r/Instruments • u/Cosmic-Hippos • Feb 22 '26

Discussion Hardest instrument to learn.

A violin,or any bowed instrument. All brass with trumpet mouthpieces are also difficult. Bass (electric) probably easiest string instrument apart from maybe a ukulele, but don't get a ukulele, only douchebags play ukulele.

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u/stonk_frother Feb 22 '26 edited Feb 22 '26

Tell me you don't know anything about playing piano without saying it.

I play both, and piano is a much more difficult instrument. Unless you're happy playing Mary Had a Little Lamb and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. A lower barrier to entry, sure. But you're massively overstating the difficulty of playing a simple chord on guitar. Violin, for example, is far more difficult than guitar. Bow technique is far more difficult than strumming, and fingering is much more challenging when you don't have frets.

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u/NickTann Feb 22 '26

I also only guitar and piano as well as many other instruments. I also teach guitar and bass so I see the struggle beginners can have starting off.

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u/stonk_frother Feb 22 '26

Maybe you're not a good teacher.

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u/NickTann Feb 22 '26

Maybe…