What are the easiest instruments to learn for a child? As a parent, by now, you would know kids have excellent aptitude for learning new things. Playing a musical instrument is a sure way of putting your kid’s creative energies to good use. In addition to working their body parts, music instruments also help sharpen the mind. Previously we answered this question in a separate article titled 10 easiest instruments to learn how to play. Today one of our other writers will take a stab at the same question. Hopefully we will get similar instruments at the top of our list. If you are looking for easy instruments you can learn on your own, follow the link.
While compiling the list of the easiest instruments to learn for a child, we established criteria for selecting only the best instruments. We obviously had to limit our selection to instruments that children can handle with ease and little experience. For this matter, size, as well as weight of the instruments, was of great importance as a way of narrowing the list.
To make sure that any kid would be able to learn with ease any of the instruments, we focused on musical instruments that have similar operation mechanisms. The list also contains instruments suited to various personalities. For instance, there are instruments suited for extroverted kids while others are ideal for reserved and contemplative kids.
While some of the instruments require children to work independently or in isolation, some of the instruments are designed to nurture teamwork. Some of the instruments in the list are ideal for averting boredom, while others are for enhancing dexterity, which increases the fun.
To ensure that our list was only made up of the easiest instruments to learn for a child, we crosschecked with listings on Victor Bailey as well as Didge project.
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We also compile lists like 7 Easiest Jazz Instruments to Learn and 5 Best Instruments for a Child to Learn First to broaden our horizon and identify emerging trends in advance. Unfortunately, there aren’t any publicly traded pure play musical instrument stocks you can buy. It is a most fragmented market and biggest players like Guitar Center are owned by private equity companies. The most reasonable way to get some partial exposure is through retailers like Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) and Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT). Below is our list of the top 10 Easiest Instruments To Learn For A Child.
#10 Violin
Violin, unlike other musical instruments, requires a lot of work. However, it is still a fun musical instrument to have around kids. For starters, it is an essential instrument for enhancing manual dexterity, which is part of the fun, especially for growing kids.
Violin is one the best musical instruments for children who lover o be at the center of attention and are not reserved. Any kid who loves to be in musical groups would love the violin experience
Any kid who finds their way around the violin is sure to have a smooth turnaround in mastering other musical instruments.
