What instrument could I self learn?
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Quite simply whats the 'best' instrument for a non musical middle aged bloke to try and get a grip of please?
The background is that I have decided I need a challenge to stop my brain cells decaying.
Although I love listening to music I have absolutely no musical talent and never even picked up a recorder at school.
I cant read music and struggle to know if one notes higher or lower than another.
So I expect this to be pretty tricky, although having said that if Status Quo say learning 2 chords will play most of their songs Im in with an outside chance
Ive no affiliation to any particular instrument and dont have neighbours near enough to worry about
I am under no illusion it wont be tough and Im prepared to put the graft and hours in
Due to work patterns I'll struggle to fit in regular lessons and so wonder if books and Youtube are viable?
Choice of instrument entirely negotiable - but its hard to look further than guitar
Id obvs love to be able to nail the intro to Layla
Anyone else done similar from scratch? Any tips?
All comments welcome
Cheers
I would suggest a lap steel, because you can tune all of the strings into a variety of chords so they can be played singularly, several at once or all at the same time and use a slider so the notes played pitch bend in harmony.
Harley Benton II is from about £100, seems to be fairly well regarded.
Harley Benton II is from about £100, seems to be fairly well regarded.
CAPP0 said:
Pothole said:
Piano's easy enough to get started on. Hundreds of years worth of sheet music to choose from or loads in the public domain available online. You can pick up old uprights for about £100 and many of them are also a nice piece of furniture.
Yipper? Is that you?The Dangerous Elk said:
Apply foot to pedal and push/lift off to get the rev counter to dance, sounds like music to me
Oh, I see - thought you were about to ask me a question. Thing is, with the budget creep that's encouraged on PH, someone will probably be recommending a V10 F1 engine with an appropriate rig to make it scream God Save The Queen or something.Whatever you decide on, find a good teacher and have lessons. You will get so much more out of it and enjoy it much more, and make so much more progress. You do need to find the right teacher for you though, and explain exactly what you want. Some teachers will try to bend you to fit their style of teaching - what you need is a teacher who will help you get what you want out of it.
Ukelele classes are a great way to start though.
Ukelele classes are a great way to start though.
Pothole said:
CAPP0 said:
Pothole said:
Piano's easy enough to get started on. Hundreds of years worth of sheet music to choose from or loads in the public domain available online. You can pick up old uprights for about £100 and many of them are also a nice piece of furniture.
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