The GLW plays recorder and can't cope with a whistle; not enough holes.Definitely plus one for the (much maligned) recorder.
I play whistle; badly, and can't cope with a recorder; too many holes - !

The GLW plays recorder and can't cope with a whistle; not enough holes.Definitely plus one for the (much maligned) recorder.
Gotta question. Sometimes I hear the term 'grade 8' at the piano/violin/French horn. What's grade 8? Is it 'A' level standard? I want my son to get one. He can learn a fun instrument like the guitar or banjo if he wants, but I want him to learn something serious too.
Utter waste of time if the pupil ends up hating music because they weren't allowed just to enjoy themselves.
Why is guitar not serious, I think it's one of the hardest instruments to master, & is used in a hell of a lot of musical genres. not just chugging power chords in a metal bandHe can learn a fun instrument like the guitar or banjo if he wants, but I want him to learn something serious too.
That's why I chose something random for my next degree. I had considered music, but being a multi-instrumentallist I was keen to not risk ending up hating the subject through being forced down avenues that might not have interested me.
He needs to be a multi-instrumentalist then. Business on the harpsichord, party on the cello.
Bass and mandolin are my main instruments and I practice daily, but I also play guitar, mandola, octave mandolin, Irish bouzouki and balalaika.
I can play double bass but don't own one, and can just about make a noise with a violin, but again don't own one.
Im thinking of getting my hands on a cittern and having a crack at it.
That has a wonderful tone.
I have oft thought of the lute as well, but with 19 different commonly used tunings that's a rabbit hole from which I might never re emerge.
Gotta question. Sometimes I hear the term 'grade 8' at the piano/violin/French horn. What's grade 8? Is it 'A' level standard? I want my son to get one. He can learn a fun instrument like the guitar or banjo if he wants, but I want him to learn something serious too.
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...