The author of a blog post I recently read said he's started many blogs. The ones he's kept going for years have been where he was passionate to learn about the subject.

This makes so much sense. If you have a project that keeps you enthralled, you can't wait to get back to it.

The how-to book I'm writing is very much a passion for me. I spent a lot of time discovering information when I was teaching myself to play the Bowed Psaltery. I dug deep into the Internet because I just had to know as much about it as I could find.

Then when I decided to write the how-to book, it practically wrote itself because it was a continuation of that same passion.

The book is almost finished. I'm so excited to be able to share it. Just a little bit longer....

Should I learn to play the guitar?
Should I learn to play the piano?
As an adult,what is the best instrument to learn to play music?

You could play the guitar or the piano. They are often chosen as a first instrument to learn to play. Both are instruments that are easy to find instructors or classes to teach you. (Read that as lots of money for lessons.) And both take quite a while to acquire the skills to play.

You could play the piano but you need to learn to read two sets of musical notes, one for the left hand and one for the right. Then you have to coordinate reading those lines and moving two hands in different directions! Wow! That'll take a while to learn!

You could play the guitar but is it any easier? Well, you don't have to read notes but the guitar has its own challenges. First, you need to know what fingers to press down on which strings to form a chord. You have to really press down hard to get the chord to sound right. Ouch! Eventually you'll develop calluses so that won't hurt. But that will takes weeks or months if you don't play often enough. The other thing about playing chords on a guitar is that you had better be comfortable singing along as you play. If you strum the chords on a guitar, it makes a nice accompaniment but few people will be able to know what tune you're playing unless you sing along.

So, if the piano and the guitar are not the easiest instrument for an adult beginner to start on, what is?

The Bowed Psaltery!

Three Reasons Why the Bowed Psaltery is the Easiest Beginner Instrument to Play.

1. You only need to read one line of music and only move one hand.
2. You don't need to hold down any strings, so no sore fingers or waiting for calluses.
3. You don't have to sing along if you don't want to. On the bowed psaltery, you play the melody so everyone can tell what song it is. With a few hours of practice on the bowed psaltery, you can be playing a few simple songs. And in a few days you can be playing "Yesterday" by The Beatles.

The bowed psaltery is not just for folk music and hymns, you can play most any music you've a mind to learn.

The best part is that you can teach yourself and skip the cost of weekly lessons!

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 With photos of the Royal Wedding still finding their way onto the front pages of many newspapers, is it any wonder that my musical thoughts travel to England? When I think of English music, I think of Greensleeves.

Greensleeves sounds so beautiful on the Bowed Psaltery. It has a nice, easy-flowing sound that just floats across a room.

It's a great tune for beginners to learn. This song has a melody that most people know. When you learn a song that you already know, you find yourself only having to think about which note to play. You don't have to think about counting or how long to hold a particular note. You just know because you're singing along. This makes learning to play a new tune like Greensleeves even easier.

That is why Greensleeves is one of the tunes you will find in my new book, Playing the Bowed Psaltery – a Step by Step Beginner's Guide.

If you enjoyed watching the Royal Wedding, learn to play this tune on a Bowed Psaltery. Then the next time there's a big, happy Royal event, you'll be able to celebrate by playing an old English folk tune!

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