Post by: nevwyn on June 16, 2003, 04:07:45 pm
I love music played on a fiddle/violin or the pipes but I've priced bagpipes a few months back and if I had that kind of cash laying around I've a car.
I'd prefer to learn something that doesn't interfere with my ability to sing as I love to do that. But its not that important. I wish I had put effort into learning how to play a guitar those many years ago. Course at the time I was trying to learn it upside down as I'm left handed but I just didn't put the effort into it at then time.
Post by: Kattywampus on June 16, 2003, 07:45:37 pm
Cute icon, btw.
Post by: Hamu on June 16, 2003, 11:45:05 pm
| Quote (Kattywampus @ June 16 2003, 7:45 pm) |
| Man, I'd get a keyboard, if I were you. |
I was thinking the exact same thing. You can play a keyboard with either of your hands, or you could play with both!
Post by: MadDawg276 on June 17, 2003, 01:06:25 am
| Quote (nevwyn @ June 16 2003, 3:07 pm) |
| I wish I had put effort into learning how to play a guitar those many years ago. Course at the time I was trying to learn it upside down as I'm left handed but I just didn't put the effort into it at then time. |
So why not pick up a left handed guitar and learn how to play.
MadDawg276
Post by: nevwyn on June 17, 2003, 09:20:20 am
| Quote |
| So why not pick up a left handed guitar and learn how to play. |
generally because I can't afford to most of the time. that and the fact that I never think of it.
Post by: on June 18, 2003, 11:04:45 am
Post by: Drake Blackpaw on June 18, 2003, 01:39:30 pm
| Quote (nevwyn @ June 16 2003, 4:07 pm) |
| Course at the time I was trying to learn it upside down as I'm left handed but I just didn't put the effort into it at then time. |
I use my left hand for everything except one thing; I play guitar right handed. It was the way I was trained, and now I find it quite natural. My picking isn't as fast as some, but I'm very good at stuff that takes finesse with my fretting hand like bends.
Keyboards and guitar are usually considered the easiest to pick up. Bass is a good instrument also.
You mentioned you couldn't afford a left handed guitar. I was in a shop Sunday where they had a left handed strat on sale for less than $200.00. Doesn't have great pickups, but definitely a playable guitar. Electric guitar prices have plummetted since the market has been flooded by decent, low cost guitars from Korea.
If you decide to get a guitar and want to try guitar and want equipment advice, send me an email. If you go the keyboard route, I'm sure others on here will steer you towards something decent in your price range.
Just remember, it's suppose to be fun.
Drake
Post by: on June 19, 2003, 02:24:55 pm
Post by: Kattywampus on June 20, 2003, 10:04:19 am
| Quote (MidnightDragon @ June 19 2003, 2:24 pm) |
| Can you imagine playing something that bored you? I think I have done thazt once. I nearly passed out to my own music. Cant remember clearly...ahh the days of banging two pieces of wood together. *Grins* |
..Hahaha, I played claves, too! =^_^=
Post by: Kattywampus on June 20, 2003, 10:07:53 am
| Quote (Drake Blackpaw @ June 18 2003, 1:39 pm) |
| Keyboards and guitar are usually considered the easiest to pick up. Bass is a good instrument also. You mentioned you couldn't afford a left handed guitar. I was in a shop Sunday where they had a left handed strat on sale for less than $200.00. Doesn't have great pickups, but definitely a playable guitar. Electric guitar prices have plummetted since the market has been flooded by decent, low cost guitars from Korea. |
Ohhh YEAH I forgot about bass. ..I wanna get into that, myself. Folks seem to pick that up fairly easy as well. Especially if you have a good ear for music, you should do alright.
So yeah... pick up some bass!
..or a General MIDI compatable keyboard. There are a ton of progs out on the web that can teach you how to play piano through MIDI. And these days, you can find a more than decent one for right around $100.
..and you know, it's interesting that left-handed instruments are so rare, especially when you consider that most creative people...artists and musicians.... are lefties! (except me)
Post by: on June 29, 2003, 11:13:32 am
Simply put, guitar is over played, over rated, and most people spend their time modeling after other peoples music just to learn how to play and mess up their fingers. Ugh, uncomfortable, yes, but easy enough to pick up once you learn riffs and cords. Dont expect Mozart from it though.
Another handy set of tools, all be it more expensive, are the drums. You could probably see over fifty or so various sorts of them in a local music store. From hand drums to electric drums..they have it all AND can play music now as well as keep rythem. Very awsome.
BTW did you pick something yet?
Post by: nevwyn on June 29, 2003, 01:48:15 pm
mind you I was visiting my uncles this weekend, he has a set of pan pipes. I remember wanting to learn how to play those at one point might see about getting a set.
Post by: on July 01, 2003, 04:51:43 am
Post by: nevwyn on July 01, 2003, 10:19:43 am
on the plus side I found a set of bagpipes called kitchen pipes that are like a quarter of the price of the huge pipes so that's an option too. woot!
