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stimresp · Post by **stimresp** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 2:35 pm

For a variety of reasons (procrastination among them) I haven't picked-up my guitar in over 6 months. In that time I've just been noodling on keyboards and VST when I found spare time. But learning as I go, and picking-up little playing tricks and ideas from pure experimentation.

Long-story-short, I just plugged-in an enjoyed probably the best guitar session of my life (unprepared so unrecorded

) Had been playing for over 6 years but suddenly seem to have made a breakthrough that improved my playing tremendously. I feel revitalised and overwhelmed with ideas.

Lots to be said for a fresh perspective!

If it was you, what instrument would you try next? I'm contemplating brass, but it will be quite the investment atm.

robogone · Post by **robogone** » Thu Jan 08, 2015 2:39 pm

Brass instruments take a lot of time to learn to play well. Woodwind is generally easier as the embouchure takes less effort to get right and you don't struggle with range so much when you start playing.

Start with something like a recorder which is cheap, then you can progress to something else.

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 4:06 am

I find that if I go a year without playing guitar...My guitar playing sucks. It takes awhile to get my chops back together.

I'm not good at splitting up my time between instruments. I'm either totally in love one playing guitar or I'm entirely in love with playing ztar dobro style.

nasenmann · Post by **nasenmann** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 7:09 am

the fresh perspective is what counts. you can get that from a really good walk as well. or a really good conversation. the definition of "really good" being, stuff that triggers your neurons in another way (to put it materialistically).

clearly, learning another instrument from the ground up can do the same. learn as many as ya like, if that's fun! but i think it's really about breaking habits of any kind. inspiration seems to be about unlikely connections, or connections that *seemed* unlikely to your ol' brain and its comfy bag of tricks.

like if i had a garden to tend to...i'm convinced that alone would change my music making.

Coming back to an instrument after learning another.