What is the easiest instrument to play in a marching band?
With brass instruments, you have to learn fingerings or positions, and train your ear because the same position or fingering makes several different notes. Also, in marching band, if you don't hold your trumpet or trombone in the correct position (practically 90 degrees from the ground) it effects sound quality and makes it more difficult to produce the higher notes.Clarinet and saxophone (you don't have to pick alto, there's tenor and baritone, too, and both produce absolutely gorgeous sounds. I prefer them over alto.) use reeds, which require a correct positioning of the mouth, but it comes naturally very quickly. The fingerings aren't difficult at all. Once you start to learn them, you see how they fall right under your fingers. Also, clarinet and saxophone, clarinet in particular, are light weight and easy to carry for long periods of time, though baritone and tenor sax are rather large, but come with neck straps.With flute, how you position your mouth is VERY important. Also, you should hold the flute near parallel to your mouth, which is very tiring. Most flute players I know struggled with these two things after more than 5 years of playing.Horn and tuba, etc, are musical instruments that also require you to train your ear as well as your fingers. I think my band director told me that french horn is the most difficult instrument to learn because there are so many different ranges for each fingering.
Easiest instrument to learn to play?
First of all, I MEAN SOMETHING PRACTICAL. Not a Kazoo or a stick and an empty paint can, but something that you can actually play without looking stupid. Well not stupid, but well.. you're not going to see someone rock out on a Kazoo and become a famous musician or at least be considered "good." Practical instruments would be things that people actually use. Bass guitar, trumpet, sax, guitar, electric guitar, piano, synth keyboard, etc. Those are some examples. Anyway, what's the easiest to learn to play? Whenever I try to touch a music keyboard I end up just playing random keys. I've never tried a guitar or anything else though. I'm thinking that I should learn whatever is easiest first then move on to harder instruments. I have absolutely no musical experience by the way.
What is the easiest instrument to play out of drums, saxophone and bass guitar?
I feel pretty qualified to answer this question because I play all three of these instruments.I'd say that the saxophone is the hardest to pick up. Learning all the different fingerings of the notes and correct embouchure is fairly difficult to do in a short amount of time.The drums are in the middle. You've only got a few "things" to play (i.e. drums and cymbals), but there's a lot of different things happening at once. Almost all of your limbs will be engaged simultaneously.In my opinion, the bass is the easiest of the three. It still has its challenges. Learning to navigate around the bass while plucking (or strumming) accurately can be daunting, but once you play around with the instrument you'll find that it's not too bad. It's the instrument that I excelled at the quickest.
Witch is harder to play saxophone or trumpet?
There is some degree of difficulty in all instruments. Different things are hard of different instruments. No matter what you choose, you're going to encounter a lot of difficulties and have to learn to overcome them. It's part of becoming a good musician. Pick the one you like the sound of better.
What is the easiest instrument to play?
I hear saxophone is easiest actually. My best friend is an Alto Player at UArts and My brother has played Tenor for years. Both of them say that sax is easiest to learn and play quickly. This has a lot to do with the fact that it was designed to do away with all of the stupid fallacies of clarinet. You don't have to change your lip ambusher like on a Trumpet or Trombone; you simply blow and push in different keys. It's simplicity to learn may be one of the reasons why it is so popular among jazz musicians, because it IS difficult to master, but extremely fun to experiment with, and to make your own style with. Most difficult would have to be the Organ. There are so many procedures to focus on. Think about how difficult it is to learn to use two hands with piano. Now add multiple keyboards to focus on, including one you must play with your feet on the floor. For you, I would take the route I chose: Guitar. It's extremely versatile, used in countless genres. It's rewarding to learn how to play, and can be used as an effective solo instrument or accompaniment. You can use it to even back up yourself while singing, and is an exceptionally expressive instrument. The advantage of its popularity means there are countless resources to learn from: Teachers in every music store, Tabs on the internet, videos on youtube, etc. Also, due to its immense popularity, you'll always have a virtually endless repertoire. Really though, the decision is yours. You should look around for yourself. Go to a music store like SamAsh, and go with what feels right. Get gay, and feel the music man in yourself.
Is it hard to play the tenor saxophone?
Not compared to soprano or baritone. I wouldn't advise either of those for a beginner.If you're going to start on saxophone, both alto and tenor are valid options for your first instrument. They're the least quirky to play.That said, both have become associated with certain performance styles that are quite difficult -- alto sax has close ties to bebop, and tenor to jazz styles that have developed since the bebop era. Bebop demands that you be able to play (and think) extremely quickly, while modern tenor playing demands that you be able to perform capably well above the instrument's natural range. Ironically this might be *because* the instrument is less quirky than what came before, so the technical demands on the instrument kept being ratcheted ever higher, evolving into a dialect I call "tenorese" which is characteristic of that instrument alone.So... the barrier to entry is low, and the ceiling is very high, but because the ceiling is so high and there are many players floating around up there (more than there are jobs to fill, really), it becomes incredibly difficult to compete professionally.
Is learning the saxophone hard?
I learned to play when I was about 10 and played pretty regularly for about 25 years.As reeded wind instruments go, it’s not too bad. You can make roughly melodic noises with it on your initial encounter, and the curve from there to “recognizable music” isn’t terribly steep.However, if you’re thinking you’re going to turn into Wayne Shorter in a couple of lessons, dream on. That’s a whole ‘nother thing. (If you think you’re going to turn into Kenny G, please, just stop reading now, you’re in the wrong place)I’d recommend starting with an E-flat alto saxophone, because they’re cheap and readily available. You can experiment with others, you can even start with others, but thats what most of the “beginner” music is for, because it’s far and away the least expensive.Ultimately, for me, the sweet spot wound up being the low-A baritone saxophoneLarger, heavier, but with a much richer and deeper tone.It all depends on the kind of music you want to make as well. Saxophone is well suited for jazz and orchestral music. If you’ve got other aspirations, you might want to consider another instrument. If you’re working with a group, trying to start a group, aspiring to join a group, you’ll want to pick the flavor (alto, tenor, baritone and god help us all soprano) that’s best suited to those needs.Migrating from one to another is trivial. Same fingering, largely the same mouth techniques. That, to me, makes playing saxophone really flexible. You can annoy all canines (and music lovers) in a 9-block radius with a soprano, or provide rich velvety undertones with a tenor with equal ease.Key tips: pad condition is paramount. Bad pads equal bad seals, equal perpetually out of tune or squeaky instrument. Springs are important too, but that’s usually only a concern on much older instruments (the ’49 alto sitting in my garage right now needs them in a serious sort of way).And don’t shave pennies on reeds. That’s where it all starts, and you’re going to want good stuff there. They come in varying thickness and stiffness, and you’ll have to try a variety to figure out what works for you.You’ll also need a really, really good teacher. Making noise: trivial; making passable music, not too bad. But to really learn to work the saxophone, you’re gonna need help from a pro.Best of luck.
Which among the following instruments would be the easiest to learn by a complete beginner: flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, French horn, trombone, baritone, tuba, and percussion?
Saxophone, hands down. Its embouchure (the shape in which the player holds the mouth in order to make a sound) is quite straightforward, and the fingerings make pretty good sense.Addressing the other woodwinds on your list: The flute has a tougher embouchure (albeit extremely similar fingerings in the low and middle registers) than the sax, and takes a surprisingly gigantic amount of air to play: half of the air goes into the room and not the instrument as the air column is split (which is what makes the sound). The clarinet has a fairly straightforward embouchure, but tougher fingerings than sax.Amongst the brass: trumpet, french horn, trombone, baritone, and tuba all require a fair amount of athleticism to play well. All of the instruments in the brass family require that you apply a very specific amount of pressure in the embouchure, or you’ll get the wrong note (i.e., you’ll get one of the other notes in the harmonic series, but not the note you want). French horn is known for being extremely demanding among all orchestral/band instruments; it’s really the only orchestral instrument where you can hear seasoned professional players occasionally play incorrect notes due to the sheer difficulty/sensitivity of the embouchure.“Percussion” is too vague a term to properly address. Drum set vs. glockenspiel vs. tympani is just too broad a category to discuss, particularly since some percussion instruments incorporate pitch and others don’t (focusing only on rhythm and employing fixed pitches.)Also, in some situations (such as drum set), the percussion player must learn to facilitate different limbs dong different things (drummers call this “independence”): playing once a measure on the bass drum, 8x per measure on the hi-hat, and on beats 2 and 4 on the snare would be an extremely rudimentary example. This requirement is something quite different from playing a single note at a time (which is what all of the other listed instruments do). It’s not like comparing apples to oranges; it’s more like apples and radiators.Finally, keep in mind that technically, the piano is categorized as a percussion instrument!All that said, I agree with Himanshu: go with the instrument that holds your interest and sparks your imagination.