kluczyczka (she/her)Feb 20

learning to play an instrument on your own, but how/what?

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learning to play an instrument on your own, but how/what? - tchncs

heyhey, this here might contain two questions actually. 1. got an idea, what instrument might suit me? 2. how, actually learn? # background i am not new to learng stuff by myself, mostly languages in the widest sense. the only thing i can’t really get my head around is music. i know rudimentary how to read notes, but ofc don’t really grasp what they mean. when i learned a bit about electronics, that explained a lot more about music for me. i tried to learn the recorder (bc its was there) and keyboard (bc super versatile). by now, that all didn’t work. i am a beginner. i guess that is abt how these are played. i am used to grab a book sit down in a comfy position and read. keyboards need setup and are relatively large. the recorder is small and portable, but you need a decent body position, to control your breath. i was thinking about some kind of ukulele, maybe? how do i build a habit, that works for practice?

Show threadcommie
learn the major scale. learn twinkle twinkle Little Star. learn in the hall of the mountain King. learn any other song
Feb 20 at 12:55pmWeb
Show threadkluczyczka (she/her)Feb 20
just do it? true. you forgot to say popcorn tho. ;)
Show threadcommieFeb 20

i don’t know popcorn. but i believe you will be able to find a major scale for any instrument with only rudimentary searching.

after that, twinkle twinkle is 1-1-5-5-6-6-5 4-4-3-3-2-2-1 5-5-4-4-3-3-2 5-5-4-4-3-3-2 1-1-5-5-6-6-5 4-4-3-3-2-2-1. sometimes i get fancy and end the last phrase with 2-3-1 instead but if you get comfortable enough with the scale, twinkle twinkle is a breeze.

then in the hall of the mountain king is a great way to work on precision and speed. and i truly believe if you can do that, you can buckle down and learn anything else.

i play trumpet, harmonica, ocarina, penny whistle, glockenspiel (and all other mallet percussion), and guitar. i found piano to be daunting, so maybe this advice specifically is not good for that instrument, and diatonic harmonica and penny whistle both lack some notes that might make in the hall of the mountain king difficult. i don’t know. i didn’t actually learn that tune on those instruments.

but, basically, yes. just do it.

here are some other standards: when the saints go marching in, and somewhere over the rainbow. that one’s fun because it has both an octave jump in it and a phrase with accidentals.

Show threadkluczyczka (she/her)Feb 23
i was just thinking about simple melodies, that people know, and remember. probably popcorn (yt link) isn’t in the canon of music schools?
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