Learning a noisy musical instruments

[VinSumRox]

I recommend bagpipes.

 

[icowden]

He is only 16 months old at present. I am not sure if he will be musical or someone who can apply himself. What you say sounds like sense.

Bit early yet then :-)

Best age to start (unless you have a Mozart) is around 5. If they enjoy music you'll be able to tell a bit earlier. The number one thing to get a child interested in music is free access to instruments and music. Simple as.

From about the age of two I always went to play my uncles piano when I visited them. My grandma therefore decided we needed a piano and lessons when I was 5.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I recommend bagpipes.

I was offered a set not so long ago. I mentioned it to my neighbour and was told that she'd kill me personally if I started to learn! 🤣

I am trying to get back into playing the clarinet again (I did it at school) and I bought a (cheap) violin to try and learn, so that's plenty anyway!

 

[icowden]

I was offered a set not so long ago. I mentioned it to my neighbour and was told that she'd kill me personally if I started to learn! 🤣

Again - you can get mutes, a practice chanter etc. You can even get an electric chanter with headphones :-_

I am trying to get back into playing the clarinet again (I did it at school) and I bought a (cheap) violin to try and learn, so that's plenty anyway!

Indeed. Depending on what you want to achieve, an electric violin is much more forgiving and easier to play (in terms of tone) than an acoustic.

 

[Bazzer]

When our eldest daughter was learning the piano at home and school, we bought her an electric one with weighted keys. It solved the weight issue of an accoustic piano, as well as allowing her to practice with or without headphones. It wasn't cheap though.
There is a local bagpipe player who periodically hires during the weekend part of our village hall for his practicing.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Easy peasy - trombone and trumpet have a special gizmo called Silent Brass made by Yamaha... it's the canine's cojones. It's a mute that kills the sound escaping pretty much stone dead, but you can hear yourself sounding vaguely normal via a box of tricks. You can even take a feed out and record, but the people in the next room won't have any idea you're playing.

Sorry, it's me in the video, but... I have the thinnest walls, and the grumpiest neighbour with the most sensitive hearing, and she doesn't even know when I'm doing this...

Is that her kitchen you’ve sneaked into ? 🙃

 

[briantrumpet]

I'd never start anyone on a brass instrument before about 8yo and when the adult teeth have emerged. Before then, you can do a lot worse than a recorder, if they like a wind instrument... they can learn about tonguing and finger co-ordination, as well as reading music.

Paradoxically, though brass instruments look easy because they either have a slidey thing or just three valves, the embouchure requires the face muscles to be very very finely controlled, and TBH before about 8, a child's face muscles aren't really up to the job. Best to start when they are.