Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Easiest musical intrument to learn and the only one I know how to play is the radio
Seriously, I was having this discussion with my sister (who can play like 5 instruments) about my own kids learning how to play at least something suggested the brass instruments - trumpet, tuba, french horn, ect. Three valves to remember.
Yes, but she said her child couldn't carry a tune and for brass instruments you need to be able to hear pitch BECAUSE you only have 3 valves. In the woodwinds if you get the right fingers down the note will generally come out. Not the case for brass.
Just so you know, I'm a professional musician with a music ed degree.
Not a professional musician but a french horn player here (who went to undergrad on a music scholarship) ... and this comment is right on. I remember singing through plenty of exercises and solo pieces with my teacher before ever trying to play something and as a technique to work out hard parts, so the tune would be in my ear and I could play it properly on the instrument. And to give you a sense of how well-tuned your ear and embouchure need to be, on an F horn (which a typical student will start on) the C, D and E above middle C are all the same fingering, so you are just varying the speed with which your lips vibrate to hit the right note.
Thinking of band instruments, since the child is interested in playing in band, woodwinds extend to saxaphones as well flute, clarinet, oboe ... or there's drums. I know rhythm might be a problem too, but worth considering.