Finger size doesn't affect your performance that much. Of course, if you have really short fingers, try the ukulele, smaller classical chord instruments (violin and viola), some thinner necked guitars, such as the Les Paul, or even mandolins and banjos. The strength of the finger is way ...
It isn't strictly necessary to know how to read music to play an instrument. There are many famous musicians who never learned how to read music and play by ear. However, if you know how to read music you'll have a much easier time learning new songs. Music notation is written on ...
A fiberglass mouthpiece is sometimes used as an alternative because temperature doesn't effect its intonation as much as a metal mouthpiece. Fiberglass mouthpieces may work and are more inexpensive but you lose some quality sound and overtones. 3 Find an appropriate chair. Tubas are not generally...
However, traditionally (and at most military occasions today), "Taps" is played on trumpet or bugle. 2 If you know how to read music, grab the sheet music. Being able to read sheet music makes playing "Taps" much easier, since the music to the tune is public domain and freely availabl...