Timeline for Guidance on selecting an instrument meeting certain criteria
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| Apr 27 at 14:04 | vote | accept | Boson | ||
| Aug 25, 2022 at 5:33 | answer | added | kat | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 16, 2022 at 23:15 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Aug 16, 2022 at 22:53 | answer | added | Clovenhoof81 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 5, 2022 at 21:57 | answer | added | jrennie | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 4, 2022 at 19:50 | answer | added | aparente001 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 2, 2022 at 5:45 | comment | added | Emil | I think it was easier to get a feel for how thirds, fifths and fourths etc looked in sheet music on the violin, since they were neighbors on the adjacent string. After practicing songs a lot of months I can now sightread faster, which made piano easier since I could just jump from thumb to ring finger when I saw a fourth for example. So maybe try multiple instruments, some things are easier on other instruments.. | |
| Aug 1, 2022 at 20:06 | comment | added | piiperi Reinstate Monica | @Dekkadeci OP said he doesn't want to perform, just to play "for personal pleasure". Which I think is a much better goal in every way than wanting to perform classical piano pieces to an audience, which basically means wanting to become a concert pianist. The standards and demands are so high, I can't realistically see any fun ever coming out of that project. I looked at a classical fake book and it seemed to be fun stuff. Something to play with friends with accordion and guitar, maybe a 909 house beat to go with it for an impeccably great taste and a bit of personal interpretation. :) | |
| Aug 1, 2022 at 19:56 | comment | added | Dekkadeci | @piiperiReinstateMonica - When it comes to playing in front of an audience, unless the audience is prepared to hear the jazz/pop/rock/etc. rearrangement(s) of a familiar piece of classical music, classical fake books will not teach you how to play the piece anywhere near well enough. You are almost guaranteed to get the accompaniment wrong, and that's when listeners get suspicious. (Imagine playing Chopin's Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 with block chords for its entire introduction instead of the unison lines it actually has!) | |
| Aug 1, 2022 at 16:59 | answer | added | Theodore | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 1, 2022 at 15:08 | comment | added | piiperi Reinstate Monica | @Boson You could try something like a classical fake book halleonard.com/product/240044/classical-fake-book-2nd-edition They have the main themes and chord symbols. It should be possible get to a "home jukebox" level with some effort, at least for easier tunes. | |
| Aug 1, 2022 at 12:51 | comment | added | Boson | @piiperiReinstateMonica I want to play for personal pleasure, not for performance. I don't know much about music subcultures and even music as a whole except that I like listening to classical music like Chopin, Mozart, Vivaldi, Beethoven etc. I like the sound of both the piano and violin versions of them. | |
| Aug 1, 2022 at 12:29 | comment | added | piiperi Reinstate Monica | @Boson can you list what your requirements are? What kind of a musical subculture do you have in mind, and what kind of a role would you want in that culture? Is live techno out of the question? Meditative electronic ambient? youtube.com/watch?v=8DTIddKwg98 Punk rock? Church music? Busking? Play surdo in a samba band? youtube.com/watch?v=idlXh_udWug | |
| Aug 1, 2022 at 10:35 | history | edited | Boson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 1, 2022 at 9:42 | answer | added | Tim | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 31, 2022 at 22:29 | comment | added | John Belzaguy | Actually @BrianTowers it’s: “The more I practice the luckier I get.” :) | |
| Jul 31, 2022 at 22:02 | comment | added | Aaron | My read of your post is that you were trying to play pieces that were too difficult for a beginner. Play pieces appropriate to your level of experience, and the process will be significantly easier. | |
| Jul 31, 2022 at 21:48 | answer | added | Laurence | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jul 31, 2022 at 21:38 | comment | added | ojs | In my opinion tin whistle is easier than recorder. Guitar is also pretty easy as long as you’re happy with simple melodies and open chords. Violin, on the other hand… | |
| Jul 31, 2022 at 21:37 | comment | added | piiperi Reinstate Monica | Do you have to play "pieces"? Why? It's possible to just play, make stuff up as you go and have fun. Play small snippets of melodies, play accompaniment, play sounds. Particularly for pop songs, piano is probably one of the easiest instruments for reaching a satisfying level of musical fun. How about this kind of music? youtube.com/watch?v=BgXGbFThE20 A friend of mine said just today that modular synths are so awesome, because you don't have to be able to play at all. Wouldn't it great to be able to make people dance with your music? :) | |
| Jul 31, 2022 at 21:32 | answer | added | modenv | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jul 31, 2022 at 21:19 | comment | added | Brian Towers | " I am looking for an instrument which doesn't require extensive amounts of practice per piece once I have learnt the fundamentals of the instrument" I would suggest the recorder. I suspect you fail to understand the fundamentals of any physical skill and playing a musical instrument is a physical skill - you only get out of it what you put in. As the golfer Arnold Palmer put it "The more I practice the better I get" | |
| S Jul 31, 2022 at 21:03 | review | First questions | |||
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| S Jul 31, 2022 at 21:03 | history | asked | Boson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |