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I'm thinking of learning a musical instrument...


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I'm thinking of learning a musical instrument...

Posted 03-05-2009 at 09:46 AM by Wings of Fire
Any suggestions? Guitar is most definitly out, Sax is probably out and so is anything over about £300 (No Cello ).

At the moment I'm leaning towards my two favourite instruments; Flute and Violin and I don't think I could ever play a brass.
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Bullet Magnet's Avatar
Ukulele. Affordable, and always makes everyone smile.
Posted 03-05-2009 at 10:38 AM by Bullet Magnet

Wil's Avatar
I was going to recommend trombone, but if you actually did you would make me jealous. Therefore I recommend the berimbau.

Ch ch ding dong dong! Ch ch ding dong dong!
Posted 03-05-2009 at 10:46 AM by Wil

shaman's Avatar
digerydoo?
Posted 03-05-2009 at 11:01 AM by shaman

Bullet Magnet's Avatar
More trouble than it's worth. Mine is now unusable for all the spiders.
Posted 03-05-2009 at 11:08 AM by Bullet Magnet

shaman's Avatar
I fine the piano/keybored a great instrument...
Posted 03-05-2009 at 11:11 AM by shaman

Oddey's Avatar
Why don't you learn the flute? I learnt it myself.
Posted 03-05-2009 at 11:39 AM by Oddey

Wil's Avatar
Flute does have the advantage of being easy to transport. I always had a kind of envy for all the instrumentalists who didn’t need to manoeuvre.
Posted 03-05-2009 at 11:46 AM by Wil

Slog Bait's Avatar
Clarinet?

No wait, the cheapest I've been able to find on those is about $500. Actually, it's very hard to find a good quality instrument that's $300 or under.

Why don't you just rent an instrument that would normally be expenisive? They're normally really cheap to rent, and depending on the store you go to, you can add some of the rental credits to pay for a brand new instrument of choice.

Originally I was going to suggest Saxophone, but it seems that's not an option. Violins have a scratchy sound, but in a group with other instruments they sound great. Flutes are nice, but they are very common and it's difficult to play. I'd say... between Violin and Flute, get a Violin.
Posted 03-05-2009 at 04:00 PM by Slog Bait

Disgruntled Intern's Avatar
Theremin.
Posted 03-05-2009 at 04:07 PM by Disgruntled Intern

Nate's Avatar
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I was going to recommend trombone, but if you actually did you would make me jealous. Therefore I recommend the berimbau.
A direct copy-paste from my MSN logs from yesterday:
(12:57:24) WoF: I think
(12:57:30) WoF: I'm going to learn a musical instrument
(12:57:36) WoF: Which would you recommend?
(13:00:32) Nate: Trombone is the instrument that allows the most humour
(13:00:46) Nate: Might make Wil jealous of you also
(13:00:53) Nate: Which you might consider a good or a bad thing
Posted 03-05-2009 at 04:26 PM by Nate

Slog Bait's Avatar
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Theremin.
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Posted 03-05-2009 at 04:41 PM by Slog Bait

Phylum's Avatar
flutes sound nice*. Especially when my flute teacher plays his(I play the flute by the way). They look awesome too, especially when made of gold


*not at first
Posted 03-05-2009 at 10:11 PM by Phylum

Disgruntled Intern's Avatar
Skin Flute?
Posted 03-05-2009 at 10:57 PM by Disgruntled Intern

OANST's Avatar
Violins are very difficult to learn if you don't have any prior experience with an instrument. The violin is fretless, which means that you had better have the fucking ear or you will have a difficult time getting good at it. I recommend picking up a stringed instrument that has frets so that you can get some muscle memory going first.
Posted 03-06-2009 at 07:20 AM by OANST

Bullet Magnet's Avatar
And we're back to the ukulele, which I will continue to insist is perfect for your given parameters.
Posted 03-06-2009 at 08:02 AM by Bullet Magnet

 

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