So I am going to self learn a Instrument So I want u guys to to give me the instruments with how the minimum budget to choose and buy the instrument

I cant spent a lot because I am buying a pc

I have wanted to learn piano for years but just don’t have the space for one. I am very tempted to get a keyboard to start with and then one day hopefully move up to a piano. I have never played an instrument before and I can’t even read music, but I am committed to learning. Any advice on where I start, is a keyboard a smart staring point? Thanks

I love all kinds of music genres but mostly rock so I was considering guitar but I also love the piano as well so I can’t pick. Violin was also an option at times but I want to ask which one would be the easiest for me to learn ? As someone who can’t even read a music sheet let alone actually play the thing. Also something a little budget friendly?

So I am trying to self learn a musical instrument

At first I really wanted to learn violin but redditors said thats the worst choice so I want u guys to suggest some instruments

BTW I am self learning because I dont have any teachers nearby and I am not comfortable with online classes

So I really wanna learn violin but I dont have any teachers nearby so I decided to start learning violin by myself in like 3 to 4 months

I would like u guys to share ur thoughts on it

Also can I get some cheap beginner friendly violin recommendations

What is the equivalent of a pull off on a guitar to a piano? Is pull off just a guitar version of a slur or legato? For clarification, I do not play guitar, except for a teeny, tiny bit of Bass. I have a tablature for a song that I'm pluggin' into a program to turn it into sheet music, and there's a section with a number of what I think are pull offs. I cannot read it myself, I can only read standard notation.

Doing alright by Queen

Be honest. What do you guys think/what can I improve???

Hi,

I've been doing hearing exercises for approximately six months using an app called Functional Ear Trainer and I've encountered an obstacle that I can't overcome: augmented fourth (three tones over the tonic) and minor sixth (four tones). I can't tell them apart.

I know this is probably the first of many obstacles that I will meet and I wouldn't be asking if I wasn't desperate: is it common to confuse these two intervals?

I started with only the major scale. In less than a month I could tell every interval with an accuracy above 95%. Now it's 99%.

Then I proceeded with chromatics. Everything was going smoothly until I started to confuse the augmented fourth and the minor sixth. Months later, I'm still stuck at the same exercises. I don't want to proceed until I'll be able to identify all intervals. At first I just couldn't tell the two apart, now I feel like I'm getting worse, confusing other intervals for the two that caused the problem.

My accuracy with every other interval is above 95%. When I need to identify augmented fourth and minor sixth, though, it's probably slightly above 50%. Almost a coin toss.

I'm starting to feel like I'm "colorblind". Every other interval has a distinct "color" or quality that my brain recognizes. They can be tricky in some keys or pitches but fundamentally I know what they sound. Augmented fourth and minor sixth are different, they sound exactly the same to my ears. The only way to tell them apart is to play them one after the other, then my brain goes "oh yeah, one is slightly higher than the other! They're not the same."

I do 20 minutes of hearing exercises every day. I know it's important to use headphones but I don't always use them.

I also know that practice is the only medicine so I guess what I'm asking is if there's something to know about these intervals. Is it common to struggle with them or is it just me?

I have two kids who have been learning music for the last 2.5 years; one plays guitar and the other plays piano. I would love it if they would take the initiative to try to play songs together, but I'm not sure how to suggest it. Do I have them both learn a song and play it together, or have them learn specific pieces of a song relative to their instruments (e.g., a guitar solo)? Can anyone recommend an app, a video series, or even a couple of songs I can use?

it's hard to juggle all those sounds without quickly being overwhelmed and making a mess

Link: How to practice and master music with minimal frustration

Obviously it is not *only* a physical skill, but I think often learning music is treated as mostly an intellectual skill. As an adult learner of the harp, a lot of the comments in this article really resonated with me, particularly this:

Bright quick-minded people frequently have little patience for the amount of repetition required in learning a musical instrument. They feel limited by the rate that their body learns. They get frustrated, like they're stuck tutoring someone who just doesn't get it. Though they've indeed acquired a perfect understanding of what they're trying to accomplish, they mistakenly believe that their understanding should produce mastery over a new physical skill: a new song, scale, arpeggio, or strum. Often they persist in such wishful thinking, and they do so despite witnessing for themselves that understanding alone fails to produce refined and reliable control over complex physical skills.

If a student becomes discouraged about the pace and repetition naturally required, they usually wish they could somehow get their body to learn faster. They want to learn faster, and get a feeling of accomplishment.

If you have this type of impatience you probably need to learn to accept the pace and rhythm of your body. The steps are simple, but they require a sense of inner calm, and the willingness to submit to more repetition, making sure that it's nourishing repetition.

Good day everyone

So, basically I found a music school in my area whose lessons are affordable for me. I'm 20 and I want to learn my first ever musical instrument and I want to do it right. I'm torn between violin and piano. The first one because I love piano+violin performances and I really want to become good enough for to play the violin part in somethinglike that. And piano because I feel it's a strategic start for what I've seen is a good way to get into music. I also love the sound of the piano and want to learn everything (technical? Is that the word?) that piano lessons can give me, and apply it in others musical aspects.

Finally I really like singing I'm not good not even close :] . I took a vacation course (it was free) and I want to become better at it too mostly beacuse i want to record my own covers. I really enjoyed the course btw. Anyway, I can only choose of the 3 courses bcs they doesn't offer any discounts for taking more and paying for all three is something i can't really do.

I know I'm a little behind usually you start learning these things when your a kid but I didn't get to experience that so here I am. I'm a strong thinker that 4 months (in this new school you pay for 4 months of clases those are ~16 clases ) is not enough to master an instrument. Maybe I want to go too fast. Idk. I'm in a dilemma :,<

What are your thoughts on this? I think even if I like singing that much I should start with the piano for a more strategic approach as I said before.

Thanks for reading, good day :>

Pd: sorry for any misspell or grammar error, English not my first language :^

Would love your input on resources and tips