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DS’s school gives them the opportunity to learn either cello or violin in year 2 (a charity provides tuition and loans them an instrument). This is obviously a fantastic opportunity, and I’d really like DS to stick with it.
They get to pick the instrument. DS doesn’t know which one to pick. He likes the sound quality of both. I play the piano but I’ve never played a string instrument, so I don’t know which one to choose. I’ve considered things like the size of a cello etc, and I’m not really interested in the relative future orchestra potential of each instrument - this is a hobby.
He is not a child with a huge amount of patience for making mistakes - he’s bright, lots of things come quite easily to him, and he has to be encouraged to stick at things that he can’t do easily first time. So I’m a bit worried he’ll try an instrument like the violin, make a horrible squeaky noise, and not want to persevere.
So, which instrument has the quickest learning curve to making a decent sound? Once he is making some sort of noise with it, he’ll probably stick with it. I just want him to get over that initial “I can’t do this” stage as quickly as possible and enjoy making sounds on it.
YABU - cello
YANBU - violin