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’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!
I want to play the accordian. I just don’t want to pay for an accordian.
My daughter got a mini accordion for cheap online. It was at least good enough to see if you enjoy it enough for a real one.
Cello, because cellos sound freakin awesome.
the keytar
I learn the sax, you pick up the keytar. Then we take over the stages of every major festival with dual soloing to smoke machines and neon lights until the groupies carry us off stage. Deal?
B a n j o !
100% accordion 🪗 ♥️
Have always wanted to be able to play the cello, whose sound simply resonates with me.
Drums. It seems they’re really hard to learn, thought.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
To learn to play the hurdy-gurdy, you must also learn how to repair the hurdy-gurdy
This makes me want to learn the hurdy-gurdy even more! I mean, in reality, I’m never putting in the time to learn to play it anyway. So, in the fantasy of me being dedicated enough to learn to play an instrument, the added fantasy of me maintaining a finely tuned instrument is just added appeal.
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
An upright bass, because they are such a vibe.
I have a deep love for Halloween season. I always wanted to get a waterphone. They are just a little to expensive for something that would 100% be a novelty.
Thank you for reminding me that this exists. FYI, it is out of patent and Mr. Waters is now deceased so, one could ethically and legally make a copy. (Patent no. US-3896696-A)
I’m intending to make one for myself at some point, as I THINK I have all the necessary tools at the Makerspace.
EDIT: Just investigated a bit. I absolutely do have access to the tools!!! Now, just to get in to practice TIG welding so that I’m not terribad at it.
My father in law in an AMAZING machinist. I should mention to him to see what he could do with it.
Midi keyboard because
- Its versatile
- Requires less maintenance, at least less than acoustic guitar
You don’t need a physical keyboard to use MIDI technology. Many audio production programs have a virtual keyboard that will let you play basic stuff with your computer keyboard. However, I sequenced my entire metal album’s drum track by just clicking and dragging all the notes in the editor. (Not gonna post it because I don’t want to dox myself.) You can get Ardour (which can sequence MIDI amongst other things) for free through your Linux distribution, and I believe it can be found for Windows. Else, Reaper is technically not free, but you can use the demo for as long as you want.
All of this is to say that you don’t need any training or equipment to start playing electronic music, particularly that using MIDI technology. A couple hours here and there will be enough to start producing competent music.
