Yank Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I play and teach drums, guitar and bass but for years I have struggled with violin/fiddle. I practice and work at it for periods of time, only to put it away in frustration, eventually picking it up again and having another go. Love/Hate relationship. Anyone similarly have an instrument they can't seem to make headway on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yank Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 I play and teach drums, guitar and bass but for years I have struggled with violin/fiddle. I practice and work at it for periods of time, only to put it away in frustration, eventually picking it up again and having another go. Love/Hate relationship. Anyone similarly have an instrument they can't seem to make headway on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Vocals. Apparently I had a great singing voice until it broke. These days I sound like the Red Dalek trying to carry a tune. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Keyboards. I have sharpied the note names on mine. I just can't get to grips with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trueno Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Harmonica. I tried chromatic first, thinking I'd get to Stevie Wonder standard within a month or two. Sold that one on ebay. A few years later I bought a couple of diatonic harmonicas, thinking they have to be easier. Sold them on ebay few months later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthedog Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Bass Guitar. I learnt to play trumpet and violin as a kid with some success but unless it is slow stuff, my fingers do no move like they should on bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markstuk Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 (edited) I play keyboards to a pretty good standard, and by all accounts my bass playing is not offensive (I also played the flute to a decent standard) but I just don't "get" guitars... And I've tried.... Edited January 24, 2017 by markstuk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Mandolin. Hands too big and brain too small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keeponehandloose Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Theramin...but it still sounds cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocker Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Gibson SGs and my Aria TA-50. I just hate the neck heaviness of these instruments. Why the hell did Gibson not fit the forward strap button in the correct place? The TA-50 is a copy of a Gibson so presumably the Gibson [335] has the same problem. To play, the SG is a nice guitar but I could not live with the neck diving towards the floor.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I've always struggled on guitar with anything more complicated than rhythm playing. Soloing remains a ham-fisted catastrophe. Mandolin is another instrument of fat-fingered frustration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Bass. It's a f***er. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Flute - really have a problem getting any sort of note out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Upright bass - never realised how much you had to fight it to get a good sound. Tried a NS Design CR5 and it was still no better. Shame really because that CR5 made a phenomenally powerful sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 I can relate to harmonica. There's always been at least one in the household when I was growing up & try as I might, it sounded like a cat's chorus put through a harmoniser that couldn't pick up the notes. Every other instrument I've picked up, I can soon grasp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 The one I could barely get a note out of was the clarinet. Which is a shame because they sound lovely. When I very first picked up a violin (twenty four years and nine stone ago) it seemed that I was a natural. I could get lovely sounds with no squeaks or screeching, and found notes on it easily. I actually own a violin now but I can't play it because my fingers are too chunky. I'd love to have a go with a cello, to see how I'd get on. I have owned skinny string guitars for over twenty years, but I still play them like a bass player. The thing I really struggle with is chords. If it's not G, Ab, C, Db, D7, E or Em, then I'm stumped. I find banjo chords much easier. I had a friend when I was a kid who was an incredibly talented musician from a family of professional musicians. They had a house full of instruments, including a little fife, similar to a plastic headed penny whistle but played like a flute, and they once challenged me to get a note out of it because, it turned out, none of them could. I don't know if it was a dodgy one, I didn't struggle with a proper flute when I tried many years later. The one thing I always wanted to be able to do, from way before I took up any instruments, is to sing. I simply cannot do it. I have a naturally dull, ugly voice and I can't hold a tune to save my life. If a genie popped up and offered to swap all the "talent" I have built playing bass and other instruments over the years, for being able to sing, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burno70 Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 I've been playing the piano about 2 1/2 years now. Thought I'd pick up any instrument if I put the time in - which I have, and still do. But I still suck at it. I think it's the whole two hands behaving independently thing as opposed to two hands creating one note/chord. I'm still persevering and going for Grade 1 this year - but thought I'd be jedi on it by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 [quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1485298935' post='3223006'] Flute - really have a problem getting any sort of note out of it. [/quote] So I picked up the flute and thought 'wonder what there is on youtube' - turns out there were some really simple lessons, so I went through that, and now I can make a note Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 All of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbayne Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 5 string bass. I just cant get to grips with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbiscuits Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Saxophone. My in-laws had one which they loaned to me - me thinking it would be another string to my bow etc. It was impossible - there was nothing familiar about how you play it, and it was deafeningly loud which meant i hardly wanted to blow it anyway. So it went back to them at next visit unfortunately. Top marks to anyone who can make it sing - it completely eluded me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiatcoupe432 Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 my sitar man , i ve been playing it for 2 years now and still struggling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Voice (especially as BV, but true generally). I'm so used to singing harmonies, I can't remember the line I'm supposed to song. Not that I can play anything well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirky Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Tablas. The hand strength you need!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Like the OP, violin. I physically can't hold the beggar. I put it under my chin, pointing the right direction and at the correct angle...and my arm is usually at least 30degrees in the other direction. Pity really... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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