across - Foonlant Dumbstruck Formula - (just google it ) ? It is a good one off guide for discovering how to teach your child to read music notes without the hard work. Ive heard some super things about it and my partner got great success with it.
😂😂😂
True that's exactly what I feel
He did answer tho
Me: *asks a simple question*
Adults: *gives a vauge and non-specific answer*
MEME WARRIOR just learn what you like the most. That would be the easiest
MEME WARRIOR ya you are right i dont under stand what is he talking about i thought this is gonna be like top 10 ore something like that
Yeah you aren’t gunna get a top ten. Music is more complicated than that. It’s based on your skills and what you prefer that’s what really makes it easy. And it’s hard to measure the difficulty because they are all difficult in different ways. But even if you could measure the difficulty, your skills and biases would interfere.
Vague* you mean?😅🤣
yah its stupid =( im in a hurryyyy
The easiest instrument is the one that you love.
Not exactly, I love the guitar but still struggle massively to play. Whereas, I dislike the piano and are able to play it quite well.
Clarinet for me.
Gorgon the Argonian Dragonborn Uke is so easy but it sounds like shit tbh too bad I’m ass at guitar lol
Trumpet is no Joke. Harmonica is easy and God knows a baby can play xylophone or triangle. So there you have it I debunked this video.
wow.
Kazoo it is then.
Yeah, it is the most perfect and easiest instrument
So easy to get the chicks too, and a few guys as well.
is mayonnaise an instrument?
Yes but to play it you need a jar with mayonase a spoon and some bread
Trey Villarreal No.. Horse Radish isnt an instrument either
No, Patrick, mayonnaise is not an instrument.
... Horseradish isn't an intrument either.
Trey Villarreal damn it I came here for answers and now I'm crying
Trey Villarreal yes, social repose has played the mayonnaise
"If you ever listen to a great singer and then listen to yourself"
Are you implying that I'm not a great singer? :(
TheDalmah yes
The truth hurts
Yes eat it nerd
TheDalmah I’ve been singing for years and I’m still not good like the professional Opra singers. It takes tens of years to get there
I believe you are wonderful and could become a great singer :)
Cowbell and triangle are the easiest, lol
I'll have to disagree. I've been attempting to master the cowbell for many years now & have yet to master it completely. It is also very frustrating when Betsy doesn't show up to practice in the evenings.
ROFL
Mark Landes triangle isn't easy at all
lol
Have you tried playing Latin music (salsa, danzón, cha cha chá)? IT IS DIFFICULT, mostly because of the different patterns and when several have to be played at once using different patterns without getting lost in the clave, etc.
Triangle.
Electric triangle is way better
What about the harmonica?
A lot of your videos have interesting questions but your answers are always non-answers. How much to tune a piano? It depends. Best age to start music? It depends. How often to tune a piano? It depends. Best piano to buy? It depends. I'm not saying you're wrong but these answers often leaves the viewer hanging and walking away with more questions than answers
Have you considered that maybe there are no definite answers to some questions? Sometimes it really depends.
I suspect he is wanting to provoke you into thinking for yourself
Bagel MAYBE YOU NEED TO DO SOME SOUL-SEARCHING...REBECCA!
He gives a lot of reasoning. Do you just listen to the "It depends" part?
all i think about this dude is that he's all about the views. so that means he's a clickbaiter
I'm not here to toot any horns, I would hate to do so but as a pianist, guitarist, drummer, bassist, violinist, singer, ukulele, harmonica and ocarina player, I can say that the piano is a paradox. One of the easiest to approach, but the MOST difficult of all. The mastery of the piano goes beyond all instruments, even in it's theory and sheet music. Only piano has the grand staff, and it is even scientifically proven that the piano is the ultimate instrument demanding skill and both sides of the brain.
Mousey Ok I see what your saying. But it's not fair to say one is forsore way harder than the rest depends on the person. Although I would say Drums and Piano are tied for hardest insterment to master in my book.
Implying you disbelieve it. That's fine.
+Mousey What about the organ? It loses something in complexity because it's not touch-sensitive (valves are open or shut), but it gains quite a bit because of the pedal, multiple manuals, and stops/registers.
Mousey tru-wait u play dat ocarina? I've been wanting to do dat :D
Mousey I agree with you 100%
I came to know what is the easiest instrument to play and he is giving me i life lesson
me 2
And what I learned from this video?! Nothing at all. Just wasted my time watching him speaking of singing and instruments practicing.
yeah just go to your stupid youtubers who clickbait the hell out of you you dumb piece of sht
1:22
*is your answer you are looking for*
If you count on getting a clear answer here, forget it.
You should treat us a piece where you play a French horn, as it's such an awesome sounding instrument. We don't care if you don't practice it much or at all nowadays, would just be nice to hear. Great comments about the difficulty of instruments, thanks for sharing and all the best for this new year that just started.
well said, Robert, but to slightly expand what you stated earlier, perhaps the piano is the easiest to approach or start with but certainly perhaps the hardest to master because; 1, the complexity of the score (polyphony and rhythm) , 2, the fact that the piano is an indirect instrument, meaning, one is relying on a mechanism to produce the sound, (unlike most other instruments where the hand or the mouth actually is directly in contact with the sound production). Therefore, if a piano is not well regulated, tuned etc, the musical result is going to suffer despite the player being a master. Hence Horowitz and Gould would take their own pianos on tour. So, yes, I think the piano is the easiest to approach but also the hardest to master.
They are ALL difficult in one way or another. Wind and brass instruments require proper breathing, reed-making. Singing (and I mean real singing, not pop crap or auto tune) requires years of breathing and placement technique. Piano can sometimes call for 10+ notes to be read/played at the same time, requiring great finger technique. And with piano, you are trying to turn an essentially percussive sound into a legato singing line. It's all difficult. And all very much worth it!
Dave Glo Finally some one who understands
Dave Glo except for flute it has no reeds
Dave Glo true. I’ve been doing singing since I was little. I’m 17 now and it got easier but it’s still so hard and more to learn. Especially the breathing and all it’s so hard. I do classical and old blues. But if you really love what you play and are determined, it’ll make it easier
One way, or another...
I'm gonna find ya...
I'm gonna get ya, get ya, get ya!
Sorry I had to.
Woodwind and brass instruments is much harder than playing guitar or piano. The only instrument which is probably the hardest in coordination alone is drums. I'm surprised nobody mentioned this underground instrument. Brass instruments are tougher than woodwind because there's only the mouthpiece and buzzing, Woodwinds are little easier but here's why they are harder than string instruments or piano. They don't just require good pitch listening they also require coordination, Breath support from diaphragm like singers, Articulation which is easier to do on piano or guitar, Vibrato is harder because of air speed and overtones are harder to embouchure and air adjustment.
I'm a guitarist of 44 years and have been learning piano for 3 years, your answer is perfection :)
"cannons" - Tchaikovsky
And if you have no fingers???
then finger less people play da mayonnaise xD hahaha
Guess there's no
point
then...
hehehe
Singing
Toes
Use your stumps as drumsticks
Gotta love those answers that do everything except actually answer the question.
i don't understand why people get confused between "to learn" and "to master"
Some musical instruments like keyboard, guitar and drum are much easier to learn.
I play piano for 30 years, guitar for 20 and drummed for 12 semi pro, I found drums easy to get going on, but to get good at it is very hard, lots of subtleties people don't appreciate. I still think to site read piano at a reasonable standard is extremely tough
Yes, the triangle is one of the most advanced and unique instrument to play.
i'd say viola is hardest. You have to learn two clefs, 5 shift patterns, and you must be good at playing more than one note at a time. In certain concertos, like the telemann concerto in G major, you have to play 4 notes on 4 strings at the same time. Even if you are playing one note, it is extremely hard to get a good quality sound from a viola or a violin.
SeymourHope YEEEEEESSSSSSSSS YYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS AGREEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDD OMG DOUBLE NOTES AND CHORDS ARE SO FREQUENT COMPARED TO VIOLIN
but i think it's a ti between celloo and viola
Cello- harder shifting, two clefs, also alot of double notes but not nearly as much as viola, more shifting is required and it's fast sometimes
Well it's a viola
Try a theremin.
Thomas Goodrich o shit
There are a lot of harder instruments
Tambourine?
I think piano (or hate) truly is the easiest instrument. You can see all of the notes clearly laid out whereas on guitar and other instruments you have to think about what fret and string to pluck and it's much harder to think about about it without muscle memories.
the recorder is the easiest because this flute has an easy beautiful sound production and you need less ability to play it compared to the piano and strings instruments.
"beautiful sound" is debatable. but yea it's way easier. same with harmonica i think.
Have you ever heard a well played recorder? Look up Clas Pehrsson, for example. As to the recorder being "easy", I think the same remarks as to the piano apply: yes, it's easier to get a tone out of a recorder than out of (e.g.) a transverse flute, but to play it well requires quite a lot of skill.
A. RECORDER. IS. NOT. A. FLUTE. I PLAY FLUTE AND THEYRE NOTHING ALIKE
That one Guy A recorder absolutely is a flute, as are dozens if not hundreds of instruments because flutes are an entire family of instruments. They encompass everything from recorders to pan flutes to whistles.
Depends on how you look at it. In terms of fingering a tin whistle is simpler than a recorder. You could argue that a keyless flute is simpler than a recorder, however creating the note takes a while to get used to. I play the Northumbrian Smallpipes which has simple fingering, but is difficult to create the correct air flow. The answer to what is the simplest instrument to learn depends on what things the musician finds easy or hard.
The harmonica too is one of the easier ones to learn, it is tiny, and if you know how to breathe in and out, then this is one of the easier to learn.
I play several instruments, the easiest one to start making music with is the native american flute. I have taught multiple instruments and the one that people have progressed the fastest on is the native american flute. It doesn't require complex fingerings, or high levels of coordination from both hands, or a complex emboucher . The hardest thing to do is cover all the holes. And if your flute is the right size for your hands this is easy. The only other thing to remember is not to blow, just gently breathe.
My brother and I used to talk about this as kids. He was a horn player. Same argument, wether is is easier to form a tone on one note or read four part harmony.
I can play the piano but not too well. But I loved it and played every day. I had to move country and now live in a narrowboat... So obvioulsy can't have a piano now.
So I what to learn a new smaller instrument. One that sounds relaxing and quiet.
I'm am thinking of the Spanish guitar.
I am also blind so can't read sheet music now... So will be interesting challange.
Wind & brass instruments require learning to breath properly to get a good sound. String instruments require the proper use of the bow and fingers to get the proper pitch.
Some people who play violin or another string instruments would think piano is hard because of reading music in 2 clefs (Treble & Bass) at the same time. If you take music away from playing piano, it is the matter of playing by ear which can be easy for some but challenging for others. Besides getting the notes always in tune you have the problem of coordination between both hands.
Some are easy to get started on but all are hard to master, it's called hard work, dedication, perseverance and sacrifice.
Thanks, I got my answer. The instrument I love is the easiest instrument to me... Headed for Violin.
I say any unpitched percussion instrument like the xylophone or glockenspiel
Unfortunately, this video kept saying "master". You should change the title then.
I’m having trouble with the musical instrument called humming. Can someone help me?
How about playing the triangle
Yes, I would agree. I've just came to this video after that DumbMojo's 10 hardest instruments. There are no easy instruments guys.
I started my musical education with classical piano at one hour per day for two years, qualifying me for the basic grade. I did not think the piano particularly difficult as I had earlier tried the clarinet and was totally discouraged after mastering the chalumeau register. While reading music for clarinet is easy the piano requires two quite distinct staves to be read at one time and this requires that the pianist must necessarily be something of an unnatural human being able to operate each hand and each finger of each hand independently of the other while reading two staves each of five lines with only one set of two eyes which eyes operate together and not separately as do some reptiles.This ridiculous requirement of being able to see two discrete sets of information at one time with only one set of eyes and operate ten fingers of each hand independently of each other from the two discrete and independent sets of information for each finger of each hand, must involve more than natural ability to see and manipulate twenty fingers independently. I then tried the trumpet seeing that there were just three buttons to operate and yet manage almost three octaves. I had to give up on this amazing instrument as I was not endowed with sufficiently robust lips and not enough of lip either. My lips again proved a hindrance on the flute , another beautiful instrument most especially in its alto form. I finally settled on the saxophone and this proved to be the easiest instrument to learn as there were no giant leaps of hands as required by the piano, the fingers remained fixed in their positions and there was just one set of informational material related to one finger at one time, to be read with one set of eyes. My meager lips did not present any obstacle as there were and are an amazing range of mouthpieces and reeds to suit almost any lip configuration. Mastering any instrument is quite another matter and in this regard all instruments are difficult with the saxophone coming close to being the easiest.
I started on Piano, but actually found French Horn much easier and progressed through graded exams much more quickly. Still find it weird that people, even other musicians, consider the Horn so difficult.
I have found the comments here very interesting and some very humorous too. I don't know what is the easiest instrument, but I do know that it isn't my instrument. I play the accordion. I have loved the sound of the accordion, especially wet tuned or musette tuned accordion all my life..I didn't start playing however till I turned 67. In my humble opinion the best sound in the world of music. Much more versatile than most people think.
piano?
Maybe flute is one. I started with that as my first instrument.
I'll buy a keyboard but i'll stay with the guitar for my whole life.
I learned how to play Nocturne op.9 no.2 on piano in my first week of playing, but only memorized it and learned all the techniques that it entails in about 2 months, it all depends on the song and the complexity of it’s techniques. I.e: Hungarian Rhapsody will take you a couple fucking months to master compared to the 30 minutes it takes you to learn twinkle twinkle little star
Bro answered the questions with more questions
I can tell you which is not the easiest....the Violin! I always compare learning Violin vs Piano to learning Ice Hockey vs other sports like Basketball.
See, with Basketball you need to dribble and run and shoot. We all know how to run and take something and throw it. Does not mean we will be perfect but at least to start moving around, the basic skills of running, you already have it.
With hockey, you first need to learn to Skate...takes a WHILE. Then need to learn stick handling and shooting to finally put it all together.
Same with Piano and Violin. With the piano like you said you can just push a key and it will make a sound, clear, no issues. With a Violin oh well...you need to learn how to bow to start approaching clean sounds that do not sound like you are strangling a cat. lol
I love my piano btw..my favorite instrument of them all. :)
shaolin95 piano is much harder than the violin. Piano you play up to 10 notes at a time, sometimes up to for different lines playing at once. Violin you play one note most of the time
I haven't put much work into my violin but it wasn't that hard for me to learn wagon wheel and that's not necessarily a super easy song
I still believe violin is harder. Of course piano is way harder to read though.
shaolin95 what your saying is completely wrong. I play piano vilolan and drums. I would say once you first learn violan its pretty hard but not on the same level as it is to master drum set or piano
I play the French horn and it’s so hard to match to the correct pitch :( lol
The cowbell is easiest, and we always need more cowbell.
Obviously the easiest instrument is the triangle.
Kalimba is the easiest. And if you just want to play intuitively (and not bring it to mastery) the handpan or steel tongue drum are definitely very easy too.
Yeah there is no clear answer to which is the easiest to learn, because learn is a broad term. You have to ask yourself, by learn, do you mean simply being able to create some decent sounds or actually mastering the instrument? I think piano is one of the easiest to start out, learn the basics of and start making decent sounds with. But on the flip side, it is also one of the hardest to master, because there is such a large and diverse repertoire and lots of difficult things you have to learn to do at the higher levels of playing.
I've been playing Oboe and Piano for 6 (Oboe) and 10(Piano) now and i have to say: Oboe in the beginning is very hard. It take a couple of months to get the right tone out of it. And it takes years to get to a Level where you can Play for example 2 or 3 ours in a concert with an orchestra. But once you manage that, you can learn new pieces fairly easy. With the Piano on the other Hand, there are so many possible difficulties in new pieces and you can alway find a great challenge. Dont get me wrong, There are also very difficult pieces for the Oboe but never to the same level
For what you can do with it, I say the piano is the easiest instrument to learn. For instance, Bach's Bourrée in E minor, BWV 996 has some difficult shifts when played on the guitar. However, on the piano, where you can play each line with a separate hand, these passages don't present the same problem. Indeed, I suspect that it is because of the piano's relative simplicity that composers have created the most demanding music for it.
easy only if one has an inborn talent at multitasking, each hand has to have its own "brain" [or separate section of brain] running it.
All right so they all pose simmilar amaounts of challange. Torn between the recorder and the organ rn
That was a pretty good answer. Nice
i master the piano 11 years ago now im really good and still play today
I’m 11. Can you tell me how you learned.
You never answered the Title if the video 🙄
Bro spent the whole video beating around the bush
Singing may be natural for some... once watched a young man on American Idol (TV show) who claimed to be a good singer. His father couldn't stand his singing so he practiced in the basement. Being on stage for just 5 minutes he was asked to get off (singing is definitely not for him). An instrument like the violin you hear tuning problems constantly. A well tuned piano it is just a matter of pushing the right keys however... some people assume the left & right hand coordination is difficult.
Piano isn't the easiest to learn.. it's just better to learn notes on.
I find drums easier. Or a similar instrument a Tamborine for example
It's the kazoo, no it isn't a toy, it's a legitimate instrument , everyone thinks it' s a toy but it's not.
I vote for the đàn bầu (vietnamese monochord)
Good advice, especially at the ending summary.
the kazoo is very difficult for me. (i’m joking...you on kazoo is the best video existing)
Guitar and trumpet forever
Triangle, and bell
I want to learn to play on accordion.
Cymbals
Harmonica!
Ukele
You look and sound like Mark Hamil
I’d say the Kalimba is the easiest. I could play a very basic song after a few hours. And there are only a maximum of 17 keys (most have 8)
Piano: easy to approach, a two headed dragon to master. And I was one of those four hours a day kids. Eventually one can get really good on it but everything hurt, from my back to my fingers to my shins.
Ok boomer
The trombone was one of the easiest instruments for me
I'm pretty sure it's not the theremin.
Actually the electric guitar is the easiest one cause it's smaller, it has a thinner neck, lower action, and thinner strings so it's much much easier for the left hand especially when playing complex chords cause again complex stuff is easier on a lower action.
Recorder..
Baritone
Whenever someone tells me piano is easy, I show them the sheet music to Hammerklavier
Piano is easy to pick up* its easy to play a simple melody with 1 finger, but no one is saying it is in any means easy to master
I think it’s drums
Kazoos and Recorders
playing, piano, guitar, bass guitar, ukulele and try to sing. ukulele is pretty easy.
My friend, guitar is not easy
Doesn't answer the question
Trombone
horse radish
fLutE, it has no reeds
human voice is the easiest instrument
It a kazoo all u gotta do is hum
My friend says piano is the hardest instrument...
X Doubt
For me it's flute, since i learned it in 2 days
Fuckin liar 🤧
Recorder
The triangle
With all do respect you have to get to the point quicker bro ✌🏽
Learning the easiest instrument with mark hammel