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Killerhurtz  ·  3410 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What Musical Instrument would you love to learn?

Theremin or water drums.

I see so much potential in the theremin, yet I don't think there's any popular music that ever makes use of it (because a synthetizer is so much easier to use for relatively similar results.

But one day I dream of making a mega-theremin that will be what the piano was to the harp, in a sense.

Water drums? It's a percussion instrument that doesn't use sticks and that can do actual music - like this:

Though also maybe the didgeridoo or a tank drum.

But any instrument that my thick, short, clumsy fingers could play would be good too - so no strings, no piano-like interface. And if possible, could make music on it's own instead of a background rhythm.