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i'm thinking about learning to play it since my parents got rid of my piano. (i hate them for doing that. seriously.) i was thinking of maybe picking up the guitar or bass because you can do that pretty easily and the low end ones are really cheap but i don't really like guitar music by itself and after listening to bass covers of things i was all meh. the violin is my second favorite instrument to listen to. (piano being the first.) i'm still torn though between the 3. with the guitar or bass i could play along to music i listen to but with the violin i could play real music. anyone have any thoughts on this?
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I play the guitar (guitar hero) :P It's fun.
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You might look at the cello, also. Dunno much about either, as I am a clarinet/bass clarinet/contrabass clarinet player myself, but I've always enjoyed a solo cello sound more than a solo violin.
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Back in middle school, I played violin. In high school, I switched to electric bass. It was a lot easier for me to pick that up than guitar. I haven't touched either in well over a decade.
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i don't want to lug a huge ass instrument around, so i refuse to take up the cello even though it sounds awesome.
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Out of all the instruments I've learned to play, my favorites are the trumpet and euphonium.
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You might also consider the viola. The viola is the "middle voice" of the strings, (sits about a perfect fifth lower than a violin), and has a much deeper darker tone.
I knew some viola players in high school that could bring you to tears with a proper solo. Of course I knew some that were so bad their scratchings would bring you to tears also.
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i like the violin better than the viola.
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Lightweight, fun to play, and you'll be a hit at parties 
http://www.davidholt.com/music/playspoons.htm
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i'm not a toothless hillbilly like you are shoobz. 
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My answer is, move out of your parents house and get your own piano. I have no idea how old you are so I have no idea if that is feasible.
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i'm too old to live with my parents but am forced to do so due to medical reasons. i can't hold down a job with my body the way it is. but i'm kind of over the piano. i'd rather pick up something new. 
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In that case I vote the mouth organ.
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Excuses, excuses...
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I play guitar. It has a volume knob which is ideal for apartment living.
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I've played the violin for 15 years. I've also played the guitar and the bass guitar for quite a long time. I have never found an instrument to be quite as rewarding and moving as the violin. There's so many types of music that you can play on it! From Schindler's list depressing to the lively A little summer music ..to operatic quality songs, mozart, pachelbel, and even more modern or contemporary pieces like that theme song to beef its whats for dinner.
It's a very difficult instrument to learn and you have to be quite dedicated. It's going to sound like garbage for a while till you really start to master it. You realllllly need a teacher to help you learn it...a point which can't be overstressed...and on that note...scales scales scales...they are everything!
Playing it solo is very fun but the feeling I got when playing with an orchestra can't effectively be conveyed in words. I guess the best thing I can say is that if the violin moves you...it's something else entirely transcending that to actually play it
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Vihs posted:
I've played the violin for 15 years. I've also played the guitar and the bass guitar for quite a long time. I have never found an instrument to be quite as rewarding and moving as the violin. There's so many types of music that you can play on it! From Schindler's list depressing to the lively A little summer music ..to operatic quality songs, mozart, pachelbel, and even more modern or contemporary pieces like that theme song to beef its whats for dinner.
It's a very difficult instrument to learn and you have to be quite dedicated. It's going to sound like garbage for a while till you really start to master it. You realllllly need a teacher to help you learn it...a point which can't be overstressed...and on that note...scales scales scales...they are everything!
Playing it solo is very fun but the feeling I got when playing with an orchestra can't effectively be conveyed in words. I guess the best thing I can say is that if the violin moves you...it's something else entirely transcending that to actually play it
could not possibly have said it better. I haven't played the violin in years but the memories I made while performing with an orchestra are some of my very fondest.
It is very easy to learn how to make music with a violin, but it's the hardest instrument in the world to get truly good at.
Like Vihs said, if you decide to try, get a good teacher. You will be utterly lost without one.
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When someone is being a whiny little ******, I rub my thumb and pointer finger together and play the tiniest violin in the world for them.
Does that count?
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