learning flute, violin and alto saxphone?

Question

I am interested in violin, flute and alto saxophone! can someone who has learnt them tell me if which of them is like, the easiest? Is learning violin as hard as piano? I have learnt piano and found it rather hard. What is the difficult part about violin? I want to learn a musical instrument so that I be involved in pop music productions, like with the Taiwanese or Hong Kong singers when I'm old enough(i'm only 15). Which of them would be more useful if it's for pop music production? I heard so it's violin, but is it true? And what about saxophone? Are saxophones very useful when talking about pop music productions?

Answer 1

Complex question.

...first of all, to master any instrument is not easy. I believe the most difficult music to learn is for the piano, on a top professional level, with the string family like violin, Viola, cello next hardest.

That being said, different groups have different demands on instrumentation. Violinist can always play in a community or sub- professional orchestra, trio, quartet, ensemble, and the instrument is an easy carry. However, a good violin can be costly. A good flute can be gotten for several thousands, and a starter instrument without open holes is easiest item for 50-100 dollars second or third hand, However, the rods and felts must be in perfect shape. . An open holed flute is the prerequisite for professional players. A great violin runs into at times 5 and 6 figures, but a good instrument can still be around the same amount as a good flute.

That being said, both are transportable. The cello is harder to carry and larger, and is similar in nature to the violin.

A piano, complete with weighted 88 keys and three pedals, is not transportable, and there are pianists everywhere. Many keyboards are hunks of junk and useless.

Sax need reeds all the time. A good instrument is as expensive as a flute, but can be obtained at times reconditioned for a lot less. It's usefulness is limited to jazz, some rock, some specific other genres. Also remember that to become a good one is not a key to getting a job, because few are needed in ensembles.

Find out what instrumentation is needed and remember, only one or two, tops three flutes are in a full symphony orch., compared to up to 40 violins alone

The piano is a pre-tuned instrument,. except sometimes needs retuning every three to six months in multi-climate zones. , where the note you hit is presumable in tune. Strings like violin, cello, viola have no frets to indicate finger positions. It is strictly by ear and muscles memory. If your ear is not able to discern different notes in the scale and/or if your left hand has problems with strength and coordination, it Will be impossible. If you can sing in-tune, you can hear the notes and if you are playing them in or out of tune. Then violinists need to develop a bow arm and different techniques. Pianists also, as well as string player, have to keep fingernails very short. Not as essential on the sax.


I Play guitar, piano and cello professionally and love each more than flute or sax.

Answer 2

Honey, it's music and you love it. Do whatever you want. I have heard, however, that both flute and violin are tough to learn. If you start on either of these, try to buy/rent an instrument as cheaply as possible. If you find that you're fabulous, great! Indulge in new, expensive instruments. Otherwise, give the cheapies the best workout you can. And if neither the flute nor the violin works out for you, do try other instruments which will be a little more forgiving. A lot of people play the guitar because the guitar is easy to play. Playing it well still requires hard work, so it can give you plenty of challenge. Good luck!

Answer 3

Playing Violin is the hardest but when you learn it is wonderful. I play all three plus more, and the easist is alto sax for me its pretty easy. Flute has the same key of music as violin so learning the music will not be hard. And if you learn alto sax its the same fingerings as a tenor sax but diffrent music same both on treble clef, and Baritone sax is exactly the same as a alto just bigger and LOWER!!! Like a whole octive lower. I thnk you should take one instrument at a time, starting with flute, then Violin, Then alto. IT WILL TAKE AWHILE. And to learn violin there is a method were they put stickers down on where you need to put your fingers until you atomaticly know where to go and then they them off. You also have to get used to the bowings and what kind of music you are gonna play on each instrument. With flute you have to blow ALOT lighter than how you blow with the Sax which you blow hard but not like breathtaking hard. Lessons are probley 10- 20 dollars a lesson depending on the teacher. Just work and work comes with a great talent and you can make money and write music when you get good enough. Take your time!!! and enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 4

I don't know about using really any of those in pop music, except for maybe the electric violin. Guitar or keyboard might be better.

The violin has several tricky parts - there's the intonation, for one thing, your fingers have to be in the right spot all the time, and a lot of people find that hard at first. And then there's bowing as well. You'll definitely want a teacher for a few months at least, especially if you want to play professionally later - you want to make sure you're not picking up bad habits. I found the violin more difficult than the piano, and I think that will mostly be the case - piano is considered one of the easy instruments.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Ok. Personally I believe alto sax is the hardest. You have to keep the reed good and moist. I have accouple friends that play it and say it's easy (it's all based on perspective).
Know flute and violin I know plenty about. They are both pretty easy, but on the easyness scale flute is up there. Flute and violin are both the "same" in a way. A flute's fingerings are pretty simple. It just can be a pane to tune and make sure the hole is lined-up correctly. While violin is extremely easy to tune, but it's fingerings can be difficult, to make sure they are in the exact/correct spot. But really if you can play violin you can play flute. I started with violin then moved on to flute. The transition was very smooth.
I hope that helps you abit.
I'm on IM alot if you have anymore questions (sara_collins4)
Sara

Answer 7

Ok, here's the thing- i played flute for 2 years- its not really difficult to learn(in my opinion). Yes, flutes can be costly, but renting is a good alternative. I also play Violin. IT IS THE HARDEST INSTRUMENT,but i love it and i dont find it tremendously difficult since i learned 4 other instruments before it. Violins are very expensive as well. I dont know much about saxaphones, besides that the are blown into like clarinets and use reeds as well( oh, i play violin, clarinet n guitar n a little piano too)

i think u should go with sax, but that's my opinion, not yours

Answer 8

Hi,
Okay you have two questions: One, Whats easiest? and two, Which one is more useful?
First, flute and saxophone are both woodwind instruments while violin is stringed. Woodwind instruments require a different type of special skill of controlled blowing into the instrument. But Violin is slightly tricky as Sax n Flute got keys for every note, but violin dn't have any markings for different notes.
You mentioned you learned Piano and found it hard so violin would be harder. Again Piano has different keys for different notes, Violin dn't have such luxury.
Again all instruments would require the same knowledge of musical notes. I like Saxophone the best as it's slighly easier thn flute and Violin. PLus, Saxophone is most attractive instrument and if you can play well you can form any type of band: pop, blues and especially Jazz.

Answer 9

I don't know about saxaphone, but I think piano is at least initially, less difficult than violin. I don't see playing the violin as a major entry into pop music production. If piano is hard, violin will be at least as hard, probably harder.

I don't think you should evaluate you future on the balance of whether something is "hard" or not. Everything done well is hard. If you love music, but find that studying is "hard," why not continue to learn about music, but plan on being a sound technician and/or video technician.

But you're only 15! So maybe the instruments appeared to be "hard" because you didn't have a private teacher. You must find a private teacher if you want to make progress in music.

Good luck!

Answer 10

i myself am a doubler, and my main instrument is flute. for me flute wasnt that hard to learn because i was excited to play and get better but u do get light headed the first couple times u play because it requires so much air. after i got better i decided to join the jazz band at my school to learn a new instrument. i started to learn the tenor saxophone-it has the exact same fingerings as alto. transitioning btw the two was rather easy beacuase the fingerings were very similar because of the Boehm system which is used when designing them.

i havent done much with string instruments but i have tried and i found them to be hard but im sure if u start on it itll be easy once u get the hang of it.

regardless, learn watever feels right for u try them all out and see which is easier.