Musical instruments!!!?

Question

I know that learning how to play an instrument is never easy, but, what would you say is the least difficult instrument to learn how to play rather well in the shortest amount of time (2-3 years).

Not wind or persussion instruments please. I already play a wind instrument and sort of want to take on another instrument. Also, why do you think it is the least difficult.??

Answer 1

idk what is the fastest to learn but i know the piano is pretty fast and easy. ive only been playing for 2 1/2 years and ive been asked to play for my church already! also, my friends who have been learning guitar learned very quickly. theyre pretty good after only two years

Answer 2

If you have a musical talent already I would say the guitar but only strumming, it takes months to get the callouses required to play without pain, it also takes some practice to be able to coordinate your fingers to be able to make cords like the F cord the G cord, other cords like E, Em, A, Am, C, C7, D, Dm, A7, are not to bad they just take practice and coordination and a good right hand, you can play thousands of songs with just these few cords. Playing the notes is another story, this could take a lot longer. Everything depends on how much time that your willing to put into this, if you were to say play 2 - 4 hours a day on cords you could get pretty descend in about three years, if your talented and have like I said a good right hand it could be maybe half that time, it's up to the individual. The piccolo and the triangle are the only others that I can think of, some say the flute, but I don't know enough about that instrument to say.

Answer 3

You aren't exactly specific about what type instruments you are interested in learning... A rock band? Choir? Well... assuming nothing, I would think tambourine would be a fairly quick study, assuming you have some musical talent. Of course, even tambourine takes skill. Quality tambourine players are hard to find- great tambourining (lol- I know it's not a word) may never be within your reach.
If you are wanting to join a "traditional style" rock band, I would recommend you consider the bass guitar(unless you have small fingers), although the tambourine lesson now applies tenfold.

--and then, there's always the cowbell...

.btw- now I see you added "no wind or percussive instruments"... You are kind of tying everyone's hands- pretty much every instrument falls into these two catagories...Many/most stringed instruments, such as a guitar or piano, are considered percussive...

Answer 4

Any instrument that has fixed notes is going to be easier to learn than an instrument which requires detailed skills in locating the stops - a piano is easier than a violin, a slide trombone is harder than valve trumpet. But much of it has to do with whether the instrument matches your skills - hitting the right keys on a piano with the proper stroke might be easy for you while sliding your fingers to make a chord on a guitar without messing up on the fret might be hard.

Answer 5

Well, to tell you the truth, if you play an intrument for like 2-3years, you are going to be good at it no matter what. It just depends on how much time you want to put in to learning one. If you are into play intruments where you wouldn't mind using your mouth, I would go with either the Alto Sax or the Clarinet. They are pretty easy. If you don't want to use any form of breathing, I would go with the Guitar or Piano. The drums are pretty fun to. Its up to you what you want to do. The guitar and piano, are lifetime instruments, meaning you can ALWAYS learn new things no matter how long you play.

Answer 6

Have you considered the humble guitar? It is remarkably agile despite having only six strings, is extremely portable, is polyphonic, adapts well to many styles of music, and can be played at many levels. You can opt for the folk guitar approach, strumming chords while you sing along to it's accompaniment. You can get into the rock sound, with it's power chords and dizzyily erotic lead lines. Jazz offers the complexity of altered chords and chord melody lines. Fingerstyle gives you an opportunity to dig into those strings with your right hand as well as your left. Classical allows you the historical perspective of studying from the masters, internalizing their discipline, and blending it into your own style.

Piano is slightly superior pedagogically in that it has more sustain and range, but there is the expense of the traditional keyboard to consider. If you go the electronic route, you still have the portablilty issue. I play both instruments, and I assure you that there is merit on either side,

Whatever your decision, I wish you well and hope you enjoy your new relationship with it.

Answer 7

Okay, you said no winds, so that takes out flute, clarinet, trumpet, sax, etc. You said no percussion, but a lot of people don't realize that piano is a percussion instrument, so I don't know if you are counting that or not. If you are, then how about guitar? Violin is too hard to get a good sound on and pay in tune at first. But giutar has frets, so that makes it a lot easier, and you don't have to worry about bow technique.

Answer 8

I learned how to play flute in a matter of months.
But most say that is one of the hardest instruments to learn how to play when you're a beginner.
I would say, try the clarinet, or the trumpet. It's rather easy. Flute, clarinet, and trumpet are started instruments.

Answer 9

The piano is a really good way to start off playing an insturment. Un like any other insturment it is always in tune when you play, it so all you have to learn are the keys and patterns. Plus, by starting off with piano your ear and sense of tone is A LOT better. Good luck in whatever you try! :-)

Answer 10

I would recommend the baritone / euphonium !
because it has a nice mellow sound, wide range, and it doesn't require a long time to master because of the valves instead of slides and the medium sized mouthpiece instead of the small(trumpet) or large(tuba) mouthpiece which both can feel unnatural to play.

The only problem you might have is finding an inexpensive one(mine is the best,silver-plated, convertible, besson brand, costs about 4,500) so you should probably rent one out first and then buy a student model if you like it.

Answer 11

That cannot really be answered because they all require alot of time to play, and quite a bit of dedacation. I have been a musician for 6 years and i still have not mastered my insturment . one of the hardest parts is reading the music. Once you can read music well you should be able to play almost anything