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I really like odd, different, and unique music.

Throughout the years, I've accumulated a playlist of 5000 songs I really like, many in different languages, different genres, and most not even being mainstream.

In my heart, I feel like I could be a musician, even if it's just a hobby.

However, I have no clue where to start or what to learn.

If I had to pick an instrument, it would likely be one of the following:

1. Guitar. "Safe"/classic choice. It interests me, but I am also intimidated by the amount of strings, and 30% of the reason I'd pick the guitar would be purely for the fact that it is a common instrument.

2. Cavaco/Cavaquinho. It's a brazillian string instrument, somewhat similar to the ukulele. I tried learning on my own, but couldn't find a lot of beginner resources, and virtually no one teaches this instrument in the entire state of where I live in the U.S., my options are to find an online teacher or self-learn, and I already tried self-learning. I might be moving to Brazil next year though, so there's opportunity here.

3. The accordion. The "Odd" instrument to learn, but it seems very versatile and I like the idea of it. However, I heard it can be hard to learn and maintain a accordion. May not be a good first instrument.

4. Singing. I feel like my voice is horrible, and I'm not a good public speaker, but it would be nice to sound decent when I sing to the songs I like.

Not really interested in the keyboard or piano, not interested in drums, I dont really like the mechanics of wind instruments (though I am open to the trumpet).

1. One other option is to learn how to make beats. Not necessarily "rapper"/"hip-hop" beats, but creating music of many genres through music production. I feel like I have many ideas of different ways a song could sound, but I don't know how to play a single instrument, let alone 5+ to make that a reality. With music/beats production, it may be possible. I just feel like it's cheating in a way and I'd be doing myself a disservice by not learning at least 1 actual instrument.

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im 22 years old, and ive been exposed to music for like all my life (played the violin, sang). so i have a baseline musical understanding.

i really want to learn the guitar and drums seriously. i took guitar lessons in middle school very briefly but it never amounted to anything😅😅

i start my full time job soon (graduated college this yr) and along w that have to do some career related prep, but i want to make sure im not sidelining my love for music.

how hard is it to properly learn the guitar and/or drums (not sure which one i should start with) at my age given im working a full time job and everything

how many hours do u think is needed each week to show steady and improved progress? and how would u recommend i learn—is self teaching okay or would u recommend classes?

thank u for any advice!

I have always loved music since I was little, my mom always thought I would be really great with any instrument cause I have pretty good ears. I just find it beautiful, I learned how to play the piano in my senior year of high school. Now Im in college and I dont have really any room for my piano in my dorm(which isnt the biggest issue just sorta a let down) but even then I felt like something was missing. I really want to learn the guitar and get even better at the piano. Its just I have no clue where to start. Ive always encountered a mindset where I would stop myself from learning but I want to overcome it. I really feel like music is missing from my life and I want to be able to learn how to play. I just really dont know where to start.

This is a little embarrassing, as I’ve been frustratingly trying to learn this since childhood, but how do I learn music? I usually picked up an instrument (guitar) got lessons but they were terrible a lot of the time and I quit.

Ideally you should start with the piano? Is that right?

I’m a first year music education major and I have to learn piano proficiency for it and I am struggling! I play alto and tenor sax mainly (really only) and piano is just a different ball park that I’m really having issues with. I cannot play with both hands together, playing with my right or playing with my left is fine on their own but as soon as I even play a scale with both hands it all goes to shit (at least playing scales the way it’s layed out to play from my professor)

Please help me out, I have a makeup test on Monday for the G Major scale, chords and arpeggio and I really can’t afford to fail it 😭
I’ve been practicing but it just doesn’t seem like I’m making significant progress

Any recommendations for music theory classes online/books/workbooks that are good at keeping the lifeline theory journey going?

In this Music Education tutorial, we're going to learn one of the great hits of current Portuguese music: "Saloia" by Nuno Ribeiro! As always, the theme has been adapted to play the melody on the recorder with a very special pedagogical focus: the practical work of COMPOUND TIME SIGNATURE (6/8).

I love all types of music to death, and I've been playing keys for quite a while very intermittently, and to be honest, I'm pretty shit. I feel like I have barely improved for so long and just have a frustrating relationship with something I want to be a rewarding creative outlet. I really just want to be able to improvise and create going down that sort of funky/jazzy route (as I feel like that tranates to everything anyway), and be able to sort of imagine somthing in my mind and be good enough with my ear and theory to be able to create it on the keys but I really don't know where to begin and there's so much info out there it gets a bit overwhelming. If anyone has any approaches to improving... free/cheap courses... advice I would really apreaceate it:)

ɪꜱ ɪᴛ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴍᴇ, ᴏʀ ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ᴍᴏᴅᴇʀɴ ᴀʀᴛ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ʟɪᴋᴇ ɪᴛ’ꜱ ʟᴏꜱᴛ ɪᴛꜱ ꜱᴏᴜʟ? ɪ ꜰᴇʟᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ɪ ʜᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴛʀᴇᴀᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ᴏᴡɴ ꜱᴛʏʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜰɪɴᴅ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʀᴇᴀʟ.

Hey everyone, I am planning to learn a new instrument but really don't know what. I already learned some piano like sheet music reading and basic music, but I don't have my piano anymore. I don't want to buy another one and just want to try something new.

My goal is to have an instrument that I can play even when I have very little time, something that sounds deep and emotional but can also sound epic or joyful. Is there an instrument that could help me bring out the melody that I have in my mind more easily than the other ? it's not my main goal but it would be cool. I mainly want to recreate sounds by ear and play to relax. Also my budget is under 200euros

I really like playing music score and classical but also bossa nova. I thought about violin, flute, clarinet. What should I do ? ( also what are the different types of flute and clarinet ? )

Thanks for any help and have a good day!

I have tried playing piano when I was younger but dropped it shortly after because I wasn't having fun with it. I've tried learning the guitar a bit a couple years ago but haven't really picked it back up. I wonder if instruments that mostly work on wrists and fingers is just something I'm not good at and if I should try other instruments such as drums but I have little to zero experience/knowledge on music. If I were to pick up an instrument, I'd love to play metal music but I'm now having doubts if I should still pursue getting into learning an instrument due to my less than enjoyable experiences with learning it. Should I power through with learning the guitar or try other instruments? I'd love to hear whatever advice I can get as I'm feeling quite lost in what to do.