Shippo Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 [color=darkblue] I wanna play an insturment :'{ Im thinking of-- -a small, -Wind insturment -Easy to play -And thats all Any suggestions people??? [/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtakuSennen Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 Well, I'd reccomend starting with a recorder.. Then move on to something else. ^_^' Recorders are cheap and easy start-up instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Prozen Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 well the drums are pretty easy....i think.....but yea the recorder is a good starting one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiha Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 [color=royalblue]I would say the recorder is the sissy way out...and yes, I can actually play it......but for sheer coolness. I would recomend the flute. It's simple and elegant, rewarding to play. Better than the violin, won't drive your family insane as you practice. Then again...I always loved the piano. 10 years of hell playing it...but it still is fun [/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epsilon Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 Well the recorder, but I don't know anything about wind wood. Cause if I was you I'd go with the drums. I have no clue about other insturments cause I only play the drums so it might not be good to take advice from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XeEmO Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 I've been playing the alto sax for 6 years. I still enjoy playing it very much. So I'd have to recommend the soprano sax (if you want something small). One of the cool things about playing the sax is you can move to tenor, baritone, alto, or soprano, and use the same fingerings. I guessing you're getting an instrument to learn for the school band? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posthumous Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 [font=calvin and hobbes][size=5]I would definitly say the flute.It's a nice little instrument that isn't really hard.Recorders...meh...[/size][/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amibasuki Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Perfect Cell [/i] [B]well the drums are pretty easy....i think.....but yea the recorder is a good starting one. [/B][/QUOTE] [FONT=arial]tell me, what level of music do you play on? from the description you've said, flute would be the best choice. but clarinet also might be good, if buying new reeds every so often wouldn't bother you much.[/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semjaza Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 Drums aren't easy if you actually hold yourself to some sort of regiment and don't just play randomly for the hell of it. Same with anything else. In fact, I'd say drums are one of the hardest to play in situations where you have to [i]not[/i] play for certain beats or periods of time. I find most people instinctively just want to hit the drums on a constant basis lol. In any case, Shippo said a small wind instrument which makes me think of three particular instruments: flutes, soprano saxophones and clarinets. Alto saxophones could possibly fit, but I guess it depends what your definition of small is. I've played saxophones for years -- soprano, alto, tenor and baritone -- and I would normally recommend that. I personally prefered tenor. If it were me, I'd probably go with flute though. Flute can be an amazing instrument if you learn to play it well, and is easily capable of pretty much anything you want. The only problem is that is probably the hardest of those I've mentioned so far... so I'd probably say saxophone or clarinet. I personally think recorder is a waste of time and is only useful if you want to learn basic music reading and tones. If you're interested enough to get a real instrument... just get one. However, it's hard to just jump in on one. There are a lot of stores and rental places you could work through before you make up your mind. Edit for below -- Well, if you don't explain yourself... I don't know how you could expect anyone to just [i]know[/i] what you mean. The word "drums" implies a lot more than the thing you're talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Prozen Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 thanks make me sound like an idiot. well i dident mean a drum SET, i ment like a drum you can hold on your hand. i dont think you know what im talking about, but i ment this drum you could put your hand on the bottom and you have one little drum thingy. if you dont know what im talking about then nvm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WW2 Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Shippo [/i] [B][color=darkblue] I wanna play an insturment :'{ Im thinking of-- -a small, -Wind insturment -Easy to play -And thats all Any suggestions people??? [/color] [/B][/QUOTE] A small wind instrument thats easy to play, huh? I suggest playing the Cazoo (sp?), people love those stupid little things.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid Theory Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 If it were any instrement I would say the drums becasue they rule!! But if it has to be what you say then I think you should play the harmonica!! Like dancing pete off the simpsons!hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus Chicken Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 [color=blue]If you want to play the instrument, the drums are always fun. I know because I have been playing them for about five years. The guitar is also something you can always be doing somethign different on. I also play the guitar so yeah. I originally started off playing the saxophone but gave it up after about three months. I simply didn't enjoy it too much. However no instrument is easy to play if you want to be half-decent. You will have to practice and there will most likely be times when you would rather shoot yourself then play your instrument ever again, but stick with it and you will be rewarded with praise from others and a personal realisation that you are actually good at something.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark warrior Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 just find one you think youll like and go for it is all i can suggest.Personally i like saxophone for a woodwind(i played the alto,tenor,and baritone.And also taught myself to play the trumpet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 [color=red][font=century gothic][size=1] I think Semjaza already said it. The best choices would probably be a flute, saxaphone, or clarinet. I personally play brass, the trombone, but my friends have let me play their instruments and taught me very simple notes just during class and it is really easy with all three of these. Saxaphone was a little bit harder for me, just because it feels really weird when you hold it. But clarinet and flute were easy to hold and really simple. If you want a small woodwind instrument then I would say your best bet is the flute or clarinet. If you are willing to go up a little then I would say the saxaphone. All three are very cool instruments!:)[/color][/size][/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 [size=1]Personally, I'd recommend the oboe. ^_~ I can't make a sound on a flute, heh. I'm a reed-instrument player. The oboe's sort of a cross between a flute and a clarinet, and, in my opinion, much cooler than flute. There are a [i]lot[/i] of flute players, and it's so much fun to be in the minority. You get cool parts, and stuff. It's got a double reed, which is different and cool. It also has a slightly nasal sound compared to other reed instruments, but hey--I still think it's awesome. I don't actually play it, but I'd like to learn, heh. If the nasal sound bugs you too much, go for the small Eb clarinet--also a fun one. It's about the size of a recorder, I think, but infinitely cooler. (It would be hard to get less cool than a recorder. I was forced to play recorder for five years during school, and I hated it.) If you really want to play a flute, see if you can get ahold of a larger one--lower than the regulars. They hook around, and are much cooler than normal flutes. [url=http://www.markshep.com/flute/FindingH.jpg] flute-ness[/url] Go for something a little out-of-the-ordinary, heh. Tis fun to be different. (Big instruments are cool, too. My sister plays the baritone and bari sax, and wants to learn Tuba. I've played also played alto and base clarinet, and they are awesome.) But yes, if you want small, go for oboe or Eb clarinet. Or like Tony mentioned, a small saxophone. (Is there one that's just straight, like a clarinet? I think there is, but I'm not sure...)[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shippo Posted July 18, 2003 Author Share Posted July 18, 2003 [color=darkblue] Thanx everyone. I just realized another "small and is a wind insutmrment" the harmonica. Does anyone know if its easy to play, or IS a good insturment? [/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amibasuki Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 [FONT=arial]well, it's hard for me to play, anyway :p. it can be pretty cool when it's done right. are you thinkin' of playing an instrument for school band, or just for fun? [/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinobi Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 Well i play the drums (when i say this is i mean DRUM KIT). I have been playing for about 3 or 4 years now. I am in a band called [b]The Spheres[/b] and have my first gig (with this band) a week tomorrow ^^. I do believe that the Harmonica is a great instrument. I do have one but i dont "Play" it fi you know what i mean, i just play it asa hobby kinda thing. I wouldn't even go as far to call it that, but i can play it. It is actually not as easy as people think, but yeah, if you stick at it like any insturment you will be great at it. It might however drive your parents up the wall ^^. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shippo Posted July 18, 2003 Author Share Posted July 18, 2003 [color=darkblue] hehehe. To answer ur question amibasuk, now that i think about it, i dont want to be in the skool band, i just want to do it as a hobby i guess [/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amibasuki Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 [FONT=arial]then have at it ^_^. harmonica's usually don't cost too much, anyway. still, don't completely give up on school concert band ;). it teaches you a lotta important things that could help you with your music. maybe not harmonica, but music things, nontheless. and trumpet's really fun, too ^^ .[/FONt] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted July 18, 2003 Share Posted July 18, 2003 [size=1]...and [i]loud.[/i] Trumpets are [i]loud.[/i] *glares* Also, the first trumpet in our band is the most arrogant, ignorant person...*seethes*[/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amibasuki Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 [FONT=arial]that seems to be the case in the band here, too >.>'. except just about all of 'em are like that. I think the ego problem is a trumpet thing.[/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark warrior Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 hmmm... most trumpet players do seem arrogant,its amazing that in the bands ive been in they are usually the first to screw up.lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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