[Dixielandjazz] hardest Instrument To Play

[rorel at aol.com]

 Exactly true, Bob. I spent a good part of my early life as a public school band teacher and I had to develop enough proficiency on all the instruments to impress a 5th grader. Each one had its own special set of difficulties. Being a pianist/brass major, I found flute difficult because the embouchure required used the muscles differently than the trombone embouchure did. But that has nothing to do with the difficulties inherent in the instrument itself. That was my own personal shortcomings.
 
 I had a hard time mastering harmonica sor some reason. Perhaps that was once again my own shortcomings. All other band instruments you only blow INTO to. The in/out breathing of the harmonica was a whole different concept. Then there's bagpipes where your breathing has nothing to do with what comes out of the instrument. That was also rather disconcerting.
 
 But if I were pressed to name the instrument with the greatest number of difficulties to overcome it would be the harp. But I suspect someday we will all become proficient at it. Well, some of us, anyways. :-)
 
 Ray Osnato
    
 -----Original Message-----
 From: robert at ringwald.com
 To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
 Sent: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 2:31 AM
 Subject: [Dixielandjazz] hardest Instrument To Play
 
  I have played many instruments over the years.  As far as I am concerned, 
each different instrument is hard to play *well in its own way.  Some 
instruments are a little easier to pick up and get a few notes out of but in 
order to play any instrument well, they are pretty much equal.


--Bob Ringwald K6YBV
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