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Kradrats
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Posted: 2005-09-04 06:19 CEST | |
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In your opinion, whats the hardest instrument? I'd say trumpet, but meh, thats the only instrument I play. |
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towny
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Posted: 2005-09-04 06:31 CEST | |
| 12-string guitar. That would be crazy. | ||
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IvanTheRed
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Posted: 2005-09-04 07:27 CEST | |
| I hear 12 string is the exact same thing as 6 string it just produces a better sound correct me if I'm wrong and all instruments have pros and cons. I might say that piano is the hardest I've ever tried because your left hand doesn't become very coordinated from holding your trumpet while the right operate valves... | ||
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skaman31689
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Posted: 2005-09-04 07:35 CEST | |
My trumpet teacher says, and I wholeheartedly agree, that the trupet is the most physically demanding instrument there is. I mean, can you think of any other that may be more difficult... trumpet gets the highest and would therefore require the most strength making it, in our opinions, the hardest to play. Some could disagree though.
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widby
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Posted: 2005-09-04 14:36 CEST | |
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personnally, i think the didjeridoo. its all fine being able to get a good tone. the hard part is playing it the way ti should be played for minute after minute. circular breathing ive found really hard and without that you can't play the didj properly. also there arent any keys or valves or stings to get the sounds. its all in the the lungs, throat and lips to get the tones. very demanding. mind u trupet sounds hard... |
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marty
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Posted: 2005-09-04 19:32 CEST | |
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Circular breathing is very easy once you get it, and it's not that hard to learn either. For me, piano is damn hard because my I have almost NO dexterity in my hands (except pretty much my 3 valve fingers). But trumpet is damn hard too. |
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skabone
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Posted: 2005-09-04 23:10 CEST | |
in my opinion playing the trombone is really demanding, esspecialy to play the high fast jazz stuff. with the trombone you constanty have to tounge, but with the trumpet or what ever, you can just hit the valves and play legato, and trombone is a pretty big instrument with a big moughpeice compared to a trumpet 
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marty
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Posted: 2005-09-05 03:09 CEST | |
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A trumpet player has to tounge almost just as much as a trombone player, or else he'll sound like a drunk. You'd be surprised how easy tounging is once you get used to it. |
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skeevysteevies
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Posted: 2005-09-05 17:28 CEST | |
| I think that the piano is the hardest instrument. You use both hands to play two different parts and thats tough. Once you learn one brass instrument you can play them all and thats why I think that the trumpet or trombone or tuba arent the hardest instrument to learn. | ||
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FunkyMiles
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Posted: 2005-09-06 01:33 CEST | |
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Out of the brass family, Trumpet. Overall, trumpet, violin, oboe, and piano are the most difficult instruments to play. |
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Kixitron
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Posted: 2005-09-07 06:14 CEST | |
| This might be the High School band geek coming out of me, but oh well. I play trumpet and thats it, it can be difficult at times, but from what i've heard from others, the french horn is hard to play if you consider playing notes in tune. But i've never had any experience playing it myself. | ||
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Kradrats
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Posted: 2005-09-08 03:24 CEST | |
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Yea, I heard that french horn notes are very close together and its hard to know which one you're hitting. Or something like that... |
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Kradrats
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Posted: 2005-09-08 03:26 CEST | |
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Sorry for the double post. Skaman, you're right. I've been trying to hit and hold a c3 for so long. My trumpet teacher gave me slurs and it helps but Its really really hard. I don't know if trumpet is the hardest instrument, but its safe to say that its pretty damn hard. |
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Kevin
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Posted: 2005-09-08 23:10 CEST | |
| Although the sax is pretty damn easy to start playing, it definately has lots of challenges. Firstly there is always more stuff you can do with the sax because it is very versitile and you can have some mad fun doing so. The basics are fairly easy, except begininers suck at dynamics and tuning. I also find it takes a fair bit of time to learn how to get a 'nice' sound out of and avoid unwanted things such as squeeks and airyness. Those things are not terribly hard to conquere but then you meet things like vibrato and altissimo (both of which I cannot do...yet, but I can growl and thuck tongue which makes me happy) Basically, all I'm adding is that good sax is pretty hard but the sax in general is not hard to learn. I also hear that the oboe is a bitch to play with the double reed. | ||
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Kevin
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Posted: 2005-09-08 23:14 CEST | |
| Well actually, now that I think of it, all instruments have their challenges so I dont think there is one hardest instrument. Flutes need alot of support, french horn is hard to play in tune, sax is hard to get a strong full sound...etc, etc. From my experience, I found trombone wasn't terribly hard untill 6th and 7th position when I guessed the placement and probably played horrible out of tune. Basically all instruments can be a bitch to learn but its worth it. | ||
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KdubbstheTrombonist
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Posted: 2005-09-10 18:49 CEST | |
| the trumpet is the highest brass, and the only reason that is, is because its the smallest. it has nothing to do with how much strenght you need to play it. i mean come on, with trombone you need to be just as strong, the only reason it sounds lower is because its at least 3 times the size of a trumpet. and you have to be moving your slide at the same rate you'd have to push down a valve? i mean come one, im not saying anyone instrument is the hardest but trumpet cant be it | ||
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jannellevdb
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Posted: 2005-09-11 00:55 CEST | |
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first of all, if everyone DID try to play every instrument, results wouldnt be the same. i cant make a sound on the clarinet. so thats the hardest instrument for me. and supposively a trumpet players lips fall apart fastest.. |
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bluesmaster101
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Posted: 2005-09-12 23:44 CEST | |
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well i would think out of the brass section the french horn, and you guys have it wrong the only reason french horn players miss notes alot is because their mouthpiece is what? an inch wide? they have the smallest mouthpiece so their lips have to be almost perfectly in place rather than the tuba which has a smaller chance of missing the note because their lips dont have to be spot on ALL the time. but thats just me |
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Skek
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Posted: 2005-09-13 01:16 CEST | |
| I have heard many people say that the harp is likely the most difficult, and watching the harpist at my school play, that sounds entirely possible. | ||
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Kevin
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Posted: 2005-09-13 02:45 CEST | |
Skek wrote:I have heard many people say that the harp is likely the most difficult, and watching the harpist at my school play, that sounds entirely possible. The harp is also freaking expensive. The basic harps are thousands upon thousands of dollars and then you get into pedal harps and such...oh man. but that has nothing to do about the difficulty, just a side note. |
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Skek
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Posted: 2005-09-15 22:52 CEST | |
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Yeah, a harp costs a fortune. But I can't even imagine the co-ordination it takes to use the pedals and keep track of all the string at the same time, and yet it sounds so simple and beautiful. Theremin is also notoriously difficult, yo! |
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Asian Man
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Posted: 2005-09-19 01:38 CEST | |
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BluesMaster, The french horn doesn't exactly have the smallest mouthpiece. Sure the rim of it is like less than a centimeter but usually the inner diameter of it is bigger than us trumpets. That's also not totally true about Tuba, just because they have such a big mouthpiece doesn't mean they have a bigger comfort zone than trumpet. French Horn has the biggest chance to miss a note because the partials are very close together even in the middle range of it, not because of the mouthpiece size. Also to that other person that replied, trombone is only 2x the size of the trumpet. |
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andy
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Posted: 2005-10-13 21:40 CEST | |
| I normally play the trumpet, and i have played the trombone before, and the trombone is much easier to hit the high notes, but i think it would be hard to move your hands that fast to hit every note in fast songs. | ||
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Biff
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Posted: 2005-10-14 05:59 CEST | |
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I can say with experience that embrouchure-wise, trumpet is hardest for brass, while tuba is the most lung-demanding to play especially if you want to get into the lower register (or the higher register for that matter). the french horn's notes are harder to differentiate, but once you get used to it the embrouchure is not too terribly difficult. for woodwind, double-reeded instruments are difficult for embrouchure, and bassoons/contrabassoons require massive air AND circular breathing. very touchy stuff. there's a saying i like to use about saxophone. it's easy to play, but hard to play WELL. any grade 6 student can pick up a saxophone and squawk out a note or too and call himself a saxophonist, but it takes talent and skill (and lots of practice) to be able to play well, with good tone and with fleet fingers. as well, the lower the saxophone, the harder it is to play fast because the pads have to be further away from the saxophone, and have to be larger, requiring more hand strength and more speed. alto players have got it easy in that respect. not to say that alto is not difficult, it is one of the easiest saxophones to pick up and play. but that reiterates back to my previous saxophone point. can you guess which instruments I play? all of them (minus contrabassoon. unless you've got mad cash or you inherit one, odds are you'll never play one). i'll shut up now... |
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trumpet_gal
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Posted: 2005-10-14 16:00 CEST | |
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I play trumpet and it is very demanding as far as playing higher notes...but think of the other instruments...one of my friends plays french horn during marching season and trumpet during concert..she has alot of problems with the tone difference...plus i hear the flutes use alot of hair support...trumpet is pretty hard and is always demanding for higher..better...more in tune qualities...so honestly i think every instrument especially in marching band has basically the same equal problems...except for some things in each that make it a little more difficult..my beliefs every insturment starts with a basic difficulty...then add it's own unique differences and then add the ability to march and play it...there you have your own diffuculties level for every instrument...music takes talent...not everyone has talent trumpet_gal as always
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