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I'd love to learn a brass instrument. I've done piano, strings (cello) and woodwind (oboe) so have a gap. What's best to go for if you want to make a tolerable noise reasonably quickly?
French horn probably makes the least worst sound... I remember my beginning years of playing the oboe and tenor sax...was told I sounded like a dying duck! I didn't put the garbage out for several weeks, I was that miffed!
It can be...it's hard to say. Also its mouthpiece is quite small though it's not too hard to get a reasonable sound on it.
I'd find trombone rather challenging with the different positions for the pitches...though handy if you have a good ear...and a long arm for seventh position is a bit of a reach!
I took trumpet lessons in my last year of school because I had passed all my exams but was too young for uni. I was always flat. However, I had the edge on the rest of the school band becayse i knew I was flat. They made me first trumpet 😂😂
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