What is the hardest instrument to play?

paul_c2

What's easiest then? Bass guitar?

paul_c2

axisus said:

vasselmeyer said:

Hammered dulcimer

The pissed lute and the Rat-arsed harpsichord can also be difficult to handle.

Bizarrely, "they" say that the triangle is one of the hardest percussion instruments in an orchestra - contrary to its basic stereotype, the parts for triangle are often complex and advanced.

koneguitarist

IMHO the pedal steel guitar. Sorry but you need all limbs, and in depth knowledge of notes that make up chords for various voicing support as you raise and lower pitch of strings with feet and knees. 

koneguitarist

Winny_Pooh said:

Bastardly complex when taken to its extremes:
Piano

Piano is one up from drums,  your still hitting things, but gotta be more accurate!   ;-)

Sporky

Plus you're probably playing country...

koneguitarist

EricTheWeary

Yes,  my eldest son being reasonably good at clarinet was given free bassoon lessons and free instrument hire because they were desperate for anyone to play one to a competent standard in the schools Orchestra. Not that he actually managed it. 

UnclePsychosis said:

Of the "standard" orchestral instruments its almost certainly the Oboe or Bassoon. 

I played in a lot of orchestral groups when I was younger and competent Oboists and Bassoonists were very hard to find. And it wasn't because they just don't exist---there were quite a lot of players, just not that many good ones.  

Teetonetal

paul_c2 said:

What's easiest then? Bass guitar?

Yes, you can get away with not needing to do very much at all.

EricTheWeary

Teetonetal said:

paul_c2 said:

What's easiest then? Bass guitar?

Yes, you can get away with not needing to do very much at all.

Sassafras

Piano is really difficult to play well and you try getting it in the car for gigs.
Chromatic harmonica is no piece of cake either.
Drums I find impossible to play to any decent standard apart from keeping a steady beat.

shamus26

octatonic said:

Don't google "tromboning" with the safety filter off.
Or do... I don't care, really.

Classic !!!,LOL,HaHaHa !!!

shamus26

When I was a kid I found that playing on the Linoleum came naturally.

BahHumbug

Theremin?
onde-martineau?

kjdowd

Glass harmonica. Oh no, hang on, that's the stupidest.

ToneControl

Pink trombone

Aidanspaghetti

For me its an Axe fx or anything with more than 8 buttons. =(

Dominic

full size harp

AliGorie

Flanging_Fred said:

I think the Uilleann pipes and sitar are supposed to be hard (especially at the same time!)

Sporky

I've had an apostrophe.

The hardest instrument to play is also the funniest instrument - of my own invention - the trombazoodian.

Max_b3

Chromatic Harmonica? or Guitar like Tommy Emmanuel !!