Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
Join free Log in
Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.
Which instrument would you like to learn to play?
- Thread starter Sendaii
- Start date
I'd love to learn drums, but I don't think it'll happen in my lifetime. That said, I wouldn't mind getting better on keyboard. I'm just barely adequate right now.
Piano... besides bass, it's the most beautiful sounding instrument to my ears!
I love the sustain, clarity and that natural reverb.
I love the sustain, clarity and that natural reverb.
Harmonica, it would be cool to have such an expressive instrument that I could fit in my pocket. I'd take it everywhere.
I'd like to get better at Guitar...
But yeah - Stick would be da bomb. I owned one for a while, but I just didn't put the time into it that was required. Sigh.
But yeah - Stick would be da bomb. I owned one for a while, but I just didn't put the time into it that was required. Sigh.
As a kid, the instrument I was most drawn to was drums, but there was no way my parents were having that (plus I had to save my own money to buy my first cheapo bass... an entire drumkit wouldn't have been affordable). I think I could have been a better drummer than bass player because rhythm just comes naturally to me. But, at the same time, I'm not sure that that would be my answer now because I would be missing out on the melodic/harmonic aspects of music.
In a practical sense, I would say piano, simply because I think it gives you the entire musical picture (basslines, chords, melody, harmony). You can accompany yourself, and the theory is really laid out in front of your eyes.
But, from simply a, "That's an awesome sound" point of view, I think I would lean towards trumpet.
But at the end of the day, I was meant to be a bass player, and I'm happy with it!
In a practical sense, I would say piano, simply because I think it gives you the entire musical picture (basslines, chords, melody, harmony). You can accompany yourself, and the theory is really laid out in front of your eyes.
But, from simply a, "That's an awesome sound" point of view, I think I would lean towards trumpet.
But at the end of the day, I was meant to be a bass player, and I'm happy with it!
cello. Actually mandocello would be great, or what i really want to make or have made is a cello tuned fretted electric with one string per note rather than the mandocello's 2 each.
