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Re: Hardest Instruments to Play

Author: Tom H
Date: 2020-12-14 06:08

Two things-- beginning an instrument vs. being an accomplished player.

For beginning an instrument, yes the clarinet may rank as one of the easiest. Especially if the player is say a 6th grader. The first few left hand notes are extremely easy to play right from square one, even with a decent tone. Then it gets harder.

I think becoming an accomplished player (top level, for example), they all rank the same. Each has different things to overcome and perfect, but since we all know there are like a gazillion truly great players on all the instruments, I figure they all are equally hard.

I used to solo quite a bit with a very accomplished pianist as my accompanist. She was praising my playing one time. I replied that I can't relate my playing a one line instrument where all the fingers fit exactly where they go-- compared to one where you could be playing 10 different notes at once and also have to judge interval distances. I think we were rehearsing the Nielsen, which she actually sight read well enough that you could tell what it was. HOW do pianists DO that?

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