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Making a list of the hardest musical instruments is an interesting task because, fundamentally, most instruments come with their own set of challenges (OK, recorder, tambourine, triangle and a few others, you’re off the hook here). <\/p>
But it’s undeniably true that not all instruments are born equal, and that some present more of a challenge than others. Here, then, is our list of ten of the most demanding instruments which, despite their many virtues, will push you further and harder than most. And, for luck, we’ve selected one brilliant piece of music written for each instrument that will make all that toil worthwhile. Better get practising….<\/p>
We begin our countdown with one of music’s most familiar, yet also most taxing instruments to master.<\/p>
Top of our list of hardest instruments to play is an instrument that will be familiar to many a classical musician.<\/p>
For all that it is one of the world\u2019s most popular instruments, the violin<\/a><\/strong> is one of the hardest on which to make an acceptable sound, sometimes even after years of learning it. I should know – I play it myself, and I really don\u2019t know how my parents put up with all those years of screeching. <\/p> The problem is that, unlike a piano, the violin doesn\u2019t give you any help: you have to make all the notes yourself, and woe betide you, and your audience, if you don\u2019t have an inborn sense of relative pitch<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>