The easiest instrument to learn to play. What is the easiest musical instrument to learn to play?

When the love of music comes (it happens to everyone sooner or later), there are several things you can do: turn up the volume in your headphones, become a regular at concerts and operettas, or learn to play yourself. Fortunately, for this you do not need to drag a piano to the 9th floor and learn to copy notes by hand for several months. You can learn to play on your own quickly if you choose the right instrument. Founder Music School Guitardo Alexander Kazakov gives advice on what it could be.

Balalaika: three strings ─ one week

A seemingly simple relative of the guitar with a complex inner world for lovers of everything “Russian” and folk. Have you ever imagined that you could learn how to play the balalaika? If you listen to a tune from a fairy tale or a professional musician play, it may seem that there is nothing difficult to repeat. In fact, one single melody can be learned in a week of daily rehearsals. Start by observing the technique and try to repeat not only the strikes on the strings, but also the position of the body. It is very important how you hold the tool in your hands. We are relaxed or tense ─ all this will affect the speed of learning and the quality of the result. If you start playing and hear strange sounds, like rattling, check your instrument for professional suitability. It happens that loosely screwed parts spoil the sound of the melody as a whole. When both you and the balalaika are set to play, it's time to start the technique.

"Pinch", "strike", "clatter" - start with these ways of influencing the strings to extract the first sounds. "Pinch" is made with the thumb of the right hand. It’s hard to imagine, but you need to apply the maximum force of a particular one finger, when, for example, when you “hit”, we put energy into the forearm. To make the melody fit, start to distinguish between a “pinch” and a “hit” as soon as possible. In the first case, the finger beats on one string, in the second - on all. “Rattle” is a gesture familiar to the listener, when the musician’s free hand moves clearly up and down, and the index finger extracts melodic sounds from the instrument. Try to repeat, but most importantly - remember that the balalaika does not like nails. Everything is done with the soft side of the finger. Sounds should be confident, but not harsh.

Ukulele: "Aloha!"

Want to host a Hawaiian music concert on the Pacific coast? Even if, instead of the ocean, the waves of the Volkhonka are splashing outside your window, this is no reason to deny yourself the sound of a gentle melody. You can buy a ukulele in any Russian city, you just have to learn how to play it. Choose one of the four instruments: by the way, they are different in size and sound, respectively. The smaller the guitar, the thinner the sound. Familiarize yourself with the structure of the ukulele. In general, this applies to every instrument. First, look from all sides, visually examine the details. This is as important as reading the instructions for a new technique. You need to have an idea of ​​what you are dealing with (even if you have a small guitar that looks like a child's version in your hands). After meeting, we just set up and play. If you are having difficulty tuning, contact a familiar guitarist or use a tuner on your computer.

When we are convinced that the ukulele is not out of tune, we can extract the first sounds. GCEA standard tuning notes are searched on the Internet. They must be memorized, otherwise even a simple melody will seem complicated. If you have never played the guitar, it will take some time, but the knowledge will last a lifetime, even if you leave the practice of playing. We play with the right hand, we press the strings with the left - there seems to be nothing new here, but there is one point. You can move on to learning chords when you confidently play the strings and see the difference between open playing and frets that play closed. Scary? Nothing. Believe me, it's easier than learning to play the guitar: after all, whatever one may say, there are only four strings.

Harmonica: Western Romance

The main thing here is to put on a plaid shirt and make friends with a western harmonica. You can play melodies without special education, but you still have to remember something. The sound will turn out on inhalation, if you understand one simple thing - you don’t need to be too zealous, supplying air flows, or even blowing into the instrument. Before playing, completely relax your face and tightly wrap your lips around the harmonica. When you realize that already at this stage it has become difficult, it's time to start learning in all seriousness.

If you want to master the game on your own, a mirror will come in handy. Control the position of your mouth, learn to direct the flow of air so that you can control the sound and move from playing whole chords to playing individual notes. It will take some time, but the result will help you relax during a confident game. By the way, this instrument goes well with vocals, so you can create a great duet with your loved one.

Tambourine: the art of knocking correctly

If you do not have the task of making rain, then it is not necessary to learn how to play the tambourine seriously. But if you want to hum with world-famous fame, check out the talent of the famous tambourist guy Tim Kubart. Surely now you will be inspired to play the rustling instrument. To do this, you need a tambourine and a sense of rhythm.

The secret for those who are serious: learn to play quietly. Playing the tambourine has its own charm: you can hit at full power, swinging your arm from the shoulder, if this is the climax in the melody, or give a gently “vibrating” sound that enhances the effect of a jazz composition.

Try to be appropriate and light: do not play along with the tambourine throughout the entire composition. Feel where the tambourine is needed, and where you can give your hand a rest. If you doubt yourself or the tambourine, go back to listening to Kubart: he will inspire you to good quality playing (and a smile from ear to ear).

Xylophone: every child can do it

The first acquaintance with music for many occurs already in infancy. Parents buy the first xylophones and babies understand that they have become subject to other sounds besides crying. You can learn how to play simple tunes today - it's inexpensive but fun. First, determine what tool you are dealing with. Many mistakenly consider a metal-topped instrument to be a xylophone. In fact, the xylophone is the sound of wood. This means that we beat the rhythm on wooden plates with a wooden hammer. For children, manufacturers offer a wide selection of metallophones, and sometimes even “plasticophones”. Let's still give preference to the classic version.

So, first learn the notes. Trite, but the xylophone will teach you this quickly and painlessly. Sign each plate with a pencil to remember faster. Next are two scenarios. Play simple melodies from printed sheet music or select by ear.

Maracas: music played in a "whisper"

To play the Indian rattle, you do not need a musical education. Only desire, the ability to learn a certain algorithm and a good ear. If you are new to this instrument, start with one maracas and play along with any tune. You need to shake the maracas from the hand or from the elbow. The duration of the hissing sound will depend on this. There are certain formulas, having learned which, there will no longer be a blank wall between you and the maracas. When confidence and a sense of rhythm appear, start playing on two.

Typical genres: folk, rock, academic music
Price: from 500 rub.
Pros: The recorder, like the related flute and whistle, is much cheaper than the more professional transverse flute. It is with the recorder that small wind players begin their studies at music schools. This compact instrument is easy to store and carry, so if you're a lonely shepherd or a romantic minstrel at heart, you'll love this recorder.
Minuses: In the early stages, it will be difficult to avoid the non-melodic brain-crushing whistle, and the recorder's tuning may seem very illogical to a beginner.

2. Kazoo

Typical genres: skiffle
Price: from 200 rub.
Pros: Kazu captivates with its price and tiny size. If you get such a toy, you will not lose. But the biggest plus of this instrument is that even a person who is completely far from music can cope with it in 15-20 minutes. To play the kazoo, you just need to sing (or, rather, hum) into it, and no theory will be useful for this.
Minuses: The sounds of kazoos, especially inexpensive ones, are most reminiscent of the voice of Donald Duck, and with this lively quacking you are unlikely to become a serious musician in the eyes of others (and yours too).

3. Vargan

Typical genres: folk
Price: from 500 rub.
Pros: Like the kazoo, the jew's harp fits in the hand and is inexpensive when it comes to modifications for beginners, but it is a much more serious-sounding instrument. Learning to play the jew's harp takes place rather on an intuitive level, and the process itself is similar to meditation. Vargan has long become "their" instrument among many peoples, and they believe that its vibrations are transmitted to a person and put into a state of light controlled trance.
Minuses: Without understanding the correct location of the instrument, the musician runs the risk of damaging his teeth with a jew's harp. You can endlessly discover new techniques for playing the harp, but its creative potential is still limited: for example, if you want to play rock and pop songs instead of lingering dark folk, the choice should be reconsidered. In principle, they can also be played on the jew's harp, but this, as they say, is like that.

4. Glockenspiel

Typical genres: indie, pop, academic
Price: from 1000 rub.
Pros: The light sounds of a glockenspiel (or glockenspiel) can hardly irritate anyone. Even if you hit the plates in a completely random order, the result will still be like a magical and mysterious melody. It is highly likely that you will not start mastering this instrument from scratch: in childhood, many had toy glockenspiels (or xylophones, in which the plates are made not of metal, but of wood), which differ from “adults” only in the number of notes and colors .
Minuses: For a thousand rubles, you will only get a children's glockenspiel, the bars in which are unlikely to be enough to play melodies more complicated than "The Little Christmas Tree" and "Blue Sledge". This is enough for a start, but if you do not want to trade for toys, you will have to prepare at least 3000 for a more or less decent instrument. And the price of a professional glockenspiel completely breaks through the ceiling and goes far beyond the amount that the average person is willing to spend on a single tool.

5. Harmonica

Typical genres: blues, folk, rock and roll
Price: from 400 rubles
Pros: Despite its apparent simplicity, the harmonica has long and firmly established itself in popular music. You can hear it in a huge number of the most important songs of the 20th century (here you have The Beatles, and Bob Dylan, and The Rolling Stones), so problems with the repertoire are unlikely. The classic harmonica fits easily into your pocket and is easy to store and carry when you want to feel like an itinerant blues player.
Minuses: Playing the diatonic harmonica (these are the most popular ones) is like trying to portray something exclusively on the white keys of the piano, so at some point you may find it impossible to play the song you are interested in without mastering special techniques. In addition, each diatonic harmonica has its own key, which also imposes its own limitations (for starters, just take C major).

6. Melodika

Typical genres: rock, pop
Price: from 1700 rub.
Pros: Do you like the sound of a harmonica, but are you afraid of its tuning or are you embarrassed by the scarcity of its range? Try to master the melody! The spectrum of genres in which it has been used is actually much wider (from Joy Division to Red Hot Chili Peppers, from Depeche Mode to Faith No More). Understanding the structure of melodics is much easier - at the same time, join the keyboard instruments, and this can be useful in many places.
Minuses: From a physical point of view, playing the melody is more difficult: you need good breathing, finger technique, and coordination.

7. Tambourine

Typical genres: rock, heavy metal, folk
Price: from 500 rub.
Pros: Do not think that the place of tambourines and tambourines is only in rhythm lessons for kids. Almost every rock band has songs that use these instruments. With a tambourine, you will perfectly pump over the sense of rhythm, without which there is no way in music, and over time, maybe you will begin to sing along, remembering Robert Plant or Alex Turner.
Minuses: Of course, the tambourine is not intended to play melodies, and not everyone can seriously get carried away with rhythmic patterns.

8. Kalimba

Typical genres: African music
Price: from 1000 rub.
Pros: The quiet sounds of the kalimba are very pleasant to the ear and resemble melodies from a music box. This is not the most common tool, so those who like to stand out and impress friends will be quite happy with it.
Minuses: With the rarity of the instrument comes certain disadvantages. Finding a kalimba in a music store, especially at a reasonable price, can be difficult, and some sellers will not understand what you want from them at all.

9. MIDI keyboard

Typical genres: electronic music, indie, pop (actually - anything up to orchestral soundtracks)
Price: from 3500 rub.
Pros: A MIDI keyboard is several times smaller than a piano and most synthesizers, but its capabilities are much wider, because it only works when connected to a computer (in some cases, a tablet and a phone can also work), where you can upload absolutely any instrument library. It's also a great option for those whose music-making will not be to the liking of home: just connect headphones to your computer and play as much as you want, whenever you want.
Minuses: Prices bite. Compared to other instruments on this list, a MIDI keyboard is already an expensive instrument, and each additional button and fader increases its value significantly. The instrument itself does not make any sounds, which may also be a drawback for someone. Not suitable for ardent fighters for the purity of acoustic sound.

10. Ukulele

Typical genres: pop, indie
Price: from 1800 rub.
Pros: If you want to pull the strings, but the guitar still scares you or for some reason does not fit, take a closer look at the ukulele. It's not a mini-guitar, as some people think, but the principle of playing is certainly similar to interacting with a six-string girlfriend. The advantages of the ukulele against its background are compactness and, as a result, ease of development (at least here, fingertips that ache the very next day and hands that do not stretch to the desired position are less common here).
Minuses: The ukulele does not have too many drawbacks - except for the fact that some people simply do not like its sonorous and cheerful sound.

11. Guitar

Typical genres: rock, metal, folk, indie (we could go on and on)
Price: from 3000 rub.
Pros: Not without reason, many great people started with the guitar (and continued on it, and became great with it). The guitar draws you into music like nothing else, and you can endlessly rediscover this instrument for yourself. Whatever genres you prefer and whatever goals you pursue, whether it's a musical career, playing for yourself or entertaining friends at parties, the guitar will be your best friend.
Minuses: Size and volume, especially if you'd rather skip the traditional classical or acoustic guitar stage and immediately decide to wow your neighbors with your amp-plugged electric guitar exercises. By the way, even if you start learning in the usual way, one day you will probably want to take possession of an electric guitar. And it will be followed by pedals, processors, expensive cases and stands for your precious, cooler guitars, more powerful amplifiers ... It can be really difficult to stop. And why?

1. Feel free to buy old musical instruments

   It's not often that instruments are sold in the context of "mileage - 1000 gigs, mosh pits and stage hits, giving away the remnants embellished with a new layer of lacquer", which will really affect the sound of your purchase. Usually this is the scheme “I bought myself / gave it to me / wanted to send my child to a music school, but it didn’t work out, and a good instrument stands idle and gathers dust.” Such unclaimed tools are often in good or even excellent condition, while you also save a lot of money (trust the person who got about a dozen tools this way and did not cause any complaints in the future).

2. Trust but check

   If possible, take a more musically savvy friend with you to the store or to a meeting with the previous owner to authoritatively check the condition of the instrument. If this is not possible, it does not matter, but you should not just trust the seller. Watch YouTube videos for beginners first (you can take either specific recommendations for choosing tools, or just instructions for playing for beginners) to understand where what rings, bends and unscrews. This will give at least a minimal idea of ​​what your purchase should look like.

3. Played by a man, not a guitar

   Some beginners pay too much attention to the subtleties of sound, or even want everything at once. If an electric guitar, then Fender for 70 thousand, if a piano, then ... no, not a piano, let it be a white piano right away! In the early stages, all this is just a waste of money. When a person is just starting to learn, he can hardly figure out why the Gibson is better than his father's old guitar of an unknown make and how the sound of mahogany differs from the sound of poplar. Of course, you should not buy a piece of plywood either, so as not to completely discourage yourself from playing, but investing a huge amount in your first instrument is not the most rational decision. In the end, if you find yourself outgrowing your instrument, start to hear its flaws and hit the ceiling of its capabilities, you can always aim for a new, more expensive and advanced option.

Many say that music is food for the soul. In fact, I completely agree with this, moreover, music can get very deep into our souls and create with it something that not everyone can imagine. However, you can not only listen to music, you can create it yourself with the help of special tools. Unfortunately, not all of us have time for a thorough and painstaking mastering of complex musical instruments. Therefore, I suggest you start simple. Here is a list of 7 tools that are very easy to master.

1.

If you are already familiar with some chords and are ready to learn something new, the harp will come in handy. An instrument simpler than it has not yet been invented, therefore, if you think that strings are your topic, go ahead, the harp is waiting for you!

2. Scallops

This is not only an easy-to-learn musical instrument, but you can also make it yourself. All you need is a comb that fits in your pocket and tissue paper. Run paper over the teeth of the comb and you will hear a very interesting and specific sound!

3.

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A great tool to learn, and definitely one of the easiest. Its bars are similar to the layout of a piano, so it's very easy to figure out where and when to hit with a special hammer to get exactly what you need. Chances are you've even seen kids play with plastic xylophones - they're super easy to master!

4.

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is an instrument that makes a humming sound when you blow into it. You close your lips around his tube and, in fact, “hum” into him. Kazu dilutes the sound of your voice with a special effect, and a very unusual sound is obtained.

5.

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This is the simplest tool and very easy to master. is a combination of two reels connected to each other. The bongo is more comfortable to play if you fasten it between your knees. Tap the surface with both your fingertips and the back of your hand. The range of sounds produced is very large, so I think you will like it!

6. Tambourines-drums

Diamonds are small drums that you hold directly in your hands. They also have special ringing jingles along the edges to diversify the sounds they make. You can shake them, tap them with your palms, fingertips, it all depends on what you want to hear. I think by now you yourself understand that this is an insanely easy tool to learn. There is absolutely nothing to learn here! It all depends on your imagination.

7.

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Although drums seem like a very complex and cumbersome instrument, you can easily do it, as long as you have a sense of rhythm. You don't have to buy a whole drum kit to learn how to play. Start with one bass drum, one cymbal and cylinder. The most important thing is to learn how to hold the sticks correctly and follow the sequence of blows.

So, in front of you are 7 of the simplest tools that can only exist. However, remember that still not everyone will be able to play even the simplest of them, he must at least have a hearing. Otherwise it will be complete nonsense. Although, regardless of the result, you will get indescribable pleasure!

Not all parents in childhood send to a music school. And many in childhood do not want to pore over notes and work in classes. But then...

My grandfather mastered the balalaika, domra, mandolin, guitar at a young age in a local amateur orchestra. And I learned to play completely by myself.

It is not necessary that you need to learn in childhood. I learned to play the piano for 7 years, and now I don't even get close to the instrument. Often those who underlearn or start learning as adults do so more consciously and it is they who often play afterwards.

As a child, I was sent to a music school - a button accordion class. Mom wanted me to be able to play - her father played. Didn't finish my studies.

Now I want to go and study again - guitar or piano - I want to be able to play my favorite tunes and compose a little by myself.

• Mikhail Yanov, sales manager.

“It has always seemed tempting to me to learn how to play the piano. As children, we had a piano in the house, but somehow it didn’t work out, and no one learned to play it. I would like to be able to play the piano, sometimes I go up to him and strum, it seems so interesting to me, to sit down and play a beautiful composition ... "

piano

Anton Rubinstein said about this instrument: “Do you think – is it one tool? That's a hundred tools!" And indeed it is. The instrument itself was invented by the Florentine master Bartolomeo Cristofori. He called his invention so - harpsichord, which can be played louder and quieter..

But before that, there were many other instruments that were, in fact, the forerunners of the piano. In the beginning there was a Monochord with one string. Its invention is attributed to Pythagoras. In the III century BC. the first keyboard musical instrument in the history of mankind appeared – hydraulos, or water organ. Then the Organ was invented. And then the clavichord appeared, where the keyboard and strings were finally combined. Then they invented the harpsichord, which could already sound a large hall. The feathers inside the harpsichord made the string sound no longer a blow, but a pluck. The feathers wore off quickly, and soon they were made of steel.

The piano differed from the harpsichord in finding – hammers that struck directly on the strings, sensitively responding to the touch of a finger on the key. But for a long time, the piano was considered too loud and rough.

The cost of this musical instrument varies from $ 100 (second-hand, the lowest quality, this is "Lyra") and up to lawlessness. Very often you can find the announcement "I'll give the gift of a piano, self-pickup."

On this instrument you can play both classical and jazz, pop songs. If you decide to learn how to play the piano, you will have to. You can buy both the piano and the piano, the only question is the price. Exercising outside the home will not give the desired effect. Only constant training will allow you to achieve results. It is better to start with children's songs, studying notes and solfeggio. However, instead of a piano, you can buy a synthesizer, to some extent, it can replace this instrument for you and allow you to learn pieces at home. If you want to play jazz, it's better to have a basic base and already be able to play the piano. Because jazz has a complex score and rhythm.

Of the disadvantages of learning - if you have nervous neighbors, you will have to choose the time to play. So, we are constantly knocking on the battery already at 8 pm. And you can’t take a piano with you to the yard or on a trip, like other portable instruments..

Guitar

Guitars are different: acoustic, electro-acoustic and electric, as well as bass guitar, which is designed to play in the bass range. Bass guitar progenitor Double bass. In 1951, the American inventor and entrepreneur Leo Fender, the founder of Fender, released the Precision bass guitar, which he developed based on his Telecaster electric guitar. Then came acoustic and fretless guitars, guitars with built-in active electronics, double and triple strings and no headstock. There are different techniques for playing such a guitar - slapping (strings are struck with the thumb) and playing harmonics (partially pressing the string in the middle of the string).

Guitars come in 6, 7 and 12 string guitars, the difference is mainly in the sound. Now they are taught to play, most often, on 6-string guitars.

The relatives of the 12-string guitar were the Italian mandolin, the Greek bouzouki, the Arabic oud, the Spanish vihuela, and the Mexican tipple.

From Spain, the guitar was brought to Western European countries and America, where it gained great popularity. The first to include a 12-string guitar in their catalog were American masters of Italian origin from the Oscar Schmidt and Regal factories. They used the twin-string tradition of making instruments and took the standard six-string models of their factories as a basis.

More guitars are divided by type: Classical (Spanish) guitar.
Russian six-string guitar, and seven-string. A guitar with a reduced body and a narrow neck is called a children's guitar with an enlarged body and a normal neck. – called stage. American guitar (western).

When choosing a guitar, ask yourself 3 questions: what do you need the instrument for (training, amateur or professional playing, playing style)?
What type of guitar do you want to learn to play (acoustic, electro-acoustic or electric), and how much are you willing to spend on the guitar. In general, it is better to choose a tool by reading specialized articles on this topic. First of all, the guitar should be comfortable for you, and like the sound. You can play a lot on an acoustic guitar, but if the goal is to play modern electronic music, then it’s better to learn how to play the electronic guitar right away.

When you learn to play, you can forget about beautiful long nails, however, playing the piano is also impossible to grow them. This applies to girls. In addition, calluses on the fingers are also an integral part of learning to play this musical instrument.

Harp

A beautiful instrument, but very large. Its weight is about 35 kilograms . VC vartyre put it difficult. In addition, the harp is a capricious instrument - it needs to create a certain humidity and protect it from drafts. There is a true Celtic harp, it is also called the Irish harp. She weighs 8- 10 kg . And it has fewer strings, which makes it easier to play. They are small and their cost is not so high. Although in Russia they are still difficult to buy.

The cheapest used harp costs about 450 euros - these are small Celtic harps. A real concert harp is much more expensive, about $10,000. and higher.

The progenitor of the harp is the hunting bow. The harp became popular in Egypt, a variation of the harp was the Lyre, which became popular in Greece. In ancient Egypt, it was an instrument of the priests and had a height of two meters. The nobles often invested all their jewelry in the harp, and it was the only delight in moments of disfavor. And in Ireland and England, in the old days, a small harp hung above the entrance to the tavern, on the gate of the inn, so that any wandering musician could take it off and sing the news to everyone. The harp has been the political symbol of Ireland for many centuries and is still featured on the Irish euros, flags, coat of arms and seals of this state. The harp came to Russia at the end of the 19th century, when French and Czech harpists began to be invited to work in the court theater and began to give private lessons to noble persons. The harp was introduced into the compulsory course of study at the Smolny Institute, and harpists – Zabel, Kordon, who came to Russia young and stayed there forever, are considered the first Russian harpists.

How is it played? The harp has seven pedals and 47 strings. They play it with both hands, and special flags are clamped on the strings, which are attached to the pedals. It is not easy to play the harp, you need to have great patience - to play with your hands and feet at the same time, besides keeping your balance.

Drums

Not available in all music schools. Pros: only 5 years to study and much easier than piano. The downside is that they don’t take kids (from 8-9 years old).

Brass

At first, they always study on the pipe, flute, then they already study on the chosen ones: trumpet, saxophone, and the like. When playing the wind instruments, the lungs develop, but you need to have a strong ear, the teachers themselves, with constant work with the wind instruments, begin to hear a little worse over time.

Where to study music

Education for children at a music school is now free, but it has become very difficult to enter, a child not only has to have a good ear, sometimes it is required to take preparatory courses at the same school, and even this cannot guarantee admission, since budget places in music schools are very strong. reduced since 2015. Therefore, it will not be possible to send a child to a music school as before, just for general development. If you decide to teach your child – you need to know exactly why you need it. The easiest way to go to study the piano is the least popular with parents, since not every family has the opportunity to put an instrument in the apartment. The most popular styles are guitar and flute. At the same time, it is quite easy to get to folk instruments, for example, to learn how to play the balalaika. Music education includes a choir, solfeggio without fail. In some schools, you can also study on a budgetary basis on a second musical instrument of your choice (for example, at the Shaporin Music School you can study on a second instrument of your choice: vocal, organ, synthesizer).

You can study privately or go to an evening school and negotiate with teachers. There are evening schools for adults in Moscow. So, there is a school at the Moscow Conservatory. It is taught mainly by students of the Conservatory itself, and this, by the way, is free of charge. True, you can only learn to play the piano there until the age of 18. But singing can be learned before the age of 30. If there is an ability to compose music, then they will take up to 21 years. And the department "Choral Conducting" will take up to 24 years.

You can apply to any children's music school that teaches clarinet and get a job in the department of self-sufficiency (for children over ten years old and adults), it is paid, but quite moderate. You can always negotiate with teachers of music schools and colleges to study with them for money.

But there is an official evening section for adults in Moscow – This is the Music School No. 1 named after. Prokofiev. There is a department of self-sufficiency. You can learn there on the phono, strings, wind, percussion, folk instruments, and you can also learn vocals.

In addition, in any area there are Houses of Culture, where you can also go to study either vocals or an orchestra on any instrument.

musical instrumentsthere are a lot, and in order to choose what to learn to play, you need to have an idea about them (you can look at the instruments and hear their sound at a concert at a music school, such concerts are held in April), so there are also stringed, folk, wind instruments, as well as rare musical instruments of different peoples of the world. You will learn about them in the following articles..

Helpful Hints

Music is good for health. This statement has been repeatedly confirmed in practice by numerous studies. However, Music can be just as beneficial. And let your child not become a great musician (or a musician in general), but attending a music school will bring him certain benefits.

These are not common words. In fact, there is a huge amount of research that clearly proves the fact that any musical activity can benefit not only the human brain and spirit, but also the body.

Moreover, it does not matter at all how old you are, how well you play this or that instrument, how long ago did you start practicing music. The fact is that playing music improves the cognitive functions of the brain.

There are other benefits associated, in all honesty, with a decrease in stress levels, as well as with the normalization of blood pressure, which in the end can prevent the development of depression and dementia.

And if you are looking for a useful hobby that can positively affect your well-being in general, as well as improve moral well-being, it makes sense for you to start going, for example, to piano lessons. So, we bring to your attention 10 reasons why you should take up music.

Music lessons are beneficial

As a result of one of the studies carried out at the University of Kansas Medical Center, USA, scientists came to the conclusion that musicians do better on cognitive tests than non-musicians do.

Playing any musical instrument regularly is a great way to train your brain. And it doesn't matter at all whether you're playing drums or lazily "blowing" the saxophone. At the same time, certain parts of the brain increase their activity.

Playing music improves coordination

This is an absolute fact - musicians usually demonstrate excellent coordination of movements. This is because playing musical instruments requires very high hand-eye coordination. Even athletes for whom visual coordination of hand movements is of paramount importance can benefit from this.

Extracting musical sounds improves your mood

Music affects the mood - this is a well-known fact, which would not be worth mentioning, if not for the need to explain the mechanism of action. Studies show that not only the music itself, but also the process of playing music affects the level of cortisol.

And if you play music at different speeds, you can regulate this process. By playing musical instruments, you create an emotional outlet. When you create your own music, you adjust your level of sadness, joy, or tension through art if you like.

Music improves reading as a learning skill

One of the important aspects of music-making that distinguishes a musician from a non-musician is, so to speak, ability to read and comprehend music. Constant reading and recognition of various notes also contributes to the improvement of reading skills and comprehension of ordinary texts.

Making music improves the respiratory system

Whether you play the trumpet, clarinet, flute, or any other wind instrument, one of the most important skills you need to master is how to breathe properly.

Relatively speaking, all these instruments turn air vibrations into music, which the musician must create. This means that well-trained breathing should become, if you will, second nature to any musician.

Music improves listening skills

In order to learn how to talentedly extract musical sounds from any instrument, you need to be able to listen literally at the level of intuition. This skill, if it is developed at the proper level, allows you not only to hit the notes.

Someone might say that this requires an ear for music, which is given by nature. Actually, it is not. Musical ear can be developed. This, in turn, will teach you to listen to the surrounding sounds in the literal sense of the word. This skill is extremely important in terms of building social relationships.

The benefits of music

Music allows you to set goals, achieve them and develop

The very process of learning to play a musical instrument can be quite tedious and even boring. However, as soon as you overcome these necessary barriers, you will instantly feel in yourself not only a certain pride, but also the strength to move on.

In this situation, a simple principle works - you get exactly as much as you invest. This fact should spur you on, no matter how tired you are. The more time and effort you invest in perfecting your craft, the more visible the result will be, which will have an inspiring impact.

Making music improves concentration

There are so many aspects to music that should not be underestimated when you play any musical instrument. As a musician (even an amateur or a beginner), you must catch the rhythm, timbre, light shades, texture of a piece of music.

The only thing that can be more useful to a musician than the ability to concentrate on the sounds of your music, is the ability to concentrate on all the sounds of, say, an entire orchestra or group.