I'm from a family of all wind instruments and I feel like they are more complex. Both hands, plus breathing! Now, bagpipes trump all, because you're breathing and playing but not really together...just blowing up the bag, not bursting out breath notes. That seems complex to me. Plus they march too!

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Anonymous wrote:My brother is a professional musician and he's convinced that playing reed instruments causes brain damage -- he says that it causes pressure in the brain that leads to craziness. He has no scientific support for the theory that I know of -- he has drawn this conclusion based on the large number of crazy reed players he's met. So the answer is yes - string instruments are better for the brain -- based on my unsupported data.

Haha! Best post right here.

Ack! My saxophone playing kid has enough issues to start with!

Children should pick the instrument they are drawn to, no question. Otherwise they won't want to practice every day!

To answer your question, OP, in certain circles, classical music is the most prestigious music, and in that realm, there is a clear hierarchy of instruments, violin being at the top. To be fair, it's also one of the hardest instrument to learn, if not the hardest.

I know - I am surrounded by classical musicians and I love classical music myself.

Pretty sure this is a master troll

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My brother is a professional musician and he's convinced that playing reed instruments causes brain damage -- he says that it causes pressure in the brain that leads to craziness. He has no scientific support for the theory that I know of -- he has drawn this conclusion based on the large number of crazy reed players he's met. So the answer is yes - string instruments are better for the brain -- based on my unsupported data.

Haha! Best post right here.

+1

Made me laugh

Anonymous wrote:My brother is a professional musician and he's convinced that playing reed instruments causes brain damage -- he says that it causes pressure in the brain that leads to craziness. He has no scientific support for the theory that I know of -- he has drawn this conclusion based on the large number of crazy reed players he's met. So the answer is yes - string instruments are better for the brain -- based on my unsupported data.

Haha! Best post right here.

This thread is hilarious and depressing, and I hate that I’m reading it with interest. This might be the post that has most made me feel that something is deeply wrong with raising children today, here.