When to start learning an instrument
What instrument should I start learning?
all right hello everybody matt from cool
music dad and we're gonna talk about
what instrument should you start with
when you're learning an instrument for
the first time I don't know I feel like
I hear this all the time for people they
say you know they say things like you
know I've always wanted to learn an
instrument but I just never got around
to it I don't have time but let's like I
think the first step is it's like what
is the instrument that you're going to
start with I actually asked this
question to fbook not too long ago and I
just kind of wanted to see what other
people would would say and I got a
variety of responses I heard things like
the piano because it's a great way to
master chords and that translates to
other instruments later I heard meet
flute which I don't think that's a
serious response so thank you James we
will pass triangle just because
apparently no one is using the triangle
these days or rocking the triangle so
it's just something to stand out be
unique musical saw was a friend of mine
said that her husband picked up the
musical saw and she would not recommend
it so put musical saw over on the don't
start with musical saw category there
are really three questions you need to
answer when determining what instrument
you're gonna learn for the first time so
the first question is what do you want
to do with your instrument and some
people maybe they want to perform live
they want to play live to a group of
people maybe they just want to perform
with their family and they're in their
house you want to think through what it
is you want to do because that's going
to determine the instrument that you
that you pick if it's something if it's
a simple environment you know maybe an
acoustic tars is the way to go maybe if
you want to play with a band somebody's
got an open for a bass player the second
question I think you should ask yourself
is do I need immediate gratification and
that just simply means I think that we
all respond differently when we're
learning and if you are somebody who
really wants to hear that sound or hear
some kind of a gratification right away
you want to start with a really simple
instrument
nano is easy to press down the courts
and you can hear the courts very very
quickly I don't mean it's easy to master
it's just easier to to hear for the
first time a 12 string guitar on the
other hand a little bit a little bit
different a little bit more complicated
difficult to to actually hold down the
the course so you want to think through
you know do I need immediate
gratification and then the third thing I
think you should consider is what are
your favourite artists because the type
of music that you listen to might also
be the type of music that you enjoy
playing and I think that it's really
important that you enjoy this process
otherwise we won't stick with it so if
you're somebody who listens to James
Taylor you might want to pick it and
acoustic guitar because all this stuff
is focused around the acoustic guitar if
it's Yanni
for example maybe you're a more of a
piano kind of guy or gal so those three
questions first what do I want to do
with it
do I need immediate gratification and
what artists do I listen to will help
guide me to determine what instrument
should I learn for the first time I'm
gonna stick with I'm gonna go with the
winner is ukelele because I think that
the ukulele is a beautiful instrument it
does give you that immediate
gratification because you can literally
hold down one string and play a chord
right there plus the bonuses this thing
can go anywhere with you so if you're
packing up for a little vacation and you
want to bring a little instrument with
you and in jam a few chords with your
family your friends whatever this baby
is a way to go plus it's inexpensive for
less than a hundred dollars you can pick
up a ukulele and it's gonna sound pretty
good so my vote is ukulele and here's my
challenge to you right now right after
you watch this go online just freaking
by ukulele and have it delivered and
it's a win-win situation because
everybody should have ukulele around the
house because it's really freakin fun so
ukulele it is I'll play us out here
you believe right now
