What do you consider the most technically difficult instrument to play?

[JHC]

I would suggest that the Violin is perhaps the one that is the most difficult and also requires constant practice to stay at the top, admittedly all instruments require regular practice, I would place the Organ as 2nd

[wljmrbill]

Good point about the "voice". I play and studied: organ, piano, viola, string bass, limited violin, cello and voice as well as sax in my high school days... and of course learned basics in college of all classes of instruments as many of you
did also..... Voice is the only one that requires playing without seeing as such. I found voice to be more diffucuilt because it required much much more mental attritude to be applied to your techniques. Voice demanded physical as well as mental abilities to learn to produce quality vocal sounds. I always remember what my Swedish opera teacher told me:" Voice is only limited by your ability to let your mind soar over the limitation you impose on yourself"...THe old mind over body approach....LOL But as is the case when to decide to tackle any instrument... it is tough when you start and developes with time to "appear easy" as you advance.

[JHC]

Is the Voice really an instrument and do you actually play it??

[wljmrbill]

i.e. voice as instrument:
The Voice As Musical Instrument - Singing, Voice Types, Vocal ...
Learn about why the voice is considered a musical instrument as well as the different types of voices.

[JHC]

i.e. voice as instrument:
The Voice As Musical Instrument - Singing, Voice Types, Vocal ...
Learn about why the voice is considered a musical instrument as well as the different types of voices.

If you search for a definition of “Musical Instrument” you will see that the overwhelming results say it is “a device manufactured for the purpose of making music” I realise that quite a lot of things can be used to make music but that is not the purpose that they were made for. There is a difference I wonder what the OP had in mind

[Contratrombone64]

J.H.C. I notice your nose has grown enormously in the recent past ... it's most attractive.

[JHC]

Yes Pinocchio would envy me I am just wondering perhaps the Trombone is also a difficult instrument in that you have no keys so must become very accurate at positioning the slide, plus the associated complexities of embouchure.

[methodistgirl]

I know of another instrument that is hard for me to play and that's the
tenor sax. Flutes, clarnets, and even pipe organs are easy as pie.
but not the sax. Right now, the way my teeth are broken and some
of them missing makes playing a red instrument really difficult unless
it's a flute.
judy tooley

[JHC]

I know of another instrument that is hard for me to play and that's the
tenor sax. Flutes, clarnets, and even pipe organs are easy as pie.
but not the sax. Right now, the way my teeth are broken and some
of them missing makes playing a red instrument really difficult unless
it's a flute.
judy tooley

Well if you have missing teeth the Flute would be impossible not difficult btw a Flute is not a Reed instrument,

[jhnbrbr]

... one answer to this question is that all instruments have approximately equal difficulty when played at the highest level, since virtuosi will always be trying to outdo each other, so the most difficult pieces for any instrument will be approaching the limits of what is humanly possible on that instrument......

This person makes a very good point imho!

[JHC]

That makes sense, but some instruments are easier to get started with, say up to grade 2, IMHO a Violin, Cello or Bass are harder than say a Flute, Clarinet etc

[Ntalikeris666]

I would Place the Pipe Organ first.

[JHC]

I understand that the Oboe is the worst sounding when learning even more so than the Bagpipes, with any keyboard the notes are there you do not have to create them as with other instruments.