What is an easy instrument to learn? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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My hand joints are getting better finally and I wanna learn an instrument. The thing is, I'm dumb and have struggled really badly with reading music in the past.

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[-] lurch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Theremin

Pan flute

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 7 points 5 months ago

Theremin is about as low impact on the joints as you can get. That's for sure.

[-] Drummyralf@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Posted this somewhere else too, but saying Theremin is easy is just crazy. It is one of, if not THE most precise instrument there is.

The pitch can vary per session if you happen to have different CLOTHES on. It is that precise. Carolina Eyck on Youtube has some great videos about the basics. She shows how complicated playing tonally is with a Theremin.

Easy to have fun with though, but playing along with other music is really hard. You need very good ears to succesfully play a Theremin

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