My hand joints are getting better finally and I wanna learn an instrument. The thing is, I’m dumb and have struggled really badly with reading music in the past.

  • Brkdncr@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Trombone.

    You don’t need to learn finger combinations like on most brass and woodwinds, nor chords like piano and other string instruments. Just the 7 positions the slide can be at. Blow a raspberry and the note comes out.

    Trumpet is similar but a lot easier to store and transport. Also those three valves are pretty much the same amongst other brass instruments like French horn, baritone, tuba, etc. so you can move between instruments if you choose.

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      6 months ago

      As someone who could never get used to just kinda eyeballing where a note is supposed to be, I strongly disagree about the trombone.

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        6 months ago

        You could have marked your slide, but also if you can’t hear when a note isn’t right you’re doing music on hard mode.

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          6 months ago

          The problem with hearing when a note isn’t right is that by the time you hear it you’ve already played it…