Can i learn an instrument during the summer?

Question

I'm in the 10th grade, next year 11th
I really wanna join orchestra but i dont know how to play an instrument...

What instrument is easy to learn during the summer?

What is a fair price for one?

Anything else?

Answer 1

Kazoo, Triangle, Cymbals

Answer 2

I don't know anything about band instruments, but if you want to join the orchestra I'd suggest violin or viola because they cost less, and are easier to carry around, especially for a beginner. A beginning violin/viola usually costs anywhere from 300-600 dollars. A viola is like a big violin, with slightly lower tuning, if you didn't know. They are beautiful instruments, however the parts they get in orchestras are often simpler harmony parts, not complicated like what violins get. For you, a viola might be good, because you do not need to be as good to play in the orchestra as you do on a violin, simply because the viola's part is less technical and less exposed. First, get a teacher. It's nearly impossible to start an instrument on your own, and you'd just get frustrated. If you can start now, before summer, that would be good, too. Make sure you have strings and a bow (that's a no-brainer) a shoulder rest, and rosin. And a case. Good luck!

Answer 3

It would depend on what level you want to get to and how much time you are willing to put in. First of all I would suggest doing something easy like percussion or a single reed instrument (think clarinet) DO NOT DO TRUMPET! Another good option would be euphonium or tuba. Strings instruments are very difficult to pick up. I would also suggest that you get a GOOD private teacher to help coach you through. Check out your local music stores for leads :) While you won't be a master you will probably be able to get in a lower part of a section after a summer's worth of REALLY hard work... You are looking at an hour of practice a day 7 days a week though minimuim. Good luck to you and if you have any questions feel free to email me. I am a private music teacher and might be able to give you a couple leads on teachers.

It really dpends on price.. every instrument has different price ranges. My suggestion would be to find a rent to own program that is earning money towards the purchase of a NEW instrument (not the one that you are renting).

Answer 4

I'm hearing more and more string instruments enhancing the popular music of today, like in Evanescence and Gorillaz. I highly recommend the cello. Do research and call music stores for rentals. I learned to play it in 5th grade, it came to me easily. I'm now 38. If you have a desire to make a sound that moves a persons soul, you will dedicate yourself to learn any instrument. When you hold an instrument and it feels like it belongs, you'll know. Try everything at least once.

Answer 5

You can *start* to learn violin in the summer, but getting good at the violin takes about five years. Get a so-called "student" violin (see link, below) and then find a private teacher. This is not an easy process, but it is a very rewarding one. Good luck!

Answer 6

That's a very short time, you can't learn it very well, just some basics. For drums, you need very little music theory, but yiu need very patient parents & neighbors. Guitars are most versatile, independent (can't really play solo bass or drums at a party) and you can buy pretty good beginner guitars for about $300 - 400 - look at Yamaha models.

Answer 7

Sure...try the violin. A fair student one should run somewhere around $500. If not, try percussion. They school ususally has what you would use, so no real cost there.

Answer 8

Orchestra = no.
Too expensive.

Violin, bass, and all that is very costly/hard to learn.
I say you go with jazz or rock and roll.
The guitar is not impossible, or try something like brass:
trombone [I play], trumpet, french horn, whatever.

Answer 9

read the question. guitars and pianos wont get him in. learn the violin. a crappy one that works well is cheap, pretty hard to learn but o well

Answer 10

KeyBoard (piano)