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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My friend and I are having a debate about what instruments are the hardest and easiest to play well.  What do you think?

I think trumpet is the easiest and violin is the hardest.  I also think French horn and oboe are very hard.
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Weird, because I would say the trumpet is actually the hardest.  I have a friend who majored in music in college, specifically playing the trumpet.  If she takes a break from it for too long, it takes weeks to be able to train herself back into it again because of the particular mouth movements and such.  It's not an instrument you can just pick up and expect to be able to play what even remotely passes for music.  At least with the violin, the bow on string will actually make a musical sound.  [/quote]
This is true for all brass instruments.  You have to play or you'll lose your embouchure.

French horn has harmonics that are closer together so it's harder to hit the right note without cracking.  It requires a ton of control.  It also has a smaller mouthpiece, so smaller movements make a big difference.

Violin is hard because so many play it that it's crazy competitive.  It's certainly hard, but the level of competition takes it up a notch.[/quote]

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