drumming ?

Question

okay so my family also complains that I do nothing(I have no hobbies) and I want to learn to play an instrument... I was thinking about drums but maybe I should learn bass or guitar... what do you think? which one do you think is hardest?easiest?

Answer 1

if you intend on being any good on any of them--they are all very hard--it takes years and years of practice to be any good at all--you will get tired of practicing--just keep at it--once you start to understand your instrument--the fun begins!!---it will be a talent you will carry with you for the rest of your life!----and by the way---guitar players are a dime a dozen---good drummers are always in demand---especialy female ones!!

Answer 2

From easiest to hardest 1.drums 2.bass 3.guitar. But playing guitar is a heck of alot more fun than the other two in my opinion.

Answer 3

I currently play bass and guitar, and suck on the drums, but am looking to buy some so I might improve.

The bass is easier than the guitar, but less satisfying, because once you learn to play songs, you usually need to find a guitar to play with to make it sound like the real thing. (Some exceptions are Pink Floyd's Money and London Calling by The Clash)

The guitar isn't that hard though. Within a month of lessons I was bringing in CDs and learning how to play actual songs.

I find drumming to be pretty hard, but that's probably just because I've never taken a lesson or bothered to learn how to do it.

Answer 4

Try to lose focus on your family's desires that's a bad reason to do anything. You'll resent them later if you change your mind, and your instrument will gather dust in the closet, which is sad.

If an instrument is really a good use of your time, start by figuring out which context you wish to play. Band instruments are great if you enjoy playing songs as part of a group. Some instruments are better for solo/solitary playing. So decide first if you wish to play in a context, or be a soloist.

Next decision should be the type of music you wish to play. If you're really interested in rock, you'll have the focus to drive you to perfect the art.

Finally, select by complexity of instrument relative to your aptitude for complexity.

If you're considering western (rock) drumming, you're signing up for a lot of complexity. If you're considering folk drumming (African or Asian) it's a bit simpler.

There is a fantastic breadth of drumming traditions around the world. But if what you're interested in is contributing to a band in certain songs, other instruments will be better.

Answer 5

Bass is pretty easy to pick up, but by the time you're proficient, you'll wish you'd learned guitar.

My advice, buy an inexpensive acoustic guitar to learn on. Have the folks at the store replace its strings with softer ones - they're easier on fingers trying to learn.

A guitar is a great instrument to learn because you can take it anywhere and create music. On drums or on bass, you're going to need to have someone else around to accompany. Picking up the basics for guitar won't take too long if you practice. Getting really good at any instrument will take years and years.

I bought a djembe hand drum when I was trying to learn rhythm parts. Djembes sound great and travel well and are easy to learn on.

A decent hand drum will run around $70 depending on where you go and a decent entry level guitar can be had for around $150.00.

Good luck in your quest!~

Answer 6

If your family complains a lot, they will hate the drums. They are loud and there's no way to turn the volume down. A guitar, you can plug into a small amp, and turn it low, so no one can hear but you. My amp even has headphones, so you can play at 3 in the morning, if you want to.
As for the drums being easy.......they can be, if you are happy with a generic beat. To make them sound good, you have to really work at it.
I compare it to painting. A three year old can slop paint on a page (or the walls and floors), but it takes practice to be able to paint something recognizible. If you want to paint the Mona Lisa, you have to have practiced for years.
Same thing with drums and guitar. If you want to be good, you have to really practice at it. Don't try to find the easiest thing out there, you're not doing yourself any favors.

Answer 7

Drumming is cool, but the problem is you have to buy a drum kit, and then lug it around with you whenever you want to play somewhere else. Plus, I bet your family would complain about having to listen to you play. :) Bass and guitar are both awesome, a lot more portable and somewhat less annoying for other people to listen to when you've got a beginner in the house.

But really, you should do what YOU want to do. All I can recommend is to make sure you take lessons. Don't try to teach yourself, at least not at the very beginning.

Answer 8

ok well i luv music and so also i luved tyson ritter(The ALL AMERICAN REJECTS' leadsinger and bassist) SO im like dude not a whole lotta people must play bass. And since i luv him in that band i was like ok awesome! So i like writing lyrics and all i do is listen to is rock and emoish stuff so im like i wanna learn how to play bass. So just two days ago i bought my first bass!! Im soo happy but i somehow already broke a sting and worse thing, i broke the hardest one to break too. But well i just brought it back and traded it in and got a new bass. (instead of switching the string my parents thought it would be easier and less expensive!) Well that was yesterday i broke it and that same day i got another. But i was tuning it when it broke so if you go with bass or anything like a guitar be carefull on tuning it. My parents weren't too happy. Oh and this morning i woke up and my lil sis broke a guitar string on her acoustic guitar. heehee that was weird though. But yeah we need more bass players!!! So come and join my side and luv for playing bass!!! I welcom you!!

Answer 9

the drums are more primal, the bass in intricate, and also uses the drums to play off of. i have played drums for almost 28 years now, and i love it. i have recenlty decided to branch out and learn guitar, etc. and it is harder than i thought. sure anything is hard at first, but practice makes perfect, just don't give up. just remember it will take some time for either, but drums tend to piss off more people, unless you go electronic.
but then nobody likes electronic drums. good luck:)

Answer 10

Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac The 'plastic puke' tale :~ Song: 'Monday Morning' Keith Olsen: "First off, for the kick drum I had Mick use a truly epidermis, now not a plastic head. All the bass drum sounds had snap and crack and heat, however the snare drum at the complete album used to be plastic puke. We placed a work up via the rim of the snare drum, then caught a work of tape around the again aspect of it. When Mick could hit the snare drum, the puke could raise up, and there'd be that vibrant, humming snare drum. Then it could flop down and could instantly quit the snare twine damn, so it used to be a mechanical gate. We did not have a work of rubber; it could had been too handy simply to get a work of rubber. We needed to, of path, cross to the comic story retailer." Quoted from 'Never Break the Chain : Fleetwood Mac and the Making of Rumours' via Cath Carroll Other Fleetwood Mac drum inventiveness {taken from the equal guide} :~ "In the Jeremy Spencer days of the historic Fleetwood Mac, that they had near-mic'd a pencil hitting a chair to get a detailed rhythmic texture." "At one time Fleetwood sought to have the sound of his leg being slapped as a rhythmic patch; whilst he located the truly factor wasn't leggy adequate, they despatched for a leg of lamb from the butcher and used that as a substitute." Not from the guide :~ On the track 'Tusk', one of the drums had been truthfully Lindsey Buckingham gambling empty Kleenex bins. Edit :~ Mike ~ it used to be created chiefly for the 'World Turning' solo. That solo has bought longer with each and every excursion! 2d Edit :~ I forgot one! Song: 'Second Hand News' "Also featured in this monitor is a drum fill which used to be performed at the again of a chair."

Answer 11

I would highly recommend bass especially if you think you may want to play in a band one day. Everybody wants to play guitar because want to be the star. Good bass players are hard to find and are therefore in high demand. I have always been able to find people to play with.