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What kind of Instrument should i play?

I am interested in lots of instruments,usually like Guitar,Flute,Violin,Trombone,Drums,and other instruments what should i pick?

acoustic guitar all the way

November 13th, 2009

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Have you been playing flute(any other instrument) for over 3 years?

I play flute(1year)but, it’s getting a little hard. I would never quit though.

I’ve been playing flute for the past 7 years. Kudos to you for not quitting! Trust me, you have the days where you’re doing great, and days where you’re not doing too great. In seventh grade, I was failing band. I wanted to quit, but my parents wouldn’t let me quit right then because I had already made the commitment for the year. They told me to wait the year out. But in the middle of the year something clicked. I began practicing, and I found that I loved it. I got Most Improved that year, so I did it for another year. Eighth grade I practiced like crazy, and I loved every minute of it. Ninth grade solidified me as a band dork. I walk around school with a bag that says "Eat. Sleep. Flute.", I own a shirt that has a fermata on it and says "Hold Me.", I’m taking as many music classics as I kind, and I love band. I’m super band dork.

You sound like a band dork too, nothing wrong with that. But band dork or not, this will amuse you.
http://www.geocities.com/clarinet_girl7537/band.html
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November 10th, 2009

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what instrument can i play if i played the flute?

i played the flute(not that good at it) and i want to know what instrument i can play

I started out on the flute and picked up the alto saxophone. The fingering is similar, but the mouth is different.

I’m sure that you could also very easily pick up the piccolo, alto flute or the bass flute as well.

November 7th, 2009

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I have issues with playing a single reed instrument?

Well, okay, here’s the problem: when I play my saxophone, it vibrates my teeth and it’s annoying. Is there anything I can do about it, or does it just take time to get used to? I’m not used to single reed instruments; I usually play flute, bassoon, and percussion.

Thanks =)
I’ve been playing for about 1 month, by the way.

like the second person who answered said, there are little mouthpiece covers to put on the tip of the mouthpiece that your teeth rest on. i have one for my clarinet, and it makes playing way more comfortable. you can get them at pretty much any music store, i think.

good luck. =)

November 2nd, 2009

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Which Classical instrument should I learn?

I want to learn an instrument to play in a classical orchestra. I’m thinking trumpet. I’m a fairly small person. Which do you think is easier to learn, the trumpet (this is the only brass instrument I think I would learn. The french horn and tuba seem to large for me.), violin, flute, or other woodwind instrument? How long does it take to learn the trumpet?

I play flute and cello. I would recomend teh cello. It’s pitch can be high or low. It can sound happy or sad. Cellists are way cooler solo artists. Even if you’re small- the right sized cello will work. Cello’s are more expensive than voilins or voilas but are more rewarding. They can also make great well-paying career options. They are also considered teh orchestra’s most valued players.

October 28th, 2009

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Which Classical instrument should I learn?

I want to learn an instrument to play in a classical orchestra. I’m thinking trumpet. I’m a fairly small person. Which do you think is easier to learn, the trumpet (this is the only brass instrument I think I would learn. The french horn and tuba seem to large for me.), violin, flute, or other woodwind instrument? How long does it take to learn the trumpet?

I play flute and cello. I would recomend teh cello. It’s pitch can be high or low. It can sound happy or sad. Cellists are way cooler solo artists. Even if you’re small- the right sized cello will work. Cello’s are more expensive than voilins or voilas but are more rewarding. They can also make great well-paying career options. They are also considered teh orchestra’s most valued players.

October 28th, 2009

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which instrument should i learn next?

i’m going to be a Jr. in h.s and i really want to learn another instrument. i already play oboe, flute, English horn, a little clarinet and piano. i was thinking sax but i’m not sure. any suggestions?
i want to minor in music edu. on oboe.

Are you thinking about continuing to study music in college? Possibly majoring in it? If so, I would recommend at this point that you focus on an instrument now. If you are a strong oboe player you can probably get a scholarship, as oboes are not all that common.

If not, go ahead and try the sax. The embouchure is reasonably similar to the clarinet as are the fingerings. Plus, all the saxes use the same fingering, so if you learn one, you can transfer what you know to any of them.

October 26th, 2009

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What instrument is better for a beginner: flute or clarinet?

This school year, I’m going to be in band. It’s my 1st year. I want to play the flute or clarinet. Which is easier?

Hello there,

You are getting answers from both directions. Flute people think flutes are easier…. Clarinet people think the clarinet is easier.

I teach flute and I think clarinet is HARDER. There seem to be many more keys.

But you know what… I really think it depends on which instrument you begin on… You learn just a little bit every day and before you know it, you can play real tunes…. so then it gets pretty easy for you.

You should be choosing the instrument you like the sound of best… as that will be pretty easy to play after a few months.

Hope that helps.
Thanks for reading.

October 26th, 2009

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looking for a name of a american indian musical instrument that looks like a bunch of flutes tied together?

Bought one of these for my son and it was stolen. Now I’m looking for the name of the instrument so I can look on line and find one to buy.

I too was wondering if it is an Angklung.

Angklung is a musical instrument made out of two bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame. The tubes are carved so that they have a resonant pitch when struck. The two tubes are tuned to octaves. The base of the frame is held with one hand while the other hand shakes the instrument rapidly from side to side. This causes a rapidly repeating note to sound. Thus each of three or more angklung performers in an ensemble will play just one note and together complete melodies are produced. However, this instrument originated from Indonesia..

Another alternative could be the pan flute ( also known as panpipes). It is an ancient musical instrument based on the principle of the stopped pipe, consisting usually of ten or more pipes of gradually increasing length (and, at times, girth). The pan flute has long been popular as a folk instrument, and is considered the ancestor of both the pipe organ and the harmonica, or mouth organ.

The pipes comprising it are stopped at one end, so that the sound waves have to travel twice the length of the pipes, giving out a note an octave lower than that produced by an open pipe of equal length. In the traditional South American style, pipes are fine-tuned to correct pitch by placing small pebbles or dry corn kernels into the bottom of the pipes. Contemporary makers of curved Romanian-style panpipes use wax (commonly beeswax) to tune new instruments. Special tools are used to place or remove the wax. Corks and rubber stoppers are also used, and are easier to quickly tune pipes.

The pan flute is played by blowing horizontally across the open end against the sharp inner edge of the pipes. This creates the regular series of pulses which generate the sound waves within the tubes. Each pipe is tuned to a note, called the fundamental. By overblowing, that is, increasing the pressure of breath and tension of lips, harmonics (notes whose frequencies are multiples of the fundamental) may also be produced. The Romanian panflute has the pipes arranged in a curved array, enabling the player to easily reach all the notes by simply swiveling their head. These instruments can also play all the sharps and flats, with a special technique of both tilting the pipes and jaw movement. An advanced player can play any scale and in any key. There are two styles of vibrato possible, hand vibrato and breath vibrato. In hand vibrato, the player applies a gentle motion to one end of the panflute (usually the high end) in much the same way as a violinist would wiggle their finger stopping the string to produce vibrato.

The European curved-style pan flute was popularized by the Romanian musician Gheorghe Zamfir, who toured extensively and recorded many albums of pan flute music in the 1970’s, and by several other artists who began recording at the same time. Today there are thousands of devoted players across Europe, Asia and the Americas. Both the curved and traditional South American variations are also very popular in Peruvian traditional groups and other Andean music.

October 24th, 2009

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Flute/woodwind instrument used in cuban/latino music?

In a good deal of Cuban music I hear there’s almost always this high-pitched sounding flute/woodwind instrument — it’s present in a lot of latin jazz as well. So my question is: what is this instrument? Is it the common flute, a Spanish flute (?), or some other instrument? If you know what this instrument is, please by all means, enlighten me. Thanks!

like a pan flute?

October 24th, 2009

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