And why? Not an instrument you already play. Pick something else.
I’ll start.
Saxophone, so I can climb the rooftops and play my neighbours some cheesy sax porn solos of the eighties.
I want to play the accordian. I just don’t want to pay for an accordian.
I’ve always wanted to learn the violin since it goes well with the piano but there’s no way to practice quiet.
There’s a kind of electric violin that actually is rather quiet, and in addition to the strings being quieter (there’s no resonance chamber) you can plug headphones in (yeah, plug) and have it sound loud to you. Electric or “silent violin” should probably lead you in the right direction!
Oh sweet, alright I have something to look forward to. Thanks!
the keytar
There are precisely two instruments on this world I would try to learn:
- the bag pipes
Because, to my knowledge, it it the most annoying instrument known to humanity. It’s loud, it’s screechy, it’s haunting, it’s everything hateful in a music instrument and yet it is so damn epic sounding.
- the hurdy gurdy
Silly sounding name for an instrument capable of sending shivers down your spine.
It is also ridiculously cumbersome and unless you know what it is, the basic reaction to it is wondering if a piano, an accordion and a jack-in-the-box had a threesome and nature decided to create the musical instrument equivalent of the platypus.
I like this instrument so much I created a character for a story that is a necromancer bard, that conveys spells through the music of the hurdy gurdy.
To learn to play the hurdy-gurdy, you must also learn how to repair the hurdy-gurdy
Was I skillful enough, I would build mine. My favorite type is the large, cello-type body, with the characteristic deep tone.
They’re very cool but reading about the maintenance scared me away lol
Hurdy gurdy are pretty cool instruments but also loud as fuuuck.
I’d like to have one for accompaniment when my neighbour is predicting the violin and keep going when they are done.
Cello, because cellos sound freakin awesome.
Anything. I absolutely love music and the thought of being able to make it myself has always been a dream of mine. However, I can’t hold a beat to save my life. I’ve tried playing the piano, guitar, trumpet, and baritone at stages of my life, never with any success. I can’t even play Guitar Hero past medium difficulty.
Harmonica. You can carry it anywhere and bust a jam anywhere.
As an adult, I thought of learning the bagpipes. Just to annoy the neighbors.
My childhood dream was playing the organ. But anything like that was financially far out of reach back then.
B a n j o !
Piano! I like the way they sound. Other instruments, up close kind of irritate me. I don’t really enjoy listening to someone play the guitar or the violin. Fuck the violin.
I’ve always wanted to pick up the guitar.
I have played, in the distant past, at various levels of ability: trumpet, baritone, French Horn, trombone, piano
You’re way ahead of most people learning guitar even if none of those instruments are fretted. Give it a go, I’ll bet you’d surprise yourself with how capable you are after a couple of days!
Mediocre bassoonist here.
I really like folk instruments. I’ve been working on learning accordion, but I’ve put it down for a while. I’m going to make serious study a goal in 2024. Although I don’t know what I’d do with it!
I’d like to learn to play to play the hurdy-gurdy or one it’s relatives, the Balalaika , any fipple, or any of the hammered dulcimers.
In practicality, I should be a better keyboardist though
A dizi (chinese flute). I got two of them at home but never managed to get any good at playing.
Like most hobbies in my life, it’s something I get super excited about for a weekend and then completely drop again for half a year or so.An upright bass, because they are such a vibe.
Cello. I really think there is no greater instrument (maybe the church organ). It has such a range, from quick and frantic to dark and brooding. Forreference, check out anything composed by Gabriel Saban.
