However, the bongos have a depth that makes them interesting and exciting to play. Within minutes you can play fundamental rhythms. The simplicity of the bongos makes them very approachable for a beginner.

If you’d like to know more detail about how much bongos cost and what the difference is between $500 bongo drums and $50 bongo drums, make sure and check out my article here. Me with my bongo drums and my stylish green socks How Much Do Bongos Cost?Įntry-level bongos range in price from $40 to $90. Bongosīongos are two drums joined together to form an inseparable pair, called the macho and hembra (silent h) drum. I’ll let you know what the price range is. Most of these instruments are less than $50, but I will consider an instrument to be inexpensive as less than $100. You can check out my journey, here on YouTube. I started in 2019, so by the end of the year I will have studied 14 instruments in 14 months! I now have a bit of perspective on what instruments are easy to learn and which ones are not. How do I have any say as to what is easy to learn?įor the year of 2020, I set a goal to learn a different instrument every month, practicing an hour each day. I’ll be focusing this post, however, on instruments that you can buy new that are inexpensive and easy to learn. Just know that most instruments are within everyone’s reach if you are willing to look at getting it secondhand. I’m going to be talking about brand new instruments–you can probably find old pianos for free or less than $500–or perhaps an old tarnished trumpet at a flea market for $50, but that would widen the discussion too broadly. After all, even if piano is considered easy to learn by some–that’s not very inexpensive!

There’s a lot of lists floating around about easy instruments to learn–well, this one is going to be all about instruments that are not only easy, but inexpensive. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. We earn commissions if you purchase products from retailers after clicking on a link from our site.

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