Top 10 Hardest Instruments to Learn

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Playing an instrument isn’t easy to begin with, but these instruments will really test your patience! Welcome to WatchMojo.com. Today we’ll be taking a look at our picks for the top 10 Hardest Instruments to Learn. From Harp, Guitar, Piano, Accordion and Drums to Oboe, Violin, French Horn, theremin and bagpipes, these instruments are all incredible musical tools - but only if you know how to use them! Did your favorite instrument appear in this list? Let us know in the comments.
00:24 #10: Drums
01:17 #9: Pipe Organ
02:05 #8: Accordion
02:54 #7: Oboe
03:35 #6: Guitar
04:47 #5: Piano
05:42 #4: Harp
06:34 #3, #2 & #1: ????
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[@Comdev11]

I swear, these people use a dartboard for all their top 10's.

[@domtoretto8293]

You are very smart, and this comment made me proud of you, son.

[@aleclynner1860]

I’m your 100th like

[@funnybunnie4801]

This is it. This is the best comment. Ling Ling would be proud. Don’t know why this doesn’t have like 50k likes.

[@arandomman.]

@@domtoretto8293 hi dad!

[@HarryWhittle2019]

Hey guys, welcome to a top 10 video of TOP 10 DUMB FUCKING WATCHMOJO VIDEOS YOU MUST WATCH!🤣

[@Steveiegaming]

*When a bunch of non-musicians name all the instruments they’ve heard of*

[@ILikeBirds]

Yeah LoL

[@koifish4276]

yes

[@clvsidy]

Stevie hahahaha

[@Sillyelh]

Exactly

[@Cookie_Comment]

Yeah 🤦‍♀️

[@Izmooh]

“Top Ten Hardest instruments to play” Number 1: violin *Plays pop music* people who actually play violin **Triggered noises**

[@thespumeljoke213]

It's not POP it's folk/country music. but I still agree...

[@its_nifler]

I dont even play violin and i agree like a well known twosetter

[@immortalllama184]

I feel like they chose the wrong songs to represent all of them.

[@someonefunny176]

oh my god yes

[@evanjones9602]

They really should have used the same type of music for everything. Pop music definitely isn’t everything. (Classical music has been written for guitar…, Amazing Grace on bagpipes, saying nothing of Erlkonig for piano or violin and Bach’s Toccata and Fugue on organ)

[@amyturkharp]

Thanks WatchMojo, for using clips of my videos where I play really difficult harp music, to describe how easy it is to play the harp! Can confirm, all I need to do is sit down near the harp and wiggle my fingers, and *magic happens*, haha. Ps. we are literally all angels. All of us.

[@Adambenhmida0000]

Woah, hi Amy

[@Adambenhmida0000]

@@jayobsia4699 no? Shes not being sarcastic

[@Adambenhmida0000]

oop he deleted his comment

[@carlosflores2156]

Lol a goddes I never thought someone (pro player of any instrument) could answer this dumb video 🤣

[@pink-512]

@@randomaccessmemories311 wut

[@Scounter2490]

As a musician: absolutely bullshit.

[@LuisTorres-bt1wk]

true

[@rylandjohnson7559]

Agree.

[@lillykohler8608]

yes

[@SlippyLegJones]

I know right, I saw guitar and was waiting to see another similar instrument that's harder and saw none. I mean come on, mandolin, banjo, bass (not guitar) aren't on the list, they're just generally harder than guitar. I also didn't see any maracas on here? Clearly he doesn't know anything about the hardest instrument.

[@jala5293]

Scounter2490 that moment when they put violin on top but didn't even mention viola or cello or bass

[@angelamiguel5146]

Organ: has to play with your feet along with both hands and multiple levels of keys and has to sight read goes in #9 piano:you have to play with both hands and has to sight read and goes in #5

[@magnuscarlsen8795]

Piano is harder because of the Goldberg variations( mainly 14 and 5) and art of fugue(1-14)

[@wouterattheorgan]

Nacho Chess no, you are so wrong organ will always be harder, on piano you have 1 sort of sound on organ you need to combine stops to make a good sound and you have to play with your feet

[@em8714]

@@magnuscarlsen8795 There are far harder pieces than the Goldberg variations. Liszt Rachmaninoff Alkan etc..

[@nicoleonard2420]

@@wouterattheorgan you have a lot more with the piano as well, you can't just play the correct keys and expect a good sound

[@botttttle]

Wtf guys. All instruments are hard in their own ways

[@Noblelinski]

Me being a pianist. This angers me so much, literally I learn piano pieces and songs by MEMORIZING them and then playing them.

[@alessandrobianchi2268]

Agree, as a pianist AND THE POP SONG THO, THEY COULD AT LEAST USED A LISZT VIDEO

[@jarhead4132]

Same.I learnt Fur Elise by watching a KZbin video with no notes.

[@its_nifler]

AND WHY IS THE ONLY THINGS THEY ARE SHOWING IS STUPID POP SONGS??? AND I MEAN EVEN IF ITS THERE FOR A REASON, WHY IS THE ORGAN 5 PLACES UNDER IT???? I AGREE AS A PIANIST THAT HAS BEEN BETRAILED

[@immortalllama184]

oh my god, yeah. They were like "you have to read two lines of music at the same time" while showing someone playing without the music in front of them. I personally hate reading sheet music so I memorise them instead.

[@IloveSPIDERZ]

Me too, and same with the organ. Though, reading the notes at first takes practice, and will get better over time, regardless of age. Just have to keep learning different songs.

[@rainxplayz4242]

All my friends say that piano is really easy but they’ve only played a little. It’s easy when you first start but it’s hard when your level is higher.

[@kirkswahpedal3467]

Same with a lot of instruments

[@rainxplayz4242]

@@kirkswahpedal3467 true

[@its_nifler]

True, but even if thats right, tell me why is the organ 5 places under it

[@resiknoiro7506]

@@kirkswahpedal3467 same with all instruments

[@Populous3Tutorials]

yes same with all instruments, but no instrument gets harder repertoire than piano at the highest levels not even violin with paganini, which is the closest

[@jeffreyli7421]

Should be Top 10 instruments WatchMojo has heard of

[@melonnscripts]

so true

[@mortenson-boxymusic]

So so so true

[@YoroorGeek]

haha so true

[@MaximilianRangel]

In no particular order

[@mig9265]

yep

[@Viv1dCS]

As a musician, this was painful to watch

[@julestrahan1297]

mhm

[@Viv1dCS]

mikey mmmhmmm

[@bylocal5317]

Lol

[@naila3995]

Yes indeed

[@user-ci6wc5sf6g]

please tell us why ???? I am curious ^^

[@mccoyyoung4806]

“You must use both hands while simultaneously sight reading lines of music.” Chris Martin of Coldplay: “I can’t read music.”

[@jadedjade584]

also who the hell sight reads piano pieces for a performance? you learn the piece first

[@its_nifler]

True

[@jadedjade584]

and almost every instrument requires both hands wtf

[@immortalllama184]

@@jadedjade584 Literally yeah

[@edelsteinpianomusic7215]

My mom was a violin teacher, I know every standard piece for beginners by hard, because I had to listen to it all day during my childhood.I still wonder, what love for teaching she must have had, because sometimes it must have been really hard. Every other day she would come to my room during a lesson, sit down and say: "Guess, which piece it is." , because the student learned the piece so wrong at home :D

[@darkshadows119gaming3]

this list was obviously not written from musicians

[@darklordsauron3415]

darkshadows119gaming if it was then the comments wouldn't be much different then they are now

[@Femaqui07]

OH PLEASE, tell us what are the hardest in your opinion.

[@jeffreyt3133]

oboe should have been number two and bassoon number one

[@jamesmarshallneece1652]

darkshadows119gaming Violin is not the hardest instrument and trombone is hsrder than pkaying a firiking piano and pipe organ should be above piano

[@canepane9415]

Daboss 889900 the French horn is one of the Most difficult instruments, probably the Most difficult brass

[@stirlingthompson2609]

As a musician this was horrifying to watch and wildly inaccurate

[@miquelcanosasanteularia1678]

Do your list

[@jacksong6226]

Who actually thought that a pipe organ is easier than a piano?

[@starman2671]

BUT YOU CLICKED !

[@bluelanterns2589]

You can’t say an instrument is added than another instrument. It’s just wrong. Every instrument is different in its own way. The organ looks way harder than for example the violin, but when you try it, their the same difficulty. You just have to focus on different things. The organ looks hard and it is, but playing 3 pianos jut on top of each other isn’t that hard compared to using one piano. Moving your hands a bit down or up isn’t to hard. The piano you use with your feet is harder, but mostly easy to feel and you don’t normally play complex pieces on the hand piano and foot piano at the same time. Keep in mind Im not saying pipe organ Is easy, I’m just saying it’s not extremely hard compared to other instruments. No instrument is easier than other. It’s just wrong to say this is harder than this.

[@Bevsworld04]

@@bluelanterns2589 let me guess which video you came from

[@tanishav.6066]

I am a harpist and I can say that pedal harps are a pain. It requires a lot of coordination and I mean a lot! It's like losing your dominant hand and you have to rely on your other hand. Not to mention, keeping track of your feet and reading music at the same time. Like to see Piano and Trombone on this list, That is nothing compared to the difficulty of the harp. Harps are really expensive and require a lot of dedication to lessons which are also expensive. So, I can definitely say that harp is a really hard instrument.

[@joesalz9963]

Now try an instrument where your non-dominant hand must play exactly was well as your dominant hand, plus instead of just having a handful of pedals, you have 32 pedals spread across a pedalboard about 5' wide for you to play with your feet. Not to bash the harp, but can't compare to the organ.

[@branga2896]

I play accordion and piano and in my opinion accordion is harder than piano, but it's not very hard. But organ definitely deserves the top 5 at least.

[@pernille7662]

So you’re telling me it’s harder to play the guitar than that crazy church thing???

[@WaveManMike]

Pernille ;-; lol crazy church thing

[@kevinnguyen552]

Pernille ;-; Pipe organ.Not every organ is in a church.I have a organ in my house

[@WaveManMike]

Phong Nguyen did you house used to be a funeral home?

[@kevinnguyen552]

Wave Man Mike No I am actually just a kid who is VERY obsessed with musical instruments.

[@kevinnguyen552]

It’s a Cinema organ

[@shreebalaji1122]

As a musician, this video was TORTURE.

[@sarahkraus8247]

I play 4 instruments so it was extra bad fjjdjdifkfjir

[@feels_joe8382]

Same

[@Hao_OverHeaven]

Mhm

[@snowballthefluff7360]

Are you sure your a musician cause I don’t seem to believe...

[@Bhush969]

I play a bit too many instruments but not really and this was horrifying

[@kathini]

10) drums 9) pipe organ 8) accordion 7) oboe 6) guitar 5) piano 4) harp 3) bagpipes 2) French horn 1) violin

[@quoteonquoteclub9711]

thanks, now i dont have to watch the video now

[@kylerhood4260]

As someone who has played the flute for 29 years, trust me when I say it is one of the hardest to learn and to play in general.

[@roytee3127]

Same here. Hard to even get any tone out of it at all. After I set it down for a time, it takes awhile to get my lip back in shape.

[@fgjkurzfhbaejioplby7284]

Thank you for defending our instrument! I was surprised not to find it in this video...

[@secondmover7546]

I have not played flute but I play tuba and trumpet it I can support you on how your one of the only woodwinds that actually have to change there face for every note. (And I've heard flute requires a lot of air like tuba and other brass)

[@i_am_jayce]

I play organ, so pretty much a bunch of lil flutes and trumpets and all sorts, does that count lol

[@minombreesirrelevante4407]

​@@secondmover7546 I've been playing the flute for three years now (I recognize I'm no expert) but I had a really pleasant experience with the instrument. Trumpet on the other side... I "forced" myself a whole year to learn it and it was chaos, the hardest instrument I've tried. Even today I panic remembering the experience.

[@kiikrosperk3512]

The maker of this video just listed every instrument he knows in random order.

[@fazeobama-andrew6435]

kiik rosperk basically describes all of their instrument related lists

[@emilioduayhe7073]

Jajaja

[@thressyandrea1238]

So true

[@knightlc3448]

Ok. Firs of all, how many of you are musicians. Secondly, how many of you have played multiple instruments on this list. And third, your absolutely wrong. Now I’m not an expert on brass or woodwind, but I can tell you the harp, piano, pipe organ, and especially the violin deserve their spots on this list. Now I’m not amazing at the harp or Pipe organ, and I’m not the best at piano, but I am a professional violist, which is a very similar instrument to the violin, and I can tell you that it certainly deserves its place on number one.

[@LW1996]

Gd KnightGames shut up

[@chloecanulette1035]

As someone who plays the organ and piano, organ is like rocket science compared to piano.

[@warriorthegreat2816]

I only play piano guitar and recorder and I think it's obvious that the organ is way harder than most of the instruments that I play

[@Kragatar]

I was gonna say, piano is one keyboard and 3 foot pedals... pipe organ is 3 or more keyboards, another full keyboard you play with your feet, and a wall of levers and knobs. Whoever made this list obviously just picked some random instruments out of a hat, lol.

[@sonnythefrenchfry]

Kragatar You’re pretty much need to know how to operate an organ before you learn how to plan

[@sonnythefrenchfry]

Play

[@hemamallikarjun9252]

Agree

[@Lagaa]

As a piano player, I believe the piano is one of those instruments. Easy to pick up, but hard to master. The organ is both hard to pick up and master. So why in the HELL is piano higher than the pipe organ? Well no, its placement makes sense. What i meant to say was: *WHY THE HELL IS THE PIPE ORGAN SO LOW ON THE DAMN LIST!??*

[@oliveslays]

as someone who plays 11 instruments (flute, violin, saxophone, cello, french horn, tuba, baritone, guitar, piano, organ) i can tell you they got this fricked up!! flute, cello, and tuba are the hardest in my OPINION!!

[@galaxydoesartz2395]

You cannot convince me the piano is harder than a pipe organ. A pipe organ has 6+ more keyboards than a piano

[@Malick-ix9io]

I can play the piano, but an organ... NO.

[@ohyeahyeah3567]

Malick 2014 me too i learned piano in 14 weeks will ive been working on my $5k organ for 23 weeks now and i’m not nearly as good as on the piano

[@mckenzie4553]

I think he was going backwards

[@simsom6447]

My piano teacher plays both

[@joanespuny]

I play both the piano and organ... and i guarantee u the piano is harder. Sure the organ has more keyboards but once u have learned that, the rest is izi

[@bigmac51290]

This whole thing sounds like a last minute middle school report.

[@xeixi3789]

Lmao so true

[@jak.cr1ym]

“Just google 10 instruments and put them in random order, mark! The deadline is in 10 minutes, I don’t wanna be fired!”

[@kyanleong8014]

No it’s a 1st grade report

[@likethecheeze321]

XD BLESS you Squatch.

[@Devon-bf9xh]

One of the best comments

[@SpadajSpadaj]

With the exception of brass instruments (and probably some other I can't think of at the moment), every instrument is easy to start, meaning that it's quite easy to get _some_ sound from it (with brass you won't get anything reasonable just by blowing into the mouthpiece), but hard to master. Every single instrument has its own intricacies and quirks. There are also different levels of proficiency associated with typical/popular use (i.e. it's easy to be a rock bass player just strumming your eights unisono with the guitar and the typical parts for viola are not very breathtaking). But that's different than difficulty of the instrument on its own. OK, maybe the triangle or some cymbals which give you just one pitch are "easier" but even with the triangle you can modulate the tone and fiddle with damping and so on.

[@roytee3127]

You won't get any sound out of a flute unless you know the secret lip configuration,

[@ligetimoment2524]

Honestly most people would break oboe and bassoon reeds before they make a sound

[@SpadajSpadaj]

@@ligetimoment2524 That hard? Never had one or the other in my hands so I wouldn't know but the "reed" part suggests that you should make _some_ sound, unlike the brass ones.

[@arandomname8774]

@@SpadajSpadaj the reed has to vibrate at a certain amount to make a noise, and as a woodwind player (flute, clarinet and oboe) woodwind instruments are just like brass in the fact that you cant just pick it up and play, you have to blow a certain amount in a certain place (at least for flute) and as for oboes, i spent a lot of money on reeds cause they always used to break when i started off playing, woodwind is harder than brass, definitely

[@SpadajSpadaj]

@@arandomname8774 Now you make me just want to try some woodwind. Unfortunately, none of my frienss has one.

[@flashbangjm6563]

How tf would piano be harder than pipe organ, it’s literally just a more complicated piano

[@Luaporleafcutterant]

Maybe because controlling the force of your fingers is harder, since you directly hit the strings with the keys, compared to the organ, where you just move valves. Though I have never played organ.

[@Alpha-Trion7]

@@Luaporleafcutterant You need to wear special shoes, and play notes with your right and left feet. There are pretty tricky pieces, where you play chords in your hands, and have to include the feet in the chords. Quite confusing, even for someone who has played piano for years. A bit like playing a duet, including your feet.

[@jessewoordyt9300]

An electric organ has light keys And a real one has prettig heavy keys And pedals

[@sykyfu1378]

How is an organ more difficult to play than a piano (except the pedals)?

[@cabacs5237]

Just because there is more keyboards it doesn’t mean that the pieces themself aren’t more complex.

[@richarddd5409]

Every instrument takes a lot of time and skill to learn so please have respect for every kind of musicians.

[@kory6313]

Richard de munck I totally agree, it was EXTREMELY difficult to learn and took 4 years to do so, but I have finally become a professional triangle player.

[@richarddd5409]

Well i wish you the best with it lol

[@RCmies]

Well, any instrument that plays more than one note I guess.

[@Turt3752]

And everyone still bashes on the harmonica players lol

[@mello_2586]

Richard de munck its because incredibly easy to learn but hard to master

[@tevlovision3364]

As a Bassoonist, I don't understand how the Bassoon isn't harder then the DRUMS?!?!??!?!?!? I mean, come on, the dexterity, lungs and Coordnation you have to have to play the Bassoon is incredible, and yet here we are sitting somewhere Below drums. Ya'll can even fact check me look up "what is the most difficult wind instrument to play in the symphony". IT'S THE BASSOON

[@jmgstudios4454]

Exactly

[@azucenavela1313]

As a French Horn Player here's some issues 1. Smallest Mouthpiece of the brass family 2. Ridiculous amount of spit that comes down 3. it is impossible to play high pitches 4. you need to oil the instrument all the time 5. ridiculous how soft metals 6. having to be ask why you have to hold your hand on the horn

[@theempireeofficial3935]

Im learning how to play the teunpet and i hopw it isnt hard

[@ethan_loves_emma]

As a tuba player, here are some issues. 1. Lots of air and little breathing. 2. Your mouth has to be as big as a Mack Truck to hit those low notes, like a low F. 3. Certain high notes require all the oxygen in the world, and your lips have to be as tight as your mom. 4. A LOT of spit from blowing. 5. You have to have vibranium shoulders to carry it in a marching band. 6. It can be hard sometimes to switch amisheurs from very low notes to high notes without cracking,

[@zhchee7734]

I said this on TwoSet's video and I'll say it again here: *ALL INSTRUMENTS ARE DIFFICULT IN THEIR OWN WAY*

[@magniloquenting.wlspoetjt1808]

You're right. Nothing is easy, but it's worth it to learn it.

[@its_nifler]

You are right, and another thing that matters about watchmojo being annoyingly stupid: IF THE INSTRUMENTS BASICS ARE EASY TO LEARN, BUT ITS HARD TO MASTER IT, THEN A. *ITS A HARD INSTRUMENT!!!* B. *YOU CAN SAY THAT ABOUT EVERYTHING!!*

[@nerdcartoon2544]

But nothing is harder than the triangle

[@patricksproductions3477]

@@magniloquenting.wlspoetjt1808 triangle?

[@dailydiesel9875]

If they think it’s hard to push air through a French horn they should try a tuba/sousaphone

[@rrevh12345]

Being a fellow guitarist, the fact they say that all guitars are played the same pisses me off

[@kysonchristensen6622]

Then two seconds later they say that there are many different ways to play it based on the genre.......

[@michaeladam5592]

Fr, there's so many different techniques and nuances to every genre of guitar playing from classical, to flamenco, to jazz, to rock, to metal, etc. This entire video subverts all the true musicianship needed to play any of these instrumenta

[@pinkfluffeeunicorns]

*also calls a classical guitar an acoustic*

[@kpaenen]

@@pinkfluffeeunicorns well... a classical guitar is acoustic. Theoretically, every instrument not amplified by electricity is an acoustic instrument. It's just a recent trend to classify a steel string solely as an acoustic. But enough about that! This video triggers me AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@pinkfluffeeunicorns]

@@kpaenen its acoustic but it isnt an ACOUSTIC GUITAR. if you're labelling it as an acoustic guitar in that sense, a violin can be called an acoustic guitar. and we all know thats SACRELIGIOUS. haha but i get what you're saying.

[@jak.cr1ym]

Inside dumbmojo HQ: “Just google 10 instruments and put them in random order, mark, the deadline is in 20 minutes, I don’t want to get fired!”

[@Dirhtt]

I’ve been playing the drums since I was 2 (and not banging on sofas) I got my first kit at 3 because my dad was in a band. And I play accordion because I’m Portuguese, Portuguese folk music has a lot of accordion so I liked it tried it out and loved it. I also play guitar because My dad taught me at a young age and guitar it simply a beautiful instrument. I also play piano, and you guessed it, my dad taught me and it is so fun. And I also played violin for 3 years then stopped because I stopped liking it. I also play MANY more instruments

[@thrashntrash]

who? who asked

[@greer2402]

Anybody can play a instrument but are you good

[@sun_kagabo]

Im no music expert, but I have a feeling that the three layered piano thing is harder than a normal one

[@rebekahhesketh1220]

That's an organ. 😊

[@Populous3Tutorials]

its not. most repertoire of organ is easier than the piano one, which have the hardest pieces from any instrument thats why piano is technically easier than a piano with footwork (organ) at first. but as you go, it's the other way around

[@i_am_jayce]

Just wait until they find out about the one at Boardwalk Hall.... 7 hand-manuals and one pedal board, a heckton of stops and I think 5 swell pedals.

[@i_am_jayce]

@@Populous3Tutorials on the contrary, if you are learning them from scratch, its easier to learn piano before organ, as having that prior knowledge of how to play a single keyboard helps a lot with learning the organ. Additionally, many organ pieces require a lot more sight reading, and most organists are required to multitask like hell, looking at three staves of music, playing with both hands and feet, pressing buttons either both hands and feet (stops, generals and divisionals) and controlling swell pedals. And, if accompanying, the organist is required to look at the conductor. A pianist has to do a mere fraction of all this. That's my argument for why organ is way harder to learn than piano. I get what you mean, a lot of piano songs are very complicated, but most aren't as complicated as some organ pieces. Add tonal dissonance on top of that, because what organ composer doesn't like a bunch of that, and you have an extremely difficult piece to play, let alone learn.

[@TristanDubois-ck7ns]

ikr

[@707EvoX]

As a piano player, learning the instrument is not hard at all. You can learn to play simple songs in a day's time. MASTERING it however, takes years.

[@thosko98]

Amy's Art that's easy. Tried playing some classical, jazz etc? Pop music often uses really simple chords so it's not hard to play those.

[@brendanlee5018]

Correction. Mastering it takes lifetimes.

[@Jugsywinkledorf]

Tapering Ranger so true, ive been playing for nearly fifteen years and i certainly have not mastered it, and thats after god knows how many concerts, concertos, theory classes, master classes and what have you

[@Lauren-ny9pe]

Tapering Ranger Honestly, learning piano seemed like the easiest thing to do because it's so straightforward: you press the key and it makes the sound as opposed to woodwind instruments. But getting the right sound, dynamics and performance element in is what takes a lot to learn.

[@allysonmorgan5009]

I totally agree, even though I’m a year late. I’ve been playing piano for about six years. It was easy to learn, but I’m not even close to mastering it yet. And a lot of people say “oh I can play piano, that’s easy” they’re wrong. They can press keys, sure, but I doubt they can read actual music and put in all the technique that makes it sound super amazing. I hate this actual video, but I love all of the things actual musicians are saying in the comments.

[@kdmusic-khodebkodmitry3199]

Theremin players like: Yeah, we dont need to even touch our instruments, EZ AF

[@londonhaedrich8430]

Yeah I have been playing the piano for about a year now and I remember it being super hard but I kept on getting better and better and now I’m starting to learn the first part of moonlight sonata 3rd movement by Beethoven

[@doxx2427]

*The triangle is undoubtably the hardest instrument to play* There... I said it!

[@braedenbonds9822]

Rashy Doxx what about mayonnaise?

[@Leader237]

Braeden Bonds horse radish is pretty difficult

[@braedenbonds9822]

Leader237 true true

[@ransam597]

Funny thing is, it is hard to play... if you're deaf

[@Jogt__]

Well, getting a sound out of it is easy, but actually playing it in a professional environment? Harder than anyone would think.....

[@evs251]

So you're saying playing piano is *"HARDER"* than playing an organ...

[@morgenstern4.669]

right huh? That's utterly bullshit!!

[@KingdaToro]

Mainly with piano you control the volume of the sound by how hard you press the keys. On an organ, the sound is the same no matter how you press the keys, you instead control it by your choice of stops and controlling shutters that lead to the pipe chambers. It's also much more complex, you'll often have each hand playing different pipes on a different keyboard, while playing a third set with your feet. You'll be reading three lines of music rather than the piano's two, one for each hand and one for the pedals. You also will sometimes need to change which stops you're using while playing.

[@BilalHijab]

Plus there is no sustain pedal so its your fingers are always doing something.

[@fujiapple9675]

Foot pedals, lots and lots of foot pedals.

[@MartyMusic777]

evs251 You could make the argument that the repertoire for piano is much more techically demanding. Those same people should probably be shown the complete keyboard works of J.S. Bach.

[@robstreeman379]

I'm beginning to take French Horn lessons, and what I've been told many times and find essentially true is its easier if you become an experienced trumpet player beforehand.

[@justaborderhopper]

5:30 That is very true, I learned to play the piano, now I am learning guitar and it is actually easier now that I understand chords and melody beforehand

[@bingbingwow]

These picks are quite random...

[@nrshocks6931]

Nils Treitler right? organ is 3x harder to play

[@marshmallow_emi2931]

Yes! Why should playing piano be harder xc? uff...

[@orangelo4579]

Barb McTrump no shit

[@mrgoldfish573]

Happy Abby pictures that's not true I play the drums and there very very easy

[@jenniferc.968]

i've played the drums, piano and violin and I can assure that the drums is very easy compared with the violin!

[@banbadle]

How exactly is an organ easier to play than a piano?

[@deonzichtbaredaan6478]

Banbadle guitar looks more difficult than the piano (and i play the piano)

[@joshxms2260]

De Onzichtbare Daan guitar is incredibly easy, I promise! I would guarentee that it is easier than piano, but I've only played guitar.

[@tommytollett7839]

It's not. WatchMojo is just being silly. I don't play piano well, but once I learned how the organ worked, I discovered my dream of maybe playing the organ someday was crushed and split into a million pieces.

[@user-rc9mi3gs4v]

organ should be first

[@cephalonblue5991]

Josh XMS Piano is fairly simple. Just separating between Bass and Melody is often difficult. And how easy it is to hit accidentals instead of regular notes, and Vice Versa. Having large hands is both easy (because added reach) and hard (because the added coordination needed to move fingers correctly)

[@philomelodia]

I have been playing guitar for 30 years. There is no way in hell the pipe organ is easier than the guitar or the piano. Now then, I played violin for two years when I was a kid. I won’t argue that it’s the number one pain in the ass. Beautiful stuff though. You can really make it talk if you know what you’re doing.

[@notapro4877]

As an amateur musician i believe that every musical instrument is hard to master!

[@CG10CG20CG3]

_"Do you agree with our picks?"_ *Everyone:* *_no!_* (Literally happens in any watchmojo videos)

[@etorna1850]

Ling Ling is ashamed to see the existence of this video.

[@jewel_pvt]

IKR

[@JiuWei_Mic]

Yup we all should be practicing

[@Ok-ov2ul]

Etorna_Z [David] Ling ling shouldn’t be wasting his time watching dumbmojo, instead he should practice 40 hours a day

[@etorna1850]

@@Ok-ov2ul Ling Ling can do both at the same time because to him, practicing is like breathing.

[@maxliu2587]

He is more ashamed by the fact that we are watching this over practicing

[@BazmAfarin]

Some instruments are easy to start so you can easily play a simple tune on Piano but then there is so much capability there that you can spend your lifetime on an instrument and never be satisfied which the amount you have mastered. No instrument is easy because there is always someone that can do better than you. I have been playing guitar as a hobby for 50 years and there are still a lot of stuff I have a though time with. It is like love, it looks simple at first then gets complicated.

[@eddynunez96]

Amazing

[@Populous3Tutorials]

everyone knows most people will just defend their instrument but what happens is most instruments come across different difficulties, some require more multitasking, others require dynamics, some require more accuracy, some have harder reportoire, etc etc there is no easy instrument, if you want to master it this said triangle is clearly the hardest

[@Kappanoname]

Populous3 Tutorials piano guitar and violin lol, this list is a joke, automatic instruments aren't that challenging.

[@madelyni8819]

Kappa Nonamé Violin isn't automatic. It's actually quite hard, because you do have to put the fingers in the right place and it sounds horriable if it's slightly off.

[@shawnnjrdixon7868]

Populous3 Tutorials actually the accordion is more easy that organ

[@radrunner3936]

Why should anyone defend their instrument in this case? 'Hardest to learn' is not something that makes an instrument 'good' or 'bad'.

[@masculineunicorn1419]

But I know guitar is harder than piano because I play both and one is clearly harder than the other

[@SpicySquidward69]

Let's be honest, the hardest instrument to play is- *_The triangle_*

[@richlyrich6547]

No the clap is

[@cobysanderson8148]

But do you Kazoo

[@vidyuthraman3097]

The mayonnaise

[@clayton3590]

What technique!

[@abramhurley614]

No the breath is

[@lensyourway6061]

A real motivation!

[@sharonlavender9757]

Lesson learnt: Playing music is not for the faint hearted, but passionate and determined individuals.

[@albie9820]

As a French Horn player, almost everything he said was incorrect af.

[@brennanherring9059]

It would probably be even harder if it wasn't a spiral shape, because then you'd have to carry around a 13 foot long horn.

[@ireacttoeverythingeverythi4833]

French Horn is def harder than a lof of other brass instruments though. Just not because of lung capacity.

[@rustemtnymkulov9116]

Unbreakable ego to play 🤣

[@aliyazcoglu9959]

Better unbreak your ego

[@mathewkinnear3581]

I know a lot of horn players who are fantastic and their ego is anything but unbreakable 😂, but I guess if you ever play wrong, do it with conviction lmao

[@kasajizo8963]

5:01 "whilst simultaneously sight-reading" Not true. Most pianists play without actually concentrating on sheet music. They play pieces from memory instead, which is far easier than sight-reading. The only time we need sheet music is when we are learning a piece.

[@kasajizo8963]

@Not A Furry you shouldn't need to concentrate on the sheet music. It should already be in your muscle memory.

[@sarahkraus8247]

Organists read three lines of music, I wonder why that wasn't mentioned... Also you should be able to read music well enough that you don't need to practice everything into muscle memory to play it, and if you are playing by memory that's different

[@shandar8100]

I never play with music not even in performances

[@TheRadicalCentrist.1776]

Everything I perform I play from memory. Can't help it. You have to play it so many times to get to a performance level, you just naturally memorize it.

[@everythingmadi5612]

Playing pieces from memory require much practice. Easy pieces that are a page or two and relating at that except for a key change are easy. But going from that to ten page pieces has been difficult for me to memorize when I’m playing for the first week or so.

[@shadxwslash44]

I had been playing the piano for 6 years when I had the opportunity to play a proper organ for the first time. I learnt a piece on piano, and the music school held a concert where we had to perform the same piece on different instruments: piano, a thing that looks like a piano but I can't remember the name of, and the organ. Now let me tell you, the guy who was responsible for giving us advice on our pieces when we play the organ gave me a 2 minute long EMINEM style verse on how to not suck. It was way harder than the piano, so what the fuck are we talking about exactly?

[@z0ey555]

this man used a dartboard to decide these instruments

[@giovannileo9720]

Who the everliving FUCK can do pipe organ easier than piano

[@melissa_wale_official]

My thoughts exactly. Piano is so much easier than a pipe organ, since there is less to worry about.

[@Sparty2084]

I was just about to say the same thing

[@noeisdas8055]

Me. Organ pedals are such a gift for those without large hands.

[@MikuHatsunePiano]

I play both. The piano is much easier to learn since you don't need to worry about your feet or the different layer. I passed grade 8 piano ages ago but I still can't properly coordinate my feet with my hands yet.

[@slowed-reverbremixes]

Giovanni Leo I know! its like 3 pianos put together

[@psalmteebabatunde4637]

I'm a violinist but I really think the organ should be the first on the list.. and you made a big error rating piano higher than the organ

[@mae3257]

Babatunde Samson I am too! And I agree

[@boobsiclesonaplateluv9155]

I agree...

[@21chemicalatthedisco93]

They made an error even putting the piano on this list.

[@prakashkesadabahargeet3746]

Babatunde Samson im a violinist too! #violinsquad where you at????

[@itsguidry8125]

they made a big error when they didn't put the flute on this list.

[@ravenstein-miller6538]

The accordion is pretty challenging, but it’s so much fun!

[@level9853]

I can tell this man has never played an instrument in his life

[@rodriguespepper]

Video title should be "Top 10 Instruments We Suppose It's Hard To Play Based On Our Research Because Appareantly No One At Watch Mojo Actually Plays Any Of These Or Has The Credibility To Say Anything About Them".

[@noahlederer8587]

Davi Rodrigues good

[@starrynightslimeslime9251]

Davi Rodrigues Ikr?

[@bencripwell8663]

Quite right.

[@Maysha6bona]

That's just nonsense. Every instrument can be easy or hard to play, it just depends on which level you want to reach. (Even the triangle is hard to master!!)

[@_turing_1984]

Maysha SeiBona is more of Wich one instrument have you afinity

[@mendesarmy7088]

Maysha SeiBona so true! As a musician....

[@youngmcshan5994]

Wobbly lol yes

[@idkanymoretbh5452]

Maysha SeiBona Ding ding. Boom mastered the violin and cowbell.

[@idkanymoretbh5452]

Nick does Quad drumming Whoa there buddy. Commenting on something I posted 2 years ago? Just to call me that over a joke?

[@thatonetrashcan1681]

"Once you get into it, drums are a test of coordination and endurance." Name me an instrument that's n o t a test of coordination and endurance

[@RomeoTRM]

I can play drums, guitar, bass, harmonica, Recorder flute, mandolin (not very well), A bantar (Banjo guitar mixed) And I sometimes sing

[@Iggy30874]

Organ has: -Up to 4 Keyboards -More stops than you can count -Pedal board -2+ Pedal things I forgot the name of to control dynamics. *_HOW IS IT ONLY NUMBER 9?!_*

[@daisystone4417]

Iggy30874 Ikr and we have to read up two four lines of music at a time!!

[@afromoose2536]

Daisy Stone not to mention that it is below piano

[@Ray_613]

This is what happens when a company filled with inexperienced individuals makes a list of the "hardest" instruments. Someone in the comments previously said that 70% of the population plays guitar and/or piano. Also, Watchmojo put this list WAY out of order. Another reason why this video is so bad.

[@holyknight9507]

Not all of us praise Jesus

[@Iggy30874]

Holy Knight - Organ isn’t exclusively Church music.

[@alexabplanalp4455]

As someone who plays piano, I can say the organ is A LOT harder.

[@diva1507]

Jorden Alex Abplanalp i play piano, HOW DO U PLAY A PIPE ORGAN thats like 4 pianos

[@abnercruz7083]

Catalliah jesus christ you dont need a hand for EACH piano you just switch places

[@goopst3r]

abner Cruz Yes you need four hands to play.

[@felipeherrera5122]

I think it should be first

[@matthewplayspiano7053]

But do you play the pipe organ

[@courtneyrandall6865]

I started off playing clarinet and it took some practice to quit sounding like a dying duck. But once mastered, it wasn't hard. After being on clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax and bass clarinet were easier to deal with with some minor adjustments. At least for me they were. Give 30 minutes and I can wing it on trumpet and French horn.

[@Keentraveller7]

1:56 “YoU aRe GoIng To nEed Some DiVine inTeRvEntiOn” me: Whaat?

[@lailanaperkins3019]

nah we all know that mayonnaise is the hardest instrument to play

[@Uranium12345]

Holly shit is that from spongebob. When patrick asked does mayonnaise counts as an instrument

[@lailanaperkins3019]

@@Uranium12345 exactly mate

[@stargem910]

Agree. I can strum ukulele just fine but mAyOnNaIsE?

[@trykite]

Tru

[@loveemgo]

I'm a professional mayonnist

[@JohnGarrison17CruddyCabbage17]

YOU FORGOT THE ELECTRIC TRIANGLE

[@Jenairaslebol27merde]

LOL :D

[@ronaldtheant]

John Garrison laser harp

[@SciFiArtman]

\m/

[@SlippyLegJones]

But have you seen anybody play the electric chair? I keep trying to play it and I keep having heart attacks.

[@mortensen1961]

Electric cymbals. . . .

[@AgitatedA]

I know I won’t be able to learn those instruments but hopefully learning how to play two more instruments will make it up

[@jakedarmstadter6943]

Being a pianist, organist, and violinist. I KNOW that the Pipe organ and violin are much harder than any of those other instruments. And organs are not just in churches the largest organs are in a convention center and a Macy’s department store. All instruments have different skills that you have to master. But the organ just requires more coordination and is the only instrument that I know of that you have to read three different lines of music. Some symphonic organists even read up to 5-6 lines of music.

[@EtheRenard]

Every instrument is hard to master. If you don't practice, you won't improve, that's the only rule! (Also piano harder than organ???)

[@thomaspick4123]

Amen.

[@lordclucky3258]

EtheRenard lol yeah and how could you include the oboe but not see the bassoon anywhere on the list

[@amisianjeh3356]

as a former piano player. Piano is much easier than a organ.

[@lucaslourenco8918]

Yeah, like, piano is hard because you have to coordinate both your hands and read two staffs - what about playing with all your limbs and reading three staves? Also, the organ will never forgive you if your legato technique is not perfect.

[@Martin-xh1hd]

The cello is easy to play

[@dimly_lit_torch8843]

So you don’t have to watch the whole thing: 10: Drums 9: Pipe Oregon 8: Accordion 7: Oboe 6: Guitar 5: Piano 4: Harp 3: Bagpipe 2: French Horn 1: Violin Not saying I agree with the order, but that’s what it is :/

[@damianhronsky9357]

Thx

[@sierrastpierre7429]

Violins not hard at all, neither is guitar, but, where is bass, Davie504 doesn't approve, not epico.

[@ethanisnothere1375]

I like how they said that being one is tiring, like BI*CH PLEASE I PLAY THE BARITONE

[@trevorperry9610]

Sierra St Pierre 😐

[@IsabellaC9]

I'm not gonna lie French horn is hard but I rank it closer to oboe because they are rough to play

[@evilkermit8104]

I’ve played the piano since I was 9 and am working on the piece Danse Brilliante.

[@haywardvermaak4183]

I started out on bagpipes in 2005 when I was in high school and for the next three years I made extremely slow progress until I called it quits. I know it may sound odd when I made some progress but I just did not have the aptitude to make it a great success

[@ColinCVS]

Honestly non musician that have no experience shouldn’t try or at all rank instruments

[@user-ip6wh1pl2w]

I agree

[@tomsommer5118]

I tested a few and never would think about ranking I will be totally wrong😂

[@steaxinte]

I can say, the violin is the most harder instrument to play because I played flute and I play the piano, the violin is definitely hard to play

[@kontrak4866]

@@steaxinte hard yes, hardest no.

[@joonismysunshine3632]

fr

[@eriknestaas2270]

The Triangle should've been first...

[@origenak5495]

the bass triangle ??? ajjaj

[@Burn_Angel]

The Triangle...Wave. Lol. You get it? Because the Triangle Wave works as a bass on 8-bit musi- ok, I'll shut up.

[@brendanlee5018]

Triangle is actually really hard to do a roll on. It hurts the wrists so much ;-;

[@Burn_Angel]

Yeah, try to do some arpeccio on a triangle. Or vibrato. Lol.

[@hcab14]

I'm sure you've never played a triangle for real

[@calvinmc7805]

When I speak, the sound waves of my voice typically travel the average length of 180 meters, and in every cubic centimeter of air, there are nine million million atoms, so if I were to assume my voice did not travel behind me or below me but straight forward and upward in a perfect quarter of a sphere with a radius of 180 meters (6,100,000 cubic meters), it would be like playing 5.49e21 instruments at once, or 5,490,000,000,000,000,000,000 instruments.

[@evonnetan6310]

I love playing with the piano and the cello

[@yanickwillert3428]

"10 instruments we have no idea of"

[@domtoretto8293]

you have to be beyond stupid to say a pipe organ is easier than all the instruments on that list, especially when piano is one of them.

[@raginbakin1430]

Your Dad Shut up, dad.

[@Anonymous-so1ho]

Watch Mojo presents: 10 random instruments most people have heard of in no particular order

[@brycem7576]

Anon ymous yup lol

[@johnhooyer3101]

Except for the Theremin...which receives an honorable mention. Also, if you want something truly difficult to learn, there's the Glass Harp.

[@marikofindell8807]

Haha yep

[@obeyjuancannoli7120]

I don’t play the oboe, but I can tell you it’s pretty damn hard to play

[@millsykooksy4863]

Lol

[@cainmachain]

When you have no idea of play instruments but you need to Upload Videos everyday

[@romajohnsjillmaryjohndecas2397]

The bassoon is harder to play than the oboe!!!

[@gradya.2701]

they said you have to sight read on the piano, that is literally every fucking instrument.

[@cleb0444]

Or literally any instrument that's supposed to play jazz, where you literally have to make shit up. This list is beyond incompetent

[@gradya.2701]

name one instrument that is specifically made for jazz, also jazz isn't just improvisation

[@justanotherhumanbeing7119]

jazz flutes

[@SirAwesomeEsq]

Gravy Angerman saxophone. I know there's classical saxophone stuff out there, but let's get real here.

[@zsmurfqueen6822]

The Weirdos There is no "jazz flute" it's just a normal flute playing jazz.

[@jimandrews89]

How the fuck is the piano harder than the pipe organ??? A pipe organ is like playing 3 pianos with tons of air stops and more pedals.

[@WalkingBiohazard]

I think maybe they accidentally switched piano and pipe organ when assembling this list. And I agree with you, adding that a pipe organ is a piano on steroids. LOTS of steroids!

[@noahdoucette8004]

Im still wondering about that too

[@Adrian-wd4rn]

Go play La Campanella. Then tell me how much easier the organ is.

[@JG-dg2lr]

I'm wonder where the Sitar is

[@paragsaini8934]

J G yeah i also expected a sitar

[@TramNguyen-wh1po]

The other musicians dont play violin:nothing is the hardest,the hardest part is up to you. Violinist:i dont think so

[@putriisabella801]

Why is the piano harder than the organ? Ah, yes...running is easier than walking.

[@Mr.Soup7560]

How is Piano higher then Organ, when Organ is literally just a Piano but wind based, has stop buttons, and a crap ton extra keys for your hands and feet.

[@alexandernoethiger5338]

As a classical pianist, the organ appears much more difficult lol.

[@niccolopaganini8325]

Because Liszt, Rachmaninov, and Chopin exist.

[@diktaattori9429]

Because repertoure

[@enzomymonster2328]

Exactly

[@kevinniqeel7471]

*When i see organ* o.o what that foot for and the spare key

[@latelate1000]

The name of the video should have been: "Top 10 Hardest Instruments to Master"

[@gsfs8208]

Wombatti or 10 random instruments that came to his head while making the vid

[@patty014]

True

[@sebastian-benedictflore]

It would still have been wrong lol.

[@madelynnwheat7727]

1:Violin 2:French Horn 3:Bagpipes 4:Harp 5:Piano 6:Guitar 7:Oboe 8:Accordian 9:Pipe Organ 10:Drums Honorable Mentions:Theremin,Bass Guitar, Trombone

[@imadmansour8574]

In the eastern music we have the oud and wl kanoun I think they could be in this list

[@somerandomguy5995]

Wait drums and piano is easy to learn, but hard to master.

[@somerandomguy5995]

I think the title is incorrect. It should be "Top 10 instruments that are hard to master".

[@arhamjain3411]

so is violin

[@joelaugustestudios]

Some Random Guy I've been playing the piano for 15 years and I mostly play by ear.

[@Blackburn163]

Joel Auguste Same, It's not that hard if you practice everyday.

[@davidfraga6721]

Joel Auguste me too I have long fingers so (:

[@afellowclikkiei-8798]

Kazoo is obviously the hardest to play. Only one person knows how to play it, and it’s kazoo kid.

[@ceoofonionincorperated418]

Why doesn't this comment have more likes

[@hii-people2245]

That One Musician Aka Andrew Maxwell and who is kazoo

[@blueraspberry2920]

Ayee 100th like

[@kirby7186]

Jacksucksatlife

[@ILeikDisMeme]

No It Is So EaSy

[@apurbadiptabhowmik6404]

10. Drums 9. Pipe Organ 8. Accordion 7. Oboe 6. Guitar 5. Piano 4. Harp 3. Bagpipes 2. French Horn Honorable Mentions- Theremin Bass Guitar Trombone Number 1. Violin

[@sonic-0023]

I just started playing the smallpipes. I actually found them to be easy, so I can only guess that the GHB isn't that much harder.

[@zzzut]

Obviously , whoever made that list has never played any of these instruments.

[@wisdomy736]

True.

[@lou3855]

Big YES

[@user-ip6wh1pl2w]

Yes indeedy

[@vidyapartha]

lol pronounces "orchestra" wrong, then continues a video all about the hardest instruments

[@chaos2756]

zzzut ikr I’m a percussionist and it’s really not to hard