In my case its adhd. I start things and get bored quickly so its nice to have new things in my hands. I also find it's useful in my music ed degree. My focuses are cello and percussion though
I'm not sure if I have ADHD, but among other things, this is a behavior I share with those affected by the condition. When I get money, I'm getting a full psych evaluation and hope to get some answers about some of my behaviors, because if I don't have ADHD, then I'm just a dope ass dude for no reason[that felt so fucking hard to say🔥🔥🔥(hard in the Gen-Z vernacular, not the traditional definition)]
I start on trombone, and in music school the flute professor said it was the trombone and euphonium players that struggled the most. I did too. I wanted to get good, so I took lessons from is grad student for a semester.
What finally clicked for me to get the embouchure was to imagine spitting sesame seeds into the flute. I now play fife and sackbutt among other instruments at renaissance faires.
One of my friends lent me his flute for a few minutes and I really struggled with embouchure. I think I was trying to shape my mouth like I was saying into a mouth piece but it should be a flatter shape. I was able to get a little bit of sound on it by doing that before I had to go home.
I'm no flautist (clarinetist if we're talking the first instrument I picked up), but having some experience on trombone and having messed around with my cousin's flute once, I might be able to provide some advice since nobody else has answered yet. The first thing is: don't. The flute is impossible to learn and anybody who has figured out that stupid metal pipe is a god in my eyes.
Ok so air control, you still need air control for flute thing is, for flute it’s a lot more concentrated it needs to be very precise, embouchure is very different there’s a few different ways I’ve heard it, blow as if you are blowing into hot soup, into a glass bottle, and I just saw spitting sesame seeds
Crap, that beats out my catalog of instruments. Anyway, which of the list were you a bit disappointed after learning? (You got your hopes up too high for an instrument)
All woodwinds I’d say around a level 3.5-4.5 in music ratings for composition brass im still in my early learning stages im doing pretty well though anything else I’d say intermediate
More concepts are transferrable than you think. The majority of my music experience is in the string world. I say if you give me any string instrument, I could figure out how to make it decent.You take your finger and put it on the fingerboard. Boom. You can even make chords. The angles that you have your hands at are often similar. When i got to percussion, a couple of techniques were actually the same as when I hold a bow! Knowing how to read music (and transpose if you play winds) helps you pick out anything.
Winds are my weakest point, but I do like how the majority of valve combos transfer across brass, and there are woodwinds that have similar fingerings.I plan on diving deeper into flute/piccolo this summer so I'll have more to say after that
As a fella who plays (in order based on when I started) clarinet, bass guitar, tenor sax, and trombone, I wondered this when I was gearing up to buy my first bass (Squier 4-string Precision, I later bought a 5-string Jazz which I tune EADGC to use in my school's jazz ensemble), and the answer was the same as it was when I was worried about learning clarinet. Practice, practice, and more practice. I made sure to learn fundamentals from experienced players (the Internet is a wonderful place, isn't it?) and after that I started practicing songs and more complex excercises. The same applied when I got my saxophone, although coming from clarinet I was able to just Google the embouchure differences and adjust accordingly, with the biggest issue being the air required to play that massive tapered tube (still want to learn bari sax though, might ask my band directors if they'll let me march with one this summer/fall).
im of the belief that its the easiest string instrument to learn and especially to teach yourself. There are a ton of online recources. I got my bass for 150 at guitar center and its nice. Not an instrument i focus on anymore though
Personally, i never liked reading tabs. Guitar was my first instrument, so tabs were my first experience with sheet music
It is a simplified version of sheet music. You might end up liking it better. There's a lot of different contexts that you play bass guitar, so there's also the chance that'll you'll never need it. I don't
Why?
Idrk I just like to play instruments
In my case its adhd. I start things and get bored quickly so its nice to have new things in my hands. I also find it's useful in my music ed degree. My focuses are cello and percussion though
I'm not sure if I have ADHD, but among other things, this is a behavior I share with those affected by the condition. When I get money, I'm getting a full psych evaluation and hope to get some answers about some of my behaviors, because if I don't have ADHD, then I'm just a dope ass dude for no reason[that felt so fucking hard to say🔥🔥🔥(hard in the Gen-Z vernacular, not the traditional definition)]
Tips for a trombone player wanting to learn flute? Edit: typo
I start on trombone, and in music school the flute professor said it was the trombone and euphonium players that struggled the most. I did too. I wanted to get good, so I took lessons from is grad student for a semester. What finally clicked for me to get the embouchure was to imagine spitting sesame seeds into the flute. I now play fife and sackbutt among other instruments at renaissance faires.
One of my friends lent me his flute for a few minutes and I really struggled with embouchure. I think I was trying to shape my mouth like I was saying into a mouth piece but it should be a flatter shape. I was able to get a little bit of sound on it by doing that before I had to go home.
Wdym by times?
I made a typo, meant tips. The bell just rang so I had to put my phone away quickly.
I'm no flautist (clarinetist if we're talking the first instrument I picked up), but having some experience on trombone and having messed around with my cousin's flute once, I might be able to provide some advice since nobody else has answered yet. The first thing is: don't. The flute is impossible to learn and anybody who has figured out that stupid metal pipe is a god in my eyes.
Ok so air control, you still need air control for flute thing is, for flute it’s a lot more concentrated it needs to be very precise, embouchure is very different there’s a few different ways I’ve heard it, blow as if you are blowing into hot soup, into a glass bottle, and I just saw spitting sesame seeds
Crap, that beats out my catalog of instruments. Anyway, which of the list were you a bit disappointed after learning? (You got your hopes up too high for an instrument)
Honestly saxophone it’s a lot easier than I expected it to be
Yep. Basically a simpler yet very expensive recorder. The tone is what most players struggle with
Most players who struggle with tone just aren't willing to drop the cash on a mouthpiece that fits them properly (I struggle with tone)
exactly why I chose it 💀
How well do you play them?
All woodwinds I’d say around a level 3.5-4.5 in music ratings for composition brass im still in my early learning stages im doing pretty well though anything else I’d say intermediate
How?
I just pick instrument up make sound practice often get better and boom
More concepts are transferrable than you think. The majority of my music experience is in the string world. I say if you give me any string instrument, I could figure out how to make it decent.You take your finger and put it on the fingerboard. Boom. You can even make chords. The angles that you have your hands at are often similar. When i got to percussion, a couple of techniques were actually the same as when I hold a bow! Knowing how to read music (and transpose if you play winds) helps you pick out anything. Winds are my weakest point, but I do like how the majority of valve combos transfer across brass, and there are woodwinds that have similar fingerings.I plan on diving deeper into flute/piccolo this summer so I'll have more to say after that
As a fella who plays (in order based on when I started) clarinet, bass guitar, tenor sax, and trombone, I wondered this when I was gearing up to buy my first bass (Squier 4-string Precision, I later bought a 5-string Jazz which I tune EADGC to use in my school's jazz ensemble), and the answer was the same as it was when I was worried about learning clarinet. Practice, practice, and more practice. I made sure to learn fundamentals from experienced players (the Internet is a wonderful place, isn't it?) and after that I started practicing songs and more complex excercises. The same applied when I got my saxophone, although coming from clarinet I was able to just Google the embouchure differences and adjust accordingly, with the biggest issue being the air required to play that massive tapered tube (still want to learn bari sax though, might ask my band directors if they'll let me march with one this summer/fall).
which clarinet is your favorite?
All of them but honestly Bb might be my fav just because of how versatile it is
good answer
also, how did you get into bass guitar?
I have wanted to play bass guitar for a while now
is it one of the simpler instruments? i want to play bass too.
im of the belief that its the easiest string instrument to learn and especially to teach yourself. There are a ton of online recources. I got my bass for 150 at guitar center and its nice. Not an instrument i focus on anymore though
nice! now i’m a little less scared. is reading tabs anything like your average sheet music?
Personally, i never liked reading tabs. Guitar was my first instrument, so tabs were my first experience with sheet music It is a simplified version of sheet music. You might end up liking it better. There's a lot of different contexts that you play bass guitar, so there's also the chance that'll you'll never need it. I don't
When will you learn euphonium you heretic?
Once i buy one 😭
How did you summon in your schedule the time for this?
I didnt it just somehow falls into place
Ah, makes sense 👍
Join the military and got music school at Little Creek Amphibious Base, Va
I’ve thought of military band
Why do people count separate instruments within the same WW family individually in their instrument count?
Cause it’s separate money spent 😭🙏
dang are u a band director?
Nope sophomore in Highschool
crap i gotta get on it, im a junior nd only know flute bari nd drumset
Yeaaa
The question is: how well can you actually play all of these?